The building
From the moment you walk into Knaresborough Place Medical Chambers you will notice the difference.
The facilities are the most up-to-date and of the highest standard; the feel contemporary, warm and welcoming. Highly trained reception staff are on hand from 0800 to 1900 to welcome, register and direct patients and, if you wish, collect fees and organise appointments with the full-time in-house nurse.
Every last detail has been taken care of and included in the all-in-one service - from building-wide wi-fi to bacteriostatic flooring to the perfect cappuccino.
Opening hours
- Monday to Friday 0800 to 1900 with the option to open until 2200
- Saturday 0800 to 1330
14 consulting rooms
- All consulting rooms have abundant natural light through large south or west-facing windows
- Access for the disabled via a dedicated lift
- Lift to all floors
- Hand basins with elbow-operated single lever taps
- Individually controlled air-conditioning plus tempered and filtered fresh air
- Adjustable lighting with presets
- Modern desks and chairs
- Electrically operated examination couches
- Nurse call
- Broadband internet plus wi-fi throughout
- Printing, scanning and photocopying in every room
- Dell computers networked to the in-house server running CrossCare clinical software with a link to a nationally recognised and up-to-date drug database providing interactions, contra-indications and drug doubling plus Mentor library
- Remote access to patient's files anytime anywhere, including incoming results from The Doctors Laboratory
- Online BNF
- Digital dictation
- Avaya telephones with personalised settings, conference facilities, voicemail with remote access and email alert
- High specification examination lights
- Magnification lights
- Otoscopes/opthalmoscopes
- Portable cryosurgery (on demand)
- Sphygmomanometers
- Single use consumables for everyday examinations
- Nora bacteriostatic rubber flooring by Freudenberg
Two minor treatment rooms
Minor treatment rooms feature the same facilities as the consulting rooms plus:
- Clinical hand basins with elbow-operated single lever taps
- Minor surgery lights
- Electrically operated examination couches with foot control
Phlebotomy room
- Full time nurse
- Blood tests
- Vaccinations
- Monitoring asthma, diabetes, cholesterol and similar
Waiting areas
- Elegant comfortable waiting areas on each floor
- Fresh tea
- Espresso and cappuccino machines
- Newspapers, magazines and flowers
Practitioner and personnel room
A dedicated room for practitioners and personnel
- Complimentary coffee, tea and fresh fruit
- Fridge
- Microwave
WCs on most floors
Shower
