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Heathcare within the village is currently centred at the Watton Place Clinic, which is located adjacent to the ‘Pump’ located in the High Street.

Watton Place Clinic is home to the local Doctors’ Practice, although a Dental Practice and other services are located within the same building. The clinic is open Monday to Friday from 0830 to 1830, with the exception of Wednesday when we close at 1300.

Our resident GPs are Professor David Haslam MB BS DGM and Dr. Dilesh Shah MRCHB MRCGP DRCOG, who also carries out minor surgical procedures and joint injections. The Practice runs a scheme of emergency/same-day appointments and routine/advance appointments, all on a Monday-to-Friday basis.

We are fortunate in having an on-site Dispensary, which means that the Practice is able to dispense medication to all of its rural patients; avoiding the need for inconvenient trips to other locations to collect prescriptions. Please allow 2 working-days for repeat prescriptions.

There is also a Branch Surgery in Benington; please contact Watton Place Clinic for details and appointments.

Watton Place Clinic
60 High Street
Watton-at-Stone
Hertford SG14 3SY

Reception 01920 830232
Appointments 01920 830504
Fax 01920 830005
Dispensary 01920 830555

For out-of-hours emergency cover please phone 030 00 33 33 33
Appointments
You can make appointments to see a Doctor by phone on 01920 830504 or 01920 820232, or by visiting our Receptionist.
  • For same-day appointments to see the duty-doctor, please phone from 0830 for mornings and from 1500 for afternoons.
  • For advance appointments to see the Doctor of your choice, you can contact us at any time during normal opening hours.
You can also make an appointment to see one of the Practice Nurses, in the same way, for:
  • travel/immunization advise
  • blood-pressure checks
  • family-planning advice
  • cervical-smear testing
  • Flu vaccinations/childhood immunisations
  • HRT/pill checks
  • freezing clinic for warts and verrucas
  • suture removal/dressings
  • Yellow Fever Centre.
Clinical Reviews
The Doctors and Practice Nurses carry out regular reviews for patients with:
  • heart disease
  • COPD
  • hypertension
  • epilepsy
  • asthma
  • stroke
  • diabetes
  • obesity.
Baby Clinic
Health Visitors hold Baby Clinics here on Wednesday afternoons. You can leave messages at:
  • Watton-at-Stone , on 01920 830007
  • their office, on 01707 369148.
Midwife
Antenatal Clinics are held here in Watton-at-Stone every Thursday afternoon.
If you wish to speak to the Midwife, you can leave non-urgent messages here at Watton Place Clinic.
If you have an urgent problem, please contact your hospital.

District Nurses
If you wish to speak to a District Nurse, please contact Reception between 0900 and 1645.
If you have an urgent problem between 1730 and 0900, please contact the QE2 Hospital in Welwyn Garden on 01707 328111.
Phlebotomist
The Phlebotomist attends the Watton Place Clinic on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
For your results, please phone after 1100 during the week.

Community Psychiatric Nurse
The Nurse has a clinic in Hertford.

Emergency Contraception Advice
Please contact Reception for a priority appointment.

Telephone advice
Please contact Reception and a Doctor or Nurse will telephone you after surgery.

Complaints
If you feel that you have cause for a complaint, please contact the Practice Manager.

Carers
If you are a Carer or have a Carer yourself, please tell the Receptionist when you register with us.

Meet the team
  • Practice Manager: Sue Meaker
  • Practice Nurses: Deborah Hill and Jacky Ellinger
  • District Nurses: Julia Tizard
  • Midwife: Gill Williams
  • Community Psychiatric Nurse: Cheryl Baker
  • Health Visitor: Sarah Young
  • Phlebotomist: Annette Hutchinson
  • Dispensary Manager: Wendy Tyler
  • Dispensers: Wendy Tyler, Kathy Piggott, Karen Williams and Barbara Taylor
  • Reception: Shirley Anderton, Irene Catling and Jacqui Meli.