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Could you not have left your email address for him, then when he emails you all you need to do is reply? Cheers, Geoff On 10 May 2013 18:29, Sandra Pickering <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Do let me know if it works :) > > > > From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robert Treharne Jones > Sent: 10 May 2013 14:10 > > > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Releasing email addresses > > > > Love it! > > > > Robert > > > > From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sandra Pickering > Sent: 10 May 2013 14:04 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Releasing email addresses > > > > Set up a gmail address on behalf of the relevant doctor. > > Send your email to it. > > Call the surgery and leave a message for him with his new email address and > password telling him there’s an important message in his inbox. > > > > Sandra > > > > From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robert Treharne Jones > Sent: 10 May 2013 13:58 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Releasing email addresses > > > > I Googled the surgery and there is no email address listed > > I no longer have access to NHS.net > > > > Any more ideas? > > > > Robert > > > > From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Markwick Christopher > (NHS MEDWAY CCG) > Sent: 10 May 2013 12:59 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Releasing email addresses > > > > Perhaps google surgery website address & see if a generic email there? nhs > net directory also searchable. > > I get around 50 emails an hour to my nhs net email as it is but I am > available to patients through the practice email address. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Chris Markwick > > > > ________________________________ > > From: GP-UK [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robert Treharne Jones > [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 10 May 2013 12:03 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Releasing email addresses > > <RANT> > > > > Why are GPs’ email addresses not more freely available? Are reception staff > instructed not to hand them out, or do they not know the address, or whom to > ring for the information, or none of the above? > > > > Ok, it’s a while since I was a real GP, but my addresses were freely > available to anyone that asked, and still are, but the lack of availability > of email is still a real pain. > > > > I’ve been asked to call a GP on Monday, because he doesn’t work on Fridays. > I know what will happen – I’ll ring him and he's with patients, he’ll call > back and I'll be out-of-range, I’ll call him back and he'll be out on > visits, so he’ll ring back and I'll be in a meeting. > > > > So I just rang his surgery and asked for his email address. > > > > "We don't normally give out email addresses - can't you call him on Monday?" > asks the receptionist. > > > > I explain that I’m trying to be pro-active, that I know what I want to > explain, so I’m planning to write an email which he can absorb at leisure > and we can discuss later in the week. > > > > "I'll pass you to the secretaries upstairs" she says, and the call went > straight to Voicemail. > > > > I left a message asking for a call back and that was three hours ago > > > > </RANT> > > > > Grrrrrrr! > > > > Robert > > > > > ******************************************************************************************************************** > > This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the > intended recipient please inform the > sender that you have received the message in error before deleting it. > Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or > take any action in reliance on its contents: > to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. > > Thank you for your co-operation. > > NHSmail is the secure email and directory service available for all NHS > staff in England and Scotland > NHSmail is approved for exchanging patient data and other sensitive > information with NHSmail and GSi recipients > NHSmail provides an email address for your career in the NHS and can be > accessed anywhere > > ******************************************************************************************************************** -- twitter.com/GeoffSchrecker EMIS National User Group: promoting intelligent use of IT: www.emisnug.org.uk 2013 conference booking now open! http://emisnug.org.uk/node/532