Medical Students & Research Studies
Horizon Health Centre is a training practice. This means that some of our GPs support, train and supervise students.
Horizon Health Centre is a training practice. This means that some of our GPs support, train and supervise students.
Please note that Horizon Health Centre will run on minimal staff from 1:00pm on the THIRD THURSDAY of every month for GP Training. If you have a need for an urgent appointment on those afternoons you may be passed to a surgery in Weston-super-Mare who will be covering at that time as surgeries take it in turns to support each other, but this is only for URGENT APPOINTMENTS.
These students will usually be qualified doctors who are undertaking post graduate study. We will advise you at the time of your appointment if this is the case and if you are uncomfortable with this for any reason please do not hesitate to advise our reception team. The practice also occasionally participates in research studies designed to improve future health care. All research studies are closely governed to ensure that patient confidentiality is protected and maintained and that the studies have passed the proper ethical requirements. If a study involves specific patients, those patients will be asked whether they would like to participate and given information. They have the right to decline involvement. It is entirely voluntary.
We are working together with other local practices to offer patients access to more appointments in the early mornings, evenings and at weekends. To find out more about these services, please contact the practice.