Surgery Connect is designed to work hand-in-hand with reception staff requirements, supporting them to do their jobs effectively

Benefits for Reception

Supporting Reception Staff

As the first point of contact for patients at the GP practice, good telephony systems should be designed to work
hand-in-hand with reception staff requirements, supporting them to do their jobs effectively.

This means ensuring they have the supportive technology to manage fluctuating call volume and providing the access to the information they need to handle patient enquiries.

Did you know that each administrative user can save around 10 hours every month simply by having relevant information available for every patient call?

Supporting Reception Staff

Automatic Patient Identification Automatic patient identification and record switching saves time on inbound calls.
Patient Callback Patient Callback technology allows patients to virtually hold their place in the queue, reducing immediate pressure on reception and the number of angry or frustrated patients.
Call Recording Call recording and display of actual waiting time can dissuade abusive patients from ranting and protect reception staff from complaints.
Appointment Management Appointment management and recorded information reduces call volume and avoids wasted appointments, including the ability to inform patients automatically when there are no same-day appointments remaining.
SMS Template Provision of SMS templates gives reception fast options for communicating messages to patients.
Call Queues Visibility of call queues and ability to automatically distribute calls to other staff at peak times reduces stress.
Headset or Handset Headset or handset working with full accessibility.
Staff Online Directory Staff online directory and ability to see the status of, and transfer calls to colleagues, regardless of their location.
Realtime Display of Calls Real time display of calls waiting and recent calls received or made.
Call Recording Access to recent call recordings to confirm what was said.
Surgery Connect Desktop Surgery Connect Phonebar desktop app provides one click easy access to important features.
Phonebar Minimised and Maximised
The patients are a lot friendlier now because they have an understanding where they are in the queue. And if they've opted for Patient Callback, we call them back and they're actually a lot calmer because they didn't have to wait.
Dieter Gomm,
IT Administrator,
Willow Green Surgery