Many patients will receive appointment confirmation, reminders or cancellations by SMS message from the practice. At the end of the message there is an email address which starts ‘no-reply’. The email inbox linked to this email address is not monitored on a regular or routine basis, so when patients attempt to contact the practice using this email account, they will receive the following automatic reply:
Please note that this email account is not regularly monitored. It is meant for the incoming traffic of clinical patient information such as results, hospital letters and discharge summaries. Its intended use is not for patients to raise queries, order prescriptions, and arrange appointments or any other similar services. If you need to speak to a member of the practice, please contact the practice during our opening hours or visit our website for all of our contact details https://www.nvhmedicalpractice.co.uk/about-us/contact/
If you require medical assistance please contact the practice or outside of our normal working hours, please contact NHS 111 or for life threatening emergencies at any time, please dial 999.
Unfortunately, the email address cannot be removed from the message. Please do not contact the practice using the email address on your SMS messages. Thank you