Family medicine · Riverside quarter
Unhurried general practice for the people on your street.
Coda Verge is a small registered practice built around longer appointments, one named clinician per household and a triage call before you ever sit in a waiting room.
Hours & access
- Consulting hours
- Monday to Friday, 08:00 – 18:30
- Saturday, 09:00 – 13:00 Closed Sundays and public holidays.
- Walk-in triage
- Every weekday, 08:00 – 09:30 A nurse sees you in order of clinical need and books you the same day where required.
- Getting in
- Step-free entrance and consulting rooms Hearing loop at reception, quiet room available on request when you arrive.
- Languages
- English, Portuguese, Polish Interpreter appointments can be arranged with five working days’ notice.
What we look after
Five care lanes, each with its own appointment length.
Choose the lane that fits when you request a visit. If you pick the wrong one, the triage nurse moves you — you never lose your slot.
Everyday family medicine
Coughs, skin complaints, infections, joint pain, fatigue, contraception and the ordinary worries that are easier to say out loud than to type into a form.
Typical appointment · 20 minutes- Same-week slots held back each morning
- Wound dressing and minor procedures
- Referral letters written during the visit
Women’s health
Cervical screening, contraception reviews and fittings, menopause consultations, pelvic pain and fertility conversations, with a clinician you can keep seeing.
Typical appointment · 30 minutes- Screening and coil clinics on Wednesdays
- Menopause reviews booked as double slots
- Chaperone available at every appointment
Children and newborns
Six-week checks, feeding and growth, childhood immunisations, rashes and fevers, plus the under-fives who need to be seen today rather than Thursday.
Typical appointment · 20 minutes- Under-fives are never placed on a waiting list
- Immunisation clinic every Monday afternoon
- Pram space and a low-stimulation waiting corner
Long-term condition reviews
Structured annual and six-monthly reviews for asthma, diabetes, blood pressure, thyroid and heart conditions, with bloods taken before the consultation so results are ready.
Typical appointment · 40 minutes- Bloods drawn seven to ten days in advance
- Written care plan sent after the review
- Repeat prescriptions aligned to one date
Travel, vaccination and medicals
Destination-specific travel advice, routine and seasonal vaccination, and straightforward medicals for employment, sport, driving or study.
Typical appointment · 25 minutes- Book travel visits six weeks before departure
- Seasonal flu and respiratory clinics in autumn
- Certificates issued the same day
“Most of general practice is not clever medicine. It is knowing the person in front of you well enough to notice when something has changed.”
Dr Amara Nwosu · Founding partner
We cap the list deliberately. That is the whole model: fewer registered households means your clinician has read your notes before you walk in, and your appointment is not spent repeating last year’s history.
Every household is matched to one named GP and one named nurse. When they are on leave, their colleague has already been briefed on anything active in your record.
Your visit
Four steps from request to follow-up.
Nothing here needs an app, a login or a queue on hold. The first contact is always a short triage call so the right person sees you.
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Step one
Send a request
Use the form below with the care lane and the time window that suits you. Requests sent before 16:00 on a weekday are read the same day.
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Step two
Triage call
A nurse calls you back for five minutes to understand what is happening, then books the right length of appointment with the right clinician.
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Step three
The consultation
You see your named clinician. Tests, dressings and minor procedures are done in the same room wherever possible rather than on a second visit.
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Step four
What happens next
You leave with a written summary of the plan, including which results to expect, when they land, and exactly who to contact if something changes.
Who you will see
A small clinical team, by design.
Three clinicians share the list. You can ask for any of them by name when you request a visit.
Dr Amara Nwosu
GP · Founding partner
Women’s health, menopause and contraception. Leads the Wednesday screening and coil clinic.
Dr Elias Hartmann
GP · Long-term conditions
Diabetes, asthma and cardiovascular reviews. Runs the structured annual review programme.
Rowan Vale
Nurse practitioner
Triage calls, childhood immunisation, wound care and travel health. Usually the first voice you hear.
Before you come
Four things that make the appointment work harder.
Bring your current medicines
The boxes or a photograph of the labels, including anything bought over the counter, herbal or prescribed elsewhere. It is quicker and more accurate than a list from memory.
Repeat prescriptions
Order seven days before you run out. Requests are reviewed by your named clinician, not processed automatically, so a short gap between order and collection is normal.
Results and letters
Blood tests taken here are usually back within five working days. We contact you about every result, including the normal ones, so no news is never the answer.
Changing an appointment
Tell us at least four hours ahead if you cannot attend. Released slots go straight to someone in the triage queue the same morning.
Questions
Before you register or book.
Do I have to be registered to be seen?
For planned appointments, yes — registration is how we hold your record and match you to a named clinician. If you are temporarily in the area and need something urgent, come to the morning triage window and the nurse will see you as a visiting patient.
Is the patient list open to new households?
The list is capped, so it opens in small intakes rather than continuously. Send a request through the form and we will tell you honestly whether we can register you now or when the next intake is expected.
How soon can I expect an appointment?
Routine requests are usually offered within the same week. Each morning a block of slots is held back for anything the triage nurse judges needs to be seen that day, which is why the first contact is always a phone call rather than a calendar.
Can I ask for a specific clinician?
Yes, and we encourage it for anything ongoing. Name them in the notes field when you request a visit. For a first appointment about something urgent, taking the earliest clinician available is usually the better choice.
What should I do about symptoms that cannot wait?
Chest pain, difficulty breathing, heavy bleeding, sudden weakness or confusion, or a child who is floppy or unresponsive are emergencies — use your local emergency service immediately rather than this form. The appointment request form is not monitored outside consulting hours.
How are my records and messages handled?
Form submissions reach the clinical administrator and your named clinician only, and are added to your record once you are registered. We do not discuss clinical detail by email; anything beyond scheduling moves to a phone call or an appointment.
Request an appointment
Tell us what is going on.
A few lines is plenty. The triage nurse calls you back to fill in the rest and book the right length of appointment.
- Weekday requests — read the same day before 16:00
- Weekend requests — answered on Monday morning
- Callbacks — usually within one working day