Calow and Brimington Practice - Information for new patients wishing to join the doctors surgery

Noticeboard

February 2020

Coronavirus Update

The NHS in Derbyshire and Public Health England (PHE) are extremely well prepared for outbreaks of new infectious diseases. The NHS has put in place measures to ensure the safety of all patients and NHS staff while also ensuring services are available to the public as normal.

The risk to the general public is moderate. If you have arrived back to the UK from mainland China, Thailand, Japan, Republic of Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia or Macau within 14 days, follow the specific advice for returning travellers.

Anyone who has travelled to China or places listed above in the last 14 days and develops symptoms of cough or fever or shortness of breath, should immediately:

Stay indoors and avoid contact with other people as you would with the flu
Call NHS 111 to inform them of your recent travel to the countryInformation for the public is available at gov.uk/coronavirus. Like the common cold, coronavirus infection usually occurs through close contact with a person with novel coronavirus via cough and sneezes or hand contact. A person can also be infected by touching contaminated surfaces if they do not wash their hands. The risk of being in close contact with a person with coronavirus or contaminated surfaces is very low at the current time, as members of the public who have visited Wuhan, Hubei province, China are currently in isolation. Testing of suspected coronavirus cases is carried out in line with strict regulations. This means that suspected cases are kept in isolation, away from public areas of the GP practice and returned home also in isolation. Any equipment that come into contact with suspected cases are thoroughly cleaned as appropriate. Specific guidance has also been shared with NHS staff to help safeguard them and others. Patients can be reassured that their safety is a top priority, and are encouraged to attend all appointments as usual.Everyone is being reminded to follow Public Health England advice to:

Always carry tissues with you and use them to catch your cough or sneeze. Then bin the tissue, and wash your hands, or use a sanitiser gel.
Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after using public transport. Use a sanitiser gel if soap and water are not available.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.
Avoid close contact with people who are unwell.You can find the latest information and advice from Public Health England at www.gov.uk/coronavirus.December 2019

December 2019

Our local emergency care services are currently under significant pressure. There are many different services available including going to your local chemist or self care. More information on self care is available at reception or at www.derbyandderbyshireccg.nhs.uk/staywellderbyshire/self-care/

October 2019

From the 23rd of October the way you can order your prescriptions is changing. A new NHS medicines order line is a convenient way for your to order your prescription. This new service will be available on 01246 588 860 9.00am-4.00pm Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays.

This means you can now order your prescription is three ways:

- In writing at the surgery

- Online (please bring your photo ID to reception to get your log in details)

- The new phone order line - 01246 588860 (from October 23rd)

If you would like more information please find leaflets at either reception.

September 2019

We are now taking bookings for FLU Jabs. Please ring or come into reception to book your appointment.

August 2019

The Surgery is starting to use a new text message service. We may now contact you to book appointments and in certain circumstances regarding your test results.

It is therefore important that we have your up to date contact details. Please confirm with reception that we have your correct mobile number and ensure you update this if it changes

NHS Prescription charge is now £9.00 for each item dispensed from 1st April 2019

Patients attending Calow Surgery, please respect our neighbours when parking, keeping drive ways clear and vehicles off the grass verges. Your co-operation in this matter is appreciated.

Registration

Non-English Speakers

Temporary Residents

New Patient Registration

Our lists are currently open and you may apply to register with us. We undertake not to discriminate against any application on grounds of disability or medical condition, age, appearance, race, gender, social class, religion or sexual orientation.

We may, however, refuse your application to join us if:

You or your relatives have a history of violence or threatened violence or we believe that there is a real risk to the personal safety of practice staff or to the property of the practice.
You have previously been removed from the practice list, for example due to an irreconcilable breakdown in your relationship with a member of the practice team.
You are outside the practice boundary.

To complete your registration, you will need to complete a registration form together with a short medical questionnaire.

The receptionist will give you a Practice handbook giving details of the Practice and the services we offer. This also contains the opening times of our two surgeries and details of how to book an appointment.

If you have an existing chronic disease (diabetes, asthma etc.) you will need to book an appointment with one of our nurses.

Please note: If you are on any regular medication, you will need to book an appointment with one of the GPs before we can prescribe this for you. Please bring all your regular medication to the appointment.

Guide to GP Services

The Royal College of General Practitioners has produced a useful guide for patients about the services on offer at GP Surgeries and how to access them. You can download the guide below.

pdf A Patient Guide to GP Services

These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. They cover issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups. Open the leaflets in one of the following languages

English	Urdu
Albanian	Hindi
Arabic	Lithuanian
Bulgarian	Polish
Chinese (Cantonese)	Portuguese
Chinese (Mandarin)	Spanish
Russian	French
Turkish	Punjabi
Gujerati	Somali
Croatian	Bengali
Farsi

Temporary Registration

If you are ill while away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one you can receive emergency treatment from the local GP practice for 14 days. After 14 days you will need to register as a temporary or permanent patient.

You can be registered as a temporary patient for up to three months. This will allow you to be on the local practice list and still remain a patient of your permanent GP. After three months you will have to re-register as a temporary patient or permanently register with that practice.

To register as a temporary patient simply contact the local practice you wish to use. Practices do not have to accept you as a temporary patient although they do have an obligation to offer emergency treatment. You cannot register as a temporary patient at a practice in the town or area where you are already registered.

pdf Download the Temporary Resident Registration Form