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The NHS 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.

NHS 111 has an online coronavirus service that can tell you if you need medical help and advise you what to do.

Use this service if:

you think you might have coronavirus
in the last 14 days you've been to a country or area with a high risk of coronavirus – see coronavirus advice for travellers and a list of high risk countries on nhs.uk
you've been in close contact with someone with coronavirus

Do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital. Stay indoors and avoid close contact with other people. Call 111 if you need to speak to someone.

In Scotland call your GP or NHS 24 on 111 out of hours.

In Wales call 111 (if available in your area) or 0845 46 47.

In Northern Ireland call 111.

For region specific information and advice in:

England visit nhs.uk
Wales visit phw.nhs.wales
Scotland visit nhsinform.scot
Northern Ireland visit HSC
Ireland visit HSE

Further information and details of how to self-isolate are available on nhs.uk.

COVID-19 Vaccine – telephone queries script

The Pfizer BioNTech vaccine has now been approved for use and the NHS will be starting to offer this to priority groups as soon as supplies arrive.

When will a vaccine be available?

The first, limited, deliveries of the vaccine started week beginning 7 December and the NHS is offering them to those who need them most based on the guidance from the Joint Committee for Vaccinations and Immunisations.

Who will get a vaccine?

The vaccine will be offered to those at greatest risk from COVID-19 first, people over 80 years old and prioritised frontline health and social care workers. This is based on the guidance from the Joint Committee for Vaccinations and Immunisations which is available here. As more supplies of the vaccine or alternative vaccines become available it will be rolled out in phases to people aged between 80 and 50 and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable. People will be invited for a vaccine when it is their turn so please avoid contacting your local hospital or GP practice.

Where and when can I get a vaccine?

To start with, vaccines will only be available at hospital ‘hubs’ where the Pfizer vaccine can be stored safely. However, arrangements are also being put in place to offer vaccines from a number of different locations as more supplies and different vaccines become available. These include local vaccine services provided by GPs and pharmacists and new dedicated vaccination centres to make sure that everyone who needs a vaccine is able to get one.

We will be contacting more and more people over the coming days and weeks, as well as protecting those of our staff who are at greatest risk. Please don’t contact your NHS to seek a vaccine, we will contact you

Further information and how you can help us

We will share further information with you as it becomes available. In the meantime, there are three things people can do to help:

Please don’t contact the NHS to seek a vaccine - we will contact you when it’s the right time to you to have yours
Please act on your invite when it comes, and make sure you attend your appointments when you arrange them;
Please continue to abide by all the social distancing and hand hygiene guidance, which will still save lives.

Contact Us Online: Answer a few simple questions and we will contact you within 48 hours. Please note this service is for non-urgent requests/queries.

Welcome to Beechtree Medical Centre Online

Our Practice Photo

Find out when our practice is open, what the GP consulting times are and what to do if you need help when the practice is closed. Find out more

Repeat Prescriptions

Do you need to re-order your medication? Visit our prescriptions page to find out how. Find out more

Like To Register?

New to the area and would like to join our practice? We would be happy to help you. Come and see us at the practice to fill a registration form. You will be offered a free health check at the time of registration or at a time convenient to you. Find out more

Give us Feedback!

We are committed to our patients and thus would like to hear your feedback to discuss at our Patient Participation Group and Staff Meetings. We discuss all topics relating to improving our patient care; please send your comments to beechtreemedicalcentre@nhs.net

Please do not send any information that is private and confidential via this email address. We have a zero tolerance policy to aggressive/abusive behaviour including correspondence sent via this means.

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You can now order your repeat

medication via the website!

Click the bottom left tab 'Order your

repeat prescription'

If you have not registered for

On-Line access please call at the practice

On Line access allows you to order repeat prescriptions, make appointments and you can see a summary of your patient record.

More features are to be added - don't miss out register today

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THE RESULTS OF THE 2018 PATIENT SURVEY ARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE

PLEASE SELECT 'SURVEY RESULTS' ON THE FURTHER INFORMATION TOOLBAR TO VIEW

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BOWEL SCREENING PROGRAMME

Did you know that Bowel Cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK, after breast lung and prostate cancers. Around 40,700 people are diagnosed with the disease each year. It affects both men and woman. When bowel cancer is caught at the earliest stage, more than nine in 10 people survive for more than five years.

SCREENING HELPS SAVES LIVES = FACT

Bowel screening is used to check for early signs of bowel cancer by looking for hidden traces of blood in your stools. There is a national bowel screening programme for older men and women. In England people aged 60-69 are offered screening, however this is being extended to 74. Patients of this age will receive a screening kit that can be used at home and samples are sent away for testing.

If you are older than this you won't automatically receive a screening kit, but you can still take part in the screening - call freephone 0800 707 6060 or for more information visit spotcancerearly.com

PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE NURSE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN.

We would like to advise all patients who receive a kit to not be embarrassed about taking the sample, and should you require any guidance on how you might obtain the sample to ask us.

PLEASE, PLEASE, ENCOURAGE PARTNERS, OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS & FRIENDS TO TAKE PART IF THEY RECEIVE A SCREENING KIT!

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IT COULD BE YOU

Please be considerate to patients who require more time than usual when seeing the Doctor or the Nurse; this may be an emergency.

Thank you for your co-operation.

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WASTED APPOINTMENTS

If you are unable to make it to your appointment - change it!!! please contact us at least 48hours prior to your appointment so that we can try and change your appointment to a different date/time. This way it will not go down as a wasted appointment. Missed appointments cost the NHS in £000's in loss time and resources. Remember Change it - don't miss it!!

THANK YOU!

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WE NEED YOU!

Our Patient Participation Group is recruiting new members!

All we ask is you spare 2 hours approx. every 3 months to meet at the practice and provide us with your feedback. You will play a part in guiding the practice on what patients' want.

To have your say, please contact the Reception desk for details or you can contact the Chairman, Mr Paul Jarvis on

paulmjarvis50@gmail.com

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