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INNSandOUTS, our regular newsletter is designed to inform you of developments within the Practice, local and national health issues and other information to help you get the best from the services we offer.
New arrivals
We are pleased to announce that our previous Registrar, Dr Rajat Srivastava is to stay with us as a non-partner GP, and we also have two more doctors; Sangeeth Fernando our new Registrar and Amutha Sukanthan as a locum GP. We are also sorry to advise that Jo Dodds and Sam Wayland, both Nurse Practitioners, have left the Practice to further their careers and we wish them well.
Opening Times (Gold Street) Surgery opening times are: Monday to Friday – 08.00am to 6.30pmWe are also offer 2 ‘extended hours’ surgeries on Tuesday evening, 6.30 – 8.00pm and Saturday mornings 8.00 – 9.45am
Opening Times (Earls Barton Surgery)
The opening times at the branch surgery are: Mondays to Thursdays - 8:30am to 5.00pmFridays – 8.30am until 12.30pm.
Out of hours
Out of hours cover (from 6:30pm-8:00am) and at weekends, bank holidays etc. is provided for urgent medical problems. The practice is served by an out of hours service called Nights, Evenings and Weekends Doctors on Call (NENEDOC), incorporating Keydoc, which is based within the Hospital grounds at Kettering. The NEW!! telephone number for advice is 03336 664 664. Alternatively you can telephone NHS Direct on 0845 4647 for immediate health advice at any time of the day or night.
NOTE THE NEW NENEDOC NUMBER: 03336 664 664
Afternoon Closures
The surgery will be closed on the following afternoons for continuing development training for all doctors and staff: Thursday 1st October, Thursday 5th November and Thursday 3rd December. If you require a doctor on these afternoons, telephone the surgery in the usual way and you will be put in touch with the doctor on call service. If you want general medical advice at any time, telephone NHS Direct on 0845 4647.
Flu Vaccinations The Abbey Medical Practice strongly recommends that you have a yearly ‘flu vaccination if you are over 65 or “at risk”. This year we have arranged specific ‘flu vaccination clinics on 5 Saturdays from 3rd to 31st October at Gold Street, Wellingborough and midweek sessions at Broad Street, Earls Barton. Clinics will be run from 8.30am to 12.30pm at Gold Street and 9.00am to 11.30am at Earls Barton.
Swine Flu – Pandemic Flu (National helpline - 0800 1513 100) The Department of Health have advised that swine flu vaccination testing is currently on going and no dates have been advised of stock distribution. Confirmation has also yet to be received regarding which groups of patients are to be given priority. When this information is known, please read the notices which will be displayed in our waiting areas.
Attendance for Appointments It is the policy of the Practice that patients who arrive late by twenty minutes or more for their appointment cannot be assured of being seen as previously arranged. Two choices may be offered; a) to wait until the doctor with whom the appointment had been made has finished his/her surgery to be seen at the end, or b) to arrange another appointment through the receptionist.
Repeat Prescribing
Repeat prescriptions can be requested either by using one of the two ‘post boxes’ that are situated outside the main doors (for use when the surgery is closed) or in the entrance hall or, of course, by post. If an s.a.e. is enclosed your new prescription will be sent back to you. Please note, that there is no requirement to see your doctor to arrange for repeat medication. However, when a review date is shown, this is purely for internal purposes and does not signify that an appointment is needed. If a ‘review appointment’ is required, you will be notified by letter or by a message on your next repeat prescription slip.
Travel Advice Clinics
This travel clinic is only held at our Gold Street surgery one afternoon each week. Appointments are booked though our receptionists in the usual way and travellers must allow at least 6 weeks notice prior to travel. Some aspects of this service is outside the scope of the NHS and fees are charged as displayed in the waiting room. In addition, please note that a non-refundable deposit of £10 per person is payable upon making a ‘travel appointment’ in respect of the necessary ‘risks to health’ research by our travel specialist and administration incurred.
Volunteer Car Service
If you have an hospital outpatient appointment and have no transport the Wellingborough Volunteer Bureau now offer the “Volunteer Medical Car Service” Telephone 01933 272735 or ask at reception for further details.
Volunteer Car Service (Earls Barton)
If you have a hospital outpatient or Doctors appointment and have no transport and live in the Earls Barton/Mears Ashby area the Earls Barton Help Scheme, supported by “Churches Together” may be able to assist. Telephone 01604 812526.
Christmas/New Year arrangements The surgery will be closed during the Christmas and New Year period as follows: Friday 25th December (Christmas day)Saturday 26th December (Boxing day)Monday 28th December (bank holiday)Friday 1st January (bank holiday)
Carers Register
Does someone at home or in the neighbourhood depend upon you to help with their tasks and/or responsibility for their everyday living? If so, you are a carer and we would like to include you on our carer’s register. It could be that we are able to offer support or help but to do so we need to know who you are. We would like to identify all those patients who are carers and enter them onto our carer’s register. A carer’s registration form is available from our reception desk.
Chlamydia testingA free, confidential Chlamydia testing service for under 25 year olds is now available. Please ask at reception for details.
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