PLEASE NOTE TELEPHONE NUMBER 01430 444900 IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, PLEASE USE 01430 440225 TO CONTACT THE SURGERY
GILBERDYKE
HEALTH CENTRE
NEWSLETTER
SPRING 2012
Welcome to the latest edition of our Practice Newsletter. We hope it will provide you with interesting current health information and inform you of what is happening in the Practice
Bank Holidays Opening Times
Spring Bank Holiday opening times are as follows:
Monday 7 May Surgery closed
Monday 4 June Surgery closed
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee 5 June:
The surgery will be closed and the Out of Hours service will be covering.
The surgery will re-open on Wednesday 6 June at 8am.
Surgery telephone number
A reminder that the Surgery telephone number is 01430 440225. From the beginning of May 2012, the telephone number 01430 444900 will no longer be in use.
Dr R Ferguson – change to working hours
After 29 years working full time Dr Ferguson will be reducing his sessions and working part time from the beginning of June, working on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday but will also be absent through the month of May so please be aware of this when trying to book an appointment to see him.
Dr Brotherton & Dr Symes will be increasing their sessions to provide the cover required. Dr Webb will be returning from her Maternity Leave at the end of April.
Dr Marshall will be taking the lead as Senior Partner.
The practice leaflet will be updated listing the changes to the GP surgeries.
Nurse Triage
Our Triage system has received some positive comments through our Practice Survey. From the beginning of April our Nurse Triage will be triaging each morning on a daily basis except for when she is on holiday, this service will then be covered by our GP’s.
Patient Participation Group
Our patient group is now established and holds meetings each month. We conducted a patient survey in December 2011. A summary of the results will be available from the end of March on our Practice Website and a copy placed on our Patient Group Notice Board in the waiting room. We are still keen to recruit new members. If you are interested in joining the group please contact Sarah Gray, Practice Manager.
Flu Clinics
Thanks to all those patients who attended our Flu Clinics during from October to December last year, we had a really good take up of the offer of vaccinations and our clinics ran well.
E-mail requests for repeats
If it is not possible for you bring your paper repeat request into the surgery, then we are keen to encourage our patients to use this method for ordering repeats as this prevents the phone lines becoming blocked at busy times of the day.
E-mail address to order your repeat is: Gilberdyke.prescriptions@nhs.net
Please note this is not for any other enquiries.
Repeat prescriptions - telephone ordering service
Please note that from week commencing 11 June 2012, this service will operate on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. We will no longer provide this service on a Wednesday.
Anticoagulation/Warfarin Clinics
We are currently at the early stages of implementing a new system for taking samples for our anticoagulation monitoring through using the finger prick testing system. Our patients who attend our anticoagulation clinic will receive information once this service is in place.
Telephone System
Our telephone system has recently been updated and you will notice the welcome message and options have changed. Please ensure you choose the correct option when you call the surgery. We apologise if you had any problems getting through over the last couple of weeks.
Book Club
There is an area in our waiting room where you can bring books to sell for 50p, this money goes towards our Patient Equipment Fund.
Thanks for the books which have been donated so far.
If you have any queries regarding the practice please call us on
01430 440225
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