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PRACTICE CHARITY
This year the practice has chosen Prostate Cancer
Second hand books are also available for a small donation.
HOSPITAL REQUESTS FOR MEDICATION
If you have attended a hospital Outpatient Clinic and have been given a medication request slip to hand into to your General Practitioner, please note that your prescription(s) will be available within 48 hours as per our normal practice policy for the ordering of routine medications. If your consultant wishes you to commence a medication or a treatment urgently/immediately then you will either be provided with this at your clinic appointment or you will have the medication dispensed that day via the hospital pharmacy.
TRAVEL VACCINATIONS
Please download and complete this Travel Questionnaire and hand it into the reception desk
The practice offers both advice and vaccination for travel abroad.No charge is made for the advice and most vaccinations are available either on NHS prescription or from stock held at the practice. Please note however that there are certain vaccines that are only available outwith the NHS and for which a fee is charged. A fee is also charged for any Certificate of Vaccination requested.
You may need travel vaccinations depending on the country or countries you intend to visit. To help us advise you, please collect a Patient Travel Questionnaire from Reception noting the following important information:
- Please hand in completed questionnaire to us at least 6 weeks prior to departure.
- Forms handed in within 4 weeks of travel will be processed if possible but forms handed in within 2 weeks of travel will not be processed, however a Travel Advice print-out will be offered and we would recommend that you contact one of the specialist travel clinics, details available from Reception
- You must contact the surgery one week after handing in your completed questionnaire when you will be advised if your form/prescription(s) are ready for collection. Please note that the practice will not contact you.
- You would then proceed to book your nurse appointment to have your injections and to receive travel advice.
PRACTICE BUILDING AND GROUNDS
We are disappointed to learn that there is a strong possibility that the gardeners who maintain our plants and shrubs may have to pull out of their contract with us due to Health & Safety issues relating to the large amount of dog fouling in all of the areas surrounding the building.
We would ask that if you see any acts of vandalism to either the building or its surroundings that you report this to the Police or to our Practice Manager.
PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION
This is a once-only vaccination. Pneumococcal pneumonia is a serious lung infection which in rare cases can be fatal. It is particularly harmful to people whose body defences are weakened. If you have not already been vaccinated and fall into any of the categories below, please arrange to have this vaccination. This can be given at one of our open flu clinics:
Note: if you have chronic kidney disease, nephrotic syndrome or have had a splenectomy, you should already have been vaccinated and, in this case, booster doses are given at 5-yearly intervals.