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Stay at home to stop coronavirus spreading

Everyone must stay at home to help stop the spread of coronavirus.

You should only leave the house for very limited purposes:

shopping for basic necessities, for example food and medicine, which must be as infrequent as possible
one form of exercise a day, for example a run, walk, or cycle – alone or with members of your household
any medical need, including to donate blood, avoid or escape risk of injury or harm, or to provide care or to help a vulnerable person
travelling for work purposes, but only where you cannot work from home

Important - These reasons are exceptions – even when doing these activities, you should be minimising time spent outside of the home and ensuring you are 2 metres apart from anyone outside of your household.

There is separate advice about staying at home if:

Symptoms and what to do

Do not leave your home if you have either:

a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)

To protect others, do not go to places like a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital. Stay at home.

Use the 111 online coronavirus service to find out what to do.

Only call 111 if you cannot get help online.

Important - Call 111 for advice if you're worried about a baby or child.

If they seem very unwell, are getting worse or you think there's something seriously wrong, call 999.

Do not delay getting help if you're worried. Trust your instincts.

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Sheepcot Medical Centre, 6 Cunningham Way, Watford, Herts, WD25 7NL
Tel: 01923 672451

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Welcome to Sheepcot Medical Centre

ACCESSING YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS

We are encouraging all patients to register to use EMIS Access

Once registered, you will:

Be able to view your results (if analysed locally)

Be able to book/cancel appointments

Be able to order your repeat medication (please allow 48hrs)

Be able to view all aspects of your medical records including immunisations (if added electronically)

All of the above means, that you will have instant access to your medical records wherever you are, this will minimise your need to contact the Surgery.

To register for the service please select this link https://app.patientaccess.com/preregistration?siteid=22&sitename=sheepcotmedicalcentre%20practice

This brand new service will allow you to seek help and advice at any time of the day through an interactive website. You can access this through your Patient Access online account under the section called Health Advice. You can also use this service to request medication and sick notes.

Please Note this service is for non urgent queries and has a turnaround of 2 working days

As we are currently in the Governments 'Delay Stage' we have decided to use new methods to offer care to our patients. Your clinician may offer you this service if they feel your symptoms would benefit a video consultation

Coronavirus Update - 17th March 2020

Please be aware that from the 13th March 2020, all routine face to face appointments have had to be cancelled in line with Public Health guidance regarding the coronavirus situation. Online booking of the appointments has also been suspended.

Please contact the practice if you have an urgent medical problem where you will be offered a telephone consultation with a clinician where needed or given other appropriate advice and guidance. For a non-urgent problem, you will be given a telephone appointment. One of our clinicians will assess you over the phone first and will make decision at that point. You may be offered a video consultation if felt appropriate by the clinician.

We also would recommend you make use of our website where you can complete an on-line consultation. Any repeat prescription request can be requested online via patient access or can be given to your local pharmacy.

UPDATED EASTER PHARMACY OPENING TIMES - PLEASE SELECT THE LINK TO SEE

Easter Opening Times

Prescriptions, Sick notes, Blood forms and Sample drop off

PLEASE NOTE THE CURRENT TURNAROUND TIME FOR PRESCRIPTIONS IS 3 WORKING DAYS - ONLY REQUEST YOUR USUAL AMOUNT - MEDICATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED EARLY

During this time we are encouraging all of our patients to request their medication via Patient Access online. If you haven't registered for this service please contact the surgery to do so. If you are unable to use this service you can set up with your local pharmacy to request the medication on your behalf and the prescription will be sent electronically back to the pharmacy for you to collect. You are still able to drop a request into the surgery post-box at the front of the building, this is checked daily or email the request to the surgery via our email address e82096.sheepcotmedicalcentre@nhs.net

You can request your sick/fit notes now through the new online consult tool via patient access health advice. You can also request this by popping a written request into he surgery post-box at the front of the building or sending it via email to e82096.sheepcotmedicalcentre@nhs.net. They can now be sent back to you via text message with a pdf attachment that you can email to your employer. The government has announced plans to issue these notes for Coronavirus infections through NHS 111, if required by your employer. Please see the NHS 111 website for details.

WE ARE NO LONGER HANDING OUT PRESCRIPTIONS OR SICK NOTES

Appointments

If you have booked a routine appointment with the GP within the next two weeks, this will still go ahead but as a telephone or video consultation. The GP will try and phone you as close to your appointment as possible.

If you have an appointment with a Nurse or HCA then a member of staff will contact you to discuss the best way of dealing with your problem.

Baby immunisations and 8 week health checks will still go ahead as long as the child or any member of the family does not have any of the symptoms of the Coronavirus.

In some cases the GP may still ask you to come into the surgery. This will be a pre arranged appointment with the GP.

For all of the above, you must adhere to these guidelines when attending the surgery;

On arrival you MUST wait in your car, the clinician you are seeing will call you on your mobile when they are ready to see you. You will be asked to enter the building via the back entrance, the Clinician will take you straight into the consulting room and then lead you back out the same entrance.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ENTER THE SURGERY WITHOUT A PRE ARRANGED AGREEMENT.

Did you know you can now get online health advice tailored to you 24/7? Click the Online Consult button above.

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Your prescription: your choice

You have the right to collect medicines that have been prescribed for you from any pharmacy you choose.

Your choice should not be influenced by letters you receive in the post, or by any doctor or pharmacist.

Please contact NHS England if someone is trying to influence your decision on which pharmacy you would like to use.

You can contact NHS England in the following ways:

Call: 0300 311 22 33

Email: england.contactus@nhs.net

(with ‘your prescription: your choice’ in the subject line)

Post: NHS England, PO Box 16738, Redditch, B97 9PT

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You can read the benefits of My Care Record by selecting our 'Care Data' tab at the bottom of the page. Here you can also access the Opt Out form if desired.

This is not about sharing your record. It’s about health and care clinicians and professionals accessing and viewing relevant and appropriate information relevant to your care and treatment. You can learn more by visiting www.mycarerecord.org.uk

Partners in Care

Once registered, patients and healthcare professionals work together to ensure the most appropriate care is provided. This partnership philosophy extends even further and our active patient group exists to make sure that patient needs and the practice offering are always heading in the same direction.

Access

Consulting and treatment rooms are available on the ground floor for ease of access and appropriate toilet facilities are also available.

Patients with Disabilities

If you are registered blind or deaf, visually impaired or have difficulty hearing - please ensure you make any member of staff or GP aware, so this can be noted on your medical records.

Serving You

We are proud to share with you our recent CQC inspection report - click CQC Inspection report 2016 Our dedicated team are here to treat those minor ailments that occur as well as providing specialist management of long-term conditions and clinics covering a wide range of healthcare issues. The technology also means you can now do a lot of things from the comfort of your home such as order a repeat prescription or cancel an appointment.

Patient Participation Group

The Patient Participation Group (PPG) exists to ensure that the patients’ views on all matters relating to our health and well-being are fully represented to the Practice.

To do this, we want to hear from people about their experiences, views, and ideas for making services better.

There is a suggestion and comments box on reception and patients can join the PPG, which meets in the evening once a month.

If you are interested in joining the PPG or have any suggestions or comments you would like the PPG to discuss please contact the Chair Jack Alvarez on ppgsmc@gmail.com

To read the latest PPG Newsletter please click here Newsletter November 2019

(Site updated 31/03/2020)

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