Patient Participation Group (PPG)
Please see below for our next PPG meetings

Barton Surgery PPG meeting: Wednesday 29th February 2012 at
4.00pm – 5.30pm for Barton patients

Bury Knowle Health Centre PPG meeting: Thursday 1st March 2012 at
3.30 – 5.00pm for Bury Knowle patients

If you would like to join the PPG please fill out the Patient Participation Group sign up form.

Click here to sign up

Sign up to our appointments online service

You can book routine doctors appointments and now you can book phlebotomy appointments (blood tests) via appointments online.

You can also:

Manage your repeat prescriptions

Sign up to SMS text appointment reminders

Receive email communications (such as the patient quarterly newsletter)

Click here to sign up

Choose Well Campaign

Please click here for additional information about the Choose Well Campaign

Did not attend - 'DNA'

On average, 200 booked appointments are wasted each month because patients do not attend.

If you miss 3 or more appointments in a given period, we will notify you that further missed appointments will result in your removal from our list and you having to find another GP.

We have introduced an SMS Text Reminder service to remind patients of their appointments.

We will be sending text confirmation and reminder messages to patients who have an appointment at the surgery with a doctor or nurse. If you do not wish to receive text messages from the surgery please let reception know. If you are happy for us to send you text messages please let us have your correct mobile telephone number.

If you cannot attend an appointment please telephone our reception team on 01865 761651 to cancel the appointment so someone else can use it.

Cold and Flu
Back Pain
Diarrhoea
First Aid

Cold or Flu

 

Resources

Colds & Flu
A factsheet on the causes, symptoms, treatment & prevention of colds & the flu

NHS Choices - is it the common cold or the flu?
Colds and flu can share some of the same symptoms (sneezing, coughing, sore throat) but are caused by different viruses, and flu can be much more serious.  Find out more.

Seasonal Flu Vaccination

Influenza – flu – is a highly infectious and potentially serious illness caused by influenza viruses.  Each year the make-up of the seasonal flu vaccine is designed to protect against the influenza viruses that the World Healflujabsth Organization decide are most likely to be circulating in the coming winter.

Regular immunisation (vaccination) is given free of charge to the following at-risk people, to protect them from seasonal flu:

  • people aged 65 or over,
  • people with a serious medical condition
  • if you are pregnant
  • people living in a residential or nursing home
  • the main carers for an elderly or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if the carer becomes ill
  • healthcare or social care professionals directly involved in patient care

Resources

For more information on flu immunisation, including background information on the vaccine and how you can get the jab, see Seasonal flu jab.

HPA - Season Flu Guide

RCGP & RPS Joint Statement on Flu Vaccines

Seasonal Flu guide

These links all come from trusted resources but if you are unsure about these or any other medical matters please contact your doctor or pharmacist for advice.
 
For quick medical advice online or on the telephone contact NHS DirectNHS 111 is a new service being introduced to make it easier for you to access local NHS healthcare servicesNHS ChoicesDepartment of HealthMy Surgery Website