Flu Clinics - 2021
We are now booking appointments at Brant Road Surgery for patients eligible for the flu vaccine. If we have your mobile telephone number, you will receive a booking link so that you can book the appointment yourself. All patients aged 50 and over are eligible for the vaccine this year as well as all patients under 50 years who have specific underlying health conditions. If you do not receive a booking link, please contact reception on 01522 724411 to book your appointment. Please also let us know if you don't wish to have the flu vaccine this year so that we can update your records and don't keep contacting you. School aged children will be offered the vaccine via the school nurse. School aged children with specific underlying health conditions can attend the surgery for their flu vaccines once the clinics are available. We will be inviting children aged 2 and 3 into the surgery to receive the nasal flu. We will be in touch when the children's clinics are available to book.
Covid Boosters
Covid booster clinics are now being held at Waddington Surgery. You will become eligible for you covid booster if you are aged 50 years and over and it is more than 26 weeks since your second covid vaccination. We are inviting patients in age order, as per current guidance, oldest to youngest. We are sending self booking links to patients as they become eligible. If you don't have a mobile telephone, we will try to call you instead.
Important Announcement - Blood Appointments
NHS England have contacted all GP practices to inform us of a nationwide shortage of blood collection tubes.
We have been instructed by NHSE to halt all routine blood tests until at least the 17th September.
Any urgent GP requested blood tests will still be carried out in the surgery.
If you have been asked to have a blood test for a consultant or hospital appointment you must attend the hospital phlebotomy department, your GP surgery is not responsible for taking bloods for hospital treatments or follow up appointments.
Staff at the surgery will be going through those appointments already booked to see which ones can still go ahead.
We will be contacting patients in due course if a booked appointment needs to be cancelled.
This is totally out of our control and we are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
General Practice Data for planning and research (GPDRP)
Why NHS Digital collects general practice data
NHS Digital is the national custodian for health and care data in England and has responsibility for standardising, collecting, analysing, publishing and sharing data and information from across the health and social care system, including general practice.
NHS Digital collected data from general practices using a service called the General Practice Extraction Service (GPES), which has operated for over 10 years and now needs to be replaced.
For more information about the changes or to opt out go to General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) - NHS Digital
Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) Phase 4
We are upgrading to the next phase of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) which will mean that almost all our prescriptions will be processed electronically from 4th March 2020
Electronic prescriptions help save the NHS money.
You will receive your prescriptions in the same way as you do now.
Changes to the Prescribing of Over The Counter Medicines
Over the counter medicines for minor health concerns are available to buy in a pharmacy or local supermarket in your local community. Our practice follows NHS England's guidance on this and will not generally give you a prescription for medicines which can be bought over the counter. Please follow the link below to read the guidance in full.
Over The Counter Medicines Prescribing Changes
Why not join our Patient Participation Group!
New members always very welcome. We are a very active group. If you would just like to have a chat and see what we are all about leave us a message and our Secretary or Chairperson will give you a call.
Patient Notice - 3rd August 2018 Change to Opening Times
With effect from 1st September 2018, our Brant Road site will no longer offer appointments on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
Instead, Brant Road will be open until 8pm on a Friday evening only.
Please note that the evening sessions are for
pre-bookable appointments only.
On all other weekdays, our opening hours will remain as 08:00am to 6:30pm – this includes our Springcliffe site on a Friday.
Join the vitality Parkrun Family.
Walk, jog, run, volunteer or simply come and watch - it's up to you.
Friendly, enjoyable 5k events 9am every Saturday morning at Boultham Park, fun for all the family. Buggies and dogs welcome. 2k junior Parkruns for children held every Sunday morning.
To join us simply register at parkrun.com and head down to your local event. For more information go to the parkrun website: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/
PPG children's play area project: We were delighted to have worked alongside The Art Department at Lincoln College on this project byoffering their talented students a work placement for 'private commissioned work' as part of their course.
Students Izzy and Catherine stepped up to the challenge and were tasked to created a piece of art which would keep both children and parents amused while waiting for their appointment. We are pleased to say the project is nearly completed and we are absolutely delighted with the design. If you have not yet seen our fantastic new mural in the surgery click on the link below to see the media coverage.
http://www.lincolnshirewestccg.nhs.uk/news/students-redesign-childrens-area-brant-road-surgery
