Prescott Surgery

BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY AND COVID UPDATE

UPDATED 19.05.2020

We will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday 25th May 2020 as 111 and Shropdoc have the resource and capacity to provide cover. Should you need urgent medical attention when we are closed please dial 111.

The DWP are providing electronic absence notes for employers to those who have symptoms of coronavirus and have to isolate for 7 days and to those who self-isolate for 14 days due to a family member being symptomatic. To obtain an electronic absence note visit www.111.nhs.uk/isolation-note

Also available on the 'Surgery News - Coronavirus' link is information relating to how we are managing Medication collection, GP appointments, Nurse appointments, Blood Test appointments. Please do not visit the surgery unless you are collecting medication or have been invited in for a face to face appointment following a telephone consultation. Please observe social distancing at all times.

We are still receiving calls from patients seeking specific advice on whether or not to self-isolate. Please follow the links on this website where available advice can be accessed or see 'Surgery News- Coronavirus' for information:

(1) Coronavirus - Click Here
(2) Social Distancing - Click Here
(3) Employment and Fit Notes - Click Here

PLEASE NOTE - In order to minimise the risk to vulnerable patients and to staff, we have to make changes to how we manage our appointments. All requests for appointments are in the first instance being booked as a telephone consultation with a doctor or nurse. The doctor or nurse will then decide whether you need to visit for a face to face appointment. If invited for a face to face consultation you will be asked to phone Reception upon arrival, wait in your car and a member of the team will invite you to enter the building when the clinician is ready. This is a precautionary measure to protect everyone by ensuring that patients are not sitting in the waiting area.