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Flu and Covid Vaccinations

Please contact the surgery to check if you are eligible and current booking arrangement for vaccinations.

Try the NHS App

If you’re a patient at our practice, you can use the NHS App to access a range of NHS services on your smartphone or tablet.

It doesn’t replace existing services. You can still contact us in the usual ways.

But, once you have verified your identity in the app, you will have easy, 24/7 access to a growing range of health services and information. You can: 

  • order repeat prescriptions
  • access NHS 111 online
  • find NHS services
  • view your health records
  • book appointments
  • and much more… 

If you have any problems using the NHS App, you can select ‘help’ in the top right-hand corner of the app or visit nhs.uk/helpmeapp.

GP Extended Hours Service

Greater access to medical support. Extra same day and routine appointments are available locally with GP Care Wakefield. 

GP Care Wakefield is an extension of your GP practice and offers appointments with GPs, nurses and other healthcare professionals.

Available 

Weekdays 5pm - 9.30pm

Saturdays 9am-5pm

Sundays and bank holidays 9am - 3pm

To get help, just call the GP surgery during these times and you will be diverted to the service.

Flu and Covid Injections

We have flu and Covid Injections clinics starting from October 2022. Please contact the practice to book into these clinics if you are eligible.

Common Illnesss & Injuries

For information about many common illnesses and injuries, symptoms and treatments, and advice about what to do, when to get help and which NHS service to use, visit the NHS website: nhs.uk.

Some pharmacies will be open on Monday. You can drop in for expert advice on many common illnesses such as headaches, sore throats and aches and pains, and there is no need to book an appointment.

Pharmacies can also give you help and information on which medicines you can buy over the counter to help manage your illness. To find a pharmacy, visit the NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/pharmacy/find-a-pharmacy

SMS Text Messages to your mobile phone

This practice will on occasion wish to use the above service to notify you of:
  • Reminders of appointments.
  • Changes to your booked appointment.
  • National issues such as Flu pandemics.
  • Practice being closed due to unforeseen circumstances.
  • Cancelled or altered clinics including GP, Nurse & Healthcare assistant.
  • Reminders of any reviews or vaccinations due.

If you do not wish to receive any text messages and want to opt out, please inform the practice.

PRACTICE PHARMACIST

Saman and Mobeen are our new PCN Pharamcists. They are both skilled at medication reviews and can answer all types of questions on prescribing and prescriptions.

If the receptionists suggests you see a Pharmacist for a medication review and lifestyle advice, then this is because the practice would like you to do so. She supports us in our prescribing and also helps with audit work and monitoring of prescribing trends.

Practice Pharmacists have now been utilised in many practices nationally over the last few years and are proving to be a very useful resource to practices. You are still free to see the GP for your medication review should you wish, just let the receptionist know.

Dementia Friendly Status

The Practice has been recognised as a Dementia Friendly Practice and has submitted a Action Plan to the Dementia Action Alliance. Further information to help people with Dementia and their carers and to raise awareness of Dementia can be found by clicking on the Dementia Awareness tab below (bottom right)

Services for Young People

Newland Surgery has now been accredited as a Young Persons/Teenage Friendly Practice.

Please click on the 'Clinics and Services' tap at the top for further information.

Services for Young People

Newland Surgery is currently being accredited as a Young Persons/Teenage Friendly Practice.

C Card Scheme & Chlamydia Screening Packs

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We participate in the C Card Scheme for condoms and we also have chlamydia screening available in surgery (Chlamydia screening packs are located in the patient toilets).  If you have already registered for the C Card Scheme please discreetly show your card at reception who will be able to assist you. If you feel you need to speak to a nurse about the Scheme, then please ask at reception. 

Confidentiality

All staff at Newland Surgery are bound by our Confidentiality Policy so even if you are under the age of 18 you can still talk to our staff without parents/guardians being informed.  However, under certain circumstances, for example if we thought you or someone else was at risk of harm, we may be obliged to pass details onto other agencies.

The duty of confidentiality owed to a person under 18 is as great as the duty owed to any other person

Newland Surgery 'Young People Confidentiality Policy'

Confidentiality Policy for Patients under 18 years of age

Policy

  • The Practice recognises that the principles of confidentiality apply equally to all patients, irrespective of age.

  • The Practice will ensure that its staff recognise that all patients under 18 are entitled to the same level of confidentiality as all other patients, including being respectful of any request to withhold information from their parents or guardians and take all necessary steps to ensure that this right of confidentiality is not inadvertently breached.

  • Where a young person requests a consultation at the Practice premises, they will be booked in to see a clinician in the normal way.

  • In the event that a young person attends the surgery without a pre-booked consultation and without adult support, the normal procedure for providing them with a consultation appointment will take place.

  • If the request is for an urgent appointment, the young person may be triaged by a Practice Nurse.

  • Should the young person independently request medical advice or treatment (including contraceptive advice, abortion, other treatments and surgical procedures), the Practice clinician involved in the consultation with the young person will determine their competency and capability to understand the choices of treatment available and the consequences of such treatment.

  • When such competency and capability is deemed to exist, the Practice clinician will provide appropriate medical advice or initiate suitable treatment.

 
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