CORONA VIRUS (COVID19)

The surgeries will continue to remain open during any lockdown.

It is very important that we reduce the risk of infection to all our patients who need to attend the surgery.

DO NOT COME TO THE SURGERY if you have a cough, cold, fever or shortness of breath. SELF-ISOLATE, stay at home and get a coronavirus test (see below). If this tests positive you and your household must self isolate for 10 days.

During this time we will be changing our Doctor appointments to a telephone first system. If patients need to be seen in the surgery, an appointment will be arranged.

Please wear protective facial covering if you need to come to an appointment. We cannot supply this for you. Please do not walk straight into the surgeries but press the intercom doorbell at the side of the front door and speak to a receptionist first. Please be patient waiting for the receptionist to answer as sometimes they are all on patient calls. You may choose to wait in your car or outside. You will be allowed into the waiting room if the numbers already waiting mean it is safe for you to do so.

The nurses and healthcare assistants will be carrying out regular reviews which require a face to face appointment in the surgery. The practice will contact you, usually by text when these are due.

Infection control remains a high priority as we have vulnerable patients whose immunity, even after vaccination is not high, needing to come to our surgery.

For this reason reviews which do not clinically require a face to face appointment will be carried out on the telephone.

To help us help you

Please can you order all your medication ONLINE via the NHS App if you possibly can.  All prescriptions are being sent EPS (electronically) to a local pharmacy, please nominate one if you have not done so.

If you cannot order on line please drop your prescriptions into the box at the side of the surgery or if TOTALLY housebound and no one can do this for you phone the surgery between 10am and 12noon.

Click on this link for information on Coronavirus (Covid 19) treatment, testing and  vaccinations

Message from Dr Susanne Bond

It is with great sadness that I am announcing that I will be retiring from Chilwell Valley and Meadows Practice (CVAMP) in August 2021. My replacement will be Dr Toby Kennedy, who many may know as he was a GP registrar at the Valley Surgery a couple of years ago. He is a fantastic doctor and will fit in well with the team.

I joined the practice as a partner in 1995, after being a trainee with Dr Ani Gavrilovic in 1994. In 1996, Dr Churchill and I opened the Chilwell Meadows site. Since then the practice has expanded hugely and gone from strength to strength, fully deserving its “outstanding” CQC rating.

It has been a pleasure to work with such a caring and dedicated team. It has also been an absolute privilege to have been part of your lives for so many years.

Thank you so much for all your kindness, support and thoughtful words, it means so much to me.

I leave you all in the very capable and caring hands of the current CVAMP team.

Dr Susanne Bond

Covid and Flu vaccinations Autumn 2021

Our flu clinics this year will be on the following dates:

The Valley Surgery - Saturday 2nd October

Chilwell Meadows Surgery - Saturday 9th October

This year you will be able to book online - so please wait for a text message with instructions on how to book.

This year we will be giving the Covid boosters at the Practice.  In line with NHS guidance they will be given to patients over 70s  and those who are vulnerable first. They cannot be given to anyone who is less than 6 months from their second Covid immunisation. This means that we may not be able to give them at the same time as the flu immunisation.

It is very important that everyone who is eligible for a flu immunisation receives one this year as it is important that we do not have circulating flu and Covid this winter.

Thank you for helping us to keep everyone safe this year.