CORONA VIRUS (COVID19)

The pandemic is not over for the NHS.

It is very important that we continue to reduce the risk of infection to our vulnerable patients. If you have any new respiratory symptoms please stay at home and book a PCR test by calling 119 or going on the government website here. If you get a positive lateral flow test result, you do not need to confirm the result with a PCR test.

We will be continuing to telephone triage most of our doctors appointments throughout this winter. This is to ensure that we can reduce the risk of cross contamination of patients by keeping our waiting rooms as clear as we can. Covid is still circulating and while this may be a mild experience for some young, healthy vaccinated individuals, it is still life threatening for others.

We will continue to see patients face to face when it is clinically necessary to do so and when patients feel this is very important to them after discussion with a doctor.

When you come to the surgery for whatever reason 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 phonecalls. 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.

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

Flu vaccinations Winter 2021

It is very important that all those who are eligible for flu (those over 50 years old or in vulnerable groups, those with lung, heart or kidney conditions or immunosuppressed) receive these early in the season as it is important that we do not have circulating flu and Covid this winter.

Please  wait until you receive a text from us  to book on line if you have a mobile. If you do not use a mobile phone you may phone the surgery to book an appointment now.

Covid Booster vaccinations Winter 2021

The eligibility of a Covid booster jab for those aged 18 and over is 91 days after the date of your second dose. There will be some clinics held in the New Year at the Surgery and patients will be invited to book into these clinics. If you are already eligible for your booster dose, please book an appointment using the NHS National booking site https://nottsccg.nhs.uk/covid-19/covid-19-vaccinations/where-to-go-for-your-covid-19-vaccination-appointment/

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

NEWS: Doctor recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list!

Dr Tony Avery has been awarded the OBE in 2022 New Year’s Honours list for ‘services to general practice’. He said: “I'm absolutely delighted to receive this honour, and I would like to thank all my colleagues at Chilwell Valley and Meadows Practice for the tremendous support they have given me over the last 30 years. I would also like to thank our patients for helping me to focus on what matters to them in my clinical work and in the research I have done as a professor at the University of Nottingham.”