Welcome to the Lane Ends Surgery

Covid-19 Vaccination Update 16/03/2021

The Primary Care Network is now starting to receive more regular deliveries of the cvoid-19 vaccine

For those cohorts who are eligible, you may receive a text message with a link to book your appointment. Some patients have understandably been wary of this being a scam, as there have been various messages circulating from unscrupulous sources.

To reassure our patients, the link within the text will read: book.nhs.me/ [and then a unique reference]. This is perfectly legitimate and is a quick a convenient way of choosing a suitable appointment time, whilst reducing the impact on our phone lines.

If no appointments are available when you click the link, please check back as clinics are being added as soon as the delivery quantity has been confirmed.

For those patients without a mobile phone number, we will call you when appointments are available.

If we don't have your mobile number but you have one, please call us so we can update our records.

The following groups in Red are now able to book their COVID vaccination via our reception team;

1.     Residents in a care home for older adults and their carers;

2.     All those 80 years of age and over.

3.     All those 75 years of age and over;

4.     All those 70 years of age and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals* (i.e. shielding patients);

5.     All those 65 years of age and over;

    6. All individuals aged 16 years to 64 years with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality.

7. All those 60 years of age and over;

8. All those 55 years of age and over;

9. All those 50 years of age and over. 

*Please be aware that shielding patients are not considered as housebound and are advised to still attend medical appointments, which includes covid vaccination appointments.

     Thank you for your co-operation

COVID - 19 UPDATES 

Face Coverings 

Please click on the link below for information regarding face covering and exemptions. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/face-coverings-when-to-wear-one-and-how-to-make-your-own

  If a medical appointment has been arranged for you at Lane Ends Surgery please come prepared with your own face mask or face covering

We have a limited supply of face masks which we need to try and preserve for our team so we can carry on providing essential medical care to the patients that need it.

Thank you for your support 

  NHS 111 - Isolation Note

A new online service has been lauched for any patients of the practice what are unable to work due to COVID-19. Through this new service you will be able to obtain an isolation note for your employer if directed by the NHS 111 online service.

In order to reduce the ever growing pressure on our GP surgery, you will be able to obtain the isolation note without consulting your surgery. 

In order to gain access to the isolation notes please use the link below. 

https://111.nhs.uk/isolation-note

You will be asked to complete a few question and then the isolation note will be sent to your email address. If you do not have access to an email address, you are able to have the isolation note sent to a trusted family member or friend or alternatively it can be sent straight to your employer. 

You can also utilise the service on behalf of somebody else. 

 Please get in touch with the surgery to nominate a pharmacy or alternatively visit the nominated pharmacy itself. 

Patient Information

Due to changes in COVID-19 the internal front doors of the surgery will be closed to prevent risk to patients and staff.

This will mean patients who have been triaged by a Clinician and asked to visit the surgery will need to use the intercom system in the foyer. The intercom system should only be used for booked appointments or a clinical emergency.

Please use the repeat prescription forms in the foyer and place your requests in the outside box. If you haven’t already got a nominated pharmacy add this information to your request. All prescriptions where possible will be electronic to nominated pharmacies.

IF YOU HAVE A CONTINUOUS COUGH, A HIGH TEMPERATURE OR LOSS OF TASTE / SMELL.

PLEASE DO NOT ENTER LANE ENDS SURGERY.

If you feel well return home and self-isolate

If you feel unwell ring NHS 111 or visit www.nhs.uk/coronavirus

Thank you for co-operation in these exceptional circumstances.

Staff Training 2021 / 2022

The surgery will be closed on the following afternoons from 1pm for staff training sessions.

Tuesday 20th April 2021

Tuesday 15th June 2021

Tuesday 20th July 2021

Tuesday 21st September 2021

Tuesday 19th October 2021

Tuesday 16th November 2021

Tuesday 14th December 2021

Tuesday 15th February 2022

Tuesday 15th March 2022. 

If urgent medical advice is needed please call 111 or for EMERGENCY assistance call 999