COVID-19 Vaccine Update:

We are working with other Practices in our local Primary Care Network to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine. Our vaccine clinic is at Porter Brook Medical Centre (not Ecclesall or Upperthorpe). The first group of patients who have been offered the vaccine are patients aged over 80 and we are moving onto other groups as determined by the government's guidelines. We are contacting eligible patients by text, phone and letter. Please do not contact us.

When you have received your vaccine appointment please note the following information:

Your appointment will be at Porter Brook Medical Centre, 9 Sunderland Street, Sheffield, S11 8HN

If you need to cancel or change your appointment please don’t phone Porter Brook, phone us on 0114 275 1010. Appointment times are limited so we can only offer alternatives in exceptional circumstances.

Please wear warm clothing that can be easily removed ready for your injection

You will be at the site for about 25 minutes – this includes 15 mins observation time (if the Pfizer vaccine has been administered)

Please arrive on time for your appointment – not too early as this may cause traffic congestion/queues

Do not attend if you have COVID symptoms or have had a test in the last 10 days and are isolating

If assistance is needed, please come accompanied but only one carer per patient inside the building please

Are you aged between 50 and 64 years old?  

Under the new government guidelines you are eligible for a Flu Vaccination.  Please call the surgery to

BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT NOW!!! 

For more information click on the link below:

Flu vaccine - NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Book Your Seasonal Flu Vaccination Now

We are now booking appointments for the seasonal flu vaccination.  If you fall within one of the following "At Risk" groups, please contact the surgery to book your flu vaccination appointment now:-

Age 65 years or over

Heart disease

COPD

Asthma

Diabetes

Immunosupressed

Chronic kidney disease

Chronic liver disease

Currently pregnant

Carer

Frontline health professional

Flu vaccine - NHS (www.nhs.uk)

COVID-19

COVID-19 Support – We’re Here for You

It is understandable that during times like this, people may be feeling afraid, worried, anxious, and overwhelmed. Our Social Prescriber can help you with finding the support you need, whether that be ensuring you have your groceries, linking-up to mutual support groups, or building your mental health. You can self-refer directly by emailing Eloni at Eloni-jayne.lewis@nhs.net. Tel: 07707053892. Office hours Mon-Fri, 9-5pm.​

Online appointment booking system currently suspended due to the Coronavirus outbreak.  We apologise for the inconvenience caused.

COVID-19 VIRUS

DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, ALL APPOINTMENTS ARE CANCELLED AND WE WILL CALL YOU INSTEAD.

IF YOU HAVE A NEW PROBLEM THAT YOU FEEL NEEDS A DOCTOR OR A NURSE, PLEASE TELEPHONE RECEPTION WITH THE DETAILS OF YOUR PROBLEM. PLEASE ONLY COME INTO THE SURGERY IF YOU HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DO SO ON THE PHONE.

WE HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES FACING THE PRACTICE AND OUR PATIENTS.

THANK YOU

Coronavirus information for Sheffield Patients and the Public

A coronavirus is a type of virus. As a group, coronaviruses are common across the world. Typical symptoms of coronavirus include fever and a cough that may progress to a severe pneumonia causing shortness of breath and breathing difficulties.

Generally, coronavirus can cause more severe symptoms in people with weakened immune systems, older people, and those with long-term conditions like diabetes, cancer and chronic lung disease.

Novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) is a new strain of coronavirus first identified in Wuhan City, China.

Please see the following Gov.uk link for further information including:

• Advice for travellers returning from Wuhan and Hubei province in the last 14 days:
• Advice for travellers returning from, or transited through, China (other than Hubei), Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand in the last 14 days  
• Symptoms and what to do and preventing the spread of infection  

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-guidance-to-assist-professionals-in-advising-the-general-public/guidance-to-assist-professionals-in-advising-the-general-public

Travel Vaccinations

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements at least 8 weeks before you travel.  This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required. 

You will be asked to complete a travel questionnaire before you attend your appointment. Click on the link to open, print and complete the form.

Travel Risk Assessment Form

If there is less than 8 weeks before your date of departure, you will be asked to attend a Private Travel Clinic for your vaccinations and travel health advice.

Please note that we no longer offer travel health appointments at our branch site surgery, Ecclesall Medical Centre.  Patients registered at this site will be offered an appointment at our main site Upperthorpe Medical Centre.

Information about countries and vaccinations required can be found on the links below:

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Carribean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

Hub Surgeries

If it is deemed appropriate, you may be offered an appointment at one of six GP access centres across Sheffield 6.00pm to 10.00pm weekdays and 10.00am to 6.00pm weekends.

Evening and weekend appointments are available to patients of the practice. To find out more please ask the practice or visit www.primarycaresheffield.org.uk/patients

The six GP access centres are:

The Crookes Practice, The Health Care Surgery, The Sloan Practice, Woodhouse Health Centre, The Flowers Health Centre, Burncross Surgery.

Patients who are overseas for short periods

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer telephone advice to patients who are staying overseas for a short period.  Therefore you will need to seek advice as required from an appropriate clinician where you are based.  We have been made aware that our Defence organisations indemnity provision is limited to UK patients only, and that we are not insured for telephone consultations carried out with patients who are outside the UK.

General Data Protection Regulation

The General Data Protection Regulation is changing from 25th May 2018.  For further details please click on the link on the right hand side of the Home Screen.

Medical Students 

From October 2018 the practice is helping support train GP Medical Students. 

Some of our students will be sitting in with our practice GPs and/or nurses, those students in their final year of training will consult with patients and then present their findings to a practice GP.

You may be offered an appointment with a Medical Student. These appointments will be 30 minutes long in order that our practice GP can spend time with you at the end of the consultation. If you prefer not to see a Medical Student, please let the receptionist know.

You will be notified when a Medical Student is sitting in with a GP. Again, please let us know if you do not wish for them to be present.