Upton Rocks Surgery

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News from Upton Rocks Surgery

Children's Initiative - more confident parents!

The staff at Upton Rocks Surgery presented a cheque to Widnes and Runcorn Cancer Support Centre

Information on face-to-face appointments

Hale Village Opening Amendments for July 2018

Our practice scores 100% for healthcare

Hake Village Surgery - Friday's in August 2018

Coronavirus information

We are now on Facebook

We are helping The Red Box project

CQC Information

Services Available

•  GP Appointments
•  Nurse Appointments
•  Well Person Checks
•  Child Health Development Clinics
•  Child Vaccinations
•  Smoking Cessation Services
•  Blood Tests
•  Travel Vaccinations
•  Find and Treat Monitoring
•  Stroke and Blood Pressure Monitoring
•  Diabetes Testing and Monitoring
•  BMI Monitoring
•  Cervical Screening
•  Family Planning Advice
•  Sexual Health Services

Electronic Prescription Service (EPS)

If you get regular prescriptions the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) may be able to save you time by saving you unnecessary trips to your GP. The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) allows your GP to send your prescription directly to your chosen pharmacy without a paper prescription.

Find out more about the Electronic Prescription Service visit http://www.hscic.gov.uk/epspatients or speak to your practice or pharmacist.

How using EPS could benefit you

If you collect your repeat prescriptions from your GP, you will not have to visit your GP practice to pick up your paper prescription. Instead, your GP will send it electronically to the place you choose, saving you time.

You will have more choice about where to get your medicines from because they can be collected from a pharmacy near to where you live, work or shop.

You may not have to wait as long at the pharmacy as there will be time for your repeat prescriptions to be ready before you arrive

Please speak to your nominated pharmacist to activate your EPS.

Is this service right for you?

Yes, if you have a stable condition and you:

• Don’t want to go to your GP practice every time to collect your repeat prescription.
• Collect your medicines from the same place most of the time or use a prescription collection service now.

This service is not suitable for all patients. It may not be suitable if you:

• Don’t get prescriptions very often.
• Pick up your medicines from different places.

How can you use EPS?

You need to choose a place for your GP practice to electronically send your prescription to. This is called nomination. This could be a pharmacy local to your home or work address. 

Ask any pharmacy or a member of the reception team to add your nomination for you. You don’t need a computer to do this.

Can I change my nomination or cancel it and get a paper prescription?

Yes you can.

If you don’t want your prescription to be sent electronically, tell your GP.

If you want to change or cancel your nomination, speak to your nominated pharmacist or dispensing appliance contractor. 

It is important to tell them before your next prescription is due or your prescription may be sent to the wrong place.

Is EPS reliable, secure and confidential?

Yes. Your electronic prescription will be seen by the same people in GP practices, pharmacies and NHS prescription payment and fraud agencies that see your paper prescription now.

Sometimes dispensers may see that you have nominated another dispenser. For example, if you forget who you have nominated and ask them to check or, if you have nominated more than one dispenser. Dispensers will also see all the items on your reorder slip if you are on repeat prescriptions.

Benefits of EPS

• More efficient and convenient for patients and staff.
• Reduces paper.
• Safer, faster and more efficient.
• Patients don't have to visit their GP for a prescription.
• Patients won't have a paper prescription to lose.

For more information visit http://www.hscic.gov.uk/epspatients or your pharmacy.

 

GP Appointments

HCA & Nurse Appointments

The Practice Nurse is Sister June Sillery, consultations by appointment for Asthma, Diabetes, Stop Smoking clinic, Travel Advice, Family Planning, Cervical Smears, Blood Tests, Health Advice, Well Person Checks etc. 

Clinics

Please contact reception for information regarding our clinics.

Travel Risk Assessment

Our practice nurse holds a travel vaccination clinic for our patients. Please see this page for more information and to fill in the risk assessment form.

Blood Tests

The practice will supply you with a blood form if you need a blood test, this will either be given to you at  surgery or will be sent to you in the post as part of our Annual Review recall system.

Please check whether your form asks you to fast. If you are required to fast, please have only sips of water for 8 hours before the test. Please take any medication as normal.

You will need to contact the surgery between 7 to 10 days later to receive the results of your blood test and find out what you need to do next.

Directions

Upton Rocks Surgery is located on the Widnes Rugby Union Football Club car park in porta cabins on Heath Road which is off Prescot Road, Widnes WA8 7NU.  

Out of Hours

Need a routine appointment after 6.30pm midweek or at the weekend 9am - 3.30pm ?

GP EXTRA is available for Halton patients

Pre-bookable and same day appointments available for you, with prescribing practitioners

Monday - Friday 6.30pm - 9pm and Saturday - Sunday 9am - 3.30pm

 

When the practice is closed there will be a recorded message to advise patients if they require medical assistance which cannot wait until the surgery re-opens. 

 

Patients will be directed to NHS 111.

Calls to the NHS 111 service are free from both landlines and mobiles.

About Practice

Upton Rocks GP Surgery Hale Village Branch Surgery Consultation

Upton Rocks GP Surgery - Hale Village Branch Surgery Consultation.

 

You can complete the survey online at http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/Halevillage/

 

Or you can pick up at paper copy at either:

 

Hale Village Surgery

Upton Rocks Surgery

Runcorn Town Hall

(During opening times)

 

Where can I get more information from?

You can visit the dedicated webpage at:

www.haltonccg.nhs.uk/get-involved/Hale-Village

or contact Upton Rocks Surgery.

 

Drop in sessions: (please book in advance to attend)

 

Tuesday 10th July 2018 11am-2pm, Hall Village Hall

Wednesday 2nd August 2018 5pm-7pm, Hale Village Hall

 

For more information or to book into a drop in session please contact Upton Rocks Surgery hccg.uptonrockssurgery@nhs.net

Other Practice Information

All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice. The average pay for GPs working in Upton Rocks in the last financial year was £56,529.57  before tax and NI. This calculation is for  full-time GPs and 2 locum GPs, who has worked in the practice for more than 6 months.

 

Please click HERE to view the opening hours for our winter services.

 

Did You Know?

Upton Rocks Surgery is a collection point for our local Widnes Food Bank.

 

Donate food TODAY!

 

The Trussell Trust foodbank relies on your goodwill and support.

 

Over 90% of the food distributed by foodbanks in The Trussell Trust network is donated by the public – that’s why your food donations are absolutely vital to our ability to give everyone referred to us a balanced and nutritious three day supply of food.

Our shopping list shows the food items that we need right now.

• Packet soup
• Biscuits
• Cereal
• Coffee
• Tinned fish
• UHT milk
• Tinned meat
• Long-life fruit juice
• Tinned tomatoes
• Rice
• Tinned fruit

 

The Trussell Trust always welcome donations and promise to use them to provide help to people in crisis. Occasionally they send food to other nearby foodbanks to support their work particularly if they experience shortages. This ensures your donations go to help people wherever in the UK they are.

 

 

Jan 2019 Fundraiser

The surgery will be holding a Fundraiser on Monday 14th January 2019 for the HAEMOPHILIA SOCIETY UK.

• HAEMOPHILIA is a rare genetic blood disorder that prevents the sufferer’s blood from clotting.
• There are only around 5,000 people with HAEMOPHILIA in the UK.
• There is no cure, but it can be managed with specialised treatment.

To learn more about haemophilia and other bleeding disorders, visit www.haemophilia.org.uk

EVERYONE WELCOME!!!

 

Below is more information about haemophilia and the fundraiser, featuring our Practice Nurse's grandson who has been diagnosed with this condition and is also a patient at Upton Rocks Surgery:

 

 

 

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