Improving Patient Access

**This service is on hold at the moment, clinical time has been diverted to providing the Covid Vaccine Programme**

As part of a national initiative, patients will be able to access GP and Nurse appointments up till 8pm on weekdays and on Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday mornings, at practices across Buxton and High Peak.

Appointments at Thornbrook Surgery will be available every Monday evening, and appointments will also be available to our patients on other weekday evenings elsewhere (details below) and on weekends in either Buxton or New Mills.

• Mondays from 6pm – 8pm at Arden House Surgery (New Mills) and Thornbrook Surgery (Chapel)

  Tuesdays from 6pm – 8pm at Buxton Medical Practice (Buxton) and Goyt Valley Medical Practice (Whaley Bridge)

• Wednesdays from 6pm – 8pm at Elmwood Medical Centre (Buxton) and Sett Valley Medical Centre (New Mills)

• Thursdays from 6pm – 8pm at Stewart Medical Centre

• Fridays from 6pm – 8pm will be offered between the practices listed above on a rotation basis. Please check our website or call the surgery for information on which surgery is on duty.

For further information about who is open on what night see the below link to the North Derbyshire Federation's website page:

Citizens Advice

Free, confidential, impartial & independent advice for all

Safeguarding Children

A child is defined as a person who has not yet reached their 18th Birthday.

Child Maltreatment can involve:

• Physical Abuse
  
• Emotional Abuse

• Sexual Abuse - including child sexual exploitation
• Neglect 

Health Care Staff and General Public - To report

concerns you should call

Call Derbyshire (Social Care) - Tel: 0845 6058058 (24 hours)

Police non-emergency - Tel 101

Police Emergency: Tel 999

Minor concerns?

Consult with your pharmacy team 

Healthcare experts who can give you clinical advice

about all sorts of illnesses.

New online support for people with Type 1 diabetes

A new online resource for people with a new diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes is now live.

It can be hard for those newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes to know which websites to trust, so NHS England has made it easier by collecting all the useful NHS-trusted links in one place on the nhs.uk website.

                                         

Leaving school or college?

Don't ignore the signs!

Getting the MenACWY vaccine from your GP practice and knowing the symptons of meningitis could save your life!

Measles

Derbyshire Dementia Services

Audiology Referrals

Patients over the age of 55 years, can self-refer.

Chesterfield: 01246 514 403

Quality Teaching Practice

We are delighted to have been involved in the Medical Undergraduate Teaching Programme for a further year with the University of Manchester!

Handi App!

‘HANDi’ is a new paediatric app that has been launched for Derbyshire families, parents and carers to provide advice and support if their children have symptoms of common childhood illnesses.
The ‘HANDi’ App has been designed using the latest NICE and RCPCH Guidelines plus clinical knowledge and aims to empower parents/carers with knowledge to recognise when their child is unwell but can be looked after at home or when they need to see a GP or go to A&E.

HANDI App is now available to download for free. Download the HANDi App for Android phones at Google Play

Pregnant?  Book Early!

Shingles

‘Shingles' is a condition that is caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox vius.  90% of adults raised in the UK have had chickenpox, although not everyone may recall having it.  If you have had chickpox then you are at risk of developing shingles.

                     Who can have a free shingles vaccination?

The national shingles immisation programme is recommended for people aged 70 to 79.  

Click on the below link for more information and to see if you are eligable: