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CQC overall rating
Good
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Please do not attend the surgery if you have a new persistent cough, a raised temperature, or any flu like symptoms particularly if you are aware of being a close contact of someone who has tested positive for coronavirus.
FLU VACCINATIONS
We are currently offering flu vaccinations at the surgery. These are for all those who will be over 65 as at 31.3.24 and those aged under 65 in a clinical risk category. Invites have been sent out so if you feel that you are eligible but have not received an invite please contact the surgery.
Pharmacy First
Starting 31st January 2024, NHS England has created a new scheme to help ease the pressure on GP practices. Pharmacy First encourages eligible patients to utilise pharmacies for timely and effective care without the need to see a GP. The eligible criteria are as follows:-
Clinical Pathway | Age Range |
Sore Throat | 5 years and over |
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) | Women 16-64 years |
Earache/pain (Acute Otitis Media) | 1 to 17 years |
Infected Insect Bites | 1 year and over |
Impetigo | 1 year and over |
Shingles | 18 years and over |
Sinusitis | 12 years and over |
In order to ensure “right patient, right place, right time, first time” we would encourage you to use this service in the first instance rather than contacting the surgery.
Ways to access a GP
NHS 111
You can receive healthcare advice by calling the Freephone number 111 or via the 111 online consultation service
Using LIVI
LIVI is our Online consultation provider. If you would like an online consultation, you do not need to call your GP Practice reception. Once you’ve signed up to the LIVI App, you will be able to access LIVI Online Consultations between 06:00 – 22:00 every day. You can choose to see a GP online the same day or book up to 7 days ahead.
Appointments from home, work or wherever’s comfortable
Download from the App store or Google play, register and book your appointment
Northampton GP Enhanced Access Service
We are very fortunate that we have the Enhanced Access Service available to us to enable patients to book appointments at times to suit them in evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays and is particularly helpful when our appointments have reached capacity. There are bookable appointments available with GPs, Nurses and an HCA.
Appointments are available at the following times:
Monday – Friday 18:30 – 21:30
Saturday and Sunday 09:00 – 17:00
To make an appointment at Northampton GP Enhanced Access Service please telephone the surgery on the usual number of 01604 670780.
The Northampton GP Extended Access Service is an extension to your usual GP practice, it is not a walk-in service, you will still need to make an appointment via Woodview Medical Centre.
The service is based at Entrance B, Highfield Clinical Care Centre, Cliftonville Road, Northampton, NN1 5BD. There is free parking on site.
ONLINE APPOINTMENT BOOKING WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM 5TH JUNE 2023.
You will be able to book appointments, order prescriptions and view results using
Note: SystmOnline is only available from within the UK. You cannot access SystmOnline from abroad.
YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD AND USE THE NHS APP
Welcome to Woodview Medical Centre
Woodview Medical Centre strives to provide the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our doctors, nurses and all our other staff are dedicated to offering a professional service and this surgery website will help us to keep all our patients up to date with news and information about our practice.
As well as a source of information, the staff and the services we provide, we hope you will use this website as a useful resource for other health-related information.
Have a look around our website and please do send us some feedback. We can use your thoughts to improve our online services and make it more useful for our patients.
Please help us support the next generation of Doctors.
Woodview is a training practice as such some of our Doctors are supervised by others. All our registrars are fully qualified Doctors but are working towards a specialism (such as being a General Practitioner) or have recently qualified so require support from those with more experience. All the supervising Doctors have been specially trained to support our junior doctors.
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