Enhanced Access opening hours
In addition to appointments during the practice’s normal opening hours of Monday to Friday 8am -6.30pm, the Pershore and Upton GP practices are working together to offer a variety of weekday early morning and evening appointments and Saturday appointments. These appointments are pre-bookable by contacting the surgery during our opening times. Appointments are a mix of telephone and face to face appointments with a variety of different clinicians from across our clinical team.
If you need to contact the practice about one of these appointments outside our opening hours (for example to cancel an appointment), you can call 01905 969864 weekdays 6.30pm-8.00pm and Saturdays 9am-5pm.
The Saturday appointments will rotate around the three practice sites.
Appointment times
Mon – Thu 7.30am – 8.00am appointments at Abbottswood Medical Centre or Pershore Medical Practice
Mon – Fri 6.30pm -8.00pmm appointments at Abbottswood Medical Centre, Pershore Medical Practice or Upton Surgery
Saturdays 9.00am – 5.00pm appointments at Abbottswood Medical Centre, Pershore Medical Practice or Upton Surgery
Strep A is a common type of bacteria. Most strep A infections are mild and easily treated, but some are more serious.
Symptoms of a strep A infection
Common symptoms of strep A include:
Most strep A infections are not serious and can be treated with antibiotics.
But rarely, the infection can cause serious problems. This is called invasive group A strep (iGAS).
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We want to hear people’s views about mental and physical health services for veterans in England
NHS England and NHS Improvement has launched a survey to find out people’s views and experiences of veterans mental and physical health services. The information gathered will be used to help inform the development and provision of these services in the future. As part of this exercise, we would particularly like to hear people’s views and experiences of Op COURAGE: The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service, as well as the Veterans Trauma Network (VTN), which is for Service-related physical health conditions.
Op COURAGE: The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service is the collective name for the:
• Veterans Mental Health Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service (TILS).
• Veterans Mental Health Complex Treatment Service (CTS).
• Veterans Mental Health High Intensity Service (HIS).
Veterans health and wellbeing survey
General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR)
NHS Digital’s daily collection of GP data will support vital health and care planning and research.
You may have read in the press about "General Practice Data for Planning and Research" (GPDPR). This is a new way that NHS Digital will collect data from the GP record to help plan for future NHS healthcare. The new way of collecting patients data reduces the amount of work GP practices have to share the information.
Any data collected will be pseudonymised (meaning it can't be identified with an individual).There are two types of opt out to consider.
TYPE 1 - this stops any data going from the practice to NHS Digital.
NATIONAL DATA - this will allow the data to be shared with NHS Digital, but stops any data going further than that.
Remember in both instances, the data isn't identifiable to you.
Please note this has now been postponed to the 1st September, so it gives you more time to consider your options.
For information on how we share data, please see Data Policy on our website https://www.uptondoctors.co.uk/info.aspx?p=20
To opt out, you must complete the required opt out form and return it to the surgery –
- Either by dropping off a signed paper copy at the surgery
- Email us a photo of the signed form to uptonsurgery@nhs.net
A copy of the Type 1 opt out can be downloaded here:
Opt-out form
Patient Oxford Hip Score Questionnaire
Patient Oxford Knee Score Questionnaire
WISH Clinic Time table
Suggestions
We have a suggestion box located in the waiting room and are always pleased to receive any ideas for current improvements or introduction of future services. Ideas are discussed with the GP Partners and then with the patient group.