ADDITIONAL ADULT FLU CLINICS FOR THE OVER 65s AND UNDER 65s WITH CHRONIC DISEASES SUCH AS DIABETES. COPD, STROKE AND CHD AND CHILD FLU CLINICS ARE BEING HELD throughout nov/dec -  BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

SURGERY FACTSHEET FOR PATIENTS

DUE to the CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

WASH HANDS           FACE COVERING        SOCIAL DISTANCE 

PLEASE DO NOT ENTER THE SURGERY UNLESS INVITED

RATHER telephone the surgery on 01689 852204

We are sorry our telephone lines are busy

WE ARE NOT CLOSED, WE ARE OPEN for your medical needs, and have been throughout the covid19 pandemic, HOWEVER our surgery door will be CLOSED, and we ask you to KNOCK on the door and wait for the receptionist to open it

Our Clinicians are performing telephone/video link/online appointments via CLINICAL TELEPHONE TRIAGE. If they deem it clinically safe and appropriate, then you will be invited to the surgery for a face to face appointment

Nurse appointments for child immunisations and other procedures can be pre-booked and any patients that have symptoms will be asked not to attend the surgery, and cancel the appointment

During the Covid19 Pandemic we are operating a BOOK ON DAY ONLY for clinical telephone triage appointments

Face coverings when using NHS services All PATIENTS AND VISITORS to NHS services must wear a face covering at all times. This is for your protection and the protection of our doctors and staff. This includes hospitals, community clinics and GP services .  Please wash your hands or use hand sanitiser before putting on a face covering and after taking it off. Please avoid touching your face covering whilst wearing it to avoid transmission of the virus.   If you attend an appointment without a face covering, you will be provided with a face mask from our Reception Staff in an emergency

Clinical staff will wear appropriate PPE especially when seeing patient s face to face, but current guidelines state that non-clinical staff do not have to wear PPE as they have no person to person contact

PRESCRIPTION requests should be left in a sealed envelope and posted through the letter box in the front door, or emailed to Chelsfield.Surgery@nhs.net (chelsfield surgery email address) and any urine samples (up to 11am only each day) in the box allocated in the porch

Only REPEAT MEDICATION requests will be issued, ANY other medication will have to be discussed in a Clinical Telephone Triage Appointment

KEEP SAFE AND WELL PLEASE

Dr Sanjay Grover and Dr Prema Ravi

PATIENT FACE COVERINGS ARE NOW MANDATORY WHEN ATTENDING FOR AN APPOINTMENT

In line with the Health Secretary’s recent announcement in respect of hospital visitors and outpatients needing to wear face coverings, please wear one when attending the interior of the surgery.  A face covering may be a scarf, a fabric face covering or mask 

For information on rules regarding face coverings
From July 24th 2020 everyone is required to wear a face covering when entering a shop or business.  This is in addition to wearing one on Public Transport which has been mandatory for some time now.
If you feel you are unable to wear a mask for auditory/sensory/breathing reasons, please visit the link above for government advice on those eligible for exemption and how to download an exemption certificate.  Useful advice on travelling on holiday with asthma.

Please note, it is NOT the responsibility or the role of the Surgery to issue anyone with an exemption letter or certificate.  Chelsfield Surgery will not be issuing these, along with other local practices

Social Prescribers to assist with any social issues such as (bereavement, isolation), please contact reception 01689 852204 to be referred.

Recognising Heart Attacks, Strokes and Heart Failure during the Coronavirus pandemic and beyond

Sickness/MED3 certificates for patients self-isolating

Practices are receiving alot of requests for Med 3 certificates from patients that are self-isolating due to Covid 19. We have been advised that patients should contact NHS 111 Online and follow the instructions to obtain a self-isolation notice which can be given to employers.

You should attend A&E or Urgent Care if you are experiencing chest pains, a possible fracture/fall, a serious cut or wound and if your GP advises you to go to A&E/UCC, or you can ring NHS 111 in surgery hours or out of hours, or see your local Pharmacy for simple medical advice. 

All telephone calls in and out of the surgery are recorded for security and training purposes.  CCTV has been installed inside and outside of the Surgery for patient and staff security.

Chelsfield Surgery has been chosen as a Cardiology Hub within the Orpington area. We are able to accept 24hr ECG and BP monitoring for any patient over 16yrs of age from within the practice and other practices, and 12 lead ECG referrals from patients over 7 yrs of age. Referral is via a clinician and a form must be completed.

Our patients can now book an appointment to see a GP on other weekday evenings (after 6.30pm) or at the weekends (on Saturdays or Sundays) by making an appointment at one of our GP Alliance HUBs.  These HUB appointments will either take place in Orpington, Bromley or Beckenham. Please talk to the practice receptionists to find out more on how to book a GP Alliance appointment.

We are unable to give out any medical information regarding our patients over the age of 16 yrs without their written or verbal permission. Once permission has been received we will update the patient's medical record to reflect their choice.

Adult Vaccination Programme  

You may be eligible for the Shingles vaccine. Use this link to help you find out.  If so, please make an appointment with one of our nurses.   

If you require PNEUMONIA and SHINGLES vaccines, it is worth noting that they cannot be given at the same time.  Appointments will need to be made 4 weeks apart.

Did you know that you can self-refer to your local NHS physiotherapy service?

We are trialling a new way for you to see a physiotherapist.  If you are 16 years or older, you can now self-refer to physiotherapy for:  muscle or joint pain; back or neck pain; sports injuries and sprains and strains.  It's exactly the same NHS service, but without the need for a GP appointment first.  You can still see your GP to be referred, but self-referral aims to get you seen by a physiotherapist more quickly and should save your GP time.

Call 01689 88 77 10 to self-refer, or ask at Reception.

Care Quality Commission

Following our ANNUAL CQC provider information collection (PIC) call on

29 November 2019  During an annual regulatory review

We reviewed the information available to us about Chelsfield Surgery on 20 December 2019. We did not find evidence of significant changes to the quality of service being provided since the last inspection. As a result, we decided not to inspect the surgery at this time. We will continue to monitor this information about this service throughout the year and may inspect the surgery when we see evidence of potential changes.

The average pay for GPs working in the practice of Chelsfield Surgery in the last financial year (year ending 31/03/2019) was £85,667 before Tax and National Insurance.

NHS England require that the net earnings of doctors engaged in the practice is published and the required disclosure is shown above. However, it should be noted that the prescribed method for calculating earnings is potentially misleading because it takes no account of how much time doctors spend working in the practice and should not be used to form any judgement about GP earnings, nor to make any comparisons with any other practice.

All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (eg average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice.”

The Accessible Information Standard aims to ensure that people who have a disability, impairment or sensory loss are provided with information that they can easily read or understand with support so they can communicate effectively with services. Examples of the types of support that might be required include large print, braille or using a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.

All organisations that provide NHS care or adult social care are required to follow the new standard, including NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts, and GP practices. As part of the accessible information standard, these organisations must do five things: 

• Ask people if they have any information or communication needs, and find out how to meet their needs.
• Record those needs clearly and in a set way.
• Highlight or ‘flag’ the person’s file or notes so it is clear that they have information or communication needs and how those needs should be met.
• Share information about people’s information and communication needs with other providers of NHS and adult social care, when they have consent or permission to do so.
• Take steps to ensure that people receive information which they can access and understand, and receive communication support if they need it.

If you have any of the needs described above, please alert a member of our reception team who assist you to get the best possible information and care from your GP surgery.  For more information please follow this link.

Confidentiality

We are unable to give any information regarding a patient to a third party without prior verbal or written consent from the patient concerned in respect of the patient requesting that information. This consent will then be entered onto the patient's medical record for future reference.  We take patient confidentiality in this practice very seriously, and will not impart any patient information without the patient's verbal or written

CERTIFICATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE