John Ryle Medical Practice
Clifton Cornerstone
Southchurch Drive
Clifton
Nottingham, NG11 8EW
Tel: 0115 921 2970

Noticeboard

GP+ Nottingham City – extended hours access for patients

Offering Evening & Weekend Appointments bookable through your GP practice, patients registered at this practice are able to access additional routine appointments during evenings and weekends through the new GP+ service.

Appointments are available to see GPs, Practice Nurses, Clinical Pharmacists and Physiotherapists in a fully equipped accessible location on Upper Parliament Street in Nottingham City Centre.

Opening hours are:

16:00-20:00 Monday – Friday

9:00-13:00 Saturday & Sunday

This is not a walk-in service, appointments are required and booked through the reception team at the surgery. For more information visit: www.ncgpa.org.uk/gpplus

When the practice is closed please telephone 111 to be directed to our out of hours services. All calls from landlines and mobiles are free or phone 999 in a life threatening emergency. We apologise for any inconvenience.

The latest copy of our newsletter and minutes from the recent Patient Participation Group meeting are now available on the Practice Group page.

Please read our information regarding the Practice General Data Protection Regulations in the GDPR folder

MIG

MEDICAL INTEROPERABILITY GATEWAY

From time to time it is helpful for us to be able to share information about your health and care requirements with other health organisations that are responsible for providing you with healthcare. Across Nottinghamshire we are introducing a new system called MIG (Medical Interoperability Gateway) which will enable us to make relevant medical information available from your GP record with other healthcare professionals who are providing you with direct care. The MIG allows for relevant information to be viewed by other healthcare professionals, however before your information is accessed you will be asked for your explicit consent. Examples of organisations that may access your GP health information include NEMS Out of Hours team, walk in centres and local A&E departments.

Sharing of information in this way is designed to ensure that the healthcare professionals looking after you have the most relevant information to enable them to provide you with the most appropriate care. The type of information shared is restricted and includes a summary of current problems, current medication, allergies, recent tests, diagnosis, procedures, investigations, risks and warnings – all this information is currently held in your GP system record.

We have automatically set up the sharing facility to allow your information to be made available via the MIG. Whenever a clinician from another healthcare organisation wishes to view your GP information via the MIG they will always seek your permission before doing so; if you say “NO” they will not be able to see any information and no data will be made viewable via the MIG.

If you have any concerns about the sharing of your information or do not want your information being made available via the MIG please ask to speak to the Practice Manager who can advise accordingly.

Named GP

All patients have a named GP attached to their record. If you would like to know your named GP, please ask at Reception. Please be aware this is for admin purposes only and you can see any GP of your choice, when available.

flujabs

This General Practice is research active

Conducting high-quality clinical research helps us to keep improving NHS care by finding out which treatments work best.

In this practice, you might be asked to take part in a clinical research study. Alternatively, ask our staff about clinical studies suitable for you.

Taking part in a clinical research study is voluntary and can be a rewarding experience.

To find local clinical research studies, go to: www.ukctg.nihr.ac.uk

To find out more about clinical research in the East Midlands visit: http://www.crn.nihr.ac.uk/east-midlands

To read about other patients who have benefitted from taking part in clinical research visit: http://www.crn.nihr.ac.uk/can-help/patients-carers-public/patient-stories/

ON LINE ACCESS TO MEDICAL RECORDS

In addition to booking appointments and ordering medication patients will also be able to access their Summary Patient Record, on line, from 31 March 2015. Patients wishing to register for this service must complete an application form available from the surgery and supply photo ID. From the 31st March 2016 Patients will be able to register to see Coded information on their medical records

Additionally full GP2GP Electronic Transfer of Medical Records will commence at the practice in January 2015

CHAPERONES

If you would like a chaperone present during your consultation, please ask when booking your appointment, or when you arrive for your appointment, or when you enter your consultation. Our staff are fully trained to support you during your appointment

Interpreting Services

If you would like a language interpreter or a hearing languages interpreter, please ask at reception. We can also provide leaflets in other languages on request

Travel Vaccinations

If you require any vaccination relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements.please call in to collect a Travel vacs form to be filled in and returned to the surgery prior to a appointment being given

or you may now fill in the Travel Health Questionnaine form on line(details below)

Travel Health questionnaire

to help us to offer the appropriate advice please fill out the online form and bring into the surgery prior to a appointment being given

It is important to do this as early as possible at least 6-8 weeks before you travel

YOUNG PEOPLE

Sexual Health Services

http://www.ccardnottingham.co.uk/sexualhealthservices.html#timeTable

Sex Worth Talking About

http://www.nhs.uk/worthtalkingabout/Pages/sex-worth-talking-about.aspx

Free Chlamydia Testing

http://freetest.me.uk/

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John Ryle Medical Practice

doctor and child We aim to provide a high standard of medical care in a friendly and professional manner. You can help us achieve our aim by following the suggestions made on this website to ensure that appropriate services can be provided when you most need them.

The site contains useful information about how to get the most from a visit to your surgery. We run many clinics for chronic disease care and offer a wide variety of other medical services such as antenatal and postnatal care, minor surgery, childhood vaccinations and well-person check-ups.

In addition to everything you need to know about the doctors, nurses and other staff at the John Ryle surgery you will also find a wealth of health-related information in the menu on the right hand side. Please have a look around and do send us some feedback if you like

Summer newsletter

BOOSTER UPDATE

In line with the Government’s announcement, the NHS is aiming to offer every adult the chance to book a COVID-19 booster vaccine by the end of the year.

If you are eligible for your booster vaccination, please do not contact the practice as we need to keep our phone lines free for those who are trying to book GP appointments. We will contact you about your booster jab or alternatively you can visit nhs.uk/covid-vaccine or call 119 to arrange your appointment. There is lots of demand for appointments so if you can’t find a slot at suitable clinic, please keep checking back as appointments are updated regularly.

If you need to register yourself or someone you care for as housebound to make sure they receive their booster jab, please do contact your GP practice.

If you have Covid-19 symptoms and want to book in for a test, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test. Thank you for your understanding.

From the 19th July nothing will change at the John Ryle Medical Practice – patients will need to still wear a mask, socially distance and use hand sanitiser in the surgery and staff will continue to wear PPE.

We do understand that it can be frustrating but we know that when people come to us they are sick and vulnerable (and some cannot receive the Covid vaccinations due to medical reasons) so we feel it would be wrong to not take these small precautions that can protect people.

We are seeing a dramatic increase in positive Covid cases, especially in the younger age groups, however we also have patients in the older groups who have been double jabbed who are testing positive, therefore the pandemic is not over and we cannot be complacent.

The John Ryle Medical Practice has come so far in trying to minimise the impact of Covid and we are sure you understand that we need to keep the surgery as safe for ALL patients and staff as we can. Thank you.

TESTING

Please may we remind you that if you have any Covid symptoms, you should get a PCR test.

A negative Lateral Flow test does not exclude Covid.

Get tested for coronavirus (COVID-19) – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

The main symptoms of the Delta Variant of Covid are

Headache

Sore Throat

Runny nose

-You and your household must follow the isolation guidance.

Lateral flow tests are only for screening purposes if you are not symptomatic. If you get a

positive result from a lateral flow test you should immediately isolate and book a PCR test

via the Government website or by ringing 119. STAY SAFE.__ _______________

EVENING & WEEKEND APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE NOW

Patients registered at this practice can now access additional routine appointments at our new NHS service, GP+ Nottingham City.

Appointments are available to see GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Pharmacists and Physiotherapists in a fully equipped accessible location on Upper Parliament Street in Nottingham City Centre.

This is not a walk-in service, please speak to our reception team to book an appointment.

Opening hours are:

16.00 - 20.00 Monday to Friday

09.00 - 13.00 Saturday and Sunday

Find out more at www.ncgpa.org.uk/gpplus