Transcript DID YOU KNOW….. - Guildford and Waverley CCG

DID YOU KNOW…..
• WE HAVE BRANCH SURGERIES AT
PEMBRIDGE AND EARDISLEY
• OUR PRACTICE COVERS 600 SQUARE
MILES
• WE CURRENTLY HAVE A GROWING
LIST OF 8500+ PATIENTS
DID YOU KNOW…..
PRESSURES
• Across the UK, the NHS is experiencing
very high levels of demand.
• This seems particularly true in
Herefordshire where the Hospital is
currently very short of beds.
• This practice is trying very hard to help
meet this demand. Please be patient: we
are working longer hours to give as much
time as possible to high numbers of ill
patients.
How can you help?
In an urgent 10 minute appointment, you
can help by discussing only the one
urgent problem that you have made the
appointment for
DID YOU KNOW…..
GP Vacancies
• We have one unfilled GP vacancy since
Dr Cottrell was promoted to a new job in South
Wales.
• We have hired locums to help us in the
meantime.
• We are trying hard to recruit another GP but the
post is still vacant.
• In the UK, 7.9% of GP vacancies* remain
unfilled, twice as many as last year. We are told
this is a national problem, but are keen to do our
best to find another GP. *
Pulse Magazine March 2013
DID YOU KNOW…..
WE ATTEND TO
• 3 NURSING HOMES
• 4 RESIDENTIAL HOMES
• AN INTERMEDIATE CARE unit
• Totalling 156 beds (which is about 60% of
all the number of beds in Hereford
Hospital!)
DID YOU KNOW…..
WE OFFER ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO:
• KINGTON MIU
• DISTRICT NURSES
• HEALTH VISITOR
• MIDWIFE
• LOCAL SCHOOL NURSE
• MACMILLAN NURSING TEAM
DID YOU KNOW…..
• YOU CAN ORDER YOUR
PRESCRIPTIONS VIA EMAIL
• WE NOW OFFER A PRESCRIPTION
DELIVERY SERVICE FROM KINGTON
FOR OUR DISPENSARY PATIENTS
• YOUR MEDICATIONS CAN BE
PROVIDED IN AN EASY USE WEEKLY
TRAY IF NECESSARY