CORONAVIRUS NEWS
For further information visit the Sunbury Health Centre website: https://sunburyhealthcentre.nhs.uk/
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For further information visit the Sunbury Health Centre website: https://sunburyhealthcentre.nhs.uk/
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COVID 19 COMMUNITY VACCINATION PROGRAMME FOR SURREY
Surrey Heartlands CCG have been receiving lots of enquiries from the public regarding the Covid-19 vaccination programme in Surrey.
The Frequently Asked Questions are being updated regularly and can be found here.
Please encourage local people not to contact the NHS to seek a Covid-19 vaccine appointment, and reassure them they will be contacted when an appointment is available. We would ask you to encourage local people to help the NHS by being patient.
When people are contacted, they are urged to attend their booked appointment. Please also remind people that both doses of the vaccine are needed for it to be effective (which is about 7 days after the second dose).
Your help with sharing these key messages is much appreciated.
Finally, we would remind everyone to please continue to follow all the latest guidance to control the virus and save lives.
Surrey Heartlands CCG have been receiving lots of enquiries from the public regarding the Covid-19 vaccination programme in Surrey.
The Frequently Asked Questions are being updated regularly and can be found here.
Please encourage local people not to contact the NHS to seek a Covid-19 vaccine appointment, and reassure them they will be contacted when an appointment is available. We would ask you to encourage local people to help the NHS by being patient.
When people are contacted, they are urged to attend their booked appointment. Please also remind people that both doses of the vaccine are needed for it to be effective (which is about 7 days after the second dose).
Your help with sharing these key messages is much appreciated.
Finally, we would remind everyone to please continue to follow all the latest guidance to control the virus and save lives.
UNABLE TO WORK - COVID-19 - 26 March 2020
To reduce the burden on GP Practices a new online system, created by the NHS and the Department for Work and Pensions, is now live for patients to be emailed a digital isolation note.
Isolation notes provide patients with evidence for their employers that they have been advised to self-isolate due to Coronavirus, either because they have symptoms or they live with someone who has symptoms, and so cannot work.
As Isolation Notes can be obtained without contacting a Doctor, this will reduce the pressure on GP surgeries and prevent people needing to leave their homes.
The notes can be accessed through the NHS website and NHS 111 online. After answering a few questions, an Isolation Note will be emailed to the user. If they don’t have an email address, they can have the note sent to a trusted family member or friend, or directly to their employer.
The service can also be used to generate an Isolation Note on behalf of someone else.
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NEW DENTISTRY ARRANGEMENTS
25 March 2020 - 5 pages Dental Practices have been told to suspend all routine treatment in a bid to reduce the spread of Covid-19. In a letter sent to practices today [letter attached], NHS England and Improvement said: “All routine, non-urgent dental care including orthodontics should be stopped and deferred until advised otherwise.” |
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TOP 10 TIPS FOR COVID-19 TELEPHONE CONSULTATIONS
Tips from the Royal College of GPs - written by Dr. Simon Stockley and Dr. Roger Neighbour 19 March 2020 - 4 pages
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