PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE NOW FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT AND NHS ENGLAND DIRECTIONS TO PRIORITISE URGENT CARE AND THE VACCINATION PROGRAMME. 
WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PAUSE ROUTINE WORK AND THOUGH WE WILL ENDEAVOUR TO NOT DELAY CARE WE APOLOGISE IF WE HAVE TO POSTPONE SOME ROUTINE CARE AND APPOINTMENTS.

PLEASE BEAR WITH US AT THIS TIME

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/demonstrating-your-covid-19-vaccination-status-when-travelling-abroad

https://what0-18.nhs.uk 

Important information to keep you safe while isolating at home.

We are aware of various reports and research that BAME patients may be less likely to want the Coronavirus vaccine. At Summertown Group Practice we are very focussed on getting the vaccine to all groups in our patient population. We urge you if you have any questions or worries about the vaccines, to call or email us so that we can respond to any worries or queries.

Please find below a link and videos that might help if you have questions about the COVID-19 vaccination programme:

• COVID-19 vaccine information - Oxford University Hospitals (ouh.nhs.uk)
• Terry Roberts, Chief People Officer - BAME - YouTube
• Why get vaccinated? - Ariel Lanada, Chair of the OUH BAME Network - YouTube
• COVID Vaccination - Imam Monawar Hussain, OUH Muslim Chaplain - YouTube
• Faith Leaders for Covid Vaccination - YouTube

Please do contact the staff at the surgery if you have further questions.

If you are registered at Summertown Health Centre and would like more information, please contact us on 01865-515552. You can also join the trial online, even if you are not currently registered with our practice. For full details, visit http://www.principletrial.org

General Practice Transparency Notice for sharing Data for Planning and Research (Replacement for GPES)

We have been informed that the consultation on this continues.  We are awaiting further directions and will update our website when we are informed.

NHS Digital collected patient data from general practices using a service called the General Practice Extraction Service (GPES), which has operated for over 10 years and now needs to be replaced.

Patient data collected from general practice is needed to support a wide variety of research and analysis to help run and improve health and care services. Whilst the data collected in other care settings such as hospitals is valuable in understanding and improving specific services, it is the patient data in general practice that helps us to understand whether the health and care system as a whole is working for patients.

In addition to replacing what GPES already does, the General Practice Data for Planning and Research service will also help to support the planning and commissioning of health and care services, the development of health and care policy, public health monitoring and interventions (including coronavirus (COVID-19) and enable many different areas of research.

For more information about this see the GP Practice Privacy Notice for General Practice Data for Planning and Research.”

Covid Vaccination Boosters

OUR NEXT WALK-IN DATE IS THURSDAY 20TH JANUARY 2022 10AM TO 2PM AT THE UNIVERSITY CLUB ON MANSFIELD ROAD, OX1 3SZ. NO PARKING AVAILABLE OTHER THAN METERED ON-STREET PARKING.

We hope to have invited all those aged 18 and over who are eligible for a booster to have their vaccination by the 30th December 2021. 

Boosters are widely available in city sites including Boots in Cornmarket Street, Exeter Hall in Kidlington and the Kassam Stadium. Appointments are bookable here or by calling 119. Details of walk-in vaccine sites are here.

If you think you may have been missed out then please email healthier.oxfordcovid@nhs.net so we can check the system.

Currently these vaccinations will ALL be Pfizer with us, irrespective of what your first vaccinations were. We cannot organise specific choice or alternative vaccinations due to preference.

4th doses for the immunosuppressed

We are arranging clinics in January for those due their 4th dose due to immunosupression when they received their first 2 doses. If you need to arrange this at a different time then you will need your letter sent to you from the NHS or your secondary care specialist. Please contact us on healthier.oxfordcovid@nhs.net if you think you are eligible and overdue (>14weeks since your 3rd dose) and have not been contacted.

NHS Vaccination Passes

The surgery cannot edit these if details are incorrect unless we gave you the vaccination at our site and you should contact 119 in the first instance with any issues with this. If you are attending a vaccine site for a second dose having had a first dose abroad, PLEASE inform them so they input this correctly at the time.

The NHS COVID Pass for travel does not currently include COVID-19 booster vaccinations. The government is reviewing the implications and requirements for boosters for international travel certification. It is looking at whether and how booster vaccinations could be included in the NHS COVID Pass for travel.

12-15 year olds

This is currently being organised and rolled out by schools, via the Oxford Health school nurses and immunisations teams and will not be done by us. This includes those who have missed their first vaccinations.

Vaccinations done abroad

We are able to update your GP record with any vaccinations received abroad. However, we can only input this into the database that is captured on the NHS App and National Booking Service if you have had a vaccine that is licensed and been administered in the UK. Unfortunately this issue is not a local one but a governmental issue.

A new service to manage overseas vaccinations will be available via 119 from December 2021: Tell the NHS about coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations you've had abroad - NHS (www.nhs.uk) As we cannot chnage this, we would request that you don't contact the surgery about this.

Cohort 6 information

Covid-19 Vaccination, A Guide for Adults

COVID-19 vaccination and blood clotting - GOV.uk

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Call the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Helpline if you need help with a mental health problem. This number replaces 111 for mental health advice in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

• For adults and older adults call 01865 904997.
• For children and young people call 01865 904998.

We are aware that many people are finding it very stressful being confined to their homes for so long. If you’re finding it tough and have children at home, you might like to look at these helpful resources.

Covid-19 Information for Parents and Carers

COVID-19 Advice for Parents and Carers

Covid - 19 - Advice to patients isolating at home

You can get in touch with your children’s head teacher/head of year at school, and the school nursing team might be able to help -find their details here: https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/school-health-nurses/

Please get in touch with us if you are worried about your own health or that of your children.

If you’ve had a baby in the last couple of months and would like some support from other mothers, and professionals, please visit this link: https://www.facebook.com/botleybridges/

The NHS and Public Health England (PHE) are extremely well prepared for outbreaks of new infectious diseases. The NHS has put in place measures to ensure the safety of all patients and NHS staff while also ensuring services are available to the public as normal.

NHS 111 has an online coronavirus service that can tell you if you need medical help and advise you what to do.

Use this service if:

• you think you might have coronavirus
• in the last 14 days you've been to a country or area with a high risk of coronavirus – see coronavirus advice for travellers and a list of high risk countries on nhs.uk
• you've been in close contact with someone with coronavirus

Do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital. Stay indoors and avoid close contact with other people. Call 111 if you need to speak to someone.

In Scotland call your GP or NHS 24 on 111 out of hours.

In Wales call 111 (if available in your area) or 0845 46 47.

In Northern Ireland call 111.

For region specific information and advice in:

• England visit nhs.uk
• Wales visit phw.nhs.wales
• Scotland visit nhsinform.scot
• Northern Ireland visit HSC
• Ireland visit HSE

Further information and details of how to self-isolate are available on nhs.uk.

 Further updates can be found on the Blood.co.uk site here: https://www.blood.co.uk/news-and-campaigns/news-and-statements/coronavirus-covid-19-updates/

Our vision is to provide high quality care to all our patients and to continually strive to improve our service to the community.

Our main surgery is in Summertown with others in Cutteslowe and Wolvercote. Between them they are open for consultations for a total of 140 hours each week including opportunities for early morning, late evening telephone consultations and surgeries and a Saturday morning surgery.

Out of normal opening hours you should call 111 if you require urgent health advice.

Please note, unfortunately we are unable to offer parking to patients in our car park.  This is a staff only car park.  Please use the Ferry Pool car park which is a short walking distance from the surgery.

We are a group practice.  Our team of GPs work together sharing information within the practice to enable you to see any GP.  However, every patient has a named GP responsible for their care (if you do not know who your named GP is, please contact the health centre). We also run regular clinics covering a wide range of services.

Our practice area covers Summertown and North Oxford, including Wolvercote, Cutteslowe, Marston and Kidlington. It goes into the city centre as far as Beaumont Street. We also look after students at the University Colleges of Trinity, St Hugh’s, St Edmund Hall and St Antony’s and The Dragon School, St Edwards School and Summer Fields School.