Public message
The Covid-19 vaccination programme is continuing to focus on protecting the most vulnerable, and have almost completed first dose appointment invitations to all over 80 year olds in the county. If you are 80 years or older, and have NOT yet been called to arrange your first dose vaccination appointment, please contact your GP practice, to ensure your contact details are correct and that you are invited in. Anyone under 80 years does not need to call in. You will be contacted in due course as we continue to work through the national priority group order.
If you do not know your NHS number, which you need to organise your appointment, you can find it using this service: https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/online-services/find-nhs-number/
29/1/21
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Some Good News to report
We are delighted to announce that Abbey Medical Practice has won
"Student Placement of the Year Award"
We pride ourselves on having a wide range of students and this hard work has paid off.
A huge thank you to everyone.
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Flu Vaccines for 50-64 year olds
(not clinically at Risk)
20th November 2020
It was announced today that the new cohort of patients aged 50 – 64 year old will be vaccinated with the flu vaccine from the 1st December onwards.
We are ordering more supplies of the vaccine and we will put an update on the Practice Website when this stock arrives.
Please do not contact the surgery to book an appointment until we announce further information
Thanks for your understanding at the present time
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High Importance –COVID-19- Response to patient enquiries about availability of Covid-19 vaccine |
Message from NHS England. It isn’t yet certain when a Covid-19 vaccine will be ready, but we are working hard to ensure that when it is ready, we can offer it straightaway. Members of the public will be contacted and invited to attend for vaccinations at this time. Please do not contact GP surgeries unless prompted to do so. |
CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) ADVICE
Do not leave home if you or someone you live with has either a high temperature or a new, continuous cough or loss/change to sense of smell or taste
Check the NHS website if you have symptoms »
HOSPITAL OUT PATIENT APPOINTMENTS
What to do if your condition has deteriorated, and you are waiting for a hospital appointment about this.
Unfortunately, due to COVID, hospital waiting times for procedures and appointments have increased.
If you are waiting for a procedure or appointment at the hospital please do not contact the surgery about this, as we do not have access to the hospital appointment or waiting list system.
If your condition has worsened please contact the outpatient department to enquire when your appointment will be. The details of the outpatient department should be on any correspondence that you have received from the hospital.
If you feel that your symptoms are more severe and that the appointment time is too long, then please contact the specialist’s secretary to and ask the specialist secretary to request that the specialist review your referral in light of your new symptoms. The number and email for the specialist secretary should be on the correspondence which you have received from them.
If you are unable to contact outpatients or the specialist secretary then please contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)
PALS Lincoln 01522 707071
PALS Boston 01205 446243
PALS Grantham 01476 464861
ULHT PALS email pals@ulh.nhs.uk
PALS NLAG 03033 306518
NLAG PALS email nlg-tr.pals@nhs.net
NWAFT PALS 01733 673405
NWAFT PALS email nwangliaft.pals@nhs.net
If you are concerned that your new symptoms may not be related to your original condition then you should let us know, and we can assess, advise, and manage your new condition.
COVID-19 at risk Patients data collection
NHS Digital is collecting personal data from General Practices through this collection, General Practices have a legal duty to be transparent and to provide patients with transparency information under GDPR about the data they are sharing with NHS Digital. Please click on the following link for further information.
COVID-19 response transparency notice