Practice Newsletter Autumn/Winter 2022
Maybole Medical Practice
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
Please note the practice will be closed on the following public holiday dates:
Friday 28th of October
Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th of December
Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd of January
If you require assistance on these days please contact NHS 24 on 111.
WELCOME
The practice would like to welcome Megan Kirk to the reception team.
FAREWELL
The practice sadly bids farewell to Elaine Welsh and Laura Coleman. We wish them well in the future.
PRACTICE WEBSITE
Our Practice website address is:- www.maybolemedicalpractice.co.uk
PRESCRIPTIONS
You can now order your prescriptions by telephone, prescription request forms in reception, online patient access and via our practice website. When ordering please state which pharmacy you wish us to send your prescription to.
Please DO NOT ORDER your prescriptions early and only order what you require as medications are not in short supply.
EXTENDED HOURS ENHANCED SERVICE
The practice is offering a limited number of pre-arranged early morning consultations on Tuesday and Thursday mornings between 8am and 9am.
These appointments are intended for patients who find it difficult to have appointments during normal surgery hours, perhaps due to work and travel commitments.
APPOINTMENTS
The practice is now offering a limited number of pre-arranged face to face appointments, along with telephone appointments.
If for whatever reason you cannot attend your appointment please contact the surgery in advance to cancel this.
If you fail to attend your appointment and have not cancelled in advance, you will receive a text message and this will be recorded on file and will be monitored.
GETTING YOUR TEST RESULTS
Please note, it is the patient’s responsibility to ring up for results of any tests carried out.
Please allow one week before calling for your results, unless the Doctor or Nurse has advised you otherwise. You can call the surgery between 10:00am and 5:00pm. If the result or letter follows from a hospital appointment, please allow 10-14 working days.
The practice has a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection. We will only release test results to the person to whom they relate unless that person has given prior permission for the release of this data or they are not capable of understanding the results.
The Receptionists are trained to give out the information that the GP has written on the result, but are not qualified to give out any further information.
COMMUNITY LINKS PRACTITIONER
Please contact reception if you require an appointment with Denee, our community links practitioner.
COVID 19
For the most up to date information please visit:
www.nhsinform.scot/coronavirus
MASKS
We ask that patients still wear a mask when visiting the practice. If you do not have a mask on arrival you will be given one by a member of the team.
WHEN YOU’RE ILL, KNOW WHO TO TURN TO
To find out more visit https://www.nhsaaa.net/services-a-to-z/when-youre-ill-know-who-to-turn-to/
FLU VACCINATION
The practice will not be providing appointments for Flu Vaccinations this year, if you are eligible you will be contacted by letter with an appointment to attend a vaccination centre.
Please visit: https://www.nhsinform.scot/winter-vaccines/the-flu-vaccine/flu-vaccine/ for more information.
SHINGLES VACCINE
People aged between 70 and 79 on 1 September 2022 are eligible for the free shingles vaccine.
Shingles is caused by a virus called varicella zoster, the same virus that causes chickenpox. When you recover from chickenpox most of this virus is destroyed, but some survives and lies inactive in your body’s nervous system.
The virus can then become active again later in life, when your immune system has been weakened by age, stress, illness or certain treatments that can reduce your immunity. The shingles vaccine helps to protect you by boosting your immunity
Please contact the surgery to arrange an appointment if you are eligible for this on 01655 882708.
TRAVEL VACCINES
If you are going abroad, make sure your immunisations are up to date.
Please visit www.fitfortravel.nhs for further information.
You can also contact The Travel Clinic at Dalrymple Pharmacy on 01292 560 931
Email: [email protected]