Practice News
New opening hours
2nd & 3rd June 2022 Bank Holiday Pharmacy Opening Hours: Oxfordshire
Oxford Superdrug Pharmacy Templars Square, Cowley Centre, Oxford, OX4 3UZ 01865 779299 08:30-17:30 02 June 2022
Oxford Lloydspharmacy (in Sainsbury) J Sainsbury Store, Heyford Hill, Littlemore, Oxford, OX4 4XR 01865 777663 10:00-16:00 02 June 2022
10:00-16:00 03 June 2022
Oxford Boots the Chemists 151 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1UT 01865 243633 10:00-16:00 02 June 2022
10:00-16:00 03 June 2022
Oxford Boots the Chemists 6-8 Cornmarket Street, Oxford, OX1 3HL 01865 247461 09:00-18:0002 June 2022
09:00-18:00 03 June 2022
Kidlington Lloydspharmacy (in Sainsbury) J Sainsbury Store, Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 2PE 01865 371554 10:00-16:00 02 June 2022
10:00-16:00 03 June 2022
COVID VACCINATION RECORD ERRORS
Booster Clinic
OUR NEXT COVID BOOSTER CLINIC IS SATURDAY 8TH JANUARY 2021
AT THE LEYS HEALTH CENTRE, GREATER LEYS
IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE PLEASE CALL US TO BOOK AND APPOINTMENT
Missing or incorrect COVID-19 vaccination data on your NHS app or on your GP record,
Booster update:
How to apply for official proof that, for medical reasons, you're unable to be vaccinated or unable to be vaccinated and tested for COVID-19.
Support your GP surgery so it can be there to support you.
Sign to support your surgery (e-activist.com)
We feel it is important that we are upfront with our patients, so they understand the reality that we are all facing and the underlying reasons for this, and that, despite the easing of lockdown, the pressures experienced by general practice and the rest of the NHS are unlikely to ease soon. We are here for you and always have been.
An information warning regarding Patient Access:
Booster vaccinations information
“The NHS in Oxfordshire has started delivering COVID booster jabs to people in eligible groups. You will be contacted about your booster vaccination when six clear months have passed since your second COVID vaccination"
Patients groups eligible for the booster include:
• people living in residential care homes for older adults
• all adults aged 50 years or over
• frontline health and social care workers
• all those aged 16 to 49 years with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of severe COVID-19, and adult carers
• adult household contacts of immunosuppressed individuals
You may be offered the vaccine at your local GP-led vaccination site in the same way you had your previous vaccine, and/or be contacted by the NHS to go through the national COVID-19 vaccination booking service. You don’t need to get in touch with us about your booster jab. You will be contacted by the NHS when it’s your turn.
Your booster will be a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the booster programme, regardless of which vaccine you received before. This follows data which indicates the Pfizer vaccine is well tolerated as a third dose and provides a strong booster response. Meanwhile, Oxfordshire primary care teams will vaccinate care home staff and residents. Frontline health and social care staff will be directed to book their appointments through their employers if they work at Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT or Oxford Health NHS FT. Other staff will need to go through the national booking service
For information about vaccinations for children aged 12 -15 please go to Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group website or Oxford Health NHS FT website
Dont forget we have become a Park Run Practice
Campaign to hand back unused health and social equipment
Oxford Health is working with Oxfordshire County Council, Oxford University Hospitals and supplier NRS Healthcare through the ‘Hand it Back’ campaign to encourage people to return equipment they no longer need.
The ongoing campaign aims to ensure that more people to benefit from the returned items when they are no longer needed.
The pieces of unused equipment being sought are:
- chairs, beds, bed rails and mattresses
- wheeled commodes
- any electrical items
- any type of walking frames
- toilet frames
- pendant alarm equipment/sensors (telecare)
- slings
All pieces of equipment for return should have a barcoded NRS or Millbrook sticker on them.
Larger items of equipment can be collected from individuals’ houses by calling NRS Healthcare on 01869 225420 or by sending their details to enquiries@oxfordshire.nrs-uk.net
Smaller equipment such as crutches, bathing equipment, raised toilet seats, slings can be returned at one of the collection points listed below between 10am and 2pm – no appointment is necessary:
- Abingdon Community Support Service (CSS)
- Audlett Drive, Abingdon OX14 3GD
- Banbury CSS – Neithrop Avenue, Banbury, OX16 2NT
- Bicester CSS – Launton Road, Bicester, OX26 6DJ
- Graham Hill House – Electric Ave, Ferry Hinksey Rd, Oxford, OX2 0BY (10am to 3pm)
- Oxford CSS – Awgar Stone Road, Horspath Driftway, OX3 7JQ
- Wallingford CSS – 51 High Street, Wallingford, OX10 0DB
- Wantage CSS – Charlton Village Road, Wantage, OX1 7HG
- Witney CSS – 6 Moorland Road, Witney, OX28 6LF
Help your local community by handing back any equipment that you no longer use.
Campaign to hand back unused health and social equipment (oxfordhealth.nhs.uk)
COVID Vaccination Walk-in clinics
Move Together - Tuesday 6th July
Invitation to Move Together webinar
Move Together is funded by the COVID Contain Outbreak Management Fund through the County Council, to help reduce the spread of coronavirus and support local public health. Many of our communities’ physical and / or mental health and wellbeing has been negatively impacted by COVID-19 and they need support now through this recovery period.
Move Together is a new county-wide pathway into physical activity. It will support people who have been shielding as a result of COVID-19, as well as people with long term health conditions but will help to reduce isolation and loneliness too. It is a supportive pathway, personalised to each individual based on their specific needs, provided by physical activity specialists.
NHS's Birthday!
Thank You Day - Sunday 4th July
Opt Out
https://medconfidential.org/how-to-opt-out/
"Type 1" Opt-Outs
To find out more, including how to record a Type 1 Opt-Out, please visit:
https://medconfidential.org/how-to-opt-out/
This website has further information about the Opt-Out, plus a downloadable form to complete and return to the surgery. If you cannot download or print a form at home, you can telephone NHS Digital on 0300 303 5678 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm) or email enquiries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk at any time.
Information for patients from NHS Digital
Data Sharing for Patients - the General Practice Data for Planning and Research Service
General Practice Transparency Notice for sharing Data for Planning and Research (Replacement for GPES)
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.
Provision of certificates or evidence of your COVID vaccination status
Patients who require a certificates of COVID vaccination status can use the NHS App or call the NHS Helpline. Details of both services are below.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/demonstrating-your-covid-19-vaccination-status-when-travelling-abroad
Proof of your vaccination status is available in the NHS App, which is also valuable for accessing your health record and ordering repeat prescriptions, and in some of the other apps that provide you with Patient online services.
The NHS App can be downloaded from:
iPhone/iOS https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/nhs-app/id1388411277
Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nhs.online.nhsonline
If you have not used it before, there is a self-registration process within the app to create an "NHS login" as per https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/online-services/nhs-log-in/
If you already have access/login details for patient online services, for example "Patient Access", you may use this.
Alternatively, you can call the NHS helpline on 119 and ask for a letter to be posted to you. This must be at least 5 days after you’ve completed your course of the vaccine. The letter may to take another 5 days to reach you, or longer if postal services are affected. Please take account of this when making your plans.
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Advice for people at higher risk from coronavirus, including older people, people with health conditions and pregnant women.
Long-term effects (long COVID)
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Social distancing and changes to everyday life
Advice about avoiding close contact with other people (social distancing), looking after your wellbeing and using the NHS and other services.
Find out about health research studies and how you may be able to take part.
COVID VACCINATION UPDATE:
This practice is only offering COVID-19 vaccinations to those patients in priority groups 1-9 who have not yet had their first dose or are awaiting a second dose. Please do not contact us unless you are in of these groups. You can check your eligibility here If you are in the priority groups 10 - 12 (patients aged 49 down to 18) you will need to book your appointment via the national NHS booking service when your age group becomes eligible. This will allow you to find a suitable date and time at another site including the Kassam Stadium vaccination centre (or other large centre in a neighbouring county) and a participating community pharmacy. Currently, people aged 45 – 49 can book their first dose on the system, together with people in groups 1 – 9.
COVID-19 News
INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS REGARDING CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
Covid Vaccinations
We are very excited to be running covid vaccination clinics at present and have successfully vaccinated nearly 4000 of our most vulnerable patients to date. We are working within the SEOxHA primary care network with Temple Cowley Health Centre, The Leys Health Centre, Donnington Health Centre and Hollow Way Medical Centre to provide vaccinations at The Leys Health Centre. This week some patients may start receiving invitations also from the Kassam Stadium where a mass vaccination centre is being run.
In preparation for receiving the vaccination or if you would like to read more about the vaccines available please click on the following link: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/coronavirus-vaccine/
Over 75s
We are pleased to have offered and vaccinated most of our patients over 75. If you are over 75 and haven't yet been contacted please do email us on contact.tcmg@nhs.net or phone us so that we can arrange an appointment with you in our next available clinic.
Over 70s and patients who are extremely clinically vulnerable (shielding)
We are currently inviting patients who are over 70 or clinically extremely vulnerable into the vaccination clinic. Please wait for an invite text or phone call to book an appointment.
Patients under 70 and those not in extremely clinically vulnerable group
We are working under national guidance in delivering the vaccine. The JCVI have developed guidance for how we deliver the vaccine to those most vulnerable to coronavirus (you can read here for further information regarding who is in the different priority groups). If you are not over 70 or Extremely Clinically Vulnerable please wait to be contacted.
2nd dose of vaccination
As per government guidelines - by the JCVI and MHRA - we expect to be offering 2nd doses of vaccine approximately 12 weeks after the date of your first vaccination. You will be contacted closer to the time. The second dose of vaccine should be given at the site that you got your first. Those patients who received their first dose of vaccine at The Leys Health Centre should have their second dose at The Leys Health Centre. Those of you who are invited into the Kassam Stadium for the vaccine should have first and second dose there. If you receive an invitation to the Kassam Stadium but have already had your first dose of vaccine at the Leys Health Centre, please do not take the invite up - and allow the space to be given to someone who has not yet had the vaccine.
We are commited to keeping our most vulnerable patients and staff as safe as possible, therefore we have suspended all routine face-to-face GP appointment bookings. If you have not spoken to a doctor please do not attend the surgery.
If you are asked to attend the surgery you MUST wear a mask or other face covering. Please note we are unable to provide these for you.
In line with the latest advice, if you have a high temperature, new, continuous cough or a loss of taste or smell you should self-isolate for a period of 10 days. There is no need to contact either the surgery or NHS111.
For the latest information regarding COVID-19 please visit NHS111Online
COVID Vaccination programme update:
Temple Cowley: covid vacciantion stats as of 22 March 2021
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Cohort |
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|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
TOTALS |
Cohort Size |
89 |
366 |
266 |
612 |
305 |
792 |
222 |
298 |
360 |
3310 |
2 Doses |
63 |
163 |
2 |
16 |
8 |
23 |
4 |
8 |
13 |
300 |
1 Dose |
22 |
186 |
248 |
519 |
260 |
568 |
174 |
154 |
185 |
2316 |
No Doses |
4 |
17 |
16 |
77 |
37 |
201 |
44 |
136 |
162 |
694 |
Declined |
3 |
15 |
8 |
31 |
2 |
12 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
82 |
|
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% Fully Vaccinated |
70.8% |
44.5% |
0.8% |
2.6% |
2.6% |
2.9% |
1.8% |
2.7% |
3.6% |
9.1% |
% Partially Vaccinated |
24.7% |
50.8% |
93.2% |
84.8% |
85.2% |
71.7% |
78.4% |
51.7% |
51.4% |
70.0% |
% Declined |
3.4% |
4.1% |
3.0% |
5.1% |
0.7% |
1.5% |
0.9% |
1.3% |
1.4% |
2.5% |
No response |
1.1% |
0.5% |
3.0% |
7.5% |
11.5% |
23.9% |
18.9% |
44.3% |
43.6% |
18.5% |