The surgery will be closed from 4pm on the 21st December 2018 and re-open Monday 24th December 2018 at 8am and close at 6.15pm. We will resume normal working hours from Thursday 27th December 2018. We will be open Monday 31st December 2018 8am until 6.15pm and re-open on Wednesday 2nd January 2019 Please contact 111…
Extended Hours Access Notice
Following a recent significant event and in the interests of patient and staff safety and security, the practice has decided to combine its extended hour’s provision over a single day rather than 2 days. From the 1st January 2019, 2 GP’s, 1 Practice Nurse and 1 Healthcare Assistant will be working between 6:30pm and 8:00pm…
Flu Vaccinations update
Dates for future clinics for flu’s etc:- 25th October and 1st November for under 65s at our Molineux site 29th and 30th October Anna is doing a clinic for shingles , pneumonia, under 65 flu’s and 2-3year olds flus at our Benfield site 13th November Danielle is doing a clinic for Shingles, pneumonia,flu’s(all categories) at our Molineux site 14th November Anna has a clinic at …
Tyneside Integrated Musculoskeletal Service (TIMS)
TIMS is a joint Newcastle and Gateshead service which offers self-care and fast access to information, resources and expert opinion about a variety of back, neck, joint or general muscle conditions. A key feature of TIMS is to support patients to self-manage their own musculoskeletal conditions through their dedicated website at www.tims.nhs.uk which provides a…
Flu Vaccinations
This year the flu vaccinations are in two categories separating the over 65’s and under this is due to recent research and have found the different vaccinations more beneficial to each age group. We are holding an open house session on Saturday 6th October 2018 9am-12pm only for those who are under 65 with a Long term…
Publication of GP Net Earnings
NHS England require that the net earnings of doctors engaged in the practice is publicised and the required disclosure is shown below. However, it should be noted that the prescribed method for calculating earnings is potentially misleading because it takes no account of how much time doctors spend working in the practice and should not…
Staff Training
The surgery will be closed from 12pm on the following dates for staff training:- Wednesday 18th April 2018, Thursday 3rd May 2018,Thursday 5th July 2018, Tuesday 11th September 2018, Wednesday 17th October 2018, Wednesday 21st November 2018, Wednesday 20th March 2019. The surgery will re-open normal working hours the following day. For any urgent enquiries…
Wanting to stop smoking
There are various ways of contacting the smoking cessation service :- Call 0191 2691103 Text 07809105837 or e-mail stopsmoking.newcastle@lifeline.org.uk
Emergency appointments for unwell children
We understand that children can get unwell quickly and how distressing this can be. Even when all the emergency appointments are filled, the Practice has a policy that all acutely unwell children (5years and under) will either be offered a face to face appointment or triaged the same day by the Doctor on-call and seen…