PARSONS HEATH MEDICAL PRACTICE
NEWSLETTER
July 2014
Staff changes
Dr Beauchamp retired at the end of April and we are sure you will join us in wishing
her a healthy and happy retirement.
Health Care Assistant Sarah Reese has left the Practice to spend more time with her
children and we wish her all the best.
Practice Nurse Lisa Kearney is currently on maternity leave and is expecting her
second child in July
GP Registrars
Dr Ashok Thiruvengadan will be with us for another 2-3 months
Dr Danso Adwoa will be leaving in August for the next part of her training
A new GP Registrar Dr Hnin OO will be joining us in August for 12 months
Changes to Phlebotomy Service (blood taking)
There have been some changes locally to the way blood taking services are
provided, this means that you will be able to have your blood test carried out in the
familiar surroundings of your own surgery, if we are unable to offer you an
appointment we can book you an alternative appointment at a nearby local
surgery or you can attend the Walk in Centre
Main Changes to service:
If your GP has requested that you have a blood test you can no longer have this
done at the hospital. All patients that require a GP generated blood test should
book an appointment at Reception or attend the Walk in Centre
If your Hospital Doctor or Consultant has requested that you have a blood test this
can still be done at the hospital clinics
Housebound patient requiring a home visit blood test will be referred by the GP or
Nurse to the company now providing this service
*This does not include INR testing – this will continue to be provided by the surgery
*We are currently in the process of training another member of staff to take blood;
once trained we will be increasing the number of blood clinic appointments we
have here at the Surgery
PARSONS HEATH MEDICAL PRACTICE
Electronic Prescribing
The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is an NHS service. It gives you the chance to
change how we send your prescription to the place you choose to collect your
medicines or appliances from.
*The Electronic Prescription Service was due to go live in the Surgery on 9th July,
however due to some technical difficulties the new Service will now go live on 10th
September 2014.
What does this mean for you?
If you collect your repeat prescriptions from the surgery you will no longer have to
visit your the practice to pick up your paper prescription. Instead, we will send it
electronically to your chosen pharmacy.
If you would like to use the Electronic Prescription Service
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You will need to ‘nominate’ a pharmacy to receive your prescriptions electronically. You
can ask a member of staff in the pharmacy to arrange this, or a member of staff in the
surgery
You can then continue to order your prescriptions in the usual way, but instead of a
paper prescription being collected by you or your pharmacy, the prescription will be sent
to them electronically.
Electronic repeat dispensing will not usually be set up straight away. If appropriate, your
GP will set this up when your medicines are next reviewed e.g. after your annual check.
You should try to ensure that on most occasions you collect your prescriptions from your
nominated Pharmacy. However, if you don’t wish to use your nominated Pharmacy for a
particular prescription just make sure you let the surgery know when you request the
prescription. For example if you wish to collect a prescription from the surgery reception,
or a different pharmacy.
Nomination is very flexible and can be cancelled at any time by asking a member of
staff at the pharmacy or the surgery
For more information:
Pick up a leaflet in the Surgery or Pharmacy or visit www.hscic.gov.uk/epspatients
Patient Participation Group
If you would like to be part of our Patient Participation Group , please contact Elaine
Appleyard. It is mainly a virtual group, which means the contact is via email or
paper. If you have any suggestions for future newsletters, the website or the Patient
Participation Group, she is the person to contact at contact.gp-F81079@nhs.net