Werrington Health Centre

read moreIt is a requirement that all GPs provide patients with convenient access to Online Services. Online services offer additional ways to interact with your GP, making it easier and more convenient to access the services you need. If you have an issue that is not urgent, you may have to wait longer than usual until your problem or concern can be dealt with. You may be asked to rebook at a later date, or at a safer time e.g. If you're experiencing a mental health crisis, call the First Response Service by calling 111 and select option 2 (in Wisbech call 111, select option 1 and ask to be put through to the First Response Service).

read moreThe more you know about your pregnancy and your options, the more you are likely to feel in control. The information given here is based on The Pregnancy Book, which your midwife should give you at your first appointment. Here's a checklist of the vaccines that are routinely offered to everyone in the UK for free on the NHS, and the age at which you should ideally have them. Having an ill child can be a very scary experience for parents. If you understand more about the illness it can help you to feel more in control.

read moreThe doctors welcome new patients who live within our practice area. The Royal College of General Practitioners has produced a useful guide for patients about the services on offer at GP Surgeries and how to access them. You can download the guide below. These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. They cover issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

read moreThis includes well baby check-ups, developmental assessments and immunisation. This programme is carried out by the doctors and health visitors for your children from birth up to four years of age. A full range of family planning services is available through your doctors, eg pill, coil fitting, cap fitting, morning-after contraception and injections. We are actively engaged in health education and prevention and are always happy to discuss this with you. Our practice nurses carry out Well Person Clinics.

read moreThe practice complies with general data protection and access to medical records legislation. We will share information with NHS Digital, the Care Quality Commission and local health protection team (or Public Health England) when the law requires us to do so. Please see below for more information. We must also share your information if a court of law orders us to do so. To provide further medical treatment for you e.g. from district nurses and hospital services. If you do not wish anonymous information about you to be used in such a way, please let us know.

read moreCalling NHS 111 is free from a landline or mobile phone. The service is staffed by fully trained call advisors who are supported by experienced nurses and paramedics. If an ambulance is needed - the NHS 111 call adviser will arrange for one to be dispatched immediately. Pharmacists can offer free, qualified health advice at any time with no appointment needed. The Peterborough MIIU can treat minor injuries and illnesses from strains and sprains, to broken bones, minor burns and bites. It is often unnecessary to make a trip to A&E, when you can easily be treated here, with your local pharmacist or GP.

read moreThere is a new Central NHS Computer System called the Summary Care Record (SCR). It is an electronic record which contains information about the medicines you take, allergies you suffer from and any bad reactions to medicines you have had. Storing information in one place makes it easier for healthcare staff to treat you in an emergency, or when your GP practice is closed. This information could make a difference to how a doctor decides to care for you, for example which medicines they choose to prescribe for you.

read moreWe would like to know how we can improve our service to you and how you perceive our surgery and staff. To help us with this, we are setting up a virtual patient representation group so that you can have your say. We will ask the members of this representative group some questions from time to time, such as what you think about our opening times or the quality of the care or service you received. We will contact you via email and keep our surveys succinct so it shouldn't take too much of your time.