DATA SHARING: MANY PATIENTS WILL HAVE READ ABOUT THE FOLLOWING NHS APP THAT THEY CAN DOWLOAD https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS APP DOES SHARE YOUR GP DATA WITH THIRD PARTIES. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THIS APP ONLY APPLIES TO NHS ENGLAND GP PRACTICIES AND NOT TO NHS SCOTLAND, NHS NORTHERN IRELAND OR NHS WALES PRACTICES. THERE IS NO NEED TO CONTACT YOUR PRACTICE TO OPT IN OR OUT OF THIS APP.

COVID-19 VACCINATION PROGRAMME:  THE RED PRACTICE HAS COMPLETED THE VACCINATION OF THE ELIGBLE PATIENTS THAT IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. ALL OTHER ELIGIBLE PATIENTS  WILL BE VACCINATED CENTRALLY BY THE NHS TAYSIDE VACCINATION TEAM. PATIENTS WILL RECEIVE A TELEPHONE CALL FROM THE TEAM INVITING THEM TO ATTEND AN APPOINTMENT AT A CENTRAL LOCATION (USUALLY THE DEWARS CENTRE IN PERTH). THE VACCINATION TEAM WILL ATTEMPT TO CALL PATIENTS 3 TIMES. IF THEY HAVE NOT MADE CONTACT AFTER 3 CALLS THEN A LETTER WILL BE SENT TO THE PATIENT GIVING THE CONTACT DETAILS OF THE VACCINATION TEAM. IT IS THEN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PATIENT TO CONTACT THE TEAM AND ARRANGE AN APPOINTMENT. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT  THE PRACTICE IF YOU HAVE MISSED A CALL FROM THE VACCINATION, TEAM AS WE ARE UNABLE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT ON YOUR BEHALF. 

IF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A COVID-19 VACCINATION BECAUSE YOU ARE AN "UNPAID CARER" YOU CAN REGISTER YOUR "CARER STATUS" USING THE NHS LINK BELOW

https://www.nhsinform.scot/carersregister

INFORMATION REGARDING THIS PROGRAMME IS ALWAYS CHANGING PLEASE SEE THE NHS TAYSIDE SOCIAL MEDIA AND SCOTTISH GOVT  LINKS BELOW FOR THE UP TO DATE POSITION. 

https://www.facebook.com/NHSTayside/

https://www.instagram.com/nhstayside/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/NHSTayside?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

https://www.nhsinform.scot/covid19vaccine

Changes to Accessing the Practice as a result of COVID-19.

This GP Practice is currently limiting access for the safety of all patients and staff. Please do not call into the Practice unless you have been asked to do so by a member of staff.

The practice remains open for all essential primary care problems but on the advice of Health Protection Scotland we have put in place a process whereby everyone is screened by telephone prior to gaining access to the building.

All patients will still have access to the care they require.

Please phone 01738 625842 to speak to someone in our team. At this time we are currently offering telephone and video consultations with our clinical team. If one of our clinical team needs to see a patient in person they will arrange this for you. Please do not enter the Practice to make an appointment all appointments must be made telephone.

IF YOU HAVE CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS OR A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY HAS SYMPTOMS AND YOU  NEED ADVICE, DO NOT CALL THE PRACTICE, PLEASE CALL NHS SCOTLAND INFORM ON 0800 224488 SEE THE LINK BELOW:

https://www.nhsinform.scot/contact-us

All requests for prescriptions must be telephoned into the Practice or made online if registered. All prescriptions will then be sent to a Pharmacy so your medication can be picked up. If you already have your prescriptions sent to a pharmacy this will continue as normal. If you have not registered with a Pharmacy please advise our staff at the time of ordering which Pharmacy you wish to use.

From the 29th of July 2020 the NHS Scotland "PHARMACY FIRST" advice scheme is open to all patients in Scotland who are registered with a GP. Please see the link below:

https://www.cps.scot/nhs-pharmacy-first-info-hub/

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