Minor Injury Assessment
NHS Lothian are now offering a Minor Injury Assessment by video call in your own home. Please see link below for details.
Minor Injury Assessment
Anticipatory Care Planning
GP practices will be phoning some patients to discuss aspects of anticipatory care planning. The following video explains what anticipatory care planning is, and why it is important.
http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/our_work/coronavirus_covid-19/care_planning_conversations.aspx
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Prescription Requests: If you have access to the internet, please request prescriptions online. This is to protect patients and staff and reduce the spread of infection.
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From Monday 23 March onwards, people who are unwell and worried about COVID-19 are to consult NHS inform and phone NHS 24 111 as the first point of contact, not their GP.
As always – if you have a critical medical emergency, phone 999.
If it’s not an emergency;
if you have mild symptoms or are looking for information
Please visit www.nhsinform.scot/coronavirus. If you can’t find the answer please call the special helpline on 0800 028 2816
If you have COVID-19 symptoms:
- If you need more advice than is available online at NHS Inform, call NHS 24 on 111.
- For all other health matters:
Call your GP. You should only call NHS 24 if your GP is closed and you cannot wait until they reopen.
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Below is a link patients can use to download an isolation note for 7/14 day isolation:
https://111.nhs.uk/isolation-note/
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Patient Participation Group
The group are looking for new members. If you would be interested in joining please complete the following form and a member of the group will be in touch. Thank you.
Complete the Patient Group Sign-up Form Online
Violence and Aggression code
Newbyres medical group will not tolerate violent or aggressive behaviour towards its staff
The Practice considers the following behaviour unacceptable -
Any person acting in an unacceptable manner will be asked by a member of staff to stop, if they do not comply with this request they will be reported to the partners. If they continue to behave in an unacceptable manner they will be removed from the practice list