Monday 29th May 2023 Bank Holiday Pharmacy Opening Hours.docx

https://www.england.nhs.uk/south-east/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/04/Oxfordshire-Pharmacy-Opening-Times-1-8-May-2023.pdf

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hundreds-of-thousands-of-women-experiencing-menopause-symptoms-to-get-cheaper-hormone-replacement-therapy

https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-hormone-replacement-therapy-prescription-prepayment-certificate-hrt-ppc

Please call the surgery to book an appointment if you meet the critera.

Oxfordshire-Pharmacy-Opening-Times.pdf (england.nhs.uk)

JCVI advises vaccine top-up for over-75s, immunosuppressed and residents in care homes for older adults.

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PRACTICE NOTICE

The Practice will be 'closed' daily between 1pm- 2pm.

Please DO NOT attend the surgery during this time.

If you need URGENT medical assistance during this period please call 111 or 999.

For all other medical queries call us back after 2pm

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Town                   Pharmacy Name Address                                                                                  Phone Number          Monday 29th August 2022

Abingdon            Tesco Pharmacy Marcham Road, Abingdon, OX14 1TU                                         0345 6778994          09:00-13:00

Banbury              Boots Pharmacy 12-14 Castle Quay, Banbury, OX16 5UH                                    01295 262015          10:30-16:30

Banbury             Boots Pharmacy Banbury Cross Retail Park, Lockheed Close, Banbury, OX16 1LX  01295 252597            09:00-18:00

Banbury             Lloyds Pharmacy (in Sainsbury) 642 Oxford Road, Banbury, OX16 9XA                 01295 703131           10:00-16:00

Bicester              Lloyds Pharmacy (in Sainsbury) Pioneer Sq, Bure Place, Bicester, OX26 6FA           01869 246500           10:00-16:00

Chipping Norton  Boots Pharmacy 18 High Street, Chipping Norton, OX7 5AD                                01608 642523           10:00-16:00

Didcot                Boots Pharmacy 48 The Orchard Centre, Didcot, OX11 7LG                                 01235 812241           10:00-16:00

Didcot                Lloyds Pharmacy (in Sainsbury) Central Drive, Didcot, OX11 7ND                          01235 815860           10:00-16:00

Didcot                Tesco Pharmacy Wallingford Road, Didcot, OX11 9BZ                                           0345 6779220           09:00-13:00

Henley-On-Thames Boots Pharmacy 5/7 Bell Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2BA                           01491 574132           10:00-16:00             Henley-On-Thames Tesco Pharmacy 359 Reading Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 4HA                      0345 6779343           09:00-13:00

Kidlington           Lloyds Pharmacy (in Sainsbury) Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 2PE                        01865 371554           10:00-16:00

Oxford               Boots Pharmacy 151 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1UT                                           01865 243633           10:00-16:00

Oxford               Boots Pharmacy 6-8 Cornmarket Street, Oxford, OX1 3HL                                   01865 247461            09:00-18:00

Oxford               Lloyds Pharmacy (in Sainsbury) Heyford Hill, Littlemore, Oxford, OX4 4XR              01865 777663            10:00-16:00

Thame               Boots Pharmacy 4-5 High Street, Thame, OX9 2BU                                              01844 213882            10:00-16:00

Wallingford         Boots Pharmacy 7/8 Market Place, Wallingford, OX10 0EG                                     01491 839061            10:00-16:00

Witney               Boots Pharmacy 2-8 The High Street, Witney, OX28 6HA                                      01993 705705            10:00-16:00

Witney               Lloyds Pharmacy (in Sainsbury) Witan Way, Witney, OX28 4FF                               01993 778691            10:00-16:00

Over the last 2 years, through a combination of vaccine-induced immunity and immunity generated following natural infection (natural immunity), large proportions of the UK population have developed at least partial immunity against COVID-19. As the UK transitions from a period of pandemic emergency response to pandemic recovery, the focus will increasingly be on protecting those in society who continue to be more at risk of severe COVID-19. To achieve this, a planned and targeted vaccination programme is considered more appropriate than a reactive vaccination strategy.

For the 2022 autumn booster programme, the primary objective is to augment immunity in those at higher risk from COVID-19 and thereby optimise protection against severe COVID-19, specifically hospitalisation and death, over winter 2022 to 2023.

Accordingly, JCVI advises that for the 2022 autumn booster programme, the following groups should be offered a COVID-19 booster vaccine:

• residents in a care home for older adults and staff working in care homes for older adults
• frontline health and social care workers
• all adults aged 50 years and over
• persons aged 5 to 49 years in a clinical risk group, as set out in the Green Book, chapter 14a, tables 3 and 4
• persons aged 5 to 49 years who are household contacts of people with immunosuppression
• persons aged 16 to 49 years who are carers, as set out in the Green Book, chapter 14a, table 3

In order to optimise protection over the winter months, the autumn programme should aim to complete vaccinations by the start of December 2022. Operational flexibility will apply in relation to vaccine supply, promotion of vaccine uptake and prioritisation for vaccination according to underlying risk of severe COVID-19.

Amber Extreme Heat Warning – information for practice websites

People in Oxford are urged to take care as hot temperatures continue across the UK. 

The main risks posed by hot weather are:

• Dehydration from not drinking enough water
• Overheating, which can make symptoms worse for people who already have problems with their heart or breathing or long-term health conditions
• Heat exhaustion and heatstroke.

While the good weather maybe welcome to some, it can also come with significant health risks particularly for the elderly, the very young, and people with long term health conditions, like diabetes, COPD, or heart failure.

It is really important for people of all ages, to make sure that they stay well and safe by drinking lots more water than usual to stay well hydrated. It is also advisable to stay out of the direct sun between the hours of 11am and 3pm and avoiding any extreme exercise or exertion during these times.  If you do start to feel unwell or poorly, then contact NHS 111 in the first instance.

If you need medical help that is not life-threatening, contact NHS 111 who will give you advice and point you to the best service for your needs.

More information staying well in hot weather is available on the NHS website.

Oxford Superdrug Pharmacy Templars Square, Cowley Centre, Oxford, OX4 3UZ 01865 779299                               08:30-17:30 02 June 2022

Oxford Lloydspharmacy (in Sainsbury) J Sainsbury Store, Heyford Hill, Littlemore, Oxford, OX4 4XR 01865 777663    10:00-16:00 02 June 2022

                                                                                                                                                                      10:00-16:00  03 June 2022

Oxford Boots the Chemists 151 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1UT 01865 243633                                                      10:00-16:00 02 June 2022

                                                                                                                                                                       10:00-16:00 03 June 2022                  

Oxford Boots the Chemists 6-8 Cornmarket Street, Oxford, OX1 3HL 01865 247461                                               09:00-18:0002 June 2022

                                                                                                                                                                       09:00-18:00 03 June 2022

Kidlington Lloydspharmacy (in Sainsbury) J Sainsbury Store, Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 2PE 01865 371554          10:00-16:00 02 June 2022

                                                                                                                                                                       10:00-16:00 03 June 2022

COVID-19 medical exemptions: proving you are unable to get vaccinated - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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We feel it is important that we are upfront with our patients, so they understand the reality that we are all facing and the underlying reasons for this, and that, despite the easing of lockdown, the pressures experienced by general practice and the rest of the NHS are unlikely to ease soon.  We are here for you and always have been.

Oxford Health is working with Oxfordshire County Council, Oxford University Hospitals and supplier NRS Healthcare through the ‘Hand it Back’ campaign to encourage people to return equipment they no longer need.

The ongoing campaign aims to ensure that more people to benefit from the returned items when they are no longer needed.

The pieces of unused equipment being sought are:

• chairs, beds, bed rails and mattresses
• wheeled commodes
• any electrical items
• any type of walking frames
• toilet frames
• pendant alarm equipment/sensors (telecare)
• slings

All pieces of equipment for return should have a barcoded NRS or Millbrook sticker on them.

Larger items of equipment can be collected from individuals’ houses by calling NRS Healthcare on 01869 225420 or by sending their details to enquiries@oxfordshire.nrs-uk.net

Smaller equipment such as crutches, bathing equipment, raised toilet seats, slings can be returned at one of the collection points listed below between 10am and 2pm – no appointment is necessary:

• Abingdon Community Support Service (CSS)
• Audlett Drive, Abingdon OX14 3GD
• Banbury CSS – Neithrop Avenue, Banbury, OX16 2NT
• Bicester CSS – Launton Road, Bicester, OX26 6DJ
• Graham Hill House – Electric Ave, Ferry Hinksey Rd, Oxford, OX2 0BY (10am to 3pm)
• Oxford CSS – Awgar Stone Road, Horspath Driftway, OX3 7JQ
• Wallingford CSS – 51 High Street, Wallingford, OX10 0DB
• Wantage CSS – Charlton Village Road, Wantage, OX1 7HG
• Witney CSS – 6 Moorland Road, Witney, OX28 6LF

Help your local community by handing back any equipment that you no longer use.

Campaign to hand back unused health and social equipment (oxfordhealth.nhs.uk)

Invitation to Move Together webinar

Move Together is funded by the COVID Contain Outbreak Management Fund through the County Council, to help reduce the spread of coronavirus and support local public health. Many of our communities’ physical and / or mental health and wellbeing has been negatively impacted by COVID-19 and they need support now through this recovery period.

Move Together is a new county-wide pathway into physical activity. It will support people who have been shielding as a result of COVID-19, as well as people with long term health conditions but will help to reduce isolation and loneliness too. It is a supportive pathway, personalised to each individual based on their specific needs, provided by physical activity specialists.

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https://medconfidential.org/how-to-opt-out/

"Type 1" Opt-Outs

Patients may have heard about the deadline for recording a "Type 1" data opt out with their GP surgery. This deadline is 23rd June 2021.

To find out more, including how to record a Type 1 Opt-Out, please visit:

https://medconfidential.org/how-to-opt-out/

This website has further information about the Opt-Out, plus a downloadable form to complete and return to the surgery. If you cannot download or print a form at home, you can telephone NHS Digital on 0300 303 5678 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm) or email enquiries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk at any time.

Information for patients from NHS Digital

Data Sharing for Patients - the General Practice Data for Planning and Research Service

General Practice Transparency Notice for sharing Data for Planning and Research (Replacement for GPES)

NHS Digital collected patient data from general practices using a service called the General Practice Extraction Service (GPES), which has operated for over 10 years and now needs to be replaced.

Patient data collected from general practice is needed to support a wide variety of research and analysis to help run and improve health and care services. Whilst the data collected in other care settings such as hospitals is valuable in understanding and improving specific services, it is the patient data in general practice that helps us to understand whether the health and care system as a whole is working for patients.

In addition to replacing what GPES already does, the General Practice Data for Planning and Research service will also help to support the planning and commissioning of health and care services, the development of health and care policy, public health monitoring and interventions (including coronavirus (COVID-19) and enable many different areas of research.

For more information about this see the GP Practice Privacy Notice for General Practice Data for Planning and Research.

Provision of certificates or evidence of your COVID vaccination status

Patients who require a certificates of COVID vaccination status can use the NHS App or call the NHS Helpline. Details of both services are below.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/demonstrating-your-covid-19-vaccination-status-when-travelling-abroad

Proof of your vaccination status is available in the NHS App, which is also valuable for accessing your health record and ordering repeat prescriptions, and in some of the other apps that provide you with Patient online services. 

The NHS App can be downloaded from:

iPhone/iOS https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/nhs-app/id1388411277

Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nhs.online.nhsonline

If you have not used it before, there is a self-registration process within the app to create an "NHS login" as per https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/online-services/nhs-log-in/

If you already have access/login details for patient online services, for example "Patient Access", you may use this.

Alternatively, you can call the NHS helpline on 119 and ask for a letter to be posted to you. This must be at least 5 days after you’ve completed your course of the vaccine.  The letter may to take another 5 days to reach you, or longer if postal services are affected. Please take account of this when making your plans.

This practice is only offering COVID-19 vaccinations to those patients in priority groups 1-9 who have not yet had their first dose or are awaiting a second dose.  Please do not contact us unless you are in of these groups.  You can check your eligibility here If you are in the priority groups 10 - 12 (patients aged 49 down to 18) you will need to book your appointment via the national NHS booking service when your age group becomes eligible.  This will allow you to find a suitable date and time at another site including the Kassam Stadium vaccination centre (or other large centre in a neighbouring county) and a participating community pharmacy.  Currently, people aged 45 – 49 can book their first dose on the system, together with people in groups 1 – 9.

Temple Cowley: covid vacciantion stats as of 22 March 2021

INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS REGARDING CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

Covid Vaccinations 

We are very excited to be running covid vaccination clinics at present and have successfully vaccinated nearly 4000 of our most vulnerable patients to date. We are working within the SEOxHA primary care network with Temple Cowley Health Centre, The Leys Health Centre, Donnington Health Centre and Hollow Way Medical Centre to provide vaccinations at The Leys Health Centre. This week some patients may start receiving invitations also from the Kassam Stadium where a mass vaccination centre is being run. 

In preparation for receiving the vaccination or if you would like to read more about the vaccines available please click on the following link: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/coronavirus-vaccine/

Over 75s 

We are pleased to have offered and vaccinated most of our patients over 75. If you are over 75 and haven't yet been contacted please do email us on contact.tcmg@nhs.net or phone us so that we can arrange an appointment with you in our next available clinic. 

Over 70s and patients who are extremely clinically vulnerable (shielding)

We are currently inviting patients who are over 70 or clinically extremely vulnerable into the vaccination clinic. Please wait for an invite text or phone call to book an appointment. 

Patients under 70 and those not in extremely clinically vulnerable group

We are working under national guidance in delivering the vaccine. The JCVI have developed guidance for how we deliver the vaccine to those most vulnerable to coronavirus (you can read here for further information regarding who is in the different priority groups). If you are not over 70 or Extremely Clinically Vulnerable please wait to be contacted.

2nd dose of vaccination

As per government guidelines - by the JCVI and MHRA - we expect to be offering 2nd doses of vaccine approximately 12 weeks after the date of your first vaccination. You will be contacted closer to the time. The second dose of vaccine should be given at the site that you got your first. Those patients who received their first dose of vaccine at The Leys Health Centre should have their second dose at The Leys Health Centre. Those of you who are invited into the Kassam Stadium for the vaccine should have first and second dose there. If you receive an invitation to the Kassam Stadium but have already had your first dose of vaccine at the Leys Health Centre, please do not take the invite up - and allow the space to be given to someone who has not yet had the vaccine. 

We are commited to keeping our most vulnerable patients and staff as safe as possible, therefore we have suspended all routine face-to-face GP appointment bookings. If you have not spoken to a doctor please do not attend the surgery.

If you are asked to attend the surgery you MUST wear a mask or other face covering. Please note we are unable to provide these for you.

In line with the latest advice, if you have a high temperature, new, continuous cough or a loss of taste or smell you should self-isolate for a period of 10 days. There is no need to contact either the surgery or NHS111.

For the latest information regarding COVID-19 please visit NHS111Online

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirus-vaccination/