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As of Thursday 1^st October 2020, patients aged 16years + are no longer able to attend any site of University Hospitals Birmingham for a blood test, this includes Solihull Hospital, Heartlands Hospital & Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Patients aged under 16years are still able to attend Heartlands hospital to access phlebotomy services.

Blood test appointments have always been and will continue to be available at the practice for our registered patients.

Following the success of last weeks drive-thru flu vaccination clinic whereby we manged to vaccinate around 800 patients, we wanted to share just some of the wonderful feedback we have had from our patients

Your support means so much to the entire practice team who take pride in everything they do and your feedback helps us to improve

All patients aged 65+ should by now have received a letter invitation, if you have not please contact the surgery on 0121 746 5000.

If you are under 65 and classed as 'at-risk' we will be in contact with you over the next few weeks as soon as we have your vaccines in stock.

(This Privacy Notice is to run alongside our standard Practice Privacy Notice)

Due to the unprecedented challenges that the NHS and, Northbrook Group Practice face due to the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, there is a greater need for public bodies to require additional collection and sharing of personal data to protect against serious threats to public health.

In order to look after your healthcare needs in the most efficient way Northbrook Group Practice may therefore need to share your personal information, including medical records, with staff from other GP Practices including Practices within our Primary Care Network, as well as other health organisations (i.e. Clinical Commissioning Groups, Commissioning Support Units, Local authorities etc.) and bodies engaged in disease surveillance for the purposes of research, protecting public health, providing healthcare services to the public and monitoring and managing the Covid-19 outbreak and incidents of exposure.

The Secretary of State has served notice under Regulation 3(4) of the Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002 (COPI) to require organisations to process confidential patient information in the manner set out for purposes set out in Regulation 3(1) of COPI.

Supplementary Privacy Notice issued in response to COVID-19

 

The replacement Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) for Solihull will be based at Chelmsley Wood Primary Care Centre, Crabtree Drive, Chelmsley Wood B37 5BU.

The UTC will open on Monday 24 August and will operate 7 days per week, from 8.00am – 8.00pm

This is an interim location until 31 March 2021.

All patients are now required to contact NHS 111 before they attend the UTC to seek advice, and if necessary, they will offered a booked appointment. The UTC will not accept ‘walk-in’ patients. This is to ensure the centre does not become overcrowded and strict infection prevention measures can be adhered to.

We are unable to provide face covering exemption letters for patients. Please see below a communication from our Local Medical Committee (LMC) which provides more details on this.

LMC – Face Covering Exemption Letters

 

From Monday 15th June all patients attending the practice for a face-to-face appointment with a member of our team will be required to wear a face covering.
(children under 3 exempt as per Government guidelines)

Please note, we will be continuing with our triage first model for GP appointments for the foreseeable future, our GP's are seeing patients face-to-face where it is deemed absolutely clinically necessary.

Our Nursing team are continuing to offer face-to-face procedures such as; dressings, phlebotomy, ECG's, child vaccinations, hormonal injections and cervical screening.

Thank you for your on-going cooperation.

We know that this is a difficult and challenging time for everyone – but particularly so for adults and children living with domestic abuse.

You are not alone!

If you are in need of support, do not hesitate to seek it. For all the contact details and support services you need in the West Midlands, click on the link below:

Domestic abuse support information

Use this service if you have to stay at home because of coronavirus and you need a note for your employer.

If you have to stay at home but feel well enough to work, ask your employer if you can work from home. If you can work from home, you will not need an isolation note.

You can also use this service for someone else.

Please use the following link:  https://111.nhs.uk/isolation-note/

If you are concerned about the effects coronavirus may have on your health, we have included below, a produced list that may provide you with the advice that you need.

We fully understand that this is a worrying time and our patients have lots of questions but it is putting a phenomenal demand on our phone lines, we like everyone else are being led by the guidance that is released daily. Our reception team are working tirelessly round the clock to answer calls as quickly as possible but they are unable to give condition specific covid-19 advice.

General NHS advice

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

Pituitary/ adrenal insufficiency 

https://www.endocrinology.org/news/item/14050/Coronavirus-advice-statement-for-patients-with-adrenal%2fpituitary-insufficiency

Underlying lung disease 

https://www.blf.org.uk/support-for-you/coronavirus

People with Asthma

https://www.asthma.org.uk/advice/triggers/coronavirus-covid-19/

People with Diabetes

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.diabetes.org.uk/about_us/news/coronavirus%3famp.

People affected by Stroke

https://www.stroke.org.uk/news/coronavirus-information-people-affected-stroke

Pregnant women

https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/guidelines/coronavirus-pregnancy/covid-19-virus-infection-and-pregnancy/

Children/young people T1 diabetes

https://jdrf.org.uk/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-people-living-with-type-1-diabetes/

People with Heart/circulatory disease

https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health

Older people

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/health-wellbeing/conditions-illnesses/coronavirus/#

Young people with anxiety

https://youngminds.org.uk/blog/what-to-do-if-you-re-anxious-about-coronavirus/

Adults with anxiety

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/coronavirus-and-your-wellbeing/

People with Rheumatoid Arthritis

https://www.nras.org.uk/news/coronavirus-what-we-know-so-far

People with cancer

https://breastcancernow.org/about-us/media/statements/advice-coronavirus-people-cancer

People with inflammatory bowel disease

https://www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/news/updated-wuhan-novel-coronavirus-advice

People with Parkinson’s disease

https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/news/understanding-coronavirus-and-parkinsons

People with Multiple Sclerosis

https://www.mssociety.org.uk/about-ms/treatments-and-therapies/disease-modifying-therapies/covid-19-coronavirus-and-ms

People with liver disease and liver transplant

https://britishlivertrust.org.uk/coronavirus-covid-19-health-advice-for-people-with-liver-disease-and-liver-transplant-patients/

People with kidney disease including dialysis

https://www.kidneycareuk.org/news-and-campaigns/coronavirus-advice/

People with epilepsy

https://www.epilepsysociety.org.uk/news/epilepsy-and-coronavirus-09-03-2020#.XnD_g8CnyEc