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Please allow 5 working days for repeat prescriptions. If you receive communication by text from the surgery please wait to receive a text message advising you that your prescription is ready for collection before attending the surgery. If you have a mobile number and do not receive text messages please contact the surgery to update your contact details.

The Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System (ICS) declared a system critical incident on Tuesday 29 March 2022. This is in relation to increasing numbers of patients with covid in our hospitals and extremely high levels of staff sickness across our health and care system.  

Both of these issues are having a knock-on effect on other NHS services including GP practices across the county. We are asking all patients to be aware of the exceptional demand we are currently facing, including our own staff sickness levels.  

Our staff are working very hard to accommodate all patient needs. Minor ailments can be addressed via your local pharmacy, and our reception team can pre-book these appointments for you.  
  
Professionals across the county are doing everything they can to rapidly improve the position and apologise for any negative impact this may have on our patients.  

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Pontesbury & Worthen Medical Practice will be closed for training from 1.00 PM on Thursday 3rd March 2022.

We will open as normal again at 08:30 on Friday 4th March

If you need medical treatment that cannot wait until the surgery is open again please dial 111 or dial 999 in an emergency.

Advance appointments can now be booked online here: https://app.patientaccess.com/login. Or on the NHS APP. These are standard routine Doctor appointments.

In order to use patient access a registration form will need to be filled in at the practice, for which you will need to bring some form of identification such as a driving license or passport. You will then be issued with a PIN number to be able to book online.

When booking the appointment please ensure you put a reason for the appointment (this is only visible to the GP/Practice member) and if you wish to have a telephone consultation and not attend the surgery for a face to face appointment please note the telephone number you wish to be contacted on.

Following the latest government announcement if you need a first, second or booster dose  (Pfizer only) and are aged 18 + we can book you an appointment to attend here at the surgery, please phone 01743 583378 or 01743 583384 to book an appointment into one of our weekday clinics that we are offering.

For second vaccines you must be 8 weeks after your first, for Booster, 91 days after your second vaccine.

There are other local vaccination centres you can attend using the national booking system via 119 or the online booking via the gov website.

If you or anyone in your household has coronavirus symptoms or has had a positive test within 10 days, please do not come into the surgery. 

As a healthcare environment we will still expect patients and staff to wear a mask in the surgery to ensure we protect the vulnerable.

Please be kind and respectful to our staff whilst we work through this situation as best as we can.

Thank you for your co-operation and support, it is very greatly appreciated.

Following the latest government announcement if you need a first, second or booster dose  (Pfizer only) and are aged 18 + we can book you an appointment to attend here at the surgery, please do not contact the surgery, we will contact you.

For second vaccines you must be 8 weeks after your first, for Booster, 91 days after your second vaccine.

There are other local vaccination centres you can attend using the national booking system via 119 or the online booking via the gov website.

If you or anyone in your household has coronavirus symptoms or has had a positive test within 10 days, please do not come into the surgery. 

As a healthcare environment we will still expect patients and staff to wear a mask in the surgery to ensure we protect the vulnerable.

Please be kind and respectful to our staff whilst we work through this situation as best as we can.

Thank you for your co-operation and support, it is very greatly appreciated.

In light of the announcement from the Government this evening we will be reassessing our vaccination provision to offer vaccines to as many of you as possible.

PLEASE DO NOT JUST TURN UP AT THE PRACTICE TO GET VACCINATED

PLEASE DO NOT PHONE RECEPTION TOMORROW AS WE ARE STILL PLANNING .

We will send text messages and contact patients with details of arrangements to everyone that is eligible as soon as we can.

Thank you for your patience.

In order to protect our population and to ensure no disruption in vaccine supply, we are co-delivering influenza and COVID-19 vaccinations in a joint effort with our neighbouring colleagues across Shrewsbury and the surrounding areas. The clinics will be run centrally at Severn Fields Health Village, with clinical support from each practice involved. Clinics will be running on weekends until the end of December. As always, we appreciate your support. You will be invited to book an appointment either by text, letter or phone call when you are eligible to receive your COVID-19 Booster vaccination. The dedicated phone number at Severn Fields for any queries about booking and clinics is 01743 649800.

You will still be invited to have this at Severn Fields even if you have already had your Seasonal Influenza vaccination elsewhere.

Patients over 50 and in the at risk groups for a combined flu and covid booster appointment will be contacted shortly – in line with recommendations for patients to have the two vaccines together where possible. If you can’t have both vaccines together there needs to be a gap of 7 days between them.

Patients will be invited to these clinics in order of priority according to the JCVI cohorts – the clinics will be running through to December.

Patients that are due their booster will also receive a text from the National team which will invite you to book via 119 and will offer appointments in Telford, Market Drayton and Woodside. You can choose to book one of these appointments, or wait for us to contact you for a local appointment at Severn Fields Vaccination Centre.

In the meantime, please make sure reception have your up to date mobile telephone number, as this is the easiest way for us to invite you.

We are just finding out information about the covid booster campaign at the same time as the public are, and do not yet have all the details. We are anticipating deliveries of covid booster vaccines to Shrewsbury in early October and will soon start inviting patients over 50 and in the at risk groups for a combined flu and covid booster appointment – this is in line with recommendations for patients to have the two vaccines together where possible. Appointments will be at the vaccination centre at Severn Fields. Patients will be invited to these clinics in order of priority according to the JCVI cohorts as with the initial doses, and due to the volume of patients we are vaccinating the clinics will be running right through to December. In the meantime, please make sure we have your up to date mobile telephone number, as this is the easiest way for us to invite you.

Age 16 or 17?  You can now have your Covid vaccination.  You can do this by attending a walk in clinic, details below:

https://stwics.org.uk/our-priorities/covid-19-vaccination-programme/walk-in-clinic-times

Please do not try and book through the practice, we cannot book Covid vaccination appointments for you.  The national online booking service will only allow you to book if you are within 3 months of your 18^th birthday, so please attend a walk in clinic if you are 16 or 17. 

Or if you are going to the Telford Balloon Fiesta this weekend, Bob the Bus will be there too, so you can #GrabAJab there if you prefer!

Pontesbury & Worthen Medical Practice will be closed on Monday 30th August and will re-open on Tuesday 31st August.

If you require a Doctor during the Bank Holiday please ring NHS111 (dial 111)

For Medical Emergencies please ring 999

You are now able to book a blood test at SaTH on line. Please use the following link –