COVID Vaccination Information

Autumn Booster Covid Vaccinations September 2024

The Government has announced that the National Booking Service will be open to the public for Covid vaccination appointments from Monday 23rd September 2024. The last date for obtaining the Covid vaccination will be 20th December 2024.

The offer will be open to:

• Older Care Home Residents

• All patients aged 65 & over

• Patients aged under 65 with specific health conditions (more information to follow)

NHS APP 

The NHS App is the national system for Covid-19 vaccination record confirmations. If you have been vaccinated in the UK, your information will be available when you register.

Contacting the surgery

Telephone: You can telephone the surgeries between 8 am - 6.30pm Monday - Friday. We have invested in a new telephone system whch enables us to better manage the flow and demand of our calls. However, mornings remain the busiest time and we ask that only calls to request appointments are made to the surgery before 12 noon. If you wish to check on results, discuss more complex issues or need specific advice, please call after 12.

E-Consultations: You can contact us with non-urgent enquiries 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Simply click on teh "Submit a new request" button on the front page of our website and one of our team will get back to you within 2 working days.

Website:You can access our website anytime. We have tried to include as much information as possible and constantly review our content. If you cannot find the answer you are looking for, please call us at the surgery and we will do our best to assist you.

E-mail: We appreciate that it is not always convenient to contact us during working hours. You can e-mail us at info.mydoctors@nhs.net and we will respond as soon as possible. This e-mail is monitored during working hours and we will respond as soon as possible. Please do not e-mail us with medical enquiries, you will need to discuss this with either the nurse or doctor. It is always helpful if you can include which surgery you normally attend when you e-mail us.

On-line access: If you have on-line access, you can order your medications, update your contact details and send us non-urgent messages at any time. If you have not signed up for this yet, you can request it by completing and submitting this form. Once added to our system, one of our administrators will arrange a short video appointment with you to verify your identity in order that we can release access to your records.

NHS APP : this is the app which will allow you access to your Covid-19 vaccination status. You may be asked to show this evidence in order to travel or accomodation. If you have access to a smart phone, you may find it useful to download this. At the present time, we do not know if annual evidence of vaccination status will be required, but you are also able to do much more via the App.

Blood Tests

We offer blood tests daily at our Allesley Village surgery. Please call 024 76 402332 to book or you can use our on-line appointment booking to schedule these in. Please ensure your contact numbers are correct in case we need to contact you.

Mental Health Concerns

We know that individuals can be experiencing issues with mental health during these difficult times and more information is given below on how you might access help and support in this matter.

In the event that you require URGENT Mental Health advice, please use these details to contact the services.

Resources

Mind - Mental Health for Adults

Young Minds - advice and help for young persons and their parents/family

Change, Grow, Live - confidential support for drug & alcohol issues, unhealthy relationships and sexual health

British Heart Foundation - Keeping healthy with heart conditions during Coronavirus

Diabetes UK - Keeping healthy with Diabetes during Coronavirus