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Gosforth Valley Medical Centre,
Gorsey Brigg
Dronfield,
Derbyshire,
S18 8UE.
Tel: 01246 419040

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Welcome to our website.

We have designed a range of pages to provide useful information in an easily accessible form; just click on the menu list (in the left margin). 

It may be worthwhile visiting the "About this web" page first: This gives an overview of the  website and how best to make use of it.

News!

The Gosforth Valley Medical Practice PPG had an article published in the NAPP Autumn quarterly newsletter.

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bullet Seasonal & Swine flu immunizations
bullet Patient Participation Group
bulletSwine Flu
bulletDNAs (Did Not Attend)
bulletFurther extension of hours
bulletNew doctors

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Seasonal & Swine flu immunizations:

The Practice has now received its Swine Flu immunizations and we have now started the immunization programme, in conjunction with the Seasonal Flu immunizations.

Eligibility for immunization:

You are eligible for a Seasonal Flu immunization if you are:

bullet>65 years old, or
bulletIn a clinical "at risk" group
bulletYou are a Carer
bulletYou live in an institution (e.g. Nursing or Residential home)
bulletOther (click here for a full list)

You are eligible for a Swine Flu immunization if you are:

bulletAge 6 months to 65 years & in a clinical "at risk" group
bulletPregnant women
bulletHousehold contacts of someone who is immuno-compromised
bulletPeople aged 65 and over in a clinical "at risk" group
bulletAge 6 months to 5 years

If you are eligible for one, the other, or both immunizations, please do come along on - the sooner we get people immunized, the better! Just make an appointment.

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The next Patient Participation Group:

Wednesday 24/03/10 @ GVMC

7:30 - 9:30pm.

Open to all patients.

Hope to see you there!

See the PPG page for more details.

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Swine Flu:

So far, the vast majority of swine flu cases have been mild, with symptoms similar to seasonal flu.  Only in a small number of cases have people had more serious symptoms, including some people who have sadly died. 

The National Pandemic Flu Service (NPFS) has now closed.

You can still obtain information about the symptoms of Swine Flu from their website at www.direct.gov.uk/pandemicflu or by ringing 0800 1 513 513

If you think you may have Swine Flu, you are advised to ring the surgery to make an appointment

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DNAs (Did Not Attend):

Every month we have a number of appointments which are "wasted" through patients who book the appointment but then either forget to attend, or forget to cancel the appointment if no longer needed.

We collate this information and feed it back to patients monthly via a notice in the waiting room and here on the website in a more sophisticated form: Monthly figures and trends.

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Further extension of hours :

From 1/05/2009, the Gosforth Valley Medical Centre is again open from 08:00 - 20:30hrs every night Monday through Friday.

As usual, this includes lunchtime from 12:30 - 13:30hrs.

The Practice is also open late evenings to 20:30hrs for PN consultations with Kathryn Collier for:

bulletNew Patient Checks
bulletChildhood and School Leavers Boosters (incl. HPV vaccination)
bulletTravel vaccinations & advice, including Yellow Fever immunizations (open to all)
bulletContraception
bulletHRT checks
bulletOsteoporosis checks
bulletBP checks/assessments

These GP & PN consultation slots are particularly provided for people who work and find attending the practice difficult during working hours, but can be used by anyone (although if you can attend during the day, we would appreciate being able to keep the late evening appointments open for those who need them).

These appointments are available to patients registered with the practice, including those registering for the first time during one of these sessions.

Please note: Home visit requests made after 18:30hrs should be referred to the Derbyshire Health United Out-Of-Hours service, and not the practice.

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New Doctors:

We currently have 3 new doctors at the practice

Dr. Ross Dyer-Smith

Dr. Julian Hick

Dr. Jo Stewart

See the Personnel page for more details.

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