You may be aware that Laburnum Medical Group has been notified of the decision to terminate their contract and will close by 27 July 2020. NHS Northumberland Clinical Commissioning Group (the CCG) took the decision to terminate the practice’s contract following a number of inspections, visits, audits and investigations were carried out by the CCG […]

It is a requirement for patients to wear a face covering when entering the surgery.  If you do have an appointment we would be grateful if you could come with your face covering on – covering your nose, mouth and chin.  This can be in the form of a mask, scarf or handkerchief of any […]

PRINCIPLE Patient Recruitment Poster_v1.0 22.04.20

The below link is; Information for patients explaining how health and social care organisations may use your Summary Care Record information within the health and social care system to protect you and others during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. https://digital.nhs.uk/services/summary-care-records-scr/scr-coronavirus-covid-19-supplementary-privacy-notice

To enable us to ensure we can continue to provide safe and effective medical care for you during the coronavirus pandemic, we are working with other local Practices in the area to enable them to access your medical records under a ‘shared admin’ function on the clinical system. This means that if any Practice is […]

Symptoms The most common symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are recent onset of: new continuous cough and/or high temperature For most people, coronavirus (COVID-19) will be a mild infection Main messages if you have symptoms of coronavirus infection (COVID-19), however mild, do not leave your home for 7 days from when your symptoms started. (See ending isolation section […]

From 7th January all repeat medication requests need to be made via online services, in person at the surgery or via a chemist.  The telephone line will no longer exist. Please register for online services as soon as possible if you have not already done so.  Thank you.

Monday 14 October (pm only) Saturday 26 October (am only) If you have not already had your jab this year please contact GPMG to book

We are very pleased to welcome our new GP Registrar to the team; Dr Rachel Hodgson.

One Call Virtually everyone who calls a GP surgery to make an appointment asks to see to a GP, but very often help will be available more quickly from other highly skilled medical professionals such as nurses or pharmacists, or from another services, including the voluntary sector, who can support people with a wide range […]

Carers Many people find themselves caring for someone else without any warning or preparation. Perhaps your husband/wife has had the diagnosis of a condition that you’ve suspected for some time, or it may have come out of the blue. Perhaps someone else in the family has been ill and now needs extra support to stay […]

Improving access to general practice: evening and weekend appointments now available Patients who are registered at this practice can now book an appointment to see a GP or nurse on weekday evenings (after 6.30pm) or at the weekends (on Saturday).  Appointments will either take place at this practice or at another NHS setting nearby; Bedlingtonshire, […]

The CCG patient forum feedback report can be found here. CCG Patient Forum Feedback Report February 2016

Please take note that you have a allocated, accountable GP, if you do not already know who your GP is, you can find out by contacting us at the practice.

Friends and Family Test Results February 2020 Extremely likely                       13  (81%) Likely                                        1  (6%) Neither likely/unlikely              0 (0%) Unlikely                                     2 (13%)                             Extremely unlikely                   0   (0%) Don’t know                               0  (0%) Collected  in total                    16 From 1st December 2014 it is a requirement that all GP practices undertake the NHS Friends and Family Test. —————————————————- The primary aims are to:- Gather useful feedback from […]

Please read the document attached below for more information about our online services. Please note that all of the SystmOnline services are currently available. Online Statement 2015 and Online Statement 2015 – 2 Patient Record Access Poster

Please have a look at this page regarding information from the Clinical Commissioning Group.

Please take a moment or two to read through this newsletter about how sharing your information with the NHS can help to provide a better service to you. Information Leaflet

Appointments are available to book online. For more information please follow this link.

When the surgery is closed please telephone the Out of Hours service on 111. This is the number to call when you need medical help fast but it is not a life threatening emergency. You should only attend hospital in the event of an accident or a life threatening emergency – call 999 for life threatening […]

If your result is normal there will be no contact from the surgery. If the result needs routine follow-up then you will be contacted by letter. If the result needs quicker action we will contact you by telephone. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR TELEPHONE DETAILS ARE CORRECT. Pregnancy tests – If a pharmacy home test shows […]