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Sit and Wait Surgery

Due to increasing and sometimes overwhelming demand for our daily Sit and Wait Surgery, we may need to limit the number of patients we are able to see.  If the surgery is full, the receptionist will help you make other arrangements. 

Thank you for your understanding. 

CHANGES TO COLLECTING PRESCRIPTIONS FROM THE SURGERY

Due to the new General Data Protection Regulations, from July 1st 2018 the following procedures will be in place:

  • If someone is collecting any prescription on your behalf, they need to have your consent and produce photo ID.  Please ask at reception for a consent card.
  • Patients collecting prescriptions for controlled drugs (for example Zomorph and Tramadol) will need to produce photo ID.

The receptionists will need to record in your notes that they have seen ID and consent.

Thank you for your co-operation as we implement this change.

We are able to send prescriptions directly to your chosen pharmacy electronically, so please let us know if you wish to nominate a pharmacy.  This will save you having to come into the surgery to collect your prescription.

IMPROVED ACCESS TO GP SERVICES

We are now able to offer patients GP and Nurse appointments outside of normal surgery times.  These appointments are only bookable through your own GP practice and are available at The Weymouth Urgent Care Centre weekday evenings between 6.30 and 8.00 pm and at weekends.

Extended hours appointments are now available Monday and Thursday 18.30 - 20.30pm with our GP Dr Steve Wood.

These clinics will be held at The Urgent Care Centre, please ring your usual surgery to book in.  The Nurse Practitioners and Practice Nurses have later appointments also on Mondays and Wednesdays at The Bridges and Littlemoor.

Patient Decision Aid - Total Knee Replacement Surgery

Knee replacement surgery is usually necessary when the knee joint is worn or damaged to the extent that your mobility is reduced and you experience pain even while resting.

Adults of any age can considered for a knee replacement, although most are carried out on people between the ages of 60 and 80.

NHS Dorset Clinial Commissioning Group has been developing a new patient decision aid for total knee replacements over the last year.  The decision aid provides information on:

  • When it would be of benefit to have a total knee replacement;
  • Steps to take prior to knee replacement surgery;
  • Exploration of some possible preconceptions about knee replacement surgery;
  • What to expect at the time of and after knee replacement.

The decision aid consists of a video and a series of questions to enale you to make a decision as to whether total knee replacement surgery is the best option for you.

Register online with your email address to view the video.  Allow 40 minutes.  You may watch the videos and complete the questions with a friend or relative. http://dorset.medicaldecisions.co.uk

Online Course - Dementia Care:  Staying Connected and Living Well

A course for carers, to help you stay conected to loved ones, manage stress at home and difuse difficult situations.

If you are a carer for someone who is living with dementia then this is a course for you.

Please click on the link to take you to the website  

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/dementia-care


My life - My care

Information and advice about care and support for adults in Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole.

If you find it difficult to live safely and independently in your home, you can find help here.  Our solutions offer information and advice to help you make informed choices about living the life you want.  Please click on the link for more information https://www.mylifemycare.com

Finger food without the fear!

The main food culprits and a few things to remember when preparing and giving food to babies and young children.  Please click on the link for more information.

http://www.capt.org.uk/safety-advice/how-stop-your-child-choking?utm_source=Child+Accident+Prevention+Trust&utm_campaign=ae6db702d8-grapes-guardian&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_07d0f347c0-ae6db702d8-136567473&mc_cid=ae6db702d8&mc_eid=fbcbb30e43

Cold Weather   Keep Warm    Keep Well

Winter is now here and already we have experienced some very cold weather.   The goverment has issued a very informative booklet.  The booklet aims to help you maintain good health during winter and take advantage of the financial help and benefits available.  Please click on the link below to view the booklet.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/561101/Keep_warm_keep_well_leaflet_2016.pdf

 

Community Urgent Care Centre

The Weymouth and Portland Community Urgent Care Centre (CUCC) will open its doors on 1st July, replacing the existing Minor Injuries Unit and Walk-in Centre at Weymouth Community Hospital.

Open from 8am to 11pm, seven days a week, the centre aims to bring care closer to home, reducing the need for trips to Dorset County Hospital and offering a more efficient, joined up service for patients.

The centre will be located in the same part of the hospital, in Melcombe Avenue, as the existing MIU and Walk-in Centre, and offer seven day X-ray facilities.  It will provide treatment for problems such as:

  • sprains and broken bones

  • minor burns, cuts, animal bites and infected wounds

  • chest infections and asthma attacks

  • bladder and kidney infections

The CUCC will not be a substitute for GP treatment.  You will be referred to your GP or community pharmacy if the problem is not urgent.  However, if you do need urgent treatment between the hours of 8am and 11pm, the centre will be the place to go.

We are improving how we communicate with patients. 

Please tell us if you need information in a different format or communication support.

Know Your Pulse  heartheart

Why and when to check your pulse? What is a normal pulse? When should you seek further advice? 

Click on the link below for some useful information.

http://intranet.dorsetccg.nhs.uk/WS-DCCG-Intranet/Downloads/News/Know%20your%20pulse%20information%20sheet.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

Protecting your baby against meningitis and septicaemia

From September 2015 babies will be offered the MenB vaccine with the other routine vaccinations at two months, four months and 12 months of age.

As fever is more common with this vaccination, Paracetamol may be provided.

For more information please visit: http://www.nhs.uk/…/vaccina…/Pages/meningitis-B-vaccine.aspx

 

 

 

 

   DiABETES

CARE.CONNECT.CAMPAIGN

The Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology have set up a cycling group. 

Please click on the link for more information

http://intranet.dorsetccg.nhs.uk/WS-DCCG-Intranet/Downloads/News/Diabetes%20Cycle%20Group%20May%202015.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changed your mobile number recently?

Please let us know if you have changed your contact details including your mobile number.  There is a link on this page below which will take you directly to a form for you to do this.  Thank you.

 

Telephone Number Withheld 

Please can all of our patients be aware that In order to protect patient's confidentiality, all of our telephone numbers are withheld.  This also means that if you have a call barring system in place for withheld numbers we will not be able to contact you.  If this affects you could you please inform the receptionist who will ensure that this is noted in your records. We will then make alternative arrangements should we need to telephone you at home.

 

General Data Protection

What is GDPR?

GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulations and is a new piece of legislation that will supersede the Data Protection Act.  It will not only apply to the UK and EU; it covers anywhere in the world in which data about EU citizens is processed.

The GDPR is similar to the Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998 (which the practice already complies with), but strengthens many of the DPA's principles. The main changes are:

  • Practices must comply with subject access requests
  • Where we need your consent to process data, this consent must be freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous
  • There are new, special protections for patient data
  • The information Commissioner's Office must be notified within 72 hours of a data breach
  • Higher fines for data breaches - up to 20 million euros

What is 'patient data'?

Patient data is information that relates to a single person, such as his/her diagnosis, name, age, earlier medical history etc.

What is consent?

Consent is permission from a patient - an individual's consent is defined as "any freely given specific and informed indication of his wishes by which the data subject signifies his agreement to personal data relating to him being processed."

The changes in GDPR mean that we must get explicit permission from patients when using their data.  This is to protect your righto privacy, and we may ask you to provide consent to do certain things, like contact you or record certain information about you for your clinical records.

Individuals also have the right to withdraw their consent at any time.

Contact us

Person to contact regarding Data Protection matters:

Lennie Edwards

Practice Manager

The Bridges Medical Practice

26 Commercial Road

Weymouth

DT4 7DW

01305 774411

thebridgesmedicalcentre@dorsetgp.nhs.uk

THE BRIDGES MEDICAL PRACTICE

PRIVACY NOTICE

The link below explains who we are, why information is collected about you, the ways in which this information may be used, who it is shared with and how we keep it safe.  It also explains how the practice uses the information we hold about you, how you go about accessing this information if you wish to see it and to have any inaccuracies corrected or erased.

The Bridges Medical Practice Privacy Notice

Privacy Notice for Shielding Patients

                                        DORSET CARE RECORD              Easy Read Leaflet

 

How it works now?

Details about your care are held every time your visit a health care service like:

GP, Pharmacy, Hospital or Mental Health Service.

Your details are held with lots of different health care services.

This has meant that:

  • It can take longer to give you the right treatment
  • You may have to repeat yourself.
  • You may have to remember what care your have been given in the past.

What is the Dorset Care Record?

The Dorset Care Record is a safe way to keep all of your health care details in one place like:

  • Your contact details
  • Your care needs
  • A list of your medical conditions
  • A list of your medications
  • A list of your allergies
  • Test results
  • Any referrals, clinic letters and discharge information
  • History of your treatment

Why do we need it?

We know the health care in Dorset can be better.

The Dorset Care Record will mean that:

  • Health care professionals will be able to use their time spent with you in a better way.
  • Health and Social Care workers can make safer decisions about your care.
  • Reduce mistakes

What are the other benefits?

  • You get the right treatment, by the right person at the right time.
  • In time, people will be able to manage their own health care more easily.
  • You won't have to repeat your story.
  • You can look at your care records at anytime.
  • Less paperwork.

Things you might want to know

  • Your information will be held on a safe computer system. A secure password will be used to protect your information.
  • Health and Social Care professionals will only be able to see your details when they need it.
  • You do not have to share your information with the Dorset Care Record.
  • You must tell us if you do not want to share your details.
  • See the consent options leaflet for more information. (you can find this on the website link below)

Who is making the Dorset Care Record?

Lots of services ae working together to make the Dorset Care Record.

Some of these services are:

Dorset County Council

Bournemouth Borough Council

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust

Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Service

Ten things you might want to know about the Dorset Care Record

https://news.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/dorset-care-record/files/2018/05/Ten-things-you-might-want-to-know-about-the-DCR.pdf

For more information check out the website at:

www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/dorset-care-record

Send an email to:

dorsetcarrecord@dorsetcc.gov.uk

Write to them at:

The Dorset Care Record Partnership

County Hall

Colliton Park

Dorchester

Dorset

DT1 1XJ

Optum International (UK)

We are working with Optum International (UK) to conduct a one-off piece of analytics work to support the care and treatment of the population registered with GPs in Dorset.

A small number of analytics specialists from Optum in the UK team will have access to pseudonymised data.  This means that Optum will not be able to identify any individual and the data they receive will ensure anonymity.  Optum has a long track record of working with and within the NHS and are fully compliant with all necessary data protection laws.

Once the work with Optum is complete, they will delete the data from their systems. Patients who have chosen not share their data will be excluded from the extract at source and their data will not be extracted form the GP screen.

In addition, Weymouth & Portland GPs are working with Optum and they will spend time observing and evaluating how the practice functions to quantify potential areas of improvement for both clinical and back office service delivery.  Optum are the preferred development partner with NHS England and, as with all our team, have suitable governance in accordance with all applicable laws, privacy notices and in accordance with all contracts.

For information on our Privacy Notice for Children please click the link below

Privacy Information Leaflet for Children



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