General News and Information
New Online Appointments Service
We have launched an Appointments On-Line Service. Please contact the surgery to request a log in. Once you have done this, you can follow the following link to book appointments with our GPs and to order Repeat Prescriptions. https://the-border-practice.appointments-online.co.uk/
Flu
Further information is available on: http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/
You can reduce the risk of catching or spreading flu by:
- Always covering your nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing.
- Disposing of dirty tissues promptly and carefully.
- Maintaining good basic hygiene, for example, washing hands frequently with soap and warm water, to reduce the spread of the virus from your hands to face or to other people.
- Cleaning hard surfaces, such as door handles, frequently using a normal cleaning product.
Swine Flu Vaccinations
Our Swine Flu Vaccination Programme follows Government Guidelines and we are starting our vaccination programme with the clinical priority groups as shown below:-
The clinical risk groups, in order of priority are:
- Individuals aged six months and up to 65 years in the current seasonal flu vaccine clinical at risk groups
- Pregnant women
- Household contacts of immunocompromised individuals
- People aged 65 and over in the current seasonal flu vaccine clinical at risk groups
Should you be in one of the above groups please call reception during the afternoon to make an appointment.
Citizens Advice Bureau
The Citizens Advice Bureau will be running a weekly clinic, within the surgery, starting on Monday 6th April 2009. This clinic will run every Monday in the surgery and is exclusively for Border Practice patients. It can advise on benefits, debts, housing matters and much more. You can pre-book an appointment via the surgery by ringing 01252 344434. Everything discussed is in the strictest confidence and free of charge. For information about the services that the CAB provide, please click on the following link - http://www.rushmoorcab.org.uk/
The Border Dental Practice
We now have a private dental practice working within our building. For information on their services and charges follow this link http://www.borderdental.co.uk/
UK GPs 'amongst best in the world', International Survey Finds 05 Nov 09 By Laura Montini
A Commonwealth Fund survey ranking 11 countries on their primary heathcare systems has praised UK general practice, scoring it highly for access to care and provision of chronic care. The poll of over 10,000 primary care physicians ranked the UK highly for practice incentives linked with patient satisfaction and the quality of care, and concluded UK GPs were 'amongst the best in the world.' Ninety-six percent of UK doctors indicated that they use electronic medical records, making the UK a leader in terms of use of IT systems to improve health. UK GPs were also least likely to report long waiting times for patients referred for specialist care. Only 22% of UK doctors said their patients often face long waits to see a specialist. NHS Alliance chief executive Michael Sobanja, said: ‘The report shows that the British primary care system is amongst the most developed in the world.’ Health Secretary Andy Burnham congratulated the NHS staff on its ‘magnificent achievement.’ ‘This is an important moment for the NHS. The journey to overhaul the quality of care over the last ten years has paid off,’ he said at the Commonwealth Fund’s 2009 international health symposium in Washington. ‘The NHS is not perfect but it has moved from poor to good and I want to see it go from good to great on the next stage of the journey,’ he added. Greater choice and more personalised and high quality care will be the focus of the NHS for the next decade, he said.