The Surgery, Great Massingham

Drs Burgess, Phillips, Black & Hall

SURGERY OPENING HOURS

For appointments and routine enquiries, please contact the surgeries during these hours only.

When at reception, if you would like to speak privately to a member of staff, please ask and we will do our best to enable you to do this.

WELCOME TO OUR PRACTICE

This website has been prepared to help you get to know how our surgeries are run and how you can get the best from them.

If you have recently joined us, so that we can get to know your health needs, please make an appointment with our nurses for a New Patient Health Check as soon as possible.

VISITORS

If you are a visitor to the area, or have friends or relatives staying with you who need medical attention, we will be pleased to help.

PRACTICE COMPUTER SYSTEM

Practice staff use the computer system in order for them to be able to do their daily work. That is:

Access to sensitive information is restricted for anyone other than the doctor.

All practice staff, clinical and non-clinical, are required to treat patient information in the strictest confidence.

All have been given training in their responsibilities under the Data Protection Act 1998.

HEALTH INFORMATION

You can access free and impartial advice on health, illness and disease by clicking on www.patient.co.uk

Easy to search reliable health information – specifically for childhood concerns
http://www.yourchildshealth.nhs.uk/

OTHER USEFUL LINKS

• The NHS website can be accessed by clicking on www.nhs.uk

• The Macmillan & Hudson Palliative Care Centre, Wisbech can be contacted for information about different types of cancer or other progressive diseases.
Email: millan@VSNCH.freewire.co.uk or telephone 01945 466312

• The Cancer Information Centre at Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital can be contacted for information on different types of cancer, cancer treatments, control of symptoms, local sources of support and complementary care.
Email: cancer.information@nnuh.nhs.uk or telephone 01603 287048

• For information about common foot problems visit the Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists' website - www.feetforlife.org/

• To find out all about the "fpa" (formerly The Family Planning Association) visit: www.fpa.org.uk/. This will give you details of local clinics including telephone numbers and maps.

• The Mancroft Advice Project, better known as MAP, is an independent information, advice and counselling service for young people aged between 11 and 25. For more information visit: www.map11-25.org/youth/index.htm

  HELP THE NHS TO REDUCE MEDICINE WASTE

 Medicine wastage is a serious problem for the NHS. Some patients or their carers continue to request more repeat medicines than needed and this can lead to stockpiling at home. Not only does it waste medication but it puts a huge financial burden on an already burdened NHS.

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP

 ·Only order the medications you need - check what medicines you still have at home before re-ordering

 ·Tell your GP if you have stopped taking any of your medications

·Attend your medication reviews on a regular basis - this helps your GP to keep your medications up to date.

If you would like more information on medicine wastage please go to www.medicinewaste.com

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  Patient Participation Group (PPG) 

The surgery is very pleased to announce the formation of the Massingham and Docking Patient Participation Group (PPG).

The PPG is run, as part of a Government initiative, by a small committee of patients and practice staff and the aim of this group is to encourage a more positive relationship between the patients and the surgery, and to work together with the surgeries on behalf of patients to help improve services and promote good health. The members of the PPG are as follows:

Chair - Mr Graham Coombes

Secretary - Miss Clare Hill

Treasurer - Mrs Shirley Wadeson

Some of the PPG involvement will include fundraising activities. At present, 800 books have been donated between both the surgeries. You are invited to take any books that might interest you and make a small donation in the pots provided. So, happy reading!

 For more information, please leave your contact details at reception at either surgery, and a member of the PPG will get back to you, or alternatively email them at dockingandmassinghamppg@hotmail.co.uk

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The new address for Docking surgery is:

Bayfield Surgery, High Street, Docking, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE31 8NH.