NHS leaders reassuring message to women about the safety of attending for routine breast screening. We are confident that our website will provide clear and concise help and give patients the information they require in an easy and convenient format. Kidsgrove Medical Centre is one of the hubs of the local community - it's a big part of people's lives here.
We aim to offer the highest standard of health care and advice to our patients. Routine blood test results take 3-5 days, rare ones longer. We will try to contact you if there is an urgent abnormal result- so please make sure we have an up to date contact number. In most cases the doctor will discuss the results with you at your next appointment or you can ring after 2pm.
We aim to offer the highest standard of health care and advice to our patients. Routine blood test results take 3-5 days, rare ones longer. We will try to contact you if there is an urgent abnormal result- so please make sure we have an up to date contact number. In most cases the doctor will discuss the results with you at your next appointment or you can ring after 2pm.
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If you do not wish anonymous information about you to be used in such a way, please let us know. Reception and administration staff require access to your medical records in order to do their jobs. These members of staff are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the medical staff. Information about the General Practioners and the practice required for disclosure under this act can be made available to the public.
All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g average pay) for GP's working to deliver NHS services to patients in each practice. The average pay for GPs working in this practice in the last full financial year (2019/2020) was 139,524 before tax and NI. This is for 4 full time contractor GPs, zero salaried GP and zero locum GP who worked in the practice for more than six months.
If you are unable to attend for an appointment please let us know as soon as possible so that we can offer it to someone else. If you are late for your appointment you may be asked to rebook at another time. Try to let us know in advance if you are going to be unavoidably delayed, so that we can make alternative arrangements to help you.
To be referred to a Consultant acceptable to them when they and their GP thinks it is necessary, and to be referred for a second opinion if they and their GP think it is advisable. To have access to their health records, subject to any limitations of the law, and to know that those working for the NHS are under a legal duty to keep those records confidential.
There is a new Central NHS Computer System called the Summary Care Record (SCR). It is an electronic record which contains information about the medicines you take, allergies you suffer from and any bad reactions to medicines you have had. Storing information in one place makes it easier for healthcare staff to treat you in an emergency, or when your GP practice is closed.
