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Guidance for patients requesting exemption letters for face coverings - please click for more information
Flu Vaccination Update
You may have heard that all patients aged 50-64 will be able to receive a flu vaccine. We are learning this information at the same as you and we are doing all we can to source vaccines. In the meantime, please do not contact the practice enquiring about the vaccine, we will invite you to a clinic in due course. Letters are currently being sent out by NHS England to invite patients to book a vaccination with their local pharmacy.
UPDATE
COVID19 PANDEMIC
During the pandemic we are experiencing increasing demand on our telephone lines. There is no need to ring us to enquire about the Covid19 vaccine, we will contact you as soon as we have further information.
Brigg Surgery - continues to temporarily suspend all routine appointments. There is no walk in access to the surgery unless the GP or Nurse has contacted you. Patients can ring the surgery for telephone advice or video consultations on 01652 650131. Please note that urgent blood tests, childhood immunisations, babies 8 week check and smears are still being carried out.
Repeat prescription slips can be posted in the box on the wall outside the temporary pharmacy collection area.
Brigg Pharmacy - remains open as usual: Monday to Saturday 7.00am – 10.00pm and Sunday 10.00am – 8.00pm
Your medication is taking longer than usual to process; please allow 1 week from the day of ordering.
There continues to be no paracetamol available to purchase over the counter.
Broughton Surgery - has temporarily suspended all routine appointments. There is no walk in access to the surgery. Patients can ring the surgery for telephone advice or video consultations on 01652 650131.
Repeat prescription slips can be posted in the red box in the entrance.
Broughton Pharmacy - remains open as usual: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 8.30am – 6.30pm and Wednesday 8.30am – 2.30pm
Your medication is taking longer than usual to process; please allow 1 week from the day of ordering.
There continues to be no paracetamol available to purchase over the counter.
The NHS and Public Health England (PHE) are extremely well prepared for outbreaks of new infectious diseases. The NHS has put in place measures to ensure the safety of all patients and NHS staff while also ensuring services are available to the public as normal.
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We are please to say that Broughton Surgery has reopened, all appointments for Riverside Broughton are at 27 Brooklands Avenue Broughton DN20 0DY.
Training Day - We will be closed every second Wednesday from 1.00pm for staff training Please click for training dates
Prescribing of over-the-counter medicines is changing
Riverside doctors' surgery aims to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients in its area. Our doctors, nurses and support staff are dedicated to offering a professional service and this surgery website will help us to keep all our patients up to date with news and information about our practice.
As well as a source of information about our practice, the staff and the services we provide, we hope you will use this website as a useful resource for other health-related information. Please have a look around and do send us some feedback, if you like. We can use your ideas to improve our online services and further develop the content of this site.
Organ Donor
English Organ Donor Law is changing from Spring 2020 - For more Organ Donor information please click here or call: General Enquires on 0300 123 2323 or Opt Out Enquires on 0300 303 2094.
Access
All our surgeries have easy access and comply fully with the Disabilty Discrimination Act.
Opening Hours
See the appointments page for full details of our opening and consulting times.
Text Message Services
Are you signed up to receive SMS text message notification for appointments, we are now sending SMS text messages to notify you of a normal result, sending advice, reminding you to book an appointment or leave a message if we fail to contact you.
This is a clinical text message service only that does not offer clinical enquires or conversations, so you cannot reply to it.
We just need to know your current mobile number and check you have given us consent to send a SMS text message to you.
Try the new NHS App
If you’re a patient at our practice you can now use the new NHS App, a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services on your smartphone or tablet.
You can use the NHS App to check your symptoms and get instant advice, book appointments, order repeat prescriptions, view your GP medical record and more.
If you already use Patient Services you can continue to use it. You can use the NHS App as well.
For more information go to www.nhs.uk/nhsapp'
(Site updated 02/03/2021)