Kingsway Surgery

COVID VACCINATIONS VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers are needed at CVMC to assist with marshalling, if this is of interest please contact greenwood.meds@nhs.net with your details
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Dear Patients,
Kingsway Surgery remains open and accessible, keeping our community safe during Covid 19 and beyond

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IMPORTANT NEWS FROM CROUCH VALE MEDICAL CENTRE FOR PATIENTS OF KINGSWAY & BRICKFIELDS SURGERIES

In autumn 2019 Dr Everett, the sole partner at Brickfields Surgery, decided to retire. As Dr Everett had no partner to take on the practice there was a real risk of patients being forced to change to other surgeries who were able to take them, possibly away from South Woodham Ferrers.

To avoid this process called “list dispersal”, NHS England and NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) entered into talks with neighbouring practices.
In November 2019, Kingsway Surgery agreed to take contractual responsibility for the running of Brickfields surgery; with support from NHS England and Mid Essex CCG, this information was publicised on the surgery website and in the local Focus magazine.

NHS England stipulated that the two practices should then endeavour to merge following an interim period of stabilisation that allowed their working practices to align.
The two practices have applied to merge, the start of a process which in any event should have no visible effect for patients at either practice.
We will continue to keep you updated as the merger process develops.

Please click to view GP Practice Merger Patient Questions and Answers

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Dear Patients,
Please note that we are a designated centre for South Woodham and the Dengie to give covid vaccinations.
At the present time we have not been issued with any vaccinations but are hoping to start sometime in January 2021.

Please do not contact the surgeries to book an appointment for your vaccinations, we will be contacting patients to book their vaccination appointment as soon as we know when we can start.

Thank you for your assistance

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Dear Patients
Due to shortage of clinical staff, who are having to self-isolate after being in contact with COVID positive cases, we can only offer telephonic triage or video calling at the present time.
Please bear with us during this difficult time.
Due to the high transmission rates of the COVID variant please only contact the surgeries by telephone & avoid walking in UNLESS you have a pre-booked face to face appointment.

Thank you for your assistance with this matter

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Dear Patients,
We are pleased to advise that blood tests can now be booked directly for Mid Essex Phlebotomy (Broomfield, St Peter’s, Christchurch & St Michael’s) using this link

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Dear patients,
Please be aware of the following dates when our surgery will be closed for the afternoon for staff training. Please note that our telephone system will be transferred to the Out of Hours team, on those days, from 12.30pm.

2021 dates to be advised

Thank you.
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PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOU ARE COLLECTING ANY DOCUMENTATION FOR YOURSELF YOU WILL NEED TO PROVIDE PHOTO ID.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO COLLECT THE DOCUMENTS YOURSELF YOU MUST PHONE AHEAD AND INFORM RECEPTION WHO WILL BE COLLECTING ON YOUR BEHALF AND THEY WILL NEED TO PROVIDE THEIR PHOTO ID.

GUIDANCE NOTE FOR PATIENTS REQUESTING EXEMPTION LETTERS FOR WEARING FACE MASKS

Dear Patients, please see the link below if you are wanting to request a GP letter to exempt from wearing face masks
Thank you

GUIDANCE FOR PATIENTS REQUESTING EXEMEPTION LETTERS

Dear patients, please be aware face coverings/masks should be worn on entering the medical centre.

Please note that any images you send in for review need your consent for them to be saved onto your clinical records. This will be securely stored and will help aid in your diagnosis and management. You will need to give separate consent for the images to be attached to any onward referral to secondary care. If no consent is given it could be detrimental to your referral. The images will not be used for any other purpose. If you choose not to have these images saved onto your clinical records please let us know and they will be deleted.

If you develop a new cough, raised temperature or loss of taste and/or smell, PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND the surgery, call NHS 111 for advice and further treatment.

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Dear Patients, we are still doing telephone triage appointments. If the clinician who you are speaking to feels that a face to face appointment is required they will book you an appointment directly. Please remember if you are attending the medical centre to wear a mask/face covering for any face to face attendance. All practice nurse and phlebotomy appointments are face to face.
We are COVID secure with hand sanitisers, one way system through the building please ensure you use the hand sanitiser when entering and follow the arrows to the exit after your appointment. If you need to make another appointment after seeing your clinician please come back into reception to book with our reception team.

PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT WALK IN PATIENTS WITH OUT APPOINTMENTS AT THIS PRESENT TIME.

“This practice is supporting vital coronavirus (COVID-19) planning and research by sharing your data with NHS Digital. For more information about this see:
https://digital.nhs.uk/coronavirus/gpes-data-for-pandemic-planning-and-research/general-practice-transparency-notice”

NHS VOLUNTEERS
Members of the public can sign up quickly and easily at goodsamapp.org/NHS to become NHS Volunteer Responders

• CORONAVIRUS: INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC*

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

If you still have concerns the call NHS 111

DO NOT ATTEND GP SURGERY, PHARMACY OR HOSPITAL

ALL ON LINE APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS – AS ALL PATIENTS NEED TO BE SCREENED BEFORE APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE

WELCOME TO KINGSWAY SURGERY

KINGSWAY SURGERY
CROUCH VALE MEDICAL CENTRE
BURNHAM ROAD
SOUTH WOODHAM FERRERS
CHELMSFORD
ESSEX
CM3 5QP

This website is a guide to the services that we offer. We aim to treat all our patients equally and give you a high quality service that is sensitive to your needs.
This information on this website is here to tell you about the standard of the service we aim to provide.

If you need medical advice while the surgery is closed please dial 111 where NHS-111 will assist you.
Please remember 999 and A&E are for serious and life-threatening illness, injury and accidents only
You can also visit your local pharmacy.
Your pharmacist will be able to offer advice on prescription medications, as well as a range of common problems, including colds, women’s health, skin conditions, allergies and aches and pains. Most pharmacies now have a private consultation area where you are able to discuss issues without being overheard by other members of the public.
To find your nearest pharmacy visit nhs.uk

All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice.

The pay for GPs working in Kingsway Surgery in the last financial year (2017/18) was £113,316 before tax and National Insurance. This is for 2 full time GP(s), 0 part time GP(s) and 0 locum(s) who worked in the practice for more than six months.

However it should be noted that the prescribed method for calculating earnings is potentially misleading because it takes no account of how much time doctors spend working in the practice, and should not be used to form any judgement about GP earnings, or to make any comparison with any other practice.