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In order to safely manage high demand and to meet with NHS England’s guidance to increase online consulting and online access, we are no longer accepting prescription or appointment requests via email or reply to email regarding clinical or administrative issue. Therefore, you will not get a response to your email. Please see below how you can contact the surgery.

• All prescription request can be submitted via the NHS app or Systmonline. If you do not have access to this, then contact reception to have this set up for you. Or you can submit your requests via eConsult via our website :https://queenswalkpractice.nhs.uk/
• All clinical or administrative issues can be submitted by e-consultation via the website as well. All e-consultation get triaged within 48 hours and directed to the most appropriate mode of review.
• We would also like to encourage you to use the NHS website to help deal with minor ailments or the local pharmacies.

If you require urgent medical assistance, call 999. For out of hours services please call 111. For non-urgent problems and enquiries, fill in an eConsult between 8am and 6pm Mon - Fri - this can be found on our website.

Many thanks

Queens Walk Practice

Download the LITTLE ORANGE BOOK!

A handy guide for babies, and under 5s, covering a wide range of illnesses in children from common minor concerns to more serious conditions.

Download here:

https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk/media/4wtpnonz/the-little-orange-book-2021.pdf

Other useful info here:

https://www.nenc-healthiertogether.nhs.uk/

Eligible cohorts in spring 2024

• adults aged 75 years and over
• residents in care homes for older adults
• individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed (as defined in the Green Book, chapter 14a; tables 3 and 4)

Visits to older adult care homes and eligible housebound patients should begin on the 15^th April 2024. For all other eligible cohorts, vaccinations should start by 22^nd April 2024 and end on 30^th June 2024.

Please do not contact the surgery, we will be in touch with eligible patients once vaccines become available and we have clinics arranged to book your appointment.

Have you got a non-urgent problem with your feet?

You don't need to come and see your GP anymore!  Our patients can refer themselves directly to Podiatry at County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust to be seen and treated.

All you need to do is complete the below link or email [email protected] they will then send you an electronic referral form to complete and return to them. You can also contact them by telephone on 01388 455 200

 

This could save you up to 3 weeks' worth of waiting by avoiding the need for a GP referral.

CDDFT Podiatry Self-Referral Survey (surveymonkey.co.uk)

GP surgeries are working under increasing pressure and must prioritise the services they can provide. We no longer offer a full travel service. The NHS has a very comprehensive website, giving the information you need to identify any vaccines advised for trips abroad, and ensure that you stay as healthy as possible.

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the Fit For Travel website.

Disease	Vaccines	Boosters
DTP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio)	Revaxis	10 yearly (if had 5, no booster needed)
Hepatitis A	Havrix, Avaxim	25 years after 2nd dose
Typhoid	Typherix, Typhim vi	3 yearly
Cholera	Dukoral**

** Not commonly required.

Other vaccinations may be necessary for more exotic or unusual destinations, complex travel itineraries, or long stay vacations. These need to be given at a high street travel clinic. There will be a charge for these. If you would rather have all of your vaccinations done at these clinics, they can also give the vaccines above but they will charge for these.

We strongly advise you to check your requirements at least three months before travel, as sometimes a course of up to three vaccinations needs to be given over the course of several weeks.

It is your responsibility to ascertain which vaccinations (and, if relevant, anti-malaria tablets) you need, and also to inform yourself fully of recommended travel safe precautions. To do this, you should visit Travel Health Pro or the Fit For Travel website and read the information relevant to the country you are visiting.

The ‘vaccinations for some travellers’ section usually relates to back-packers, people travelling for more than 4 weeks, or special situations, e.g. working in health care projects, or with animals. If you are planning such a trip you need to make arrangements to have these at a high street travel clinic.

If you think that you need any of the vaccinations provided by the NHS, please attend a travel clinic and then hand your form in at reception clearly marking what country you are visiting. Our practice nurse will check our stock and your travel form then you will be contacted with an appointment. Please do not make appointment without visiting a travel clinic and having your printout as this will be a wasted appointment.

There have been changes to the shingles vaccine programme.

Please click the below link for more information:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shingles-vaccination-programme-changes-from-september-2023-letter/introduction-of-shingrix-vaccine-for-the-whole-programme-and-expansion-of-eligible-cohorts-letter