New opening hours and a change in access arrangements will come into force at Felixstowe Community Hospital’s Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) from next week. Patients with minor injuries will still be able to receive treatment at the MIU, but will have to make an appointment to see a member of...
Read MoreThe Suffolk GP Federation’s March newsletter is now available: New indemnity arrangements from 1 April. CQC inspection. Launch of the West Suffolk Integrated Pain Management Service. New approach for managing long term conditions and much more. March Newsletter
Read MoreA new dispensary service has been launched at the Clements doctors’ surgery in Greenfields Way, Haverhill, with a home-delivery service being planned for later in the year. A dispensary currently operates out of the Christmas Maltings Surgery, Camps Road and Kedington Surgery, School Road, both run by the Suffolk GP...
Read MoreThe Suffolk GP Federation’s February newsletter is now available: Out of Hours rota – Now available. Election for West Director. Ipswich Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre. GP Support Hub launch. Here come the robots to Suffolk.To read the newsletter, please click here
Read MorePat Sylvester, from Suffolk, is retiring this week after almost 30 years of continuous service for the NHS. Pat joined the NHS on 2 July 1990 working as a clerk for two locality nurse managers before becoming a secretary within the former ‘Hospital at Home’ Service. She has also worked...
Read MoreIf you live in or near Newmarket and you need an appointment to see a doctor after work or at the weekend, then now you can. It’s all thanks to the Suffolk GP Federation, which is expanding its GP+ extended hours service for people in that area. The service is...
Read MoreA new initiative aimed at retaining the services of senior GPs – and boosting new recruits to the profession – has been launched in Suffolk and north east Essex. The GP Support Hub hopes to attract newly qualified medics into choosing a career in general practice rather than opting to...
Read MoreThe Suffolk GP Federation’s January newsletter is now available: Hospitals running general practice. Fed CQC inspection. West First5 meeting info. Out of Hours update. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome service update. GP Advice hub successes. To read the newsletter, please click here
Read MoreWe have started auditing 1% of consultation notes to review quality. This will also be a requirement when we start Out of Hours. The first audit looked at 54 consultations. The audit looks at various indicators such as excluding red flags, elicits reason for consultation, records-past medical history, records-examination findings,...
Read MoreThe December newsletter from the Suffolk GP Federation is now available. Learn more about the upcoming Fed elections, the Suffolk Locum service, the GP Support Hub and much more. Read the newsletter here.
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