Swadlincote Surgery Patient Participation Group

19/08/2025

Please share with anyone you think might benefit 😉

19/08/2025

This new booking method is being rolled out nationally, giving people an additional way to make an appointment. Try it out for routine appointments from 1st Sept....

19/08/2025

Keep up to date with NHS plans when you're at the Surgery!

Our New Display in the Waiting Room looks at the NHS’s 10 Year Health Plan and the work we have been doing at the surgery to implement its 3 main themes of moving:

🤢 ➡️ 😊 From Sickness to Prevention

🏥 ➡️ 🏡 From Hospital to Community

📝 ➡️ 💻 From Analogue to Digital

Have a read the next time you are here!

01/08/2025

Congratulations 🎊 to Dr Patton!

🪩GP marks "Silver Jubilee" at Practice 🪩

Today marks an amazing 25 years since Dr Ken Patton joined Swadlincote Surgery as a GP Partner.

During his time at the surgery, not only has he helped tens of thousands of patients, he has also played a crucial role in training other doctors as General Practitioners in his role as an approved GP Trainer for the Derby General Practice Speciality Training Scheme.

As Senior Partner, Dr Patton takes on countless responsibilities, many of which go unnoticed by our patients but are crucial to the smooth and effective running of the surgery and for that we are all grateful.

During his time at the surgery he has seen our building, workforce and patient numbers expand considerably and we remain blessed to have such an excellent GP, colleague and friend working with us .

Congratulations Ken from the whole Team at Swadlincote Surgery!

22/07/2025

Places where kids eat free or for £1 during the summer holidays 💙

More info 👉 https://moneysavingcentral.co.uk/kids-eat-free

22/07/2025

Are you are a Carer? If so, check this out!

Carers Clinic at Swadlincote Surgery, Swadlincote
For patient's at Swadlincote Surgery, Gresleydale Healthcare Centre, Newhall Surgery, Woodville Surgery💙

📅Swadlincote Surgery - Wednesday 23rd July 2025

🕓10am - 3pm

📍Swadlincote Surgery, Darklands Road, Swadlincote, DE11 0PP

📞Contact us to book on our Carers Clinic and have a chat about the support available to you as a Carer.
Please contact Laura Bryan on 01773 833 833 to book your appointment.

For details of other groups and activities we offer see 👉 https://derbyshirecarers.co.uk/whats-on

19/07/2025

12/06/2025

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION for women using weight loss or diabetes medicines such as Ozempic, Mounjaro, or Wegovy

The MHRA has updated its guidance on "skinny jabs". Here's what you need to know:

🚫 These medicines must not be used during pregnancy, when trying to conceive, or while breastfeeding.
💊 If you're taking Mounjaro and are overweight, oral contraceptives may be less effective. You should also use another form of contraception, like the implant, coil, or condoms.
🛑 Never buy these medicines from social media, beauty salons, or any other unregulated sources.
📢 Report any side effects or fake products via the MHRA’s Yellow Card scheme.

Dr Alison Cave, our Chief Safety Officer said:

“Skinny jabs are medicines licensed to treat specific medical conditions and should not be used as aesthetic or cosmetic treatments. They are not a quick fix to lose weight and have not been assessed to be safe when used in this way.”

“Our guidance offers patients a “one stop shop” for our up-to-date advice on how to use these powerful medicines safely.”

More info here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3FGs3Cu

10/06/2025

📖 Proxy Access to Records 📖

As a surgery, we are bound by strict rules of confidentiality and will never disclose information about an adult patient* to anyone other than the patient themselves unless the patient has expressely consented for us to share their data with a specifically named individual as a proxy.

To have this access granted, the patient will need to complete a “ Proxy Access to Records Form” (available from reception) which enables the patient to grant access to their record at one of two Levels:

1️⃣ Level One Access - shares administrative non-clinical data only (eg the times of appointments, which clinician they are seeing).

2️⃣ Level Two Access - shares all information both clinical and non-clinical with the individual in the same way we would with the patient themselves. This includes test results and the contents of consultations at the surgery. A proxy can also be granted online access to the patient’s digital health record via SystmOnline, the NHS App and other platforms.

We encourage all patients to think whether it might be advantageous for them to grant one of these access types to a loved one or other trusted individual that might be regularly involved in their care.

Without this we cannot and will not share any details about a patient with another individual, no matter how well meaning the enquiry and regardless of their claimed relationship with the patient. This is not to be purposefully obstructive - it is to ensure that sensitive health information is only ever shared with those people a patient has expressly informed us they are happy for it to be shared with.

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*Parents or guardians with parental responsibility can access their child's GP records through the GP Practice until they reach 11 years. Once the child turns 13, they can access their own records via the NHS App, and parents' access ends. Of course it is possible for child at this point to still nominate their parent(s) as a proxy after this age using the process outlined above.

10/06/2025