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URGENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Covid Vaccination News 

Priory Gate is the host practice for our Primary Care Network and we will be receiving our vaccinations on Thursday 7th January. The first batch of vaccines will be for our patients that are 80 years of age and older and we are in the process of booking these patients in.

If you have not yet heard from us and are 80 or older please phone us.

Christmas/ New Year Closure

We will close at 18:30 on Thursday 24th December and will reopen on Tuesday 29th December.

For the New Year break we will close at 18:30 on Thursday 31st December and will reopen on Monday 4th January.

If you require medical attention when we are closed please contact 111 or if this is a life threatening emergency 999.

Flu Vaccines 

If you have not yet had your vaccinations and are in an 'at-risk' group - Patients over 65, patients under 65 with certain chronic clinical conditions and pregnant ladies please book in.

From 01st December we are also able to vaccinate patients between 50 and 65 who do not fall into any of the categories above. Please contact reception to book them.

Practice Closure - Wednesday 25th November 2020 

Priory Gate will be closed from 12:30 on Wednesday to allow Doctors to attend" protected learning time" teaching. Our phones will be automatically diverted to Care UK call handlers.

We will reopen at 8am on Thursday 26th November.

Practice Closure - Wednesday 23rd September 2020

Priory Gate will be closed from 12:30 on Wednesday to allow Doctors to attend "Protected Learning Time" teaching. Our phones will be automatically diverted to Care UK call handlers.

We will reopen at 8am on Thursday 24th 

Practice Closure - Wednesday 12th  February 2020

Priory Gate will be closed from 12:30 on Wednesday to allow the Doctors to attend 'Protected Learning Time' teaching. Our phones will be automatically diverted to Care UK call handlers.

We will reopen at 8am on Thursday 13th February

Flu Season 2019-20 December 2019

We have received our stocks of flu vaccines for the current Season. If you have not heard from us and wish to be vaccinated please contact the Surgery.

Research Study - Opiod Use for long term pain management

Priory Gate as a reseach practice are keen to assist patients with the use of long term opioid medication that is taken for pain managment. Patients are encouraged to consider an on-line study in conjunction with Keele University. Full details can be found at WWW.promppt.co.uk

Parkrun- Memorial Park Coventry

Priory Gate Practice is now a Registered Parkrun Practice and we plan to be running at 9am in the Memorial Park in Coventry. If you are interested. If you wish to join us follow the link below and register. We will post on here when staff are running

 https://www.parkrun.org.uk/coventry/

Text Message Service April 2019

We are in the process of introducing a text message reminder service at Priory Gate so please ensure you provide us with an updated mobile number when you have contact with us and let us know as soon as possible after you have changed your number.

If you prefer for us not to have any contact this way please let the reception team know.

Patient Participation Group

Priory Gate is looking to expand our Patient Participation Group. The Group meet quarterly and support the Practice with a range of activities. If you are a patient and would like to consider joining the group please contact the Practice Manager Glenn Walker to express your interest or to have an informal discussion. glenn.walker@nhs.net or 02476 961370.

Coventry & Rugby GP Alliance Awards

Priory Gate Practice is honoured to have received 5 shortlisted nominations for the first GP Alliance Awards event that took place on Friday 6th July.

The following  are the shortlisted nominations:

GP of the year 2018 - Dr Helen Tyrrell

Practice of the year 2018

Practice Nurse of the year 2018 - Dawn Barker

Unsung Hero of the year 2018 - Dionne Morgan

Practice Manager of the year 2018 - Glenn Walker

The Partners and staff were delighted to be shortlisted for 5 awards ( more than any other Practice of the 65 that make up the Alliance) and Dr Tyrrell was thrilled to receive her award.

General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)

Priory Gate Practice aims to be fully compliant with the new GDPR Regulations. As part of this we have prepared a Privacy Statement describing how we handle and deal with your medical information. A copy of this is available for you to download under the Further information GDPR tab on the right.

Please ensure you advise us of any change in your circumstances including contact numbers, email and address to enable us to maintain appropriate contact with you.

Priory Gate appoints new Partner

We are delighted to welcome Dr Claire Kelly who has recently joined Priory Gate from a surgery in Kenilworth. Dr Kelly is a trainer and will bring to the Practice 10 years of experience of working as a GP. Dr Kelly worked with us for 4 months before being appointed a Partner in January 2018.

Sharing of Medical Records - June 2017

The Coventry & Rugby CCG (the CCG) has recently authorised a mail drop to all Coventry households advising that the aim is to share the information on your GP record with other associated Health Care Professionals when needed. The aim of this project is to allow them to view this information as required as part of your care and treatment.

If you do not wish for your information to be shared please let either the Reception team or Clinical team know this when you are next in contact with us.

Extended Hours Appointments

Priory Gate have formed an alliance with a number of Practices across the city and are now able to offer appointments between 6.30pm and 9.45pm between Monday to Friday and at daytime on Saturday and Sunday. These additional clinics are based nearby on Broad Street  Surgery- just off Stoney Stanton Road and are manned by GPs working across the City. In addition two further sites in Coventry are also available for these extended appointments. If you wish to benefit from these appointments please contact our reception team before 6.30pm on Monday to Friday.

 

Access to Medical Records

All patients now have the right to access some of their medical records on- line. Please speak to the Practice Manager Glenn Walker if you would like access to this facility.

Named Accountable GP

All Patients of Priory Gate now have a named accountable GP. The named GP is largely a role of oversight, with the requirement being introduced to reassure patients they have one GP within the practice who is responsible for ensuring that this work is carried out on their behalf. Dr Beaumont and Dr Tyrrell undertake the bulk of this role, however please ask at Reception if you do not know who your named accountable GP is.

Cancelled or Did Not Attend Appointments

If you are unable to attend an appointment at Priory Gate please contact us at the earliest opportunity to enable the appointment to be made available to other patients.  The cost to the NHS for one week of missed appointments is usually around £2000.

 

Yellow Fever Clinic

 Priory Gate is  authorised to provide Yellow Fever vaccinations. Our Prescribing Nurse Dawn Baker has undertaken appropriate training for this service. The cost of this service is £60 per patient and this includes a certificate with the vaccination. Duplicate certificates if they are needed can be provided for £10.

 
 

 

 

IMG_1197 Welcome to Priory Gate Practice  located  on the first floor of City of Coventry Health Centre 2 Stoney Stanton Road Coventry CV1 4FS.

Dr Paul Andrew Beaumont

Dr Beaumont has retired from Priory Gate after more than 30 years working at the Practice. Drs Helen Tyrrell and Claire Kelly the remaining Partners thanked Dr Beaumont for his commitment to Priory Gate and our Patients. The staff and Doctors all wish Dr Beaumont a long and happy retirement.

Dr Richard Woods has now joined the Practice from a surgery in South Warwickshire.

Please DO NOT come to the surgery unless you are invited to do so by the Doctor or Nurse.

Priory Gate Doctors will contact all patients by telephone to check whether or not it is safe for you to come to the building.

We are now booking a number of nurse and midwife appointments so please contact the surgery to enquire as to availability. Unfortunately ear-syringing is not yet available as it is deemed to be a high-risk procedure.

If sick notes are needed they will be sent either electronically or in the post - remember these are not needed until after 7 days of sickness.

DENTAL EMERGENCIES

Please follow the link below if you have a current dental emergency. Dental surgeries will be telephone triaging all requests currently and are not offering routine appointments  

If medication is needed please contact the POD on 02476 246072. Ideally all medication can be sent electronically so please identify a local pharmacy to prevent you having to attend the surgery.

In addition you can send a text to the POD and they will phone you back. The Text number is 07903 586972. Please write Repeat and Priory Gate Practice and the POD team will phone you back to review your medication.

If you are experiencing fever, viral symptoms or loss of taste or smell you must stay at home for  at least seven days. If your condition deteriorates or you become short of breath please contact 111 on-line https://111.nhs.uk/covid-19

COVID tests can be booked on-line too.

Do not attend Priory Gate Practice or a Walk In Centre or Hospital if you are experiencing the above symptoms  

FACE COVERINGS 

All doctors surgeries have been advised NOT TO provide letters to patients for an exemption for the wearing of face coverings. If patients feel they are unable to wear a face covering. If you feel that as a result of your health, age or equality reasons you are unable to wear a mask you can mention this to the shop or transport provider.

Please remember to wear face coverings when you attend Priory Gate to help protect you, the staff and other patients - thank you.

The doctors and staff at Priory Gate Practice in Coventry are proud to offer the highest standard of patient-centred healthcare and have been selected as a centre of excellence for GP training purposes.

This standard was recognised by the Care Quality Commission in 2016 with the award of a 'GOOD' rating in all areas. Please see the front page for the full report.

We offer clinics for the management of chronic diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, hypertension and offer a wide variety of other medical services including antenatal and postnatal care, minor surgery, childhood vaccinations, contraception services, cervical smears and well-person check-ups.

We offer an extensive range of travel advice and vaccinations including Yellow Fever, as well as medical examinations for professional drivers, insurance applications and adoption applications.

We are able to offer a choice of female and male doctors, and can accommodate many languages.

We offer appointments bookable in advance and also evening  for greater convenience, bookable appointments, on-line bookable appointments and welcome patients new to Coventry, or those wishing to join a practice which values high quality and traditional continuity of care.

In addition to everything you need to know about the practice you will also find a wealth of health-related information in the menu on the right hand side.

Online Prescriptions

Important: We have changed the system for ordering repeat prescriptions. Learn More...

 

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