Riverlyn Medical Centre
Station Road
Bulwell
Nottingham
NG6 9AA
Tel: 0115 9752666
(Appointments only)
Station Road
Bulwell
Nottingham
NG6 9AA
Tel: 0115 9752666
(Appointments only)
RIVERLYN MEDICAL CENTRE WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL WALK-IN PATIENTS. ONLY PATIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN INVITED TO VISIT THE SURGERY BY THE CLINICIAN WILL BE ALLOWED ACCESS - TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND CONTAINMENT OF CORONAVIRUS. All other advice is available below. Thank you for your patience as this very difficult time.
Use the link below for advice on Imminent travel abroad and how to get proof of vaccinations via NHS App.
>>Travel advice via Gov.uk & NHS App
Demonstrating your COVID-19 vaccination status allows you to show others that you’ve had a full course of the COVID-19 vaccine when travelling abroad to some countries or territories. A full course is currently 2 doses of any approved vaccine.
COVID-19 vaccination status is available to people who live in England.
You can get your vaccination status in digital or paper format.
The service will go live from Monday 17 May.
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Do not contact your GP surgery about your COVID-19 vaccination status. GPs cannot provide letters showing your COVID-19 vaccination status.
COVID VACCINATIONS
The Covid-19 vaccination programme has begun for anyone aged over the age of 44. When it is your turn to be vaccinated, the NHS will contact you. Please do not contact the NHS.
In Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, a few different health and care organisations including hospitals, GP practices, care homes and others are working together on the Covid-19 vaccination programme. This means when it is your turn to be vaccinated, this may not be at your GP practice. You will be told where to go for your appointment and how to book.
In line with expert guidance, the first priority for vaccination is care homes residents and staff, people over the age of 80 and frontline health and care workers.
We understand a lot of people want to be vaccinated and would like to reassure you this will happen. Please be patient and wait to be contacted.
For further information on why you are being asked to wait for your Covid-19 vaccine, please read the information on the GOV.UK website or this leaflet.
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Covid-19 Vaccine: NHS will get in touch when it's your turn
WHY DO I HAVE TO WAIT???
Please click on the link: Why must I wait for a Covid vaccine?
Protect your loved ones with the official NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app for England and Wales.
It's the fastest way of knowing when you're at risk from coronavirus (COVID-19). The quicker you know, the quicker you can alert your loved ones, and your community.
The more of us that use it, the better we can control coronavirus.
Protect your loved ones. Please download the app.
WORKING FROM HOME?
Isolating at Home Working from Home - please read
GUJARATI - Information Leaflet
ROMANIAN - Information Leaflet
SOCIAL DISTANCING
>>> Easy to Read At Risk Patient Information
>>> Easy to Read Isolation Advice
>>> CANCER care during COVID-19: short information video
COVID-19: Sick Note procedures:
We have received a number of requests for Doctor’s Sick Notes in relation to being off work. The Government’s rules around issuing a sick note (Med3) are that a medical professional can only issue a Med3 when an individual has had more than seven continuous calendar days off sick due to an illness (including weekends).
For any period of illness less than seven days, you are able to complete a self-certification certificate and provide this to your employer. In the unlikely event that your employer does not accept a self-certification then your doctor may be able to issue a private sick note for which you may get charged.
In light of the current Coronavirus situation, it is inevitable that a number of employees may be required to quarantine themselves at home for example due to the nature of recent travel, even in the absence of any symptoms of an illness. In these cases, your GP will not be able to issue a sick note as the time off work is not due to an illness, and isn’t affecting your ability to work, but rather is a precaution to avoid transmission of any illness that is yet to produce symptoms.
We therefore expect your employer to be sympathetic if you are required to self-isolate for 14 days and to understand that the reason for this is to protect the welfare of your work colleagues and the wider community. We understand that you may also be able to call NHS 111 to request an email confirmation of the suspected Coronavirus diagnosis, to show to your employer if needed.
Whilst we appreciate this may cause some difficulties between you and your employer, equally GPs have a responsibility to prioritise the assessment and management of the healthcare needs of patients who are acutely unwell, rather than spending time dealing with requests for sick notes, particularly when they aren’t in a position to issue one.
Also, for children taking time off school, there is no NHS requirement for GPs to provide letters to the school to confirm this. As I am sure you will appreciate, with the rapidly evolving Coronavirus situation, and the already existing pressures on GPs to meet the day to day demands from ill patients, the practice is unable to accommodate a school request for a GP letter. We hope that schools will work with parents to ensure any time off is appropriately recorded, obviating the need for a doctor’s note.
DO I NEED A FACE-TO-FACE APPOINTMENT ????
Please follow this link for guidance: GP Appointment Guidance
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NHS WEBLINKS available for patients:
>>> NHS Website advice for Coronavirus
>>> ISOLATION NOTE
Bowel cancer screening checks if you could have bowel cancer. It's available to everyone aged 60 or over.
You use a home test kit to collect a small sample of poo and send it to a lab. This is checked for tiny amounts of blood.
Blood can be a sign of polyps or bowel cancer. Polyps are growths in the bowel. They are not cancer, but may turn into cancer over time.
If the test finds anything unusual, you might be asked to have further tests to confirm or rule out cancer.
Always see a GP if you have symptoms of bowel cancer at any age – do not wait to have a screening test.
Everyone aged 60 to 74 who is registered with a GP and lives in England is automatically sent a bowel cancer screening kit every 2 years.
Make sure your GP has your correct address so your kit is posted to the right place.
If you're 75 or over, you can ask for a kit every 2 years by phoning the free bowel cancer screening helpline on 0800 707 60 60.
If you're worried about a family history of bowel cancer or have any symptoms, speak to a GP for advice.
The screening kit used in England is the faecal immunochemical test kit – known as the FIT kit.
You collect a small sample of poo on a small plastic stick and put it into the sample bottle and post it to a lab for testing.
There are instructions that come with the kit. You can also find bowel cancer screening kit instructions on GOV.UK.
Click here to see a short video >> How to do the FIT bowel cancer screening test
Thursday Afternoon Appointment Arrangement
As you are aware, Riverlyn Medical Centre has a reciprocal arrangement for a Thursday afternoon surgery cover arrangement with three other practices. (Springfield Medical, The Medical Centre (Irfan) and Greenfields Medical) . The four surgeries provide clinical cover on a rota basis for the group.
Unfortunately Greenfields Medical Centre has given notice to the Group of practices, advising us that they are terminating their agreement.
We have another practice that would like to offer their services and join the group in the agreement.
The practice is Alice Medical Centre Alice Medical Centre Website
We have arranged a meetings at The Medical Centre and also with our Patient Participation Group to represent your thoughts on the matter.
If you would like to give your thoughts and feedback, please call the practice, post us a letter or pop in to the practice to relay any thoughts and feedback that you may have regarding this proposed venture.
The maps below shows where Alice Medical Centre is located in comparison to Riverlyn Medical Centre. By public transport, Nottingham City Transport's No 17 bus connects the two surgeries.
BUS ROUTE map below:
ONLINE Booking, Ordering medication
You are now able to register with Riverlyn Medical Centre for access to:
Kindly ask the Receptionist to request Online Access to the above.
Appointments will be available to see GPs, Treatment Room Nurses, Clinical Pharmacists and Physiotherapists in a fully equipped accessible location on Upper Parliament Street in the heart of the city.
Opening hours will be:
16:00 – 20:00 Monday – Friday
09:00 – 13:00 Saturday & Sunday
Patients can book appointments in the usual way through the reception team at their own GP practice.
Location: GP+ Nottingham City, 79a Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham, NG1 6LD
Riverlyn Medical Centre
Station Road
Bulwell
Nottingham
NG6 9AA
Tel: 0115 9752666
(Appointments only)
PATIENT’S FEEDBACK
This offers you a place to send your feedback directly to NHS Choices, about your experience at Riverlyn Medical Centre. Please CLICK the link below:
Located in a central location with ample parking.
Riverlyn Medical Centre
Station Road
Bulwell
Nottingham
NG6 9AA
Tel: 0115 9752666
(Appointments only)
Monday: 08.00 – 18.30
Tuesday: 08.00 – 18.30
Wednesday: 08.00 – 18.30
Thursday: 08.00 – 18.30
Friday: 08.00 – 18.30
Extended Hours:
Tuesday 18.30 – 19.30
