Nelson Surgery - News

June Bank Holiday Closures Notification

  BANK HOLIDAY CLOSURES   SURGERY WILL BE CLOSED ON   THURSDAY 2nd June   &   FRIDAY 3rd June     OUT OF HOURS PHONE NUMBER   111   LIFE THREATENING ...

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MySurgery App launch

Our surgery has gone live with "Surgery App." To sign up to the app, you will need a smart phone or tablet with access to an App Store. The app is free to download. Register an account and search for us under 'Nelson Surgery' We want to stress ...

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Red Weather warning - Caerphilly area

As you will be aware, there is a red weather warning in place for parts of the Aneurin Bevan area for tomorrow morning and an amber alert for the rest of the area.    Nelson is currently in the Amber area but we are monitoring ...

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Stamping down on verbal abuse

STAMPING DOWN ON VERBAL ABUSE Over the last couple of weeks, we have seen an increase in verbal abuse from patients. Mainly with regards to seeing a GP. Unfortunately inaccurate stories in the press and on the news about GP surgeries being ...

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Flu Vaccines 2021/2022 season

As previous years, there are two types of flu vaccinations. One for under 65 patients and one for over 65 patients. The first stock of flu vaccines we received was for those patients under 65. Unfortunately we were informed in September, that ...

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URGENT Staff sickness due to Covid 19 - PLEASE READ

Unfortunately a valued and important member of our GP team has tested positive to Covid 19 after being advised to isolate due to a household contact testing positive last week.  We are already short staffed due to another GP being on annual ...

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eConsult unavailable from 16/07/21 - 25/07/21

Due to staff shortages, eConsult will temporarily be unavailable from 16th July - 25th July. For minor ailments, please visit the local pharmacy. For urgent issues that cannot wait, please contact the surgery between 8:00-10:00 Monday- ...

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Oxford AstraZeneca 11 Week Inter-dosing interval

ESTIMATED TIMELINE OF 2ND DOSES. SUBJECT TO CHANGES WITH STOCK AND DELIVERIES COVID OAZ Vaccine   Dose 1     Dose 2   From  ...

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Second Doses of Covid Vaccine Explanation - Difference between Pfizer and Astra Zeneca

Timing of second doses (difference of Oxford AstraZeneca & Pfizer) The Mass Vaccination Programme has started the rollout of Pfizer second doses, where supply is adequate we are looking to bring the interval forward from 11-12 weeks. We are ...

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Covid Vaccinations Update 25/01/21

25/01/2021 COVID 19 VACCINATION UPDATE We have nearly completed vaccinating our over 80+ age group with only a few remaining patients to contact. Our supply of 100 doses has been depleted today and we are thrilled to report we had no unattended ...

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