Afternoon Closure – Thursday 19th September
The medical centre and telephone lines will close from 12.30pm on Thursday 19th September for staff training.
If urgent GP medical assistance is required during that afternoon patients should telephone 0300 130 3040
If medical assistance is required between 6.30pm – 8.00am the normal out of hours’ service of 111 will be in operation.
The surgery will re-open from 8am on Friday morning.
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Measles: How to Stay Safe
Measles is circulating in the UK. Measles is extremely infectious. It can cause serious illness and be fatal.
Please click here for more information.
Measles: How to Stay Safe
Measles is circulating in the UK. Measles is extremely infectious. It can cause serious illness and be fatal.
Please click here for more information.
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call the police on 999
If you need urgent help with your mental health, please either:
- Contact your local GP surgery
- Call the NHS on 111
- Call Samaritans on 116 123
- Text SHOUT to 85258 to start a free confidential conversation(24/7)
- Contact CALM on their national helpline: 0800 58 58 58 (5 pm-midnight)
- Call the Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust: 0300 200 0011 (free 24/7)
For VAWG related support services in Warwickshire please use this website: https://www.talk2someone.org.uk
Here are a range of other services that can help to provide someone with support and advice.
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call the police on 999
If you need urgent help with your mental health, please either:
- Contact your local GP surgery
- Call the NHS on 111
- Call Samaritans on 116 123
- Text SHOUT to 85258 to start a free confidential conversation(24/7)
- Contact CALM on their national helpline: 0800 58 58 58 (5 pm-midnight)
- Call the Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust: 0300 200 0011 (free 24/7)
For VAWG related support services in Warwickshire please use this website: https://www.talk2someone.org.uk
Here are a range of other services that can help to provide someone with support and advice.
Please click the link below to download the NHS App.
Please click the link below to download the NHS App.
What is a Patient Participation Group (PPG)?
A Patient Participation Group (PPG) is a group of patients, carers and GP practice staff who meet to discuss practice issues and patient experience to improve the service.
What is the purpose of the PPG?
- To give patients and practice staff the opportunity to meet and discuss topics of mutual interest.
- To provide a means for patients to become more involved and make suggestions about the healthcare services they receive.
- To explore issues from patient complaints and patient surveys, contribute to actions plans and help monitor improvements.
- To contribute feedback to the practice on National Patient Survey results and Friends and Family Test feedback to propose developments or change.
- To support health awareness and patient education
What our PPG looks like:
There are currently 9 members of the PPG at Henley Medical Centre. The group meets, on average, 4 times a year. At those meeting topics from new initiatives being introduced within all healthcare settings to changes within the surgery are discussed. Patient feedback is also exchanged at the meeting which can very informative and can actually influence how the service is provided.
A PPG is open to every patient on our GP practice list. All communities, groups, genders, ages, ethnicities, and disabilities representing the patient list are encouraged to join. Membership of patients from the surrounding villages we serve as well as from Henley itself are welcome to join. There are no other membership requirements except that patients must be registered with our practice and be over 16 years of age.
If are interested in becoming a member of our PPG you can complete a registration form on our practice website. If you would like to make contact with a current PPG member a contact list is available upon request from reception.
What is a Patient Participation Group (PPG)?
A Patient Participation Group (PPG) is a group of patients, carers and GP practice staff who meet to discuss practice issues and patient experience to improve the service.
What is the purpose of the PPG?
- To give patients and practice staff the opportunity to meet and discuss topics of mutual interest.
- To provide a means for patients to become more involved and make suggestions about the healthcare services they receive.
- To explore issues from patient complaints and patient surveys, contribute to actions plans and help monitor improvements.
- To contribute feedback to the practice on National Patient Survey results and Friends and Family Test feedback to propose developments or change.
- To support health awareness and patient education
What our PPG looks like:
There are currently 9 members of the PPG at Henley Medical Centre. The group meets, on average, 4 times a year. At those meeting topics from new initiatives being introduced within all healthcare settings to changes within the surgery are discussed. Patient feedback is also exchanged at the meeting which can very informative and can actually influence how the service is provided.
A PPG is open to every patient on our GP practice list. All communities, groups, genders, ages, ethnicities, and disabilities representing the patient list are encouraged to join. Membership of patients from the surrounding villages we serve as well as from Henley itself are welcome to join. There are no other membership requirements except that patients must be registered with our practice and be over 16 years of age.
If are interested in becoming a member of our PPG you can complete a registration form on our practice website. If you would like to make contact with a current PPG member a contact list is available upon request from reception.
In order to protect yourselves, your families and the NHS please ‘grab a covid vaccine jab’.
You can book your booster jab …or indeed your first or second jab using the links below. You may also get a text message from your local GP offering appointments
Don’t delay …BOOK NOW
Book or manage a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Find a walk-in coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination site - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
In order to protect yourselves, your families and the NHS please ‘grab a covid vaccine jab’.
You can book your booster jab …or indeed your first or second jab using the links below. You may also get a text message from your local GP offering appointments
Don’t delay …BOOK NOW
Book or manage a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Find a walk-in coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination site - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
The current NHS Digital (NHSD) extract of GP data for Research purposes (known as the GPDPR) has been delayed due to NHSD wishing to review the way in which this data will be collected, to conduct more public involvement and information about the plans and change the way in which patients can opt out of the extract of their GP data.
Currently the only way to opt out is to complete a Type 1 opt out form and return this to the practice. There was a deadline of the 1st September but this deadline has been removed (see below):
However, this extract will not be taken until the NHSD have changed the way it will take the data and respect the patient’s choice for using their data. NHSD are introducing the following changes to the opt outprocess which will mean that patients will be able to change their opt-out status at any time:
- Patients do not need to register a Type 1 opt-out by 1st September to ensure their GP data will not be uploaded.
- NHS Digital will create the technical means to allow GP data that has previously been uploaded to the system via the GPDPR collection to be deleted when someone registers a Type 1 opt-out.
- The plan to retire Type 1 opt-outs will be deferred for at least 12 months while we get the new arrangements up and running and will not be implemented without consultation with the RCGP, the BMA and the National Data Guardian.
This means that you can opt out at any time in the future and NHSD will delete data that they already have taken for research purposes, the deadline of the 01/09/2020 has been delayed until a new system of opt out is developed. Hopefully, this will be a simple centralised approach via the NHS app or NHS website to avoid paper form and administration work for your GP.
We will update you when we know more about the NHSD plans to change how you can control who has access to your data.
For further information on this - please click here.
The current NHS Digital (NHSD) extract of GP data for Research purposes (known as the GPDPR) has been delayed due to NHSD wishing to review the way in which this data will be collected, to conduct more public involvement and information about the plans and change the way in which patients can opt out of the extract of their GP data.
Currently the only way to opt out is to complete a Type 1 opt out form and return this to the practice. There was a deadline of the 1st September but this deadline has been removed (see below):
However, this extract will not be taken until the NHSD have changed the way it will take the data and respect the patient’s choice for using their data. NHSD are introducing the following changes to the opt outprocess which will mean that patients will be able to change their opt-out status at any time:
- Patients do not need to register a Type 1 opt-out by 1st September to ensure their GP data will not be uploaded.
- NHS Digital will create the technical means to allow GP data that has previously been uploaded to the system via the GPDPR collection to be deleted when someone registers a Type 1 opt-out.
- The plan to retire Type 1 opt-outs will be deferred for at least 12 months while we get the new arrangements up and running and will not be implemented without consultation with the RCGP, the BMA and the National Data Guardian.
This means that you can opt out at any time in the future and NHSD will delete data that they already have taken for research purposes, the deadline of the 01/09/2020 has been delayed until a new system of opt out is developed. Hopefully, this will be a simple centralised approach via the NHS app or NHS website to avoid paper form and administration work for your GP.
We will update you when we know more about the NHSD plans to change how you can control who has access to your data.
For further information on this - please click here.
Patients wishing to register a Type 1 Opt out from the NHS Digital General Practice Data for Planning and Research collection which starts on 1st September 2021, should download this form and return it to the Practice.
More information on this data collection can be found here.
Video - How the NHS uses your patient data from GP practices to improve health and care
Patients wishing to register a Type 1 Opt out from the NHS Digital General Practice Data for Planning and Research collection which starts on 1st September 2021, should download this form and return it to the Practice.
More information on this data collection can be found here.
Video - How the NHS uses your patient data from GP practices to improve health and care