Latest Practice News and Announcements
Patient Information about our new It System at PMGWe have now moved to a new clinical system please click on the link below for more information about Systm one
Advance Warning of IT system change at PMGThe Practice is moving to a new IT Clinical Provider the week starting 16th January 12, So we will thank you for your patience during this period in advance for more details click below. Pals Information For PatientsAs a patient, relative or carer sometimes you may need to turn to someone for help, advice and support. PALS (Patient Advice and Liaison Service) can help. Please follow the links or below for further information: |
Patient Survey Results Now InPlease click on this link to see results from Patient Experience Survey Results |
Enspiral Training DatesThe practice will be closed on the followings dates for training: 7th February Between 12pm and 5.30pm For routine appointments and matters with PMG doctors and nurses, But patients will still be able to access the first floor to speak to a receptionist or attend a clinic with another provider eg-physiotherapist or osteopath. This will enable the primary health care team to meet together and with other teams in the local area, to share good practice and also to learn about new treatments and methods of clinical practice and to improve all aspects of care that we are able to offer the patients. In an event of urgent medical advice or attention being required please telephone-NHS Direct on 0845 4647 or the Out Of Hours Service ( Harmoni) by ringing the surgery on 01798 87 2815 and you call will automatically be diverted to harmoni. We hope you understand and support this training and which will in the longer term ensure we provide you with the most up-to-date and modern primary care service. |
Bank Holidays Affecting PatientsWe would like to announce to our patients that we will be closing for the following Bank Holidays but should you need a local Pharmacy over the holidays **see our local pharmacy section for more details** 6th April Good Friday 9th April Easter Monday 7th May May Bank Holiday 4th June Spring Bank Holiday 5th June Queens Diamond Jubliee Bank Holiday 27th August Summer Bank Holiday 25th December Christmas Day 26th December Boxing Day 2nd Jan New Years Day Bank Holiday Patient InformationThere are a wide range of health care services available during the Bank Holiday weekends in West Sussex For absolutely any health questions, around the clock, and to find your local NHS services call NHS Direct on 0845 46 47 or visit http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/ If you need to see a doctor and it can wait until they are open, call your practice and make an appointment with your GP, or if you need advice about remedies for common illnesses - ask your pharmacist.There will be pharmacists open 24 hours a day over the holidays. If you need to contact a doctor outside normal surgery hours, you should call your surgery where you will hear an answer phone message telling you how to contact the out-of-hours service. This service should only be used for urgent medical problems that cannot wait until your GP practice re-opens. Crawley Health Centre provides general medical help and support 8am-8pm every day during the bank holiday weekends. You don't need to be registered, just turn up and you will be seen by a doctor or nurse as appropriate. If you have injuries that need medical attention but which are not life threatening - you can go to your nearest Minor Injuries Unit or Urgent Treatment Centre. Emergency Departments (A&E) are just that, for life threatening injuries or illnesses. By choosing the most appropriate health service you will receive the right treatment fast, leaving emergency services to those who need them most. For all medical advice and to find your nearest NHS services call NHS Direct on 0845 46 47 or visit http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/ |
Practice News UpdatePlease use the link below to download our latest Practice Newsletter: |
Spiro ClincsAt Pulborough Primary Care Centre we hold a weekly Sexual Health Clinic every Thursday between 3pm and 6pm (see the PDF below for more information). These clinics are run by Dr Amelia Bolgar and deal with a wide range of areas such as screening and treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections, Contraception Advice and also Pregnancy Counselling. |
New Way to Request Repeat Prescriptions OnlineWe no longer accept e-mails requests for repeat prescriptions and since April this year we have a new service called my repeats.com and once you are registered it is a quick and easy service for ordering your regular medication. Please click on the link below which will take you to my repeats webpage for further information. But if you are not able to order this way then you can order your repeat medication from the slip from your prescription or by phone in the normal way. |
Pulborough Medical Group becomes a Training PracticeWe all learn more through teaching and, for some years, Pulborough Medical Group has believed that both doctors and patients alike would benefit from us becoming a post-graduate teaching practice. Training practices tend to retain high levels of patient satisfaction while creating organizations in which the resident GPs have been shown to improve their own knowledge and skills. This has certainly been our conclusion as PMG has acquired years of experience in supporting the learning of pharmacists and nurses and in the teaching of under-graduate medical students - although we remain aware of the paramount importance that must be placed on maintaining patient safety while allowing students to learn. However, as students need to learn how to learn, trainers have to be taught how to teach, and several of the doctors have now completed formal training so that the practice can progress onto post-graduate education. This latest educational development will therefore bring qualified doctors to PMG for practical training in general practice medicine. Some of these doctors will be in the second of their two 'Foundation Years' after qualifying as a doctor (FY doctors), or they will have elected to enter, and been selected for, 3 years of specific specialist training in general practice (ST doctors). The FY and ST doctors will have both clinical and educational attachments at PMG. However the more experienced ST doctors will spend a block of 4 months during each of their first two years of training (ST1 and ST2) at two contrasting surgeries and during this time will take clinics under the supervision of their trainer. In the final, ST3, year these doctors spend a year at the same practice and develop in-depth experience of general practice medicine. Ray Ghanzanfur ST1 Will be with us from April 11-Until July 11 (Supervising Gp is Dr Ann Summersgill) Seyed Tabatabaei ST1 will be with us from April 11-Until July 11 (Supervising Gp is Dr Tim Fooks) Ena Satish is our new ST3 Starts at PMG Aug 11- July 12 (Supervising GP is Dr David Pullan) Sarah Martindale is our new ST3 starts at PMG Aug 11- July 12 (Supervising Gp Is Dr Tim Fooks) Penny Bradbury is our new ST2 Starts Aug 11- Nov 11 (Supervising GP is Dr Ann Summersgill) All of us at PMG are delighted to be able to use our excellent facility in Pulborough for the purpose of educating doctors. We are confident that, as we learn more about good general practice through teaching, our service to our patients will improve still further. Dr Tim Fooks |
Patient parking is within the Tesco Supermarket parking who were allocated additional parking slots by HDC but waiting is limited to a maximum period of 3 hours - No Return - This is closely monitored by Tesco car parking surveillance 
