Trevelyan House Surgery - April 2022
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April 2022
Trevelyan
House Surgery
Dear reader,
As we move into spring, COVID is unfortunately
ever present, with reports suggesting that 1 in 13
of us had COVID last week.
The Omicron variant is widely circulating, and
like previous variants, can cause a cough, fever
and fatigue, but it appears that fewer people
lose their taste and smell. A sore throat and
runny nose are also common symptoms of the
variant.
Whilst restrictions in England have been relaxed,
we still ask you that you do not attend the
surgery (unless invited after telephone triage) if
you suspect you have COVID.
Like all NHS establishments, we ask patients to
wear a face covering whilst in the surgery, and
to use hand sanitisers and try to observe
social distancing to protect others.
To avoid crowded waiting areas, we ask
patients to attend alone, if possible, and to
arrive no more than 10 minutes before their
appointment.Spring COVID Booster Please visit the gov.uk website for
Programme 2022 foreign travel advice, including
COVID vaccinations for entry:
The Spring COVID booster https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-
campaign has started and advice
Trevelyan House will continue to be
our PCN vaccination site.
This booster will be offered to all
COVID vaccinations for
over 75s, residents in adult care children aged 5-11
homes and those aged 12 years
and over who are Children aged 5-11 are now eligible
immunosuppressed. to receive two paediatric Pfizer
doses, and appointments can be
You may have the booster at least arranged using the NHS National
3 months after your last booster, Booking Service:
but it is usually offered at 6 months. www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus
As for previous doses, you cannot -covid-19/coronavirus-
have the vaccine until 4 weeks vaccination/book-coronavirus-
after a confirmed COVID infection. vaccination/
We are aware that there are still Information about local COVID
unvaccinated patients and some vaccination sites in South West
who have had an incomplete
London, including walk-in sites can
primary course or no booster, and
be found on the SWL CCG
we will continue to offer you COVID
website:
vaccines as well.
https://swlondonccg.nhs.uk/covid/v
If you have missed your first accination-walk-in-clinics/
booster, please book an
appointment as soon as possible. Our nearest mass vaccination site is
You may need proof of being fully The Wilson Hospital.
vaccinated (primary course and
booster) to travel to some countries
this summer, so it is important to
arrange to have any outstanding
vaccinations as soon as you can.Panoramic Study For complaints about hospital
services, PALS (Patient Advice
If you are aged over 50 or and Liaison Service) is an excellent
classified as being in an ‘at risk service.
group’, you may be eligible for PALS (St George's Hospital)
anti-viral treatment if you test website:
positive for COVID. https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/patie
Please visit our website or nts-and-visitors/help/
www.panoramictrial.org for more Telephone: 020 8725 2453
information.
For patients with minor eye
problems, MECS (Minor Eye
Going Forward Conditions Service) is an NHS
As we aim to get back to ‘normal’ service that provides assessment
working, we will continue to offer and treatment for patients of all
telephone and video slots along ages, and patients can access the
with face-to-face appointments. We service without a GP referral.
are currently catching up with
routine checks, and are facing an The nearest MECS practices to
ever increasing workload, with Trevelyan House Surgery are:
more phone calls to the practice.
Specsavers Opticians
We frequently receive calls about 24C Mitcham Road SW17 9NA
hospital appointments, and would 020 8682 3333
advise patients to visit My Planned Boots Opticians
Care, a service set up by the NHS, 46 Tooting High Street SW17 0RG
to help patients find the latest 020 8767 8292
average wait time information for
hospital departments. It also Our local pharmacists can advise
provides helpful advice and support on minor conditions e.g. hay fever,
whilst you wait for your treatment. coughs, and colds and now offer a
Website: blood pressure checking service.
http://www.myplannedcare.nhs.uk/ Please see our website for up-to-
london date information about hay fever.We work with Surrey Physio and Cancer Screening
encourage all patients with back, We are aware that National Cancer
neck and joint pain and sports Screening decreased during the
injuries to book in directly with pandemic. We encourage
them at our surgeries. everyone to take up screening
They are qualified physiotherapists offers when sent to you. Screening
and can refer to secondary care saves lives.
e.g. hospitals, and can organise X-
rays and scans. We are working with Community
Links to help to increase bowel
For all non-urgent queries, please
cancer screening and have
contact us via our website or
organised additional cervical
email us at
screening clinics to help catch up
swlccg.trevelyanhousesurgery@
with smears.
nhs.net
If you have missed your breast
Easter Bank Holiday screening slot, it is possible to book
directly with The Rose Centre at St
Weekend Additional
George’s Hospital.
Capacity Website:
www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/service/the-
Our CCG will provide additional GP
rose-centre/
capacity and phone lines over the
Telephone: 0208 725 4868 or
long Easter Weekend, from Good
0208 725 4898
Friday to Easter Monday (15th –
18th April).
If you or a relative are suffering
Please see our website for more from cancer, we recommend a new
information - online resource, Cancer Care Map,
www.trevelyanhousesurgery.nhs.u to help you find cancer support
k/practice_news/extra-gp- services in your local area.
services-on-easter-bank-holiday- Website:
weekend-2/ http://www.cancercaremap.org
Pharmacy opening times can be
found on our website.Health Visitors
New research suggests that
Our health visitor drop-in clinics at
measuring your weight and
Trevelyan House have not yet
comparing it to height may be the
restarted.
best way to decide if we are
Please contact the health visitors by
overweight.
phoning 0330 058 1679 or by
This is because storing a lot of fat
emailing
around the stomach is an accurate
clcht.wandsworthhv@nhs.net.
predictor of heart disease, type 2
We are piloting a Tuesday clinic diabetes and stroke, even in those
with Dr Louise Lau and Advanced with a healthy BMI.
Nurse Practitioner Alexandra A healthy waist to height ratio is
Redpath for ‘weighing and advice’ 0.4 to 0.49 and a ratio above 0.5
for our mothers and babies. increases the risk of health issues.
Please contact reception to book an
appointment. New dietician
We are delighted to welcome our
Weight Management
new dietician, Alice to our team.
As we move into warmer months Alice is highly experienced and will
and aspire to ‘get fit’ for the beach, initially be helping our diabetic
we ask patients to have a look at patients, but she can also help with
our Weight Management services general weight management.
on our website, which links to the
Wandsworth Council website, We are planning some webinars in
where you can obtain vouchers for May to help with weight loss and
slimming groups. details will be available on our
Wandsworth Council website: website.
https://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/he
alth-and-social-care/public-
health/healthy-eating-and-weight-
loss/weight-management-groups-
and-support/Staff changes
We say goodbye to our F2 doctors Tim Allen, Daniel Hart and
Rochelle Sylvester and welcome our new F2 doctors, Alice
Roberts and Flora Loake.
We are sorry to say goodbye to our pharmacist Karen McIlvar,
who has returned to Ireland and Dr Ali Alidina, who leaves to
take up a partnership in Surrey, in May. We wish both of them
all the very best.
We wish all our patients a very Happy Easter
and we hope that COVID recedes, so life
returns to more normality for all of us.
With best wishes,
Penny Smith
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