Southernhay House Surgery & Whipton Branch

We currently have vacancies for three permanent Administrators:

• 16 hours vacancy
• 20 hours vacancy
• 35 hours vacancy

To find out more information on the roles and to apply for a vacancy, please go to the NHS Jobs website.

Updated: 30/07/2020

To effectively triage our patients due to the COVID-19 outbreak, you are only able to book telephone appointments with a GP online, not face-to-face GP appointments, at this time. Select an appropriate appointment time and then the GP will call you. Do not come into the surgery for a GP appointment booked online at this time.

Alternatively, we suggest using eConsult to contact the doctors for help with a condition.

Please refer to Gov.uk for stay at home guidance if you have a potential or confirmed case of Coronavirus. If your symptoms do not improve after 7 days then please go to NHS 111.

7 day self-isolation period now increased to 10 days

What are the rules on self-isolating?
Self-isolating means staying at home and not leaving it. Anyone who has either tested positive for coronavirus or shown symptoms should isolate themselves for at least 10 days, and those who show symptoms should arrange to get tested.

Symptoms include:

• a new continuous cough

• a high temperature

• a loss of, or change in, your normal sense of taste or smell

They should continue to self-isolate if they still feel unwell after that initial period. Other members of their household should isolate for 14 days and not leave their homes. If you test positive you will be contacted by contact tracers, who will establish who else you might have passed on the infection to.  Anybody they deem to be at risk will have to isolate themselves for 14 days from the point of contact.

UPDATE 24/06/2020: Changes to guidance for shielding patients

If you are asked to come into the surgery for an appointment, please wear a face covering. Public Health England has produced a guide to making cloth facemasks which are suitable for patients to wear when visiting hospital or other care settings.

Please note that GPs are not in a position to prove individual risk assessments/letters for patients who feel they should be exempt from wearing face coverings. More information can be found here.

You can find more information about Coronavirus on our Information about Coronavirus page.