Fishponds Primary Care Centre, Beechwood Road Fishponds, Bristol BS16 3TD 0117 908 2360 Home The Surgery The Team Clinics and Services How to... Patient Information What should I do if... Feedback search Active signposting Covid vaccine for 16-18 year olds Active Signposting Leaflet Do you need a GP appointment? 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We run a variety of clinics with GPs, nurses, pharmacists and other health care professionals. Our reception team are trained to listen to your enquiry and using their knowledge of our staff and other local support groups, signpost you to the most appropriate service. If you wish to download a printable Practice Booklet please click here. Please note you will need Adobe Reader software installed on your computer to view the Booklet. This can be downloaded free at www.adobe.com. ACTIVE SIGNPOSTING: Important patient update regarding changes in our Practice Surgery Times The practice is now able to offer a limited number of pre-bookable appointments outside of our usual working hours. These are from 7.30 - 8.00am and 6.30 - 7.00pm on various week days. Practice Core Hours Monday to Friday 8.00am to 6.30pm Extended Opening Hours 7.30am – 8.00am & 6.30pm – 7.00pm Working within our current staffing capacity we are doing our best to ensure that you have access to additional appointments outside of these hours. As a result you may be offered an early morning or evening appointment. If this is something you would prefer please ask about availability when booking an appointment. When the surgery is closed If you require urgent medical assistance which cannot wait until the surgery reopens, please call 111 and you will automatically be transferred to the free NHS 111 Service. You may then be given advice over the phone, asked to attend a local Primary Care Centre or offered a home visit. Call 111 for free NHS advice or visit www.nhs.uk/111 If it is a medical emergency, or you think someone is having a heart attack or stroke dial 999. Only dial 999 in a critical or life-threatening situation, for example is someone has: loss of consciousness acute confused state and fits that are not stopping persistent, severe chest pain breathing difficulties severe bleeding that can't be stopped Disabled access Car spaces for disabled are marked near the front entrance of the Primary Care Centre. Wheelchair access to the building is via the front entrance. Patient services are provided at ground floor level. Disabled patient toilet facilities are provided. If access proves difficult for any of our disabled patients, we would be happy to consider any suggestions for improvement. How to find us Click here to see a Fishponds Primary Care Centre map. Local bus routes are 48/49 or X42/342: www.firstgroup.com Beechwood Medical Practice is a research active practice. By Visual Productions Ltd × Covid & Flu Vaccinations – December 2021 COVID-19 vaccination - If you are eligible for a first or second dose please call us to book your vaccination. We are also now rolling out the booster doses of Covid vaccine - we are awaiting confirmation of the recent changes to the booster programme being implemented in response to the new omicron covid variant. We are offering covid booster vaccines at our practice premises and working through our list of patients eligible for their booster dose and also inviting any patients who have reduced immunity who may need a third primary dose. We will contact you as soon as possible and in line with the recall guidance to have a booster. If you receive a centrally issued NHS invitation you may choose to go to a mass vaccination centre. Patients who live in a nursing home, or are housebound, we will arrange to visit you. Where possible we are trying to co-ordinate clinics so that we can offer patients both the flu and covid vaccines at the same visit. Please wait to be invited rather than calling us with queries about boosters as we are already under a great deal of extra pressure with the increased workload. You can also look at the NHS website Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine - NHS (www.nhs.uk) for more details. We have flu vaccine in stock for all eligible groups and are able to offer appointments for people who may not be coming in for Covid vaccination. You can look online for flu appts or call 0117 9082360 to book an appointment. If you are housebound we will be contacting you to arrange a visit. Vaccine Passports – Please do not contact the surgery for letters providing vaccine status for travel abroad as we cannot provide them. Visit the Government website for more information on how you can obtain this information. If you have any queries concerning the NHS App please do not call the surgery call 119. We cannot edit the NHS App to show details of Covid vaccines given outside of the UK. Preventing spread of Covid and seeking help if you think you have it We are continuing to ask our patients not to come into the premises unless you have been asked to do so. Please check www.nhs.uk for help with minor ailments and symptoms before calling the surgery. If you do need an appointment our receptionists will ask for information to direct you to the most appropriate clinician. We are offering a choice of face to face and telephone appointments with various clinicians where this is safe to do so. Where at all possible any prescriptions will be sent electronically to your nominated pharmacy. We will also send other paperwork such as fit notes to you electronically. If you have symptoms associated with coronavirus including a new continuous cough and a high temperature (37.8oc or above) or loss of/change in smell or taste, you are advised to get a PCR test and stay at home for 10 days. If you are Covid positive or have Covid symptoms do not book a GP appointment or attend your GP practice unless you have been asked to come in. We are asking all visitors to please still wear a face covering if entering the premises. If your symptoms are serious, or get worse, NHS 111 has an online coronavirus service that can tell you if you need further medical help and advise you what to do. You can also call 111 at any time to get telephone advice. For the latest COVID-19 advice please visit www.nhs.uk/coronavirus.