New Patients

You can now apply to register with Eastwood Primary Care Centre online by following this link GP registration 

Please note that this does not automatically mean you will be accepted as a patient. The application will be reviewed by the surgery before we register you. This is because anyone can fill a request form in regardless of address, so we need to check this. It may take a few days to process and we will not always be able to register you the same day the application is received. We aim to get patients registered on our system within 7 days of receiving your application. 

You can also register with Eastwood Primary Care Centre by completing a Registration Form and a GMS1 Registration Form

Please complete and sign these and then return to the practice. If you have ID then please bring this along but we will still register you without this. 

Реєстрація на отримання послуг лікаря загальної практики Family Doctor Service Registration Form

посібник користувача User Guide

Patients Moving To an Area Outside Of Our Catchment Area

It is the practice policy that if registered patients move, from living within the practice area to outside the practice area, they will be de-registered from our practice list on the grounds that the patient has moved out of our area. It is the patients responsibility to re-register at a new GP surgery in the area where they are now living in order to receive continuing care. 

PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW & ENTER YOUR POSTCODE TO SEE IF YOUR ADDRESS IS IN THE CATCHEMENT AREA COVERED BY THE SURGERY. 

Catchment Area - Click here and enter your postcode

The NHS PCSE will be able to provide you with a list of GP’s in your area to help you find a new GP. They can be contacted on 0333 0142884. Alternatively you can find GP information on the NHS Choices website http://www.nhs.uk/Service-Search/GP/LocationSearch/4

Transferring Your Electronic Health Record

Your GP practice holds copies of your patient health record electronically and in paper format. Both contain the healthcare information about you that your GP needs including your medical history, medications, allergies, immunisations and vaccinations. 

If you have previously registered with a different GP in England, upon registering at this practice your electronic health record will, where possible, be transferred automatically from your previous GP practice through the use of an NHS system called GP2GP. 

Please click on the link below for full information and a leaflet should you wish to print this off.

http://systems.hscic.gov.uk/gp2gp/communications/patientleaflet.pdf

Practice Information Booklet

Practice Area

This is the catchment area for Eastwood Primary Care Centre and is the local area that the surgery and attached community services are able to cover. 

If the area that you live is not mentioned in the map below, unfortunately, we can not accept your new patient registration or your change of address and you will need to register with a different GP surgery that does cover the area where you are living.

Please click on the link below and enter your postcode to see if your address is in the catchment area covered by the surgery. 

Click here for postcodes covered by Eastwood Primary Care Centre

The NHS PCSE will be able to provide you with a list of GP’s in your area to help you find a new GP. They can be contacted on 0333 0142884. Alternatively you can find GP information on the NHS Choices websitehttp://www.nhs.uk/Service-Search/GP/LocationSearch/4

Health Resources to Support the Ukraine Response

Реєстрація на отримання послуг лікаря загальної практики Family Doctors Service Registration Form

посібник користувача User Guide (Family Doctors Service Registration)

How the NHS Works Ukranian version.

How the NHS Works Russian version.

This document has been put together to support stakeholders to respond to the health and wellbeing needs of newly arrived Ukrainian nationals. However, the information can also be used to support other vulnerable migrants across our region such as those seeking asylum, refugees, undocumented migrants and those migrants affected by modern slavery.

SayHi Translate is an app (for none-health related matters) that provides you with simultaneous translations between several different languages. All you have to do is speak directly to the microphone on your smartphone in one language, and in a few seconds the app will have translated your own words into the language that you choose.

UK Health Service Fact Sheets

These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. They cover issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups. Open the leaflets in one of the following languages

English	Urdu
Albanian	Hindi
Arabic	Lithuanian
Bulgarian	Polish
Chinese (Cantonese)	Portuguese
Chinese (Mandarin)	Spanish
Russian	French
Turkish	Punjabi
Gujerati	Somali
Croatian	Bengali
Farsi

Next Generation Text Service

This brings text relay services for deaf, hearing impaired or speech impaired people right up to date with the latest app technology.  You don't need any special kit - just download the app from the App Store or Google Play onto your smartphone, tablet or computer.  There is no additional charge for this other than your usual phone cost.  If you are interested in using this or have any personal feedback on this app we would be really grateful if you could contact our Service Coordinator, Diane Rowley, at the surgery.

Communication

We are always keen to improve the way we communicate with our patients and want to ensure you can read and understand the information we send you. If you find it hard to read our letters or if you need someone to support you at appointments, please let us know.

We want to know if you need information in

• braille
• large print or
• easy read
• or if you need a British Sign Language interpreter or advocate
• or if we can support you to lipread or use a hearing aid or communication tool.

Please tell the receptionist when you arrive for your next appointment, or call us on 01773 304700.

Third Party Access

The completion of this form will authorise Eastwood Primary Care Centre to discuss information regarding your health with the named third party in section 2. This consent will be scanned onto your medical record but you can withdraw this consent at any time by contacting the practice

Do you look after someone?

A carer is anyone, including children and adults, who look after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their illness, frailty, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction and cannot cope without their support. The care they give is unpaid and may be emotional or include shopping, cooking, dealing with medication, or attending medical appointments with the person they care for. 

Many carers don’t see themselves as carers and it takes them an average of two years to acknowledge their role as a carer.

It can be difficult for carers to see their caring role as separate from the relationship they have with the person for whom they care, whether that relationship is as a parent, child, sibling, partner, or a friend.

It is important you let the practice know if you look after someone. We can add you to our Carer Register for you to gain access to information and support, including our Carer Champions at the practice.  Carer Champions help with the identification of carers, act as a voice for carers and are a key point of contact for carer information.

Our Carer Champions are Samantha Papworth and Diane Rowley and both are keen to provide a quality service and help carers as much as possible.  If they are not available at the time of your query, please leave a message and they will contact you at the earliest possible convenience.

By completing this questionnaire and returning it to the practice, you can help us to monitor and improve our service.

Tuvida  provide support for family carers and the people they are for across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.

Do You Look After Someone is a comprehensive carers booklet produced by Nottinghamshire County Council

Emergency Planning Service provides an extra level of support and is activated when the carer is not able to continue providing care because of an emergency situation. 

Carers in Practice an invaluable tool enabling health matters of the looked after person to be shared with the carer, complete and return to your GP Practice

Caring Magazine Issue 61 from Carers UK 

Eastwood Memory Cafe is a local charity helping those affected by dementia and their carers to live well