Whooping cough cases are on the rise with 553 new cases confirmed just for January this year compared to a total 858 cases for the whole of last year.
Whooping cough can affect anyone but is most dangerous in young infants, receiving a whooping cough vaccine during pregnancy is highly effective in protecting babies from birth until they can receive their own vaccines. Parents can also help to protect their children by ensuring they receive their vaccines at the right time.
Contact your GP Surgery today and book a vaccination!
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Rebuild General Practice
General practice has been in a crisis for many years. This is down to decades of neglect from successive governments and it is putting patient safety at risk.
We know that currently:
– There are 6 million more patients on the books;
– GPs carry out 400 million annual appointments;
– And 90% of NHS contact is in primary care
As GPs we want our patients to know – we’re on your side. We want to be there for you and your family whenever you need us. But this is getting harder and harder.
Find out more:
www.rebuildgp.co.uk/for-our-patients
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A message from our Partners
General Practice is under extraordinary pressure. There are increased expectations from Government and our patients about what we should be doing. Like all your households we have had increases in all our costs – everything we buy costs more, our energy costs have spiralled, and our staffing costs have also increased. The funding we get from government has only increased by about 2% each year. This increase does not get near to covering our current costs. You may have read about “new” money that has come into Primary Care Networks. Some of this money pays for staff that are making a significant difference to patient care. However, the funding does not help the Surgery’s finances.
All our staff at Rowden are working extremely hard to provide the best level of care they can for you. We cannot work any harder. The current financial pressures and increasing workload mean that we will not be always able to offer the same level of service you are used to. We can only afford to offer the level of service we are funded for. We are having to look at different ways of delivering services so that you can still access good quality care with us.
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We look after over 19,100 patients within our catchment area and we pride ourselves on our doctor/patient relationships and inclusivity. We have fought very hard to maintain our Personal List system. This means that every patient and family, has a named doctor from the moment of their registration who is responsible for co-ordinating their care. We believe that continuity of a doctor is key to good practice and delivering a high quality personal consultation remains the cornerstone of our care.
Rowden Surgery lies adjacent to Chippenham Community Hospital and provides an attractive and effective environment for patients and staff. All facilities for our patients are at ground level with easy access including a disability friendly car park.
Rowden’s Monthly Statistics – June 2024
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Online Services
Get StartedYou can use online services such as the NHS App and SystmOnline, to check your symptoms and get instant advice, book appointments, order repeat prescriptions, view your GP medical record and more.
Patient Participation Group
Find out moreOur PPG is a group of volunteer patients with a special interest in the surgery. We hope to give our members the opportunity to, where possible, share decision-making, help us form crucial plans, assist in our growth as a GP Surgery as well as being an advocate and representitive for patient preferences or sometimes even acting as an advocate for the surgery when appropriate.