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Travel Vaccinations: GP surgeries no longer provide a travel vaccination service, for more information on how to get travel vaccinations please visit the following page: Northcote Surgery - Travel Vaccinations


Winter Vaccines 2022/2023: Find out if you're eligible for flu and coronavirus vaccines this winter, and how you'll be invited for an appointment by NHS Scotland - Self-help guide for winter vaccines (NHS Inform)


Isolation Note: To obtain an isolation note for your employer please visit the NHS website: 111.nhs.uk/isolation-note.


Post COVID recovery letter: To obtain a letter to show your post COVID status please visit the NHS inform website or call 0808 196 8565.


Record of COVID Vaccine: To obtain a record of your COVID vaccine status please visit the NHS inform website or 0808 196 8565.


COVID Vaccination Exemption Certificates: GPs and their teams cannot issue vaccination exemption certificates. Further information on the vaccination exemption certificates scheme can be found on the Scottish Government and NHS Inform websites or alternatively you can call the COVID status helpline on 0808 196 8565.


COVID Vaccine: For information regarding the COVID vaccination please visit the NHS Inform website or failing this call the COVID vaccine helpline on 0800 030 8013.


Staff Training - The surgery will be CLOSED every Tuesday between 12.30 - 13.30 for staff training. For urgent matters, there will still be a telephone service.

Bowel Screening Programme

Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in Scotland after lung and breast cancer. Every year almost 4,000 people are diagnosed with the disease. For men the risk of getting colorectal cancer over the age of 50 is 1 in 18 (5.5%) and for women the equivalent risk is 1 in 22 (4.5%). The overall uptake rate for the bowel screening programme in Scotland is 52% for men and 58% for women

The Scottish Bowel Screening Programme invites all men and women in Scotland between the ages of 50 to 74 for screening every two years. They are invited by a letter being sent to the address that is registered with the practice (if you change address please inform the practice as soon as possible). Once you are in the age band, you will be recalled during the same month every 2 years until you reach 75.

All the GP’s in the practice support this service and would like as many patients as possible to send back their screening kit. If we are advised that you have not done this we will send you a letter just to remind you of the importance. Don’t worry if you have mislaid your kit you can obtain another by contacting:

 

Scottish Bowel Screening Helpline - 0800 0121 833

 

For further information visit the NHS inform website.

 



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