WELCOME TO SOUTHDENE MEDICAL CENTRE
SHOTTON COLLIERY, COUNTY DURHAM
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All incoming and outgoing calls are now recorded
Please give your views on our practice and complete our Friends & Family Questionnaire - Thank you
Enhanced Access - If you would like a face to face weekday evenings or Saturday appointment with a PCN GP, ANP, Nurse or HCA at Peterlee Health Centre Hub (entrance opposite the Methodist Church) - please ask our receptionist when booking an appointment. Visit Durham Coast PCN or click here for more information. (Clinicians will have the same access to your records as we have at the surgery. If you choose not to share your clinical information, please inform the receptionist on arrival for your appointment at Peterlee Health Centre Hub).
ANNUAL HEALTHCHECK
Please could we remind all patients, your long term condition annual Health check is due in your birthday month.
Please remember to contact the practice on 0191 5265818 and make an appointment with our nurse or HealthCare Assistant in your birthday month - Thank you
For information on changes to how the NHS prescribes 'over the counter' medicines, please visit Self Help - Choose Self Care
Greener Practice Statement - The climate emergency is also a health emergency, and health care in the UK contributes 5.4% of the UK's carbon emissions.
We need to enhance the health of our current population without compromising the health of future generations, and this means operating within the sustainable boundaries of the planet. NHS England has committed to reducing its direct carbon emissions to 'net zero' by 2040, with most of the reduction by 2030. We want to do our part to help our patients in a greener, more sustainable way and we commit to becoming a greener practice in our prescribing of medications. Click Here for more information.
Covid vaccines are no longer given at the practice, to book your appointment please click HERE or contact 119. You can call 119 if you have questions or need help with Coronavirus vaccinations, testing, NHS Covid Pass and more.
For general Coronavirus information click HERE.
For information to help with your recovery from Covid19 and Long Covid please visit Yourcovidrecovery.nhs.uk
Southdene Medical Centre is a member of Durham Coast PCN
Data held in your GP medical records is shared with other healthcare professionals for the purposes of your individual care. It is also shared with other organisations to support health and care planning and research. If you would like to opt out please print, read and complete the attached form and return it to the practice - Type 1 opt out - Thank you
Due to recommendations for public safety, we have temporarily suspended the use of SystmOnline to book appointments. Sorry for any inconvenience.
PRIVATE MEDICALS: Due to increasing pressure from the pandemic and the COVID-19 vaccination programme we are not currently able to arrange any private medical examinations at the practice. We will continue to accommodate adoption and fostering medicals as these can only be carried out by a patients own GP. Private medicals can be arranged outside of the practice, though we are not able to advise you where to attend. If you have any queries about this please contact reception who will pass your details on to the GP.
LONG-TERM PAIN MEDICATIONS DONT KILL PAIN - THEY MASK IT - Visit https://painkillersdontexist.com/ to find out more or read the leaflet
THE FUTURE OF ANTIBIOTICS IS IN OUR HANDS - Seriously is a campaign that aims to raise awareness of antibiotic resistance and encourage people to pledge to keep antibiotics working. If we carry on misusing antibiotics, in the future they could stop working altogether, so it’s now more important than ever that they’re taken correctly - Click HERE for more information
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| 2 WEEK WAIT REFERRAL County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust and the North East Cancer Alliance have produced a patient information video for information on the Cancer Pathway - What is a 2 Week Wait referral. If you would like more details please watch the short film containing important information. Click here |
For information on what to if you are unwell please click here
‘Talk Before You Walk’ when your GP practice is closed
Patients across Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield are reminded to ‘Talk Before You Walk’ when in need of care when your GP practice is closed.
By phoning NHS 111, patients who need to be seen urgently on the same day will be offered an appointment with a healthcare professional either at their own GP surgery or at another surgery nearby called a Primary Care Service or a hub.
Your quick guide to local health services Find out more
For information on Non-Emergency NHS funded transport please click here
| Care Navigation Not Well? Want to be seen quickly? Receptionists may ask you a few questions to help navigate you to the best person to help you quickly. They wont try to diagnose your problem, but you may need to tell them a little bit about why you are calling. |
Disabled Patients
Wheelchair access to all three sites is at the front entrance.Patient services are all provided at the ground-floor level.
Booking Appointments and Repeat Prescriptions Online
Patients can now book appointments and order repeat prescriptions online.If you wish to register please call into Southdene Medical Centre for your registration to be completed. You must bring photo ID with you.If already registered click on the Icon below to book an appointment or order repeat prescriptions. Please view the following videos for more information.
South Durham Health
Click on South Durham Health to find out more about the services provided
(Site updated 05/11/2024)