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| Update: May 2011 |
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| Opening Hours |
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Please note Opening Hours from 9 May 2011 as follows :- |
| Hay-on-Wye Medical Centre |
| Monday to Friday |
8.30am to 6.30pm |
| Saturday |
Closed |
| Sunday |
Closed |
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| Monday and Tuesday closed between 1pm and 2pm |
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| Talgarth Medical Centre |
| Monday to Friday |
8.00am to 6.00pm |
| Saturday |
Closed |
| Sunday |
Closed |
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| Wednesday, Thursday and Friday closed between 1pm and 2pm |
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| Dispensing Opening Hours |
Please note Dispensary Opening Hours from 9 May 2011 as follows :- |
| Monday to Friday |
9.15am to 1pm, 2pm to 5pm |
| Saturday |
Closed |
| Sunday |
Closed |
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Routine prescriptions can be collected during normal surgery opening hours.
Prescriptions for controlled drugs or refrigerated drugs such as ointments, insulin or eye drops etc must be collected during the Dispensary opening hours as stated above. |
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| New Clinical Staff |
We are pleased to welcome to the Practice GP Registrar,
Dr Sophie Cole MB. BCh. |
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| Important Information: SWINE FLU |
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If you or your family have symptoms of flu you should :-
- Stay at home
- Contact NHS Direct on 0845 46 47
- Please DO NOT come to the surgery
- Please note antiviral medication is NOT held at the surgery
- If you are unable to contact NHS Direct, contact the surgery and speak to the Minor Ailments Nurse or Duty Doctor
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| Click HERE for Flu Information (Microsite) |
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| On-line Appointment Booking and Repeat Prescription Requests |
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If you have access to the Internet, you can now make a routine appointment with a doctor and order repeat prescriptions via EMIS Access – the secure, on-line service. You will require a registration letter from the surgery which gives you an Access ID and PIN number. If you would like to use this service, please give your name to a Receptionist at either Hay or Talgarth Medical Centre and a registration letter will be sent to you. Please note, appointments can also be cancelled via EMIS Access. This service is available to adult patients only. |
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| Acceptable Behaviour |
| Sadly there has been an increased level of rudeness and verbal abuse towards our staff recently. In order to protect our staff and to provide a safer environment for patients and staff we will be asking anyone who causes such aggression to discuss their behaviour with the practice. |
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Out of Hours Service |
In October 2004, Powys Local Health Board took over responsibility for providing an out of hours service and they commissioned Shropdoc to do this. For urgent medical problems between the hours of 6pm and 8.30am weekdays, all day Saturday, Sunday and on Bank Holidays please telephone 08444 06 8888. |
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| Medics 4 Timbuktu |
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Medics 4 Timbuktu is a sub-group of the Hay-on-Wye and Timbuktu twinning initiative to build friendships between the people and health care professionals to make a difference to the health and well being of both communities.
70% of women have no antenatal care and 1 in 24 women die in childbirth – these statistics have prompted the creation of the "Hay to Timbuktu Maternal Health Project". This project has been set-up to provide antenatal care in the district of Bellafarendi and to implement a training programme to ensure the services are used. 28 health educators are being trained to give talks with the aim of raising awareness of the signs to look out for in pregnancy and the importance of antenatal care, as well as general health advice on hygiene and sexual health/HIV. A partnership has also been entered into with the local radio station to broadcast information to the whole of Timbuktu as few people have televisions.
Medics 4 Timbuktu have now taken on a further project to raise funds for a motorbike ambulance to enable Midwives to be able to access women who are unable or too ill to reach a clinic for ante-natal and/or post-natal care (women have to stay in their home for 40 days after the birth of a child). There is only one ambulance for the whole of Timbuktu which has approximately 30,000 people in the city and about the same number in rural areas. This is a very worthwhile project.
For more information, visit the website www.medics4timbuktu.org |
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| Sri Lanka Rebuild Fund Update |
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Fund raising continues to support the running of the 5 schools which were built, thanks to all the local funding raising efforts, following the devastation caused by the Tsunami in December 2004 :-
Beacon of Hope Bronllys
Beacon of Hope Haygarth
Beacon of Hope Llangorse
Beacon of Hope Y Fenni
Beacon of Hope Brecon |
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