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Shenstone Surgery Refurbishment - The surgery at Shenstone will be closed from 1pm on Friday 18th October for refurbishment. It will re open on Monday 4th November. During this period all services, including prescriptions, will be dealt with at Greenhill Surgery, Lichfield.

 IMPORTANT NOTICE - CAR PARKING

Due to refurbishment of the Car Parks by NHS Property Services, the Patient Car Park will be CLOSED from Monday 30th September for approximately 3 weeks 

(weather permitting)

Please ensure you allow more time for parking elsewhere when attending the surgery

ADULT 'FLU CLINICS 2019!

Protect your health this winter

  The Practice offers free vaccinations for our eligible patients, it is important that you attend surgery for your vaccinations so that we can review your medical history and record that you have had the vaccination.

We will be running 3 'flu vaccination clinics at Greenhill 9am to 1pm on the following dates (no appointment necessary):

Saturday 28th September - OVER 65'S ONLY

Saturday 12th October - all eligible patients 18+ welcome (see under 65 eligibility)

Saturday 26th October - all eligible patients 18+ welcome (see under 65 eligibility)

Shenstone Surgery :

Tuesday 15th October 12.30 - 1.30 - all eligible patients 18+ welcome (see under 65 eligibility)

Eligibility for under 65's includes: Pregnancy; suffer from a chronic disease (asthma/diabetes/heart/kidney/liver/neurological disease); are immunosuppressed; morbidly obese.

Carers and those in close contact with immunosuppressed individuals are also eligible for a free flu vaccination.

Please ask at the surgery if you are unsure.

 Children's 'Flu Clinic dates to follow.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING LONG TERM CONDITION ANNUAL REVIEWS

YOUR ANNUAL REVIEW WILL NOW BE DUE IN YOUR BIRTHDAY MONTH.

A LETTER OF INVITATION WILL NO LONGER BE SENT.

PLEASE CONTACT THE PRACTICE ONE MONTH PRIOR TO YOUR BIRTHDAY TO ALLOW TIME FOR YOUR NECESSARY BLOOD TESTS.

Try our E-Consult Service below

 view this useful video eConsult 

 Extended Access Appointments - Lichfield and Burntwood GP Network

 From the 1st of September 2018, in addition to the Practice’s normal opening hours, you can also book an appointment to see a local clinician in the evenings between 6:30 to 8:00 pm, or on Saturday and Sunday at locations across Lichfield and Burntwood. GP Practices are working together to provide Extended Access appointments to our patients. This means that your appointment may be with a different GP or health professional  based in a different location or Practice than you are used to, and some of these appointments are telephone only.  These appointments are pre-bookable by contacting the surgery during our normal opening times. When you call, our receptionists will be able to help you to find a suitable appointment.

NOTICE FOR PATIENTS WHO SUFFER FROM COELIAC DISEASE

NHS England have recently announced that from 4th December 2018 certain gluten-free items will no longer be available on prescription. Please see click on the link below for more information

Gluten-Free Prescribing Changes

At The Westgate Practice in Lichfield our doctors and nurses take pride in offering the highest standard of patient-centred healthcare. We run many clinics for chronic disease care and offer a wide variety of other medical services such as antenatal and postnatal care, minor surgery, childhood vaccinations and well-person check-ups.

Please note, to access our online appointment and prescription services, patients will need to register for this service. Please call into our surgery at your convenience, bringing one form of identification with you - thank you.

At Westgate we offer a text reminder service to all our patients who inform us of their mobile number. This service is used to remind patients of appointments booked and for general clinic dates. Any risk of the messages being intercepted is addressed by minimising the information sent. If you use the online services to update your contact details and do not want to be included in the text reminder service please contact the practice. 

We have a variety of leaflets about our services at Westgate Practice, which can be picked up from both our Greenhill and Shenstone sites. If you would like information in an alternative format, for example large print or easy read, or if you need help with communicating with us, for example because you use British Sign Language, please let us know.