SWINE FLU - IMPORTANT INFORMATION
If you suspect you may have Swine Flu please DO NOT come to the surgery but telephone the National Flu Line for advice on 0800 1 513 100 or visit www.direct.gov.uk/pandemicflu
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SWINE FLU - VACCINATION INFORMATION
We now have limited stocks of the Swine Flu vaccine. If you wish to be vaccinated and fall into one of the ‘At Risk’ categories as defined below please telephone the surgery after Monday 2nd November to make an appointment to attend one of the clinics:-
- People aged over six months and under 65 years in the current seasonal flu vaccine clinical at-risk groups ie those patients with
- chronic lung disease
- chronic heart disease
- chronic kidney disease
- chronic liver disease
- chronic neurological disease
- diabetes mellitus
- asthma who have had medical treatment for this condition within the last three years
- All pregnant women, from 13 weeks of pregnancy
- All immunosuppressed patients whether or not their condition is caused by disease or treatment and their carers
Unfortunately if you are aged 65 and over in the current seasonal flu vaccine clinical at-risk groups (this does not include otherwise healthy over 65s since they appear to have some natural immunity to the virus) we are unable to vaccinate you at the present time but hope to have additional supplies of the vaccine in the near future.
As stocks of the vaccine are limited at the present time Sunnyside staff will have a list of patients eligible to receive the vaccine. If your name does not appear on this list you will be asked to supply relevant details of your medical conditions to enable a clinician to check your medical records to confirm whether or not you are entitled to be vaccinated at the present time. |
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Practice Profile
The practice has been in Clevedon for many years looking after the primary health care needs of approximately 6,500 people living in Clevedon and the surrounding villages of Tickenham, Kenn, Kingston Seymour, Walton in Gordano and Weston in Gordano.
Two of the present partners have been working together since 1994. Liz Patrick has been in the practice since 1986 with Glenda Horner joining in 1994, and Louise McCloskey and Rachael Kenyon joining in 2006. Robin Wong is the newest member of the team and has been here since June 2008. Glenda Horner, Louise McCloskey, Rachael Kenyon and Robin Wong work 6 sessions per week and Liz Patrick 5 sessions.
Rachel Westwick has been employed as a salaried GP since June 2008 and Mohammad Alam since September 2009.
The practice initially worked from a Victorian House until 1985 when it moved to a converted bungalow. This under went an extension in 1992. In 1998 the bungalow adjoining the surgery was purchased. The conversion to the current surgery was completed in February 2000.
The new surgery has six consulting rooms, one for each partner and one for the Registrar. There are three treatment rooms for use by nurses, health care assistants and phlebotomists, reception and records room and waiting area. Upstairs there are offices and staff rest area. Attached to the building there is a pharmacy which is leased to the Co-Op Chemist.
One of the partners has attended recognised trainers courses and our whole practice is committed to helping the training process. Glenda Horner is currently the trainer and has been approved since May 1999. Registrars usually work at a surgery to complete the last year of their GP training. This period usually commences in August each year. We are also involved in teaching first and second year medical students attached to Bristol University. F2 Doctors (doctors who have been qualified for approximately 2 years) have also spent some time working at Sunnyside as part of their training.
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