Byfield Medical Centre Opening times May Bank Holiday 2013

Saturday 4 May 2013

Closed – cover provided by Northamptonshire Out of Hours

Sunday 5 May 2013

Closed – cover provided by Northamptonshire Out of Hours

Monday 6 May 2013

Closed – cover provided by Northamptonshire Out of Hours

Tuesday 7 May 2013

Normal opening hours, 8.00 a.m. – 8.30 p.m.

Opening times Spring Bank Holiday 2013

Saturday 25 May 2013

Closed – cover provided by Northamptonshire Out of Hours

Sunday 26 May 2013

Closed – cover provided by Northamptonshire Out of Hours

Monday 27 May 2013

Closed – cover provided by Northamptonshire Out of Hour

Tuesday 28 May 2013,

Normal opening hours, 8.00 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.

In case of emergencies please telephone the new NHS Northamptonshire 111 service.

Important announcement

Dr. Nicola Moerdyk

Dr. D. F. Burton and Partners are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Nicola Moerdyk as a Partner at Byfield Medical Centre. Dr. Moerdyk will be succeeding Dr. Burton upon his retirement at the end of March.

Following Dr. Moerdyk’s arrival at Byfield Medical Centre last August, the Partners were immediately impressed by the way in which Dr. Moerdyk settled in to life at the surgery. Upon becoming aware of Dr. Burton’s decision to retire from General Practice at the end of March 2013, it was a straightforward decision for the Partners to approach Dr. Moerdyk to see if she wished to make her stay at Byfield more permanent. The Partners are delighted to announce that Dr. Moerdyk accepted the invitation and she will therefore become a Partner at the beginning of April 2013.

At that time new patients to the practice will be able to register with Dr. Moerdyk. As has always been the case at Byfield Medical Centre, registration with a particular GP does not prevent a patient from seeing another GP within the practice of their own choice.

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Very Important Announcement

Dr Burton

As I am sure that many of you are already aware, Dr. Burton has made the regrettable decision to hang up his stethoscope for good at the end of March 2013.

Dr. Burton has been an integral part of life at Byfield Medical Centre since 1980 when he joined Dr Middleton in partnership. In those days the practice occupied three rooms at the back of the village hall.

Dr. Burton and Dr. Middleton then managed the move to our present premises which was completed in August 1981. In response to the continuing growth of population in and around Byfield the surgery building was later extended in 1990.

The changes to the physical fabric of the surgery building are not the only major changes which have occurred in General Practice during Dr. Burton’s tenure at Byfield. Many of you will recall the days of Fund Holding GPs and the host of other regular changes which have taken place in the ethos and day to day working practices within General Practice, all of which have added considerably to an already substantial workload for clinicians. Notwithstanding, Dr. Burton, in tandem with his Partners, has always striven, often against seemingly insurmountable odds, to make sure that the patients registered at Byfield Medical Centre, are treated as equitably as possible in today’s NHS. Dr. Burton’s willingness to stand up for his patients against the “men in suits” and the inequalities in today’s NHS will be sorely missed upon the occasion of his well-deserved retirement.

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FOR PATIENT INFORMATION PURPOSES

REGISTERED DOCTOR

On the occasion of Dr. Burton's retirement, it is intended that those patients who are presently registered with Dr. Burton will be divided between the remaining three Partners as follows according to the initial letter of each patient’s surname.

Dr. Bone - letters A and B;

Dr. Harvey – letters C to S inclusive;

Dr. Nawaz – letters T to Z inclusive.

This is purely for administrative purposes only. Patients will receive written confirmation of their new registered GP from NHS Northamptonshire in due course.

Registration with a particular GP does not prevent a patient from seeing any GP of their choice.

Extended Opening Hours Service

Please be advised that the format of our Extended Opening Hours (EOH) service will be changing slightly with immediate effect. The EOH service provides a total of 4 hours EOH service provision each week. That level of service will not change.

Up until now the EOH service has operated on Tuesday and Thursday evenings each week with one doctor on duty between 18.30 hours and 20.30 hours.

With immediate effect the EOH service will alternate each week between a Tuesday evening surgery and a Thursday evening surgery. The surgery will still run from 18.30 hours to 20.30 hours. The difference will be that there will be two doctors on duty each evening instead of one doctor as happens now.

EOH appointments are STRICTLY BY APPOINTMENT ONLY and subject to availability of appointments. Please phone on 0844 477 8753 to arrange an appointment.

Summary Care Records - Your emergency care summary

The Public Information Programme is due to be rolled out in early February. This means all of our patients will receive a letter explaining what the Summary Care Record is, what it will contain, how it will be used and by whom. An opt out form will also be included with the letter. Children under 16 will automatically have a SCR created for them unless a parent or guardian chooses to opt them out.

For more information on the Summary Care Record, visit www.northamptonshire.nhs.uk/scr or www.nhscarerecords.nhs.uk or telephone the dedicated NHS Summary Care Record Information Line on 0300 123 3020 where an operator will be available to answer any queries you may have.

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Dr Burton