CORONAVIRUS UPDATE 26.03.20

Stay at home to stop coronavirus spreading

Everyone must stay at home to help stop the spread of coronavirus.

You should only leave the house for 1 of 4 reasons:

• shopping for basic necessities, for example food and medicine, which must be as infrequent as possible
• one form of exercise a day, for example a run, walk, or cycle – alone or with members of your household
• any medical need, or to provide care or to help a vulnerable person
• travelling to and from work, but only where this absolutely cannot be done from home

Important - These 4 reasons are exceptions – even when doing these activities, you should be minimising time spent outside of the home and ensuring you are 2 metres apart from anyone outside of your household.

There is separate advice about:

• staying at home if you're at high risk of getting seriously ill from coronavirus
• staying at home if you or someone you live with has symptoms of coronavirus

Symptoms and what to do

Do not leave your home if you have either:

• a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
• a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)

To protect others, do not go to places like a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital. Stay at home.

Use the 111 online coronavirus service to find out what to do.

Only call 111 if you cannot get help online.

Read general information such as:

• Advice for everyone
• Advice for people at high risk
• Symptoms and what to do
• Self-isolation if you or someone you live with has symptoms
• Getting an isolation note

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE 09.03.20

DO NOT COME DOWN TO THE SURGERY

To prevent the spread of Coronavirus.

ALL Patients, Please DO NOT come down to the surgery and queue at 8.30am or 2pm.  Please contact the surgery via telephone on 02089537666, option 2, where you will be offered a telephone triage appointment. If you attend the surgery, you will be turned away and asked to telephone.

Medication Requests:To prevent the spread of Coronavirus. Please DO NOT come down to the surgery. To request your medication, please use the following methods:

• Use Patient Access online services.

• Download NHS App from google play or App Store.

• Telephone your nominated pharmacy to make your request.

• Email fairbrook.prescriptions@nhs.net

• If you are unable to access the above please call 02089537666.

• If you attend the surgery, you will be turned away and asked to telephone.

Medical Certificate (sick note) requests:

To prevent the spread of Coronavirus. Please DO NOT come down to the surgery. To request your medical certificate (sick note), please contact the surgery on 02089537666 or email your request to fairbrook.medicalcentre@nhs.net

If you attend the surgery, you will be turned away and asked to telephone.

What is the advice to patients and the public? 
 
The advice to the public is to call NHS 111 now if they have been: 
 
• to Wuhan or Hubei Province in China in the last 14 days (even if they do not have symptoms)

• to other parts of China, including Macau and Hong Kong, in the last 14 days and have a cough, high temperature or shortness of breath (even if it's mild)

• to Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Republic of Korea or Malaysia in the last 14 days and have a cough, high temperature or shortness of breath (even if it's mild)

• in close contact with someone with confirmed coronavirus. 
 
Anyone who meets the above criteria is advised not to go to a GP surgery, community pharmacy or hospital. Instead they should call NHS 111, stay indoors and avoid close contact with other people.

• If you have returned from these specific areas since February 19th, you should call NHS111 and self-isolate even if you do not have symptoms:

• Iran

• Specific lockdown areas in Northern Italy as designated by the Government of Italy

• Special care zones in South Korea as designated by the Government of the Republic of South Korea

• Hubei province (as previously noted)

• If you have returned from these areas since February 19th and develop symptoms, however mild, you should self-isolate at home immediately and call NHS111. You do not need to self-isolate if you have no symptoms.

• Northern Italy (defined by a line above, and not including, Pisa, Florence and Rimini),

• Vietnam

• Cambodia

• Laos

• Myanmar

• Those who have returned from previously identified geographic areas within the past 14 days and develop symptoms, however mild, should self-isolate at home immediately and call NHS111.

Flu Vaccines

We now have stock of all flu vaccines, if you are eligible for a flu vaccine, please contact Fairbrook on the appointments line (option 2) to make a routine appointment with the nurse.