News:

Swine Flu       The swine flu vaccination progam will continue only for patients in clinical at risk groups. Healthy children aged 6 months to 5 years will no longer be vaccinated following advice from the DoH.

Appointments
Clinics are staggered during the working day and appointments are offered between 8.10 a.m. and 6.10 p.m. Please telephone Reception to book all clinic appointments: 01264 337979.

Telephone Advice
If you want advice about test results or other matters and your doctor is unavailable when you call, you will be given a time to call back, e.g. at the beginning or end of surgery. Please try to avoid calling for results before 2.00 p.m.

Cancelling your Appointment
If you are unable to attend an appointment with one of the doctors or nurses, please telephone or use the link at the bottom of this page to cancel your appointment.

Beating Cervical Cancer                                    We are currently offering girls aged 16 to 18 the opportunity to receive the HPV vaccination which offers protection against cervical cancer. Please call Reception for more details

Vasectomies                         We provide a vasectomy service to both NHS and private patients. Please see the section under Clinics and Services for more information 

Practice Based Commissioning

WHAT IS PRACTICE BASED COMMISIONING?

Practice Based Commissioning (PBC) means the commissioning, or purchasing, of NHS services for each GP practice’s registered patients.

In Andover, the 5 GP surgeries in the town centre, and Derry Down Clinic in St Mary Bourne, have agreed to work collaboratively (known as a locality) so that there are economies of scale and consistency of service provision for all of Andover's 55,000 population.

PBC is intended to: “Continuously improve services for patients, whilst achieving the best health outcomes with the investment made, thereby helping deliver financially sustainable local health economies.”

It aims to put local clinicians at the heart of commissioning decisions as they are best placed to advise on the needs of their patients. Local GPs have identified particular areas where investments of time and resources will greatly improve patient access to, and use of healthcare facilities.

For further local information see the newsletters below

 0908_PBC_newsletter.pdf 1003_PBC_newsletter.pdf

0911_PBC_newsletter.pdf