Practice News
Chasing hospital outpatient appointments
Monday, 30 September 2024
Many of you will have had the unsatisfactory experience of waiting a long time for a hospital outpatient appointment, or for a follow up or to discuss test results. If you phone them, they often ask you to call us to “expedite” the appointment. We suspect that this is merely a tactic to get you […]
BASE Closure September
Thursday, 5 September 2024
This surgery will be closed for Protected Learning time. Protected Learning time is about the surgery providing the very best care for our patients. The next Educational event is on Wednesday 11th September when the Surgery will CLOSE from 12.30pm. The Surgery will then re-open on Thursday 12th September from 8.00am. When the surgery is […]
NHS expands seasonal vaccination programme with the introduction of RSV vaccine
Friday, 30 August 2024
Starting this September, the NHS will offer vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to those aged 75 to 79 and pregnant women from 28 weeks to protect their child. This is in addition to the existing flu and COVID-19 vaccinations. The introduction of the new vaccine could prevent thousands of babies, toddlers and older adults […]
Binfield Surgery is working in line with the BMA’s “safe working” guidance
Thursday, 29 August 2024
The European Union of General Practitioners and BMA have recommended a safe level of patient contacts per day in order for a GP to deliver safe care at not more than 25 contacts per day. ‘At Your Service’, published by the Policy Exchange and forwarded by Sajid Javid, states that 28 patient contacts per day […]
Complaints, Compliments and Suggestions
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
Binfield Surgery are unable to deal with, respond to, or modify services when patients complain anonymously.
Binfield Surgery Update Monday 22nd July 2024
Monday, 22 July 2024
We have been notified that our IT systems are now back up and running. However, due to the outage on Friday and over the weekend, we have a backlog of appointments and prescriptions to catch up on. It may therefore take slightly longer to process prescriptions and this may also affect appointment availability so we […]
Important Notice – BINFIELD SURGERY
Friday, 19 July 2024
We regret to inform you that our clinical system, EMIS, is currently experiencing an unexpected outage. This is a global problem beyond our control and we are informed that this is being investigated as a priority. This system is crucial for managing appointments, accessing medical records, and processing prescriptions, so this interruption may affect our […]
Practice Closure – Tuesday 16th July
Monday, 15 July 2024
This surgery will be closed for Protected Learning time. Protected Learning time is about the surgery providing the very best care for our patients. The next Educational event is on Tuesday 16th July when the Surgery will CLOSE from 12.30pm. The Surgery will then re-open on Wednesday 17th July from 8.00am. When the Surgery is […]
Remote Monitoring Service
Wednesday, 3 July 2024
Frimley Health and Care is helping residents with long term health conditions to live their lives with confidence from the comfort of their own home. The remote monitoring service enables people to regularly share their health readings, such as their symptoms and blood pressure, with a Digital Health Team. This team of healthcare professionals can spot any changes […]
Surgery Afternoon Closure – 26th June
Wednesday, 19 June 2024
This surgery will be closed for Protected Learning time. Protected Learning time is about the surgery providing the very best care for our patients. The next Educational event is on Wednesday 26th June when the Surgery will CLOSE from 12.30pm. The Surgery will then re-open on Thursday 27th June from 8.00am. When the surgery is […]
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