The On Day Service is running in the areas of Ilkeston and Long Eaton to improve access to primary care.
Patients who call their GP for an appointment may be directed on that same day to the On Day Service where they will be seen by an advanced nurse practitioner or advanced care practitioner as appropriate.
The On Day Service is available from 8am to 6.00pm on weekdays, excluding bank holidays. To use it, please call 0115 949 6911
The On Day Service – making it easier for you to receive the care you need on the same day
- Making it easier for patients to receive a same day consultation with the relevant healthcare professional
- Increasing capacity and reducing waiting times for patients
- Practices working together to offer faster more responsive access
- Giving patients improved, quicker access to the healthcare they need
- Reducing A&E attendances
What is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Advanced Care Practitioner?
Advanced Practitioners are highly trained, skilled clinicians who can help you with many different health problems.
“I decided to undertake extra training so I can help patients with more complex problems.
Now I can prescribe medicines, request tests and interpret the results, and work on treatment plans with patients.
I can help a lot more patients, freeing up the doctors to see patients with the most urgent or complicated health issues.”
The CPCS Service was launched by NHS England on the 29th of October 2019. This was designed to facilitate patients having a same day appointment with their community pharmacist for a minor illness or an urgent supply of a regular medicine.
They have the aims of improving access to service and providing more convenient treatment close to the homes of patients.
You can access this service by referral through calling your GP practice, or by calling the NHS 111 line.
You can use your CPCS service if you suffer from any of the below conditions:
Integrated Sexual Health Services remain available during lockdown. They continue to provide urgent and some non-urgent care to service users, however, there are a number of temporary changes in response to the coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak.
There currently isn’t the option to ‘walk-in’ and if you wish to access an appointment you will be triaged via their Information and Booking line: 0800 328 3383, Monday to Friday, 8am – 5pm.
You will be assessed over the phone and priority patients are given a time for either a face to face or a telephone consultation appointment.
Booked appointments can be made for the following clinics only: Chesterfield; Derby; Buxton; Swadlincote and Long Eaton. Other peripheral clinics are currently closed.
The service now has a number of self-care options that you can access online. These free, confidential and discreet items include:
For more information and sexual health service updates visit: www.yoursexualhealthmatters.org.uk
All pharmacists train for a minimum of 5 years, in medicine, minor illness and well-being, so therefore can offer clinical advice and over the counter medicines on a range of minor illnesses, such as coughs, colds, sore throat, bowel issues, aches and pains.
They do not require appointments, and have access to private consultation rooms, to help you discuss issues in private. If symptoms suggest it is more serious, pharmacists have the correct training to get you the help/ appointments you need, for example, GPs or nurse etc.
Help take the pressure off the reception and get the help you need faster.
When you attend for a test of any kind you will be advised how long you should expect to wait for the results. You may be asked to make a follow-up appointment to discuss the results with your doctor or to ring reception. When ringing for results, please ring after 14:00 once sufficient time has elapsed.
Our reception staff are not qualified to comment on results therefore it is your responsibility to check them and make any necessary follow-up appointment with the doctor.
Please note that we do have a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection. In this respect we will only give out results to the person they relate to unless that person has given prior permission for their release or if they are not capable of understanding them.
A blood test is when a sample of blood is taken for testing in a laboratory. Blood tests have a wide range of uses and are one of the most common types of medical test. For example, a blood test can be used to:
- Assess your general state of health
- Confirm the presence of a bacterial or viral infection
- See how well certain organs, such as the liver and kidneys, are functioning
A blood test usually involves the phlebotomist taking a blood sample from a blood vessel in your arm. and the usual place for a sample is the inside of the elbow or wrist, where the veins are relatively close to the surface. Blood samples from children are most commonly taken from the back of the hand. The child’s hand will be anaesthetised (numbed) with a special cream before the sample is taken.
You can find out more about blood tests, their purpose and the way they are performed on the NHS Choices website.
Derby Urgent Treatment Centre Weekend Blood Tests
Please see the leaflet below for more information on the weekend blood test clinics available:
If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements. This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.
The NHS website has information on travel vaccinations with links to which vaccinations are needed for the country/ countries you are travelling to
To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form below before coming to see the nurse.
Travel assessment forms must be received at the surgery 3 months prior to travel.
Everyone between the ages of 40 and 74 will be offered a health check every five years and over 75’s will be offered one every 3 years. At the check the risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and diabetes will be assessed and you will be offered support and advice to help reduce that risk.
All our doctors and nurses offer advice and support to patients trying to give up smoking.
Our nurses provide smoking cessation appointments where they provide advice, support, monitoring, nicotine replacement and advice on other techniques to help you quit.
Anyone who is aged 65 and over, persons in special categories eg diabetes, heart disease, asthma, COPD and who have had a splenectomy, are advised to have this vaccination. This is a one off injection which will give life long cover.
