We are sorry that we are currently unable to always offer continuity with a named GP. As a small practice, we have 3 regular GP partners and 1 salaried GP. All clinicians work part-time. Since a new government contract introduced in October, each day now requires a doctor to be taken out of clinic to carry out online triage and oncall duties such as prescriptions and urgent requests.

This significantly reduces in person and telephoneappointment capacity and means our doctors spend much of their time on urgent and administrative work. 

We are actively working to improve this by recruiting more doctors providing in surgery appointments, but this takes time and appropriate funding. 

Please be reassured that all clinicians seeing you are fully trained, experienced, and approved to provide safe, appropriate care.

 Thank you for your understanding and patience while we work to improve this service.

If you have moved house or changed your contact numbers, please update your details by contacting reception.

If you are over 16 years of age and would like a friend, relative or carer to speak on your behalf, you will need to provide their details, and give us written consent to discuss your medical information with them. Forms can be obtained from reception.

If you are over 11 years of age and would like someone else to have online access to your medical records, you will need to sign our consent form available at reception.

Wednesday 24th December 1330

The Surgery is now closed for the Christmas Holiday.

We reopen at 8am on Monday 29th December.

If you need medical advice during this period, please call 111 or attend the walk in centre on Broad Lane.

If you are having a medical emergency, please call 999 or attend A&E at the Northern General or Sheffield Childrens' Hospital.

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Best wishes,

The Mill Road Surgery Team

Many of you will have seen the news about weight loss injections becoming available on the NHS.

South Yorkshire does not yet have funding in place for GPs to prescribe weight loss injections. This means Mounjaro can currently only be prescribed within specialist weight management services, and not via your GP. 

If you would like a referral, please use our online form to request more information and we can send you the referral details.

To learn more about how the funding decision has been made, please see the links below:

South Yorkshire Commissioning Board guidance on Mounjaro

Sheffield Local Medical Committee Guidance

We received some lovely feedback from a patient recently, who has kindly agreed to us sharing his email:

If you live in England, you are now able to order a free finger-prick test online from the NHS. After you have sent your blood sample, you will be contacted with your test result within two weeks.

https://hepctest.nhs.uk/

If you test positive, an NHS health care professional will call you to discuss the result.'

The Hepatitis C Trust helpline is also available to call on 020 7089 6221 or email  helpline@hepctrust.org.uk.

Unfortunately due to recent changes in staffing, we are no longer able to offer a coil fitting service at Mill Road Surgery.  Contraception services are delivered by Primary Care Sheffield. They offer appointments for the fitting of coils and implants, or Depo injections, in community clinics. To access the right appointment for you, please contact: 0114 226 8888 to book a telephone triage appointment with a member of the clinical team.  For opening times and surgeries where appointments are offered please click the following link: Contraception Service | Sexual Health Sheffield - Meeting Your Sexual Health Needs 

Please use the following link to view the Network North & SOAR Community 2023/24: Q2 report (Jul-Sept) & the Social Prescribing Standards Operating Procedure:

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Please note that when making prescription requests, our Practice policy is that all medication requests must be submitted with 72 working hours' notice.

We no longer have the capacity to accept urgent prescription requests and are unable to process request submitted with less than 72 hours notice. Please bear this in mind when ordering medication as it is your responsibility to make sure that you do not run out of medication due to a late request.

When making a request, please be aware that we are closed on Thursday afternoons, weekends and Bank Holidays.

Thank you for your co-operation and continued support of our clinical and administrative teams during this period of unprecedented  demand on our National Health Service.

Dear patients,

Over the last few years there have been large changes to the system of booking appointments at the practice. With lots going on in the background and the speed of these changes, it hasn’t always been possible to keep you, our patients, up to date.

We have put together some information on our appointment system, which you can access via this link. We hope this explains the current process.

Many thanks,

Drs Ashton, Vas, Lowe, Warwicker and Wong

It is important that we have up-to-date contact details for you, so we can let you know about screenings, vaccinations and appointment reminders.

Patients who may benefit from walking are invited to attend one of the free walks, led by volunteers from Step Out Sheffield. They are an entirely volunteer-led organisation and provide accredited short walks of up to an hour. Their walks are free and, under normal circumstances, run throughout the year except for Christmas Day. Some volunteers even lead walks during Christmas week.  People don't need to be referred or have a medical condition to join one. The aim is to encourage people to get out and socialise.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srb-Yp4PgsY 

Step Out Sheffield | Walking for Health

Diabetes UK are offering online courses open to anyone living with diabetes. Please see the link and information below:

• Try a different gentle activity each week
• Get tailored diabetes information and support
• Meet other people living with diabetes
• There are also chair-based classes available

To find out more and sign up visit: https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about_us/news/get-moving-courses

Please follow the link to view NHS Sheffield CCG Open Letter to Residents