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Social Prescribing Leaflet

19th August 2021
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Social prescribing is a way of supporting you and your family to discover and access in your local community, that can help you with your health and wellbeing. Access our leaflet for more information

Beacon Medical Group Newsletter – Summer 2021 Issue

9th August 2021
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Download our Summer 2021 issue newsletter here

You can now get proof of your coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination details using the NHS COVID Pass service. If you have full access to the NHS App, and are registered at a GP surgery in England, you can view and share your COVID Pass for event...

New 0345 number for Devon Doctors’ palliative care line

29th June 2021
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The new number for the Devon Doctors out-of hours palliative GP service is 0345 504 9113. Please see the leaflet which you can download here for details of the service. If you would like to order printed copies of the leaflet,...

Patient and clinician guidance videos for teledermatology now available

14th June 2021
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New guidance videos have been published to support patients and primary care with teledermatology and are available on the NHS England and NHS Improvement YouTube channel. Patient-facing video: Taking photos of your skin and sending them securely...

Vaccination status and travel

1st June 2021
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Did you know that from 17 May, you may be able to show your COVID-19 vaccination status as proof when travelling abroad? There are not many countries that currently accept proof of vaccination. So for the time being most people will still need to...

Useful links for information and support for patients and COVID-19 guidance

27th May 2021
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Please refer to the government guidance on COVID-19 for general public information; this is translated into multiple languages: Coronavirus Information – Doctors of the World has translated relevant NHS guidance into 60 languages. Please...

We’ve updated our privacy policy

17th May 2021
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We’ve added a clauses on ‘General Practice Data for Planning and Research Data Collection (GPDfPR)’. You can review it here.

A guide to COVID-19 vaccination for women of childbearing age

6th May 2021
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The COVID-19 vaccines available in the UK have been shown to be effective and to have a good safety profile. These vaccines do not contain live coronavirus and cannot infect a pregnant woman or her unborn baby in the womb. Read more here.

Covid Vaccination Update

4th May 2021
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A spokesperson for Beacon Medical Group said: “Beacon Medical Group has been running the vaccination programme out of the Glenside Medical Centre for patients in cohorts 1-9 since December 2020. “The team have vaccinated over 13,000 people and...

Phlebotomy

12th April 2021
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Phlebotomy 12TH APRIL 2021 | BEACONMEDICAL | LATEST NEWS Phlebotomists are part of the Assistant Technical Officer (ATO) group of staff based within the Combined Laboratory. The phlebotomy team provides a venepuncture service to both inpatients and...

Latest MHRA statement on AstraZeneca safety

23rd March 2021
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The MHRA has confirmed that available evidence does not suggest that blood clots are caused by AstraZeneca. This follows a detailed review of reported cases as well as data from hospital admissions and GP records. This has been confirmed...

Social Prescribing Leaflet

Beacon Medical Group Newsletter – Summer 2021 Issue

NHS COVID Pass now available

New 0345 number for Devon Doctors’ palliative care line

Patient and clinician guidance videos for teledermatology now available

Vaccination status and travel

Useful links for information and support for patients and COVID-19 guidance

We’ve updated our privacy policy

A guide to COVID-19 vaccination for women of childbearing age

Covid Vaccination Update

Phlebotomy

Latest MHRA statement on AstraZeneca safety

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