2024 Flu Vaccines
We have started booking our flu clinics for this year. If you are eligible and would like a vaccination please contact us on 01726 890370.
Calls to book flu appointments should be made after 11:00am please to avoid the early morning rush.
So far we have adult clinics booked for Saturday 5th & 12th October for anyone 18 and over.
The children's flu clinic for 2-3 year olds will be on 28th September.
For more information please visit the NHS website here Flu vaccine - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Did you know that RSV can pose serious health risks, especially for older adults and pregnant women?
From 1st September 2024 there will be two new RSV vaccination programmes, during pregnancy for infant protection and for older adults.
For older adults, RSV can lead to severe respiratory illnesses like pneumonia or bronchitis, especially if you have underlying health conditions. For pregnant women, the vaccine not only safeguards your health but also helps protect your baby from RSV after birth.
RSV vaccinations are not seasonal and will continue all year round.
Eligibility:
- Pregnant women 28w-36w (to be offered each pregnancy).
- Patients aged 75-79 after or on 1st September 2024 (one dose only).
- Patients who turn 80 after or on 2nd September 2024 –will be eligible for a vaccine up to and including 31st August 2025.
Planned clinics at Roche Surgery:
- Saturday 7th September
- Saturday 14th September
We will offer weekday clinics after these dates too.
The practice is using self-book links to invite eligible patients. This means that patients who meet the criteria for vaccination will receive a SMS message inviting them to book an appointment online.
Patients who do not have a mobile number associated with their record, or those who do not wish to receive SMS messages from the practice, will receive a letter or call in due course.
Please feel free to contact us if you fall into a category above and wish to have the vaccine but haven't heard from us.
Should you need to contact us via telephone regarding your vaccination we ask that you please try and call in the afternoon when the lines are quieter.
The new RSV vaccination programme for older adults is expected to prevent up to 500 deaths, 2,500 hospital admissions, 15,000 GP visits and 60,000 cases of RSV illness, in the first season alone. Find out more about how the RSV vaccination can protect you: ukhsa.blog.gov.uk - RSV
Online Services
The Clays Practice are offering various forms of online GP services. Please read below for details of each service.
The NHS App
We are now suggesting that patients use the NHS app (available via App Stores) or the NHS App Online, where you can order medication, view medical records and your vaccination status.
Click here for more information on the NHS App
See a GP by video with Livi. Even on the weekend.
Patients of The Clays Practice can now see an NHS GP by video using Livi.
Get medical advice, prescriptions and referrals on the same day – even on weekday
evenings and at weekends. The service is provided free on the NHS.
You can download the Livi app to your mobile phone or tablet from the App Store or Google Play. Or visit www.livi.co.uk for more information.
Livi GPs are all GMC-registered NHS GPS, who (with your consent) will be able to access your medical records and give you a considered, in-depth diagnosis based on your medical history.
Get the Livi app here: https://bit.ly/3mMpRQy
eConsult is a service available Monday to Friday (exc Bank Holidays). It is for people who want advice from their doctor, self-help information or have an administrative request. Please click on the blue box below to start:
You can also order medication via either:
Please allow two/three full working days for your order and note that orders requested after 2.00pm will not be processed until the next working day.
Minor injury units can treat a range of minor illnesses and injuries which have occurred during the last 14 days, including:
sprains and strains
minor fractures
traumatic wound infections (not surgical wounds)
minor burns and scalds
head injuries (where the person has not been unconscious)
insect and animal bites and stings
minor eye injuries
cuts, bruising and grazes
- suspected infections, e.g. chest, urinary, eye, ear, skin, throat (when GPs are closed). Nearly all pharmacies also offer a minor illness service. Find your nearest pharmacy and check opening hours
Please note that minor injury units cannot x-ray hips, femurs, backs, chests, ribs, faces or children under 2.
You can walk into any of our minor injury units. View Cornwall and Isles of Scilly live waiting times and information on current availability of MIUs.
If you are not sure if the minor injury unit is the NHS service you need, visit NHS 111 online or call 111 to check.
People with life or limb-threatening illnesses or injuries should call 999. This includes patients who have suffered a head injury with loss of consciousness or who are on blood thinners; chest pain without injury; stroke symptoms; abdominal pain or severe bleeding.
How to choose the correct health service
All our health services are busy right now, especially our ambulance service and the emergency department team at Truro hospital.
You can play your part in supporting us to care for people with serious and life-threatening illnesses.
Did you know you know you can get help and advice by calling 111 or go online at 111.nhs.uk? You may not need to go and wait in our busy emergency department and could be directed to a minor injury unit which will be quicker and closer to home.
Only dial 999 for an ambulance in a genuine, life-threatening emergency, for example:
- Chest pain / breathing difficulties / heart attack
- Stroke
- Severe bleeding
- Severe allergic reactions
- Severe burns or scalds
- Serious head injuries
- Major trauma such as a road traffic accident or a fall from height
If you have called for an ambulance, please do not ring again asking for a time of arrival. Only call again if:
- The patient’s condition worsens
- You no longer need our help
The call handlers must prioritise speaking to the most seriously injured and unwell patients.
If you don’t think it’s a serious or life-threatening emergency:
- Call your own GP. Even if you are in Cornwall on holiday, you could get a phone or video consultation with your doctor at home.
- Go online at 111.nhs.uk or call 111 to get expert advice and be signposted to where you can get the best and nearest care for your needs.
- Ask a pharmacist for advice – they’re experts in treating minor health issues like colds, urinary infections, stomach upsets, aches and pains.
For further information please visit NHS Kernow CCG at https://www.kernowccg.nhs.uk/get-info/choose-well/
The Clays Practice
Welcome to our Practice, which covers the area commonly known as the “Clays Area”.
Our main site at Roche is open from 08.30-12:45 and 13:30-18.00
Our surgeries at St Dennis and Bugle are open every morning until noon.
Our surgery premises are as follows:
| Clays Area Health Centre | Victoria Road, Roche, St Austell, PL26 8JF |
| Bugle Surgery | Roche Road, Bugle, PL26 8PP |
| St Dennis Surgery | Fore Street, St Dennis, PL26 8AD |
Telephone Contact:
Telephone - (08:00 - 18:30) - 01726 890 370
If you call between 08:00 and 08:30 or 18:00 and 18:30, you will be able to speak to our message handling service.
Out of Hours Service (18:30 - 08:00): 111
(Site updated 10/09/2024)