Welcome to Bere Regis Surgery

EMAIL :  If you wish to contact us by email please use the following address:

bereregis.reception@dorsetgp.nhs.uk

Please do not include any sensitive information in the subject line.

Coronavirus – COVID-19  **Updated**  from 19th July 2021 

If you suspect you have been in close contact with someone with confirmed or suspected coronavirus, DO NOT GO TO A GP SURGERY, COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OR PHARMACY.  Call 111, stay indoors and avoid close contact with other people or visit https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

GP Practices have had to significantly alter their working practices to help them manage capacity for the Coronavirus response.  In order to continue slowing down the spread of the virus and keep people safe, primary care across Dorset is seeking to continue to deliver services via this new approach, whilst maximising the use of technology.

With this in mind, it is vital that we ensure people understand how to access primary care in order to maintain patient safety and establish a new normal which embraces the positive changes brought over the past few months.

We are making some changes to our initial COVID safety measures in order to continue providing you a safe environment in which to be seen

Our front door will now be open but the dispensary hatch in the waiting room remains closed

• Please continue to contact us by phone for appointments and queries to alleviate queuing at the front desk
• Routine vaccinations and immunisations are important and are available at the Practice
• Please only visit the Surgery in person if you have an appointment, have been advised to do so by one of our clinicians or are collecting medication
• Please sanitise your hands using the hand sanitiser at the door before entering the building
• Please continue to bring a mask, visor or face covering with you. This will help keep you and our staff protected as we are unable to keep to social distancing rules due to the layout of the building
• We request only 1 patient at a time in the marked area at the Reception desk. If someone is already stood there, please wait outside
• We have 4 chairs for patients to wait in the waiting room. Once these are full you will have remain outside
• We are closed Thursday lunchtime from 13.30 – 14.00 so our staff can be briefed on the latest Coronavirus updates
• If you require a Fit note or have a non-urgent issue, please use the e-consult facility available on the front page of this website

Dispensary

Medication can be collected from the window in the car park at the rear of the Surgery

• Daily from 0930- 11.30 
• Monday, Tuesday and Friday evenings 15.30 – 17.30
• Wednesday afternoons 14.00 – 15.30
• Thursday evenings 15.30 – 18.00 

This is to help our dispensers ensure your medication is ready when you come to collect it and to reduce queuing 

If you can’t keep your appointment please let us know!

We are working hard to ensure we can see as many patients Face to Face who need to be seen.  Last week (w/b 18 Oct 2021) 18 Face to Face appointments, 6 with one clinician in one day were wasted with patients failing to advise us they couldn’t keep their appointment. Please let us know so your appointment can be used by someone else. Thank you 

THURSDAY 4th NOVEMBER 2021, 15.30 – 18.30

THE SURGERY WILL BE CLOSED AND PHONE LINES WILL BE TURNED OFF DURING THIS TIME

If you have a medical need during this time please phone 111.  If you have a medical emergency, phone 999

THE SURGERY WILL BE OPEN AS USUAL FROM 08.30 FRIDAY 5TH NOVEMBER 2021

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FLU CLINICS 2021

Our flu clinics are now available to book by ringing Reception on 01929 471268.

The vaccination is available to all patients 50 years and over plus those with long term conditions.

We are happy to vaccinate you whilst have an appointment at the Surgery with a clinician for another matter. Please ask when you book your appointment.

PRESCRIPTION CHARGE INCREASE

We would like to remind patients that prescription changes have increased to £9.35 per item from 1st April 2021

DISPENSED MEDICATION –

Please collect your medication from the Reception window at the rear of the building

If you have difficulty collecting your medication because of the Coronavirus self isolating guidance, please let us know and we will arrange for someone to collect your medication for you

To help our dispensers cope with the increased demand caused by Coronavirus, please don’t attempt to collect your medication early.  We are only dispensing one months medication as usual.

DISPENSARY QUERIES/TELEPHONE CALLS

The dispensary will  take telephone calls between 13.00 and 14.00.
Please call 01929 471268 and choose option 2.

Privacy Notice

We understand how important it is to keep your personal information safe and secure and we take this very seriously.  We have taken steps to make sure your personal information is looked after in the best possible way and we review this regularly.  Please click on the GDPR link to the right of this page for further information.