Berry Lane Medical Centre

The team members here at Berry Lane Medical Centre have been taking part in ADLENT which is an initiative to collect food for the food bank during the period of Lent. Instead of buying ourselves treats, we have been purchasing food, toiletries, baby food and other household essentials - this is what we have collected in the past few weeks. We will be donating all of these items to the Longridge food bank. We all hope that you have a lovely Easter.

Our computers are back up and running today.
Apologies to anyone that was inconvenienced yesterday, it was a problem that appeared to affect the majority of Practices in the area, the problem has now been fixed

We are having problems with our computer system this morning and we are unable to access any patient details. If you need to contact us for any routine matters, including making appointments or requesting prescriptions, please leave any requests until tomorrow when we hope we will be back up and running.
For any urgent matters you can telephone us for advice or ring 111
For immediate medical emergencies please ring 999.
... Please note, we are closed this afternoon for staff training from 12.30.
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The surgery will be closing today, 12th March at 12.30pm for staff training. Emergency cover is provided by calling 111. The surgery will re-open tomorrow 13th March at 8.00am.

Our latest Newsletter is available for you to read.
http://www.berrylanemedicalcentre.co.uk/n ews.aspx

Please note that the service that we operate on a Saturday morning is not the same service that we are able to provide Monday - Friday. There is not an emergency surgery on a Saturday, we have a limited number of appointments available and once these have been booked, patients will be advised to contact 111 for medical advice. There is no home visiting service on this day either, any requests for home visits at the weekend should be made to 111. Thanks

Christmas Closure Information
The surgery will be closed:
Tuesday 25th December, 2018... Wednesday 26th December, 2018 Tuesday 1st January, 2019
Emergency cover and medical advice is provided during these times by telephoning 111.
The doctors and staff at Berry Lane would like to wish all our patients a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year.
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The surgery will be closing today, 11th December at 12.30pm for staff training. Emergency cover is provided by calling 111. The surgery will re-open at 8.00am on Wednesday 12th December, 2018

Staff Training - Surgery Closure In order for doctors and staff to attend learning time the surgery will be closing at 12.30pm today, Tuesday 20th November. Emergency cover is provided by calling 111. The surgery will re-open at 8.00am on Wednesday 21st November, 2018

Flu update We still have flu vaccination appointments available for the 2 - 3 year olds and patients at risk including the over 65s. Please contact reception for further details.

ATTENTION ALL PARENTS
Has your child had their flu vaccination? Appointments now available to book.
... For children aged 2 - 3 years
All children aged 6 months upto 18 years, who have a condition such as asthma, diabetes or a heart problem.
If you feel your child has a health related condition and require further information or you wish to book an appointment please contact the surgery.
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Staff Training - Surgery Closure In order for doctors and staff to attend learning time the surgery will be closing at 12.30pm on Tuesday 16th October. Emergency cover is provided by calling 111. The surgery will re-open at 8.00am on Wednesday 17th October.

Thank you Mr Joseph Bennett for entertaining staff and patients at Ribchester Flu Clinic this morning

Thank you to everyone that supported our McMillan cake event on Monday, we raised an amazing £216.43, we are delighted with this. We hope to see some of you at the Memory Walk on Saturday

We have been busy 🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰 This afternoon we are holding a McMillan Cake Stall at 1.30pm. Please support us and call in at the surgery for freshly baked cakes and biscuits made by the staff. Any donations welcome.

MenACWY Vaccine Are your eligible? Were you born on or after 1st September 1996 and have not yet had your 25th birthday? If so, did you have your MenACWY vaccination at school? (you may need to ask your mum or us?) If you have not had your MenACWY vaccination, please contact the surgery to make an appointment or to discuss with the nurse.
... MenW is rising rapidly. Cases have been nearly doubling each year, so MenACWY vaccine was introduced in 2015. MenW is a particulary virulent strain. It causes severe disease in healthy young people and is harder to spot and more likely to kill than other strains. Vaccination with MenACWY also protects you against other strains. You'll also be protected against MenA, MenC and MenY meningitis and septicaemia. Getting vaccinated will help stop the spread of MenW. This means that other people are less likely to get MenW, including your friends and family. Teenagers and young adults have a higher risk than other age groups. For more information visit https://www.meningitis.org/
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Today we had a fabulous session with Joanne from Longridge Dementia Friendly Community. We have renewed our training and remain a dementia friendly practice.