Kelty Medical Practice

Health and social care services across the country have been scaled back to enable the NHS in Scotland to best respond to Coronavirus. This has led to the cancellation of all but the most urgent procedures and changes to a number of crucial services.
As part of efforts to keep local people informed about changes in health and social care provision, NHS Fife has developed a new website which provides a one-stop-shop for updates on local healthcare services during the Covid-19... pandemic, including our acute hospital services and community services managed by the Fife Health & Social Care Partnership.
The new website can be accessed directly at https://coronavirus.nhsfife.org/ and brings together a range of information about local healthcare services and signposts to helpful guidance from NHS Inform and Scottish Government to support people to limit the spread of the virus here in Fife. The site also includes materials in a range of languages, as well as British Sign Language for those with a hearing impairment.
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SCREENING PROGRAMMES:
Health screening programmes paused. NHS resources dedicated to tackling COVID-19.
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Managing Mental Health with Coronavirus and social distancing measures:
- Anxiety is a normal response to the current situation
- Talk about your feelings, call friends and keep connected: Skype, what’s app, facetime
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UPDATE 26/03/20 @ 3pm
Asthma/COPD Rescue Packs – we are receiving a large number of requests for ‘rescue packs’ from asthma/COPD sufferers. It is unsafe for GPs to prescribe a blanket ‘rescue pack’ for all asthma and COPD patients. At the moment we would only consider a pack of antibiotics and steroids if you have had an acute exacerbation of your condition in the last 2-years.
Letter for High Risk Category Patients - NSS Practitioner Services (PSD) will issue an advice let...ter to all those patients identified as ‘most at risk’ and who require to be shielded. These letters will start being distributed in batches from today, direct from PSD.
Pharmacy - Community pharmacies and GP surgeries are currently experiencing a huge increase in the quantity of prescriptions requested. Please ensure that you are not over ordering or stockpiling medication, and only order what you currently need. Please do not order inhalers unless they are really needed and check your stock level first. Each pharmacy is working hard to dispense medications but due to demand these are taking longer than normal so please allow 7 – 10 days before collecting where possible.
Annual Reviews – Our chronic disease annual reviews are currently suspended and any patients with reviews booked for March and April are currently being cancelled. Patients will be recalled in due course.
Isolation – If you are currently due to coronavirus symptoms or are a household member of someone with symptoms an isolation letter for your employer can be obtained at https://111.nhs.uk/isolation-note
Shielding – If you are currently shielding for 12-weeks due to a medical condition we cannot issue a letter for employers. You and your employer should visit https://www.nhsinform.scot/…/coronaviru s-covid-19/coronavir…
Patients who are currently well but are worried about Coronavirus - please visit https://www.nhsinform.scot/…/infectionâ €¦/coronavirus-covid-19 or contact the freephone helpline number on 0800 028 2816
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UPDATE 23/03/20 @ 9.30AM
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic we must prevent possible transmission of infection to both patients and staff. In order to do so the Health Centre door is now closed and only people with a prior arrangement will be granted entry.
Our appointment system is currently on-the-day release of URGENT appointments from 8.30am each weekday morning, with appointments initially being carried out over the telephone. Appointments should be booked via the telepho...ne only, and you will be asked by administration staff the nature of your problem.
NHS Fife has set up a COVID Hub to deal with any patients who are experiencing respiratory symptoms that may be due to Coronavirus. If this applies, please DO NOT contact the surgery - you should telephone NHS24 on 111 for telephone triage initially.
We will temporarily be accepting prescription requests over the telephone between 11am and 2pm.
For information regarding Coronavirus please visit https://www.nhsinform.scot/…/infectionâ €¦/coronavirus-covid-19 or contact the freephone helpline on 0800 028 2816.
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Current advice from Sexual Health Fife regarding what to do if you discover you are pregnant can be found via the following link: https://www.sexualhealthfife.scot.nhs.uk/ Index.asp…

If you need to stay at home due to Coronavirus and you need notify your employer, please follow the attached link https://111.nhs.uk/isolation-note

COVID 19
Temporary changes to delivery of Health Visiting service
Routine contacts are being scaled back in line with Scottish Government resilience planning, and as part of Fife NHS / HSCP Contingency Arrangements
... THIS MEANS THAT YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A FULL HEALTH VISITING SERVICE, AND YOUR CHILD MAY NOT RECEIVE THEIR NEXT ROUTINE CHILD HEALTH REVIEW.
Scheduled contacts will resume as soon as realistically possible.
YOU CAN FIND THE FOLLOWING IN YOUR CHILD’S RED BOOK: - Details of routine health reviews - Information which describes age typical development - Contact details for your Health Visiting Team
Immunisations appointments will continue to be offered as per NHS Health Scotland immunisation schedule. If you have any queries please contact the immunisation team on 01383 565456.
BELOW IS A LIST OF RESOURCES THAT YOU MAY FIND USEFUL: - Ready Steady Baby/Toddler - Play at Home Book - Parent Club website www.parentclub.scot - Best Start www.mygov.scot/best-start-grant-best-star t-foods/
If you have any health concerns about your child please consult NHS Inform www.nhsinform.scot and/or NHS 24 on 111.
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Health Centre Door Closure:
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic we must try to prevent possible transmission of infection to both patients and staff. In order to do so the Health Centre door is now closed and entry will only be permitted by prior arrangement.
The appointment system is currently on-the-day release for urgent appointments from 8.30am each weekday morning. Appointments should be booked via the telephone, and you will be asked by administration staff the nature of ...your problem.
All respiratory problems will be triaged over the telephone, with triage taking place between 8.30am-10am tomorrow (this arrangement will change from Monday - further details will be released).
We will temporarily be accepting prescription requests over the telephone between 11am and 2pm. However, if you can please order via Patient Access to help keep the telephone lines free. If you have a prescription at the surgery awaiting collection, please telephone to let us know which local pharmacy you would like this sent to (only required if your prescription does not normally get sent to the pharmacy).
If you have a Med3 sickness certificate at the surgery awaiting collection, we will be posting this out to your home address.
Information regarding Coronavirus can be found at https://www.nhsinform.scot/…/infectionâ €¦/coronavirus-covid-19. If you do not have symptoms but are looking for general information please contact the freephone helpline on 0800 028 2816.
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Change to smear tests from 31 March 2020: following the advice of the UK National Screening Committee, cervical cytology will be replaced by HPV testing as the primary screening test in the Scottish Cervical Screening Programme. HPV testing is a more sensitive and effective test for identifying women at risk of cervical cancer. For more information please follow the attached link.
https://www.nhsinform.scot/cervicalscreen ing

**UPDATED 18/03/20 @ 10:39**
Advice for when the surgery is open:
PLEASE ONLY COME INTO THE SURGERY IF YOUR VISIT IS ESSENTIAL AND NECESSARY, and IF POSSIBLE PLEASE ATTEND ALONE OR LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING WITH YOU.
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Info regarding Child Health Clinics

https://www.nhsinform.scot/…/infectionâ €¦/coronavirus-covid-19

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National No Smoking Day - 11 March 2020
No smoking day aims to help people who want to stop smoking by creating a supportive environment for them, and by highlighting the many sources of help available to people who want to quit.
http://www.nhs24.scot/our-services/quit-y our-way-scotland/

There are 27 pre-bookable GP appointments available for this week; on Thursday and Friday.
You can book an appointment over the telephone or at the reception desk.
We have been asked by Health Protection Scotland to temporarily cease appointment booking via Patient Access to reduce the risk of Novel Coronavirus spread. Patients with a fever or respiratory symptoms AND a travel history, and patients who have had contact with a confirmed case should contact us BY TELEPHONE only.

There are 20 pre-bookable GP and Advanced Nurse Practitioner appointments available for this week; on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
You can book an appointment over the telephone or at the reception desk.
We have been asked by Health Protection Scotland to temporarily cease appointment booking via Patient Access to reduce the risk of Novel Coronavirus spread. Patients with a fever or respiratory symptoms AND a travel history, and patients who have had contact with a confir...med case should contact us or NHS24 (111) BY TELEPHONE only.
https://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/a-…/novel-c oronavirus-2019-ncov/
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