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Surgery Closed - Thursday 4th July from 1.00pm

The surgery will be closed on Thursday 4th July 2024 at 1pm and will re-open on Friday 5th July at 8.00am. 

If you have a medical emergency, such as chest pain or difficulties breathing, please hang up now and call 999.  

If you require medical assistance before 6.30 this evening, and this cannot wait until the practice reopens tomorrow morning, please call 0300 123 5491. If you need medical assistance after 6.30pm this evening, please log onto NHS 111 online or call 111.

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Surgery Summer Newsletter 2024

Moorland Medical Centre Summer Newsletter 2024

PCN Patient Survey 2024

Leek and Biddulph Primary Care Network (PCN) Ltd comprises of the following 5 GP Practices:

Leek Health Centre, Leek

Moorland Medical Centre, Leek

Park Medical Centre, Leek

Biddulph Doctors, Biddulph

Biddulph Valley Surgery, Biddulph

Together, the practices and PCN serve nearly 50,000 patients.  Our practices work together to deliver at scale services such as Occupational Therapy, First Contact Physiotherapy, Social Prescribing to name a few.  We have a team of 32 staff that are directly employed by the PCN and who are dedicated to improving patient care and services across Leek and Biddulph.

This patient survey will be used to explore patients views on how our PCN and Practices are doing.  We will report the results in a future edition of our Newsletter and on Social Media.

Please click on the link below to complete the survey, thank you.

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/7O33T1/

Join the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent People's Panel. Help inform health and care services in your local area, by taking part in several short online surveys throughout the year.  

Visit our website on People's Panel - Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, Integrated Care Board (icb.nhs.uk)

We are inviting members of the public to play an active role in helping to improve these services, for the benefit of everyone.
Wherever you live in Staffordshire or Stoke-on-Trent and whatever your background, your experiences are important to us and can help to make a difference to health and care services in your local area.
This isn’t a tick-box exercise – it’s borne out of a genuine desire to put local people at the heart of everything the Integrated Care Board does.
Your views really do matter. As a member of the panel, we will:

Invite you to tell us your views about services you are interested in through regular short online surveys.

Enter you into a prize draw with the chance of winning one of two £50 love2shop vouchers for each survey you take part in.

Send you a newsletter twice a year – to provide updates about the panel, explain how your comments have been used to shape healthcare locally and to share news about health care providers in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

Data Choices

Opt-out of sharing your health records

Why your data is important

The NHS uses information about patients (patient data) to research, plan and improve:

    • the services we offer
    • the treatment and care patients receive

We get this data from your GP surgery, hospitals and other healthcare providers. The organisation that collects your data is called NHS Digital.

To help improve services, NHS Digital shares this data with researchers from organisations such as universities or hospitals. This type of data-sharing has been happening for many years.

All data that is collected and shared is protected by strict rules around privacy, confidentiality and security.


Information:

We never sell patient data or share it with insurance or marketing companies

Find out more about how NHS Digital is looking after your data.


Opting out of sharing your data


You can choose whether or not your data is used for research and planning. There are different types of data-sharing you can opt out of.


1. Stop your GP surgery from sharing your data

This is called a Type 1 Opt-out.

  • To do this you need to fill in an opt-out form and return it to your GP surgery. Download a Type 1 Opt-out form.
  • Only your GP surgery can process your opt-out form. They will be able to tell you if, and when, you have been opted out.

If you choose a Type 1 Opt-out, your GP will not share your data for research and planning. However, NHS Digital will still be able to collect and share data from other healthcare providers, such as hospitals.

Find out more about Type 1 Opt-out from NHS Digital's transparency notice

2. Stop NHS Digital and other health and care organisations from sharing your data for research and planning

This is called the National Data Opt-out.

  • To opt out online or find out more, visit Make your choice.
  • If you choose this opt-out, NHS Digital and other health and care organisations will not be able to share any of your personal data with other organisations for research and planning, except in certain situations. For example, when required by law.
  • If you want to check if you have opted out, you can enter your details again at Make your choice or check your settings in the NHS App.

You can opt out, or opt back in again, at any time.

Data used for your care

If you choose to opt out of sharing your data, your personal health information will still be used to make sure you get the treatment and care you need. For example, your data may be shared so that you can be referred to hospital or get a prescription.



 
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