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May be a good time to address your EYECARE NEEDS If we enter another lockdown situation, it may result in a suspension of routine eyecare services. Why not take the opportunity to get your new spectacles now?

We can provide emergency cover under the local Minor Eye Conditions Scheme in most cases. Our spectacle workshops mean we can usually supply your new spectacles quickly, often on the same day.

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Care for children, elderly and mental health disorders is available in Alresford, Winchester and Alton and surrounding areas. Services; companionship, meal preparation, shopping, personal care, babysitting, cleaning, dog walking.

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Alresford Surgery News

Before attending the surgery

The surgery is extremely busy with an increased workload and additional pressures. We are unable to lock our doors like we did previously so please do consider carefully how vital your visit to us is. Our dispensary has been constantly busy throughout Covid and due to social distancing measures are working in smaller teams. Prescriptions take 72 hours to be processed, please do not call, email or attend the dispensary asking for you prescription before the 72 hours has passed, as it will not be ready early! When attending the Surgery, if the waiting area appears busy & social distancing difficult, then please wait outside until more space is available.

Please do not come into the surgery if you have any of the following; • A high temperature or fever • A new continuous cough • Loss or change to your sense of smell or taste

Please stay at home and use the following website for further help. 111.nhs.uk/covid-19

You need to be wearing a face covering/mask before entering the building, even if collecting a prescription. To ensure there are as few patients in the building as possible, • Do not attend more than 5 minutes before your appointment time. • You should attend the surgery alone, unless you need an essential carer or parent/ guardian to accompany you.

Any enquiries relating to appointments, repeat medications or otherwise please telephone (01962 732345) rather than attending the reception desk.

Covid 19 Vaccinations

In addition to routine work, we are heavily involved in the Covid vaccination programme we are required to call patients by a priority list, starting with the patients who are most at risk. You will be invited when it is your turn and when we have received adequate supply.

We have attempted to contact & offer all our over 80 year old patients & those contacted will have been offered their vaccination. There is national vaccination programme being held at mass vaccination centres across the country, this is running alongside our local programme.

If you are in a priority group 1-4 & are willing to travel to one of the mass vaccination centres, then please visit; https://www. nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirusvaccination/ to organise a booking via the National programme.

We are doing this in priority order ONLY - See below : 1. Residents in care home for older adults

Staff working in care homes for older adults. 2. All those 80 years and over.

Frontline Health and social care workers. 3. All those 75 years of age and over. 4. All those 70 years and over.

Clinically extremely vulnerable individuals (not including pregnant women and those less than 16 years of age) 5. All those 65 years of age and over. 6. Adults age 16 to 65 years of age in an at risk group. 7. Adults age 55 years of age and over. 8. All those 50 years and over.

Please do not call us – we have strict guidelines for eligibility & we are already overwhelmed. This will be a long process taking many months but we are delighted to have made a start. To keep you as informed as possible, we will update these messages frequently as we become aware of more information from NHS England: • Some hospitals have now received the

Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine and are starting to invite patients in for their vaccine • Some GP practices have received the

Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine and are inviting patients in for their vaccine. • We will let you know the specific local

Covid vaccination plans as soon as we can. • We will contact you individually if and when you are invited to have a vaccine and will keep this website updated. • The vaccine will be given in order of priority to those at highest risk first. • Please act on your invitation when it comes, and make sure you attend your appointments. • Please continue to abide by all the social distancing and hand hygiene guidance, which will still save lives.

Meanwhile, we all need to keep to the advice of hand-washing, face masks and social distancing but we all look forward to the time when we will return to life as normal.

Thank you for your patience from GP Partners of Alresford Surgery.

The Alresford Surgery, Station Road Alresford, Hampshire, SO24 9JL Telephone: 01962 732345 Website: www.alresfordsurgery.co.uk