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BANK HOLIDAY OPENING HOURS
Please note we are closed on Monday 3 May and Monday 31 May and re-open Tuesday at 8am.

On the Bank Holidays our phone lines are transferred as normal to our Out of Hours care provider

Please also see our how to contact us when we are closed page.

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Covid Vaccinations
We have started to vaccinate our patients at our vaccine hub using the Government guidelines. Their address is; The Belgrave Medical Centre 22 Asline Road , Sheffield S2 4UJ. We are doing this at another practice due to very complicated delivery and storage conditions.

In the next few weeks and months we will contact you to arrange your vaccine, so please don't call us.

No matter which site you will attend it will be Sloan Medical Centre that contacts you to book your appointment. You may also receive a text message allowing you to book online.

Government Guidelines are to vaccinate our patients in the following order;

1 Residents in a care home for older adults and staff working in care homes for older adults
2 All those 80 years of age and over and frontline health and social care workers
3 All those 75 years of age and over
4 All those 70 years of age and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals (not including pregnant women and those under 16 years of age)
5 All those 65 years of age and over
6 Adults aged 16 to 65 years in an at-risk group (see below)
7 All those 60 years of age and over
8 All those 55 years of age and over
9 All those 50 years of age and over
10 Rest of the population (to be determined)

Those with the following conditions fall into the clinically extremely vulnerable group:

• solid organ transplant recipients
  
• people with specific cancers:
  
• people with cancer who are undergoing active chemotherapy
  
• people with lung cancer who are undergoing radical radiotherapy
  
• people with cancers of the blood or bone marrow such as leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma who are at any stage of treatment
  
• people having immunotherapy or other continuing antibody treatments for cancer
  
• people having other targeted cancer treatments that can affect the immune system, such as protein kinase inhibitors or PARP inhibitors
  
• people who have had bone marrow or stem cell transplants in the last 6 months or who are still taking immunosuppression drugs
  
• people with severe respiratory conditions including all cystic fibrosis, severe asthma and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  
• people with rare diseases that significantly increase the risk of infections (such as severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), homozygous sickle cell)
  
• people on immunosuppression therapies sufficient to significantly increase risk of infection adults with Down's syndrome
  
• adults on dialysis or with chronic kidney disease (Stage 5)
  
• women who are pregnant with significant heart disease, congenital or acquired
  
• other people who have also been classed as clinically extremely vulnerable, based on clinical judgement and an assessment of their needs. GPs and hospital clinicians have been provided with guidance to support these decision
  

For more details on what order we will be vaccinating our patients please see at risk group info
Other information can be found below;
What to expect
What if I'm pregnant
I'm a Healthcare Worker
Covid guide for Adults

PLEASE DO NOT CALL US ABOUT A COVID VACCINE WE WILL CALL YOU WHEN ITS YOUR TURN
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You don't require a sicknote from us if you are isolating. You will need a isolation note which can be found HERE
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Vitamin D
If you have received a letter from the Government for the 4 free months supply of Vitamin D please click hereVIT-D

If you have not received a letter please buy them from your local Pharmacy do not request from your doctor

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GP Face Mask Exemption Letters

Patients do not need a letter from their doctor to exempt them from wearing a face mask.

You can download your own exemption card from the following website address
Face Mask Exemption Card

The full guidance can be found at here

Other information can be found here

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For the latest advice for Public Health England see below
Latest advice

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To reorder your medication, you can do this over the telephone at the moment

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Sick Notes
Guidance on obtaining an isolation note can be found HERE

DO NOT VISIT THE MEDICAL CENTRE

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The NHS 111 service are asking patients to use its online service if;
• You cannot cope with your symptoms at home
• Your condition gets worse
• Your symptoms do not get better after seven days
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The doctors and staff at Sloan Medical Centre in Sheffield are proud to offer the highest standard of care for all our patients.

We aim to treat all our patients equally and provide a high quality service that is sensitive to your needs. Our values are to get the basics right, to act with compassion and respect, to make a difference, to value and develop our team and value everyone's contribution, because everyone matters.