Welcome to the Quay Lane Surgery Website
Quay Lane doctors' surgery in St Germans provides the highest quality healthcare to patients in the Cornwall area. Our doctors, nurses and all our other staff are dedicated to offering a professional service and this surgery website will help us to keep all our patients up to date with news and information about our practice.
As well as a source of information about our practice, the staff and the services we provide, we hope you will use this website as a useful resource for other health-related information. Please have a look around and do send us some feedback if you like. We can use your ideas to improve our online services and further develop the content of this site.
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Quay Lane Surgery is part of the East Cornwall Primary Care Network which covers the Rame Peninsula, Looe, Liskeard and Saltash. The practices that make up our PCN are: Quay Lane Surgery, Port View Surgery, Saltash Health Centre, Old Bridge Surgery, The Rame Group, Oak Tree Surgery and Rosedean Surgery.
We are currently recruiting for a Dispenser/Dispensary Assistant AND a Diabetic/Respiratory Nurse see Job vacancies for further information (number 4 under further information)
E-Consult
This service is available to use Monday to Friday and will be closed/unavailable at the following times:
Weekday: Monday to Thursday - 8.30 pm to 6.30am
Weekend: Friday 8.30pm to Mon 6.30am
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE DOWNDERRY BRANCH SURGERY
The Downderry Surgery will be closed on a Thursday afternoon for six weeks starting on Thursday 14th October due to staff shortages/training. Closure dates include:
We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
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NATIONAL DATA OPT-OUT
Patient data is used every day to improve healthcare services through planning and research in England, helping to find better treatments and improve patient care. It helps to decide what new health and care services are required in a local area, informs clinical guidance and policy, and supports researching and developing cures for serious illnesses, such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. GP data collected as part of the COVID response is being used by the University of Oxford Recovery trial, which is looking to find ways to improve the treatment for people with COVID-19.
The NHS collects confidential patient information from:
- all NHS organisations, trusts and local authorities (including GP surgeries)
- private organisations, such as private hospitals providing NHS funded care
Research bodies and organisations can request access to this information. This includes:
- university researchers
- hospital researchers
- medical royal colleges
- pharmaceutical companies researching new treatments
How can patients opt out?
There are two types of opt-out for patients:
Type 1 opt-out This is done at practice level, on receipt of a signed opt out form, by coding patients records (this prevents data from being shared with NHS Digital). Follow the link below for an opt-out form:
Type 1 Opt Out Form
Type 2 opt-out This is done by patients directly with NHS Digital (online, telephone or letter). This prevents NHS Digital from sharing identifiable patient data for planning and research. Follow the link below under 'your choice':
Your NHS Data Matters
Patients individual care will not be affected if opting out of the above.
Online: https://www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters/
Telephone: 0300 303 5678 – Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm (excluding bank holidays)
Post: National Data Opt Out Contact Centre, NHS Digital, HM Government, 7 and 8 Wellington Place, Leeds. LS1 4AP
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ARE YOU ON HOLIDAY IN CORNWALL?
If you are visiting
#Cornwall and you or a family member need advice from a doctor, contact your own GP practice by phone or via their website.
If you need urgent advice out of hours, please contact NHS 111. Visit
111.nhs.uk or call 111.
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Important Information (24/08/2021)
As of Monday 16th August, Government guidance is that people who are double jabbed or aged under 18 will no longer be legally required to self-isolate if they are identified as a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case.
NHS England guidance to General Practice goes a step further and advises that if a member of staff is living directly (same household) with a positive Covid-19 case, they will be asked not to come to work.
Unfortunately, Quay Lane Surgery is currently in a situation where the GPs and staff are experiencing a spike in positive household contacts. Therefore, we are operating with reduced staffing in our dispensary as well as reduced clinical staff.
Thank you for your understanding and patience at this difficult time.
What Restrictions will look like at Quay Lane Surgery after 19th July 2021
For the time being there will be no changes here at the practice. Patients coming to the surgery will still need to wear a mask, use the hand sanitiser and socially distance. Our staff will continue to wear appropriate PPE.
We have made this decision as often patients coming to the surgery are sick, vulnerable and maybe unvaccinated due to medical reasons, so we feel that these precautions will help to protect everyone. We also need to minimise the number of our staff catching Covid so we can keep a functioning service, so for this reason alone these measures are vital. Our doors are open but we will still limit the number of patients that can be in the surgery at any one time.
Our consultations will continue, these might be offered as a telephone, face to face or video. It is worth noting that we are consulting with much higher numbers of patients than we ever did before the pandemic so you may have to wait longer for your routine appointment. For this reason we are encouraging patients to download the LIVI app so that they can consult a GP online (see practice website or enquire at reception for details).
We hope you will understand why we need to continue with these measures and keep the surgery as safe for everyone as we can. We have all come so far in trying to minimise the impact of Covid, let’s continue to stay safe together.
Thank you for your understanding.
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From 17 May 2021, people in England who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can demonstrate their vaccination status for international travel. A full course is currently two doses of any approved vaccine. Vaccine status will be available from:
It may take more than a week for your identity to be checked and verified so you can use this service.
If you cannot access this online service, and you have had 2 vaccines, you can request a paper letter from the NHS by calling 119. Only call 119 if you are due to travel abroad in the near future and have had your second dose more than 5 working days ago. It may take 7 working days for the letter to arrive.
This practice is not able to provide you with a letter that shows your COVID-19 vaccination status.
When you're planning your travel, check the latest information on demonstrating your COVID-19 status when travelling abroad on the gov.uk website. Make sure there is time to get proof of your vaccination status before you leave.
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NHS App
The NHS App is a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services on your smartphone or tablet. The NHS App is available now on iOS and Android. To use it you must be aged 13 and over and registered with a GP surgery in England.
Use the NHS App to:
- share your COVID-19 status
- get advice about coronavirus
- order repeat prescriptions
- get health advice
You don’t need to be registered for online access at your surgery to order medication or view your COVID-19 vaccination status.
If you are registered with Patient Access at Quay Lane Surgery then you can also access the following functions via the App:
- book appointments
- view your health record
- register your organ donation decision
- find out how the NHS uses your data
Keeping your data secure
After you download the app, you will need to set up an NHS login and prove who you are. The app then securely connects to information from your GP surgery.
If your device supports fingerprint detection or facial recognition, you can use it to log in to the NHS App each time, instead of using a password and security code.
Follow the link below for guidance on how to download the App:
https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-login/nhs-login-for-health-and-care/getting-patients-started-with-nhs-login
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Like many businesses across the UK, we are closely monitoring the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and following the advice provided by UK health authorities.
Follow the link on the right under further information named COVID-19 Coronavirus for further information.
***** YOUR GP SURGERY IS OPEN*****
Please call us for advice in the usual way; we are open for non COVID enquiries. Although we may not see you in the practice we are happy to help via telephone or video link (you must have a smartphone).
We ask that you do not attend the surgery unless you are collecting medication or have been advised to do so by a receptionist or health care professional. Patients must attend appointments on their own unless it is a child or vulnerable person (one carer can attend with them).
If you would like to book a video consultation with a GP then please let the receptionist know. You will receive a link via text from the surgery prior to your appointment.
Active Signposting
In January 2019 we introduced active signposting to Quay Lane Surgery.
This new process sees the Receptionist asking more questions of patients at the point of booking appointments to enable them to make the most appropriate appointment with the right member of clinical staff depending on the patient’s condition.
It is important for patients to understand that they are not being nosy and the information being asked for is very much in their best interests and to ensure they receive the most appropriate and efficient service possible.
To read more about our signposting service then please click here
See a GP by video with LIVI
This practice now offers a video GP service – LIVI – to all our patients. To access the service simply download LIVI from the App store (iphone) or Google Play (Android), and sign up. You can get medical advice, prescriptions and referrals by video, with appointments available on the same day, even at weekends. They link in directly with your medical records at the surgery.
Get the LIVI app here: https://bit.ly/2KySedD
They are available evenings and weekends and on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.
We are delighted to be able to let you know that the patients of Quay Lane Surgery are currently able to use LIVI from 7am until 10pm at night and also at the weekend from 8am until 4pm. It's free to use and has both bookable and drop-in GP Video appointments available.
Please note that the LIVI GPs are not GPs from Quay Lane Surgery.
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Privacy Notice
What is a Privacy Notice?
A Privacy Notice (or ‘Fair Processing Notice’) is an explanation of what information the Practice collects on patients and how it is used. Being transparent and providing clear information to patients about how a Practice uses their personal data is an essential requirement of GDPR ( Data Protection Act 1998 ).
This can be accessed by following the Policies link at the top left of the page.
PRESCRIPTIONS
Please note that all Prescriptions are taking 5-7 working days due to high demand and problems with deliveries from drug companies. Please do not include weekends or bank holidays.
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(Site updated 23/09/2021)