Latest news
New carers page launched
We are pleased to inform patients and carers that our specific carers page has now been launched. On this page you will find our carers pack to download, including useful contacts, information on our coffee mornings and local carers organisations. We encourage all carers to let us know your details so that we may support you.
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Acute care clinics
We now run Acute Care Clinics each weekday morning for quick problems of a minor nature. This is to reduce appointment waiting times for those patients who need to see us sooner. These clinics can only be accessed by ringing us for an appointment. Please see our appointments page for more details.
Wound care and dressings update
We are not funded to provide complex wound dressings
- No formal wound care and dressing service from Oct 1, 2019
- For simple post-op dressings, please book with us
- For any injury-related wounds please visit Minor Injuries Unit (MIU)
- For complex dressings call District Nurses on 01332 546900
wound dressings
Latest Newsletter
Our latest newsletter (July 2018) is available to download. To get the next issue sent directly to you by email, please consider joining our mailing list.
Winter pressures
This winter we encourage all patients to self-care where appropriate to ease pressures on the already strained health services. Please visit our new winter illness and self-care pages for lots of resources to help.
Some self-care resources
- Visit our new single landing page for winter illness
- Visit our new self-care page for additional resources
- Visit our help page to get the right help for your condition
- Check your condition using our symptom checker
- Visit NHS Choices for medical advice
- Visit the Self Care Forum to download leaflets on various minor illnesses
- Book a telephone appointment for conditions entirely managed within the course of a phone call without examination
- Download an information poster from the BMA
- Download a leaflet on top ten tips for staying well this winter
- Download a poster on antibiotics and viruses
If you are poorly and feel you need to be seen, please let us know and the doctor on duty will assess your call.
Contact Telephone Numbers
- Ivy Grove Surgery 01773 514130
- Minor Injuries Unit 01773 571403
- NHS111 when we are closed 111
Minor Injuries
We are unable to provide a minor injury service to patients. We would kindly ask that any patient with an injury or with a condition that can be seen at the Minor Injuries Unit (MIU), to present themselves directly to the local MIU, which is at Ripley Hospital, Slack Lane.
Conditions seen in MIU
- Bites and stings
- Burns and scalds
- Cuts and grazes
- Foreign bodies in the skin
- Minor head injuries
- Minor wound infections
- Road traffic accidents
- Sprains and strains (including whiplash and back injuries)
State of General Practice Videos
Ever wondered why you can't get an appointment? Watch our information videos about the State of General Practice, the NHS and the politics behind it all.
Top tips
Please see our new hints and tips page on getting the most our of your GP service. Includes our popular Day in the Life and Did You Know series from our newsletter.
Derbyshire Healthcare Records Sharing
Please visit the Derbyshire Healthcare Records Sharing website for more information on how your medical record data may be shared under the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG) information sharing agreement . If you wish to opt out of sharing your data, please let us know.
Staff training dates
We are closed roughly once a month from 1.30pm for staff training. This is for the benefit of our staff and to improve patient care.
Training dates
- January 15th, 2020
- February 19th, 2020
- March 18th, 2020
- April 15th, 2020
- May 20th, 2020
- June 17th, 2020
- July 15th, 2020
- August 19th, 2020
- September 16th, 2020
- October 21st, 2020
- November 18th, 2020
- December 16th, 2020
Newsletters
To view or download our latest newsletter, Ivy Grove News, or check previous editions of the newsletter, please see our newsletters page.
Change of name and address
Please notify us immediately of any change of name, address or telephone number so that we may update our records. Telephone numbers, including a current mobile number, are very important for emergency purposes, particularly if a patient is ex-directory. Please use our contact form or ring or write to us (address and telephone number shown below).
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GP Earnings
For some reason, NHS England requires all GPs to publish their earnings. Hmmm.
© Dr Michael Wong 2019