Welcome to The Three Shires Medical Practice
We are a group practice with four surgeries in the villages of Colerne, Marshfield, Pucklechurch and Wick. We serve a large area of around 100 square miles. Each of our surgeries has a full compliment of staff, with onsite dispensary.
For opening times and Information about your surgery please click on your surgery name above.
At some surgeries you may be asked if you can travel to one of our other surgeries for some services, due to space constraints.
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Managing Partner Update | Update on BMA Collective ActionOur Practice is under extreme financial and workload pressure, and we fully support the BMA's campaign to get fairer funding for General Practice to prevent further Practice closures, and prevent GPs leaving.
Our two newly elected MPs Brian Matthew and Claire Young have jointly written to Health Secretary Wes Streeting asking for a meeting to discuss our Practice’s position which we are very grateful for. We will update if this is successful.
Our Partnership has decided that any changes to our appointment processes in line with Collective (Industrial) action will not start until September, to give time for talks. We will notify patients in advance. Any Action by the practice will be in line with BMAs suggested actions here We are very grateful for the newly established Friends of Threes Shires Group which has been set up to assist with financing equipment and premises that are not currently funded -but are of direct benefit to patients. You may see posters and other communications from them in the following weeks. Dr Richard Greenway 10.8.2024
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Living Well with COPD | Over this winter our practice is participating in this support programme for patients with lung conditions, mainly COPD. Preliminary text messages will be going out in July to patient who may be interested in joining this program over the winter. More information here |
Long Term Conditions |
If you have a long-term condition such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, pre-diabetes, asthma or COPD you will be invited to annual review of your condition(s). We aim to review all long-term conditions in your birthday month. We will let you know when you are able to book your appointment via a text message or a letter. You may need to see more than one clinician depending on your condition(s), however we will try and combine appointments where we can. For more information about the appointments please see the leaflets below. Long-Term Condition Appointments Patient Information Diabetes Appointment Patient Information Chronic Kidney Disease Appointment Information Is your long-term health condition affecting your mood or causing worry? NHS Talking Therapies could help! They provide practical mental health support which is proven to people to help improve their mood and live better with a health condition. Find out more in this short Youtube video: NHS Talking Therapies - Long Term Health Conditions.
You can contact NHS Talking Therapies directly with any questions or to request an appointment: call 0333 200 1893, or visit the website: https://www.vitahealthgroup.co.uk/nhs-services/nhs-mental-health/bristol-north-somerset-and-south-gloucestershire-mental-health-services/?utm_source=Training+slides+-+31/10/22&utm_medium=Powerpoint&utm_campaign=NA. |
Covid + Flu Vaccination Programme | This year Flu and Covid Vaccinations will start in October (national policy decision).
We will be offering a number of clinics in all of our Surgeries this year including Marshfield Community Centre. You will be able to book at neighbouring practices in our PCN group as last year. We will contact you directly during September to allow direct booking into Flu and Covid /Flu Clinics. We are also starting a new RSV vaccination in different for a limited group of patients over 75 who will be contacted. Click on the Flu & Covid for more information |
Community Pharmacies | For access to community pharmacies during bank holidays please see find a pharmacy webpage |
PPE and Masks | For Practice Administration Staff not in direct patient contact, or behind screens, masks are optional. Clinical staff will continue to wear PPE when seeing patients, but will assess risk individually. We continue to ask patients to wear masks when seeing clinicians face to face, and while waiting in the waiting room for any period. This is very important if you are ill, cough cold or temperature due to the risk of infecting vulnerable people in the surgery. Many thanks for your continued co-operation. |
Firearms Application
Medical Reports- Feb 2022
new Fee | In January 2022 , the Police Firearms Licensing Authority have introduced stricter checks on new firearms applications and renewals. They now have asked applicants to obtain a report from their GP prior to renewal. This new process is comprehensive and time consuming for us, involving a GP reading an entire medical record, and vouching for the presence or absence of medical conditions. Although we understand their position, they have declined to fund or pay for this process which they have effectively transferred to the NHS. Due to the complexity of this, we will now charge £86.67 +VAT for completion of these forms, which we have to return directly to the licensing authority. |
Social Prescribing Comes to Three Shires
To find out how the Social Prescribing Team can support you please read these information guides Information Sheet Leaflet
Living Long and Well- An Information leaflet designed to help you stay in control of your own health
Mental Health Support
Every Mind Matters
Every Mind Matters - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Find your little big thing for your mental health:
There are little things we can all do to lift our mood or ease our anxiety – we need to find what works for us. This could be as simple as taking a walk in nature, prioritising our sleep or opening up to a friend. Our little thing, if we keep doing it, will make a big difference to how we feel.
NHS Talking Therapies
Are you feeling low, worried or stressed? NHS Talking Therapies could help! They provide practical support which is proven to help people improve their mood.
You can contact NHS Talking Therapies directly with any questions or to request an appointment: call 0333 200 1893, or visit the website:
https://www.vitahealthgroup.co.uk/nhs-services/nhs-mental-health/bristol-north-somerset-and-south-gloucestershire-mental-health-services/?utm_source=Training+slides+-+31/10/22&utm_medium=Powerpoint&utm_campaign=NA.
For more information about NHS Talking Therapies you can also visit visit: NHS talking therapies for anxiety and depression - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
There will also be an in-person pop-ups from NHS Talking Therapies at the surgeries on:
The pop-ups will be run by a community outreach worker from NHS Talking Therapies. You can drop-in to ask questions about NHS Talking Therapies and to get assistance with making a referral to the service. No appointment is necessary. Please note that the worker at the drop-ins is not a clinician and cannot offer therapies or mental health advice directly, although some signposting assistance may be available.
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We will be submitting monthly returns of your feedback. This could be from patients, families or visitors to our surgeries.
Improved Access
We are working together with other local practices to offer more appointments in the early mornings, evenings or at weekends. Please contact your Surgery if you require more information.
Working within our current staffing capacity we are doing our best to ensure that you have access to additional appointments outside of core hours. As a result you may be offered an early morning or evening appointment. If this is something you would prefer please ask about availability when booking an appointment.
(Site updated 17/10/2024)