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Dollar Health Centre

This section of our website will be updated regularly with new and relevant information and changes.We hope that you find it useful.

 

 

 

You can now find us on Facebook and Twitter

The practice has recently created a Facebook and Twitter account which we hope will be well used and followed by our practice population. We aim to keep it up to date with relevant real time health promotion updates and practice specific updates. Please click on the links below to follow us. Please bear in mind that these accounts are still in the early stages, and we hope to develop them over the coming weeks and months.

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Dr Baughan

Dr Baughan will be on sabbatical from 1st April until 1st October 2012. During this time he will be unavailable for appointments, housecalls, telephone calls and all other surgery related business. He will be replaced by Dr Karen MacKenzie for the duration of his sabbatical. We look forward to having Dr MacKenzie working with us. 

Holiday Vaccination Forms

Believe it or not, it won't be long until holiday season is upon us once again, and many of you may be considering an exotic holiday to a far flung corner of the globe! Others may simply be planning a nice week in the sun. Whatever you are planning, if you think that, or have been advised that you may need vaccinations, you should complete a travel vaccination form and return it to reception in plenty of time and, as a minimum, at least 8 weeks prior to travel. The practice procedure for patients requesting travel vaccination is as follows:

1.  Complete a travel vaccination request form. This must be done and the forms can be collected from reception or downloaded from our website – www.dollarhealthcentre.org.uk

2.  Hand in your form AT LEAST 8 WEEKS prior to travel. Courses of vaccinations such as Rabies Immunisation is a 28 day course of treatment that needs to be given at intervals and needs time to take effect.

3.  Give us as much information on your travel form as you can.

4.  Be available to speak to the practice nurse when she calls you to discuss your requirements.

5.  Attend your appointments. If you do not attend your appointments for vaccination, we may have to refer you to one of the local travel clinics as we will be unable to help you.

6.  Realise that some vaccinations and anti-malarial drugs are chargeable and are not provided on the NHS. If you require a ‘private’ vaccination such as Yellow Fever, there will be a charge for this which is payable by cash or cheque at the front desk. The practice nurse will notify you if this is the case.

We want you to enjoy your holiday safely. For us to be able to help you we need you to play your part and give us enough time to provide you with the travel service appropriately. If you can’t give us at least 8 weeks advance notice of your intended travel date, we may refer you to a local travel clinic. The nearest travel clinic is held at Stirling University and can be contacted on 01786 478965.

Full details of Scotland wide travel clinics can be found at http://www.btha.org/travel_clinic_directory.asp#scotlandclinics

Prescriptions for certain travel vaccines and anti-malarial drugs are chargeable.

Yellow Fever Vaccination

The practice is a designated Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre. We will vaccinate patients and provide them with the relevant documentation to certify their vaccination. This service is provided to all patients, not just patients of Dollar Health Centre. Patients registered at other practices are welcome to make an appointment with our practice nursing team to have this vaccine administered. You can make an appointment by calling the surgery on 01259 742120 during normal working hours.

There is a charge of £60.00 per person vaccinated against Yellow Fever and this is payable to reception in the form of cash or cheque. Credit and debit cards are not accepted.

Book your appointments online

Facilities are available to enable you to book your appointment to see a GP online. If you would like to use our secure online GP appointments system, please ask for details at reception. Unfortunately, due to the nature of nurses appoinments that vary in length depending on the problem we are unable to offer these via the Patient Access service. Once you are registered, you can use the system by clicking on the "Patient Access is the new name for emis access" icon below.

Your registration document will contain information unique to you which will identify you and the practice when you log in to the system. If you lose or forget any of the details, please contact reception in person. We will be able to re-issue your user ID and password. Unfortunately, we can only give the registration details to the patient it relates to and not their representatives.

Once you are registered, you can also access this service through your digital television, smartphone, tablet or even your Wii. Visit the website http://www.lookinglocal.gov.uk/ to find out more.

For patients who have used our online system for booking GP appointments recently, you may have noticed that the login screen has changed and has a different name. In conjunction with the website http://www.patient.co.uk/ EMIS Access has been rebranded as Patient Access. The principals of usage of the new system remain the same as they did with the old system - it just looks slightly different. As EMIS Access is a national system which patients from all over the UK use, this is a change which the practice has no control over. If any patients have any issues with using the new system, please contact the surgery during normal working hours.

Click the Patient Access logo below to book your appointments