Appointments

• General consultation we call these Patient choice (you can decide if you want to see the GP in house or have a telephone call - These appointments are for general health queries, diagnoses, and monitoring of conditions
• Review Appointments – Appointments specifically set aside for GP’s to use for continuity of care
• Clinical Triage – There will be a GP on call everyday for issues that require immediate intervention but are not suitable to be seen at A&E
• Contraceptive Implants/coils
• Joint injections
• Cryotherapy (wart clinic)
• Home visits – only available to housebound or temporarily housebound patients. GP’s only conduct these between morning and afternoon surgeries so please contact us prior to 10.30am in order to assess and arrange this.

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Extended access is offered across all our PCN and is available 18:30-20:30 Monday – Friday and is available on Saturdays 08:00 – 17:00. This is available at:

• Swallownest Health Centre - 82 Worksop Rd, Swallownest, Sheffield S26 4WD
• Dinnington Group Practice – Medical Centre, New St, Sheffield S25 2EZ
• The Village Surgery - 24-28 Laughton Rd, Thurcroft, Rotherham S66 9LP
• Kiveton Medical Practice - Chapel Way, Kiveton Park, Sheffield S26 6QU

Please be aware that each surgery has an allocated day to open for extended access, so you may be required to travel to alternate locations.

Extended Access are appointments available outside of the surgeries normal opening hours and may occasionally be at a different local surgery.

• BP
• Wound care/dressings
• Stitch/clip removal
• Cervical smears
• Evening GP appointments
• Evening/weekend ANP (advanced nurse practitioner – minor ailments)

Should you wish to book an appointment for extended access, please contact Swallownest Health Centre on 0114 433 3888.

• Phlebotomy (Only requested by our GP’s)
• B12 injections
• Blood pressure checks
• Hypertension clinics
• INR Clinics
• Tele-dermatology
• Basic wound care
• Diabetic Foot checks
• Stitch/clip removal.
• Simple dressings (not all staff)
• Ear syringe (after assessed by nurse/GP)
• Pill checks

Home visits – only available to housebound or temporarily housebound patients. GP’s only conduct these between morning and afternoon surgeries so please contact us prior to 10.30am in order to assess and arrange this.

Extended Access are appointments available outside of the surgeries normal opening hours and may occasionally be at a different local surgery.

• BP
• Wound care/dressings
• Stitch/clip removal
• Cervical smears
• Evening GP appointments
• Evening/weekend ANP (advanced nurse practitioner – minor ailments)

Home visits are only available for those who are housebound and in need of an emergency visit. Please contact the practice should you require these visits on 0114 433 3888.

• NHS Health checks
• Physiotherapy
• Mental Health
• Social prescribing
• Rotherham Healthwave (smoking cessation, weight loss etc)

We have improved access to the Health Centre by offering more appointments online. It is your responsibility to ensure that you book the correct type of appointment.

Please click here to book an appointment

You can also use the NHS App to book appointments.

For awareness some clinicians during your appointment may use Heid AI which is an advanced medical scribe system designed to transcribe patient consultations and assist in the generation of clinical notes, filling out documents and dictating of letters.

Sickness Certificates

You do not require a doctor's sickness certificate for any illness lasting seven days or less. Your employer may however require you to complete a self-certification form (SC2) which is available from your employer or on the HMRC website.

Evidence that you are sick

If you are sick for more than seven days, your employer can ask you to give them some form of medical evidence to support payment of SSP (statutory sick pay).

It is up to your employer to decide whether you are incapable of work. A medical certificate, now called a 'Statement of Fitness for Work’ (see below) from your doctor is strong evidence that you are sick and would normally be accepted, unless there is evidence to prove otherwise.

You could also provide evidence from someone who is not a medical practitioner, e.g. a dentist. Your employer will decide whether or not this evidence is acceptable. If your employer has any doubts, they may still ask for a medical certificate from your GP.

Statement of Fitness for Work - ’Fit Note'

The 'fit note' was introduced on 6 April 2010. With your employer's support, the note will help you return to work sooner by providing more information about the effects of your illness or injury.

For more information see the DirectGov website (where this information was sourced)

If you cannot attend an appointment for any reason please inform us as soon as possible in order for us to give the slot to someone else. This applies to all appointments for doctors, nurses and health care assistants.

To cancel an appointment please email roccg.swallownestnoreply@nhs.net or patients can ring the cancellation line for appointments they cannot attend on 0114 433 3888.

These are ran by our lead practice nurse Andrea.

Self-Certification Notes

If you are off sick for 7 calendar days or less (including weekends and bank holidays) you can self-certify your leave for this time

Either print the form attached or use this .GOV link to complete the form online.

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If you require test results, please either enter an admin query through the below link or give us a call on 0114 433 3888.

https://accurx.nhs.uk/patient-initiated/C87008