Thank you for your support so far in the pandemic. Patients should still attend surgery with a mask and appointments will continue to be via phone assessment first, to keep staff and patients safe especially with the increasing cases in Bradford. Thank you for your patience and understanding
Please note: The Mughal Medical Centre and Lower Grange Medical Centre will be closed all day on Wednesday 21st July. The Kensington and Woodroyd Medical Centre will close at 12 noon for staff training. Telephone lines will also remain open until 12 noon on that day.
Please note that we are unable to issue this certificate at the practice. Please see https://www.gov.uk/guidance/demonstrating-your-covid-19-vaccination-status-when-travelling-abroad for further information. Proof of your vaccination status will be available on the NHSapp. (which is also valuable for accessing your health records and ordering repeat prescription) The NHSapp can be downloaded from https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/nhs-app/id1388411277 for iPhone or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nhs.online.nhsonline for android. Alternatively, you can call the NHS helpline on 119 (from 17 May) and ask for a letter to be posted to you. This must be at least 5 days after you’ve completed your course of the vaccine, the letter may to take up to 5 days to reach you.
You can use eConsult to ask about your health symptoms, conditions or treatment. The practice will respond to your request within 48 hours. When you submit an e-consult you will be contacted by the surgery in various ways including a phone call or text message as not all issues such as sick notes and some medication queries will require a telephone consultation. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Dear Patients We are commencing staff training from next month and it will be held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month. You can still call the practice telephone numbers and you will be diverted to the Out of Hours service. As a result, the practice will be closed for training from 12pm - 6:30pm on the following dates: 19.05.21, 16.06.21, 21.07.21, 18.08.21, 15.09.21, 20.10.21, 17.11.21, 15.12.21, 19.01.22, 16.02.22, 16.03.22, 20.04.22
You can watch the video below to learn more the work of our Advanced Practitioners.
This follows further reviews by the independent regulator, the MHRA, and the Commission for Human Medicines, of a very small number of people in the UK who have developed a rare blood-clotting condition since having the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The MHRA and Joint Committee for Vaccinations and Immunisations have emphasised that the risk of this condition is extremely small and that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks for the vast majority of people. They have recommended that: Everyone who has had the AstraZeneca vaccine should still have a second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, irrespective of age, unless they have had a blood clot or have an existing risk of thrombosis (blood clotting) People aged 30 and over or who have a health condition that puts them at higher risk of severe Covid-19 disease should still be offered the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. The benefits in protecting them [...]
There are messages being shared on Social Media about Woodroyd Medical Practice of Kensington Partnership and difficulties accessing the practice on the phone. We are fully aware of these issues and working very hard with our providers to improve access for our patients. We are really pleased to inform our patients that the new phone system will be installed on 24th March. Please continue to use e-Consult if you can as this will free up the lines for people who cannot access online services. We receive approx. 1000 calls a day and the new phone system will be able to cope with such a volume of calls We appreciate your patience and understanding