Throughout the pandemic we have strived to make the surgery as safe as possible for our patients, staff and visitors.  We have remained open throughout and will continue to do so.

However from January 2022 we need your help to continue to do so.

Nothing is going to change here at Spa.  Please still wear your mask when visiting the surgery and inside the building.

Please use the hand sanitisers available and keep your distance from others. Our staff will continue to clean rooms in between patients and will continue to wear PPE.

We appreciate this is frustrating but we know that when sick and vulnerable patients come to see us (remember some of these cannot have the vaccines) they need to be protected, so it would be wrong of us to remove the precautions we have in place.

The pandemic is not over and COVID 19 has not gone.  Please help us to continue to keep you all safe.

Thank you for your support

Spa Surgery

Accessing Services

We continue to work differently during this time, but the surgery and other NHS services remain open. We continue to offer:

e-consultation system

If you have access to the internet, this is by far the easiest way to submit your health queries to us and for a clinician to review your needs. Whether it’s an ailment or an admin query, it can be dealt with online. You can also submit photos. Using the e-consult system for non-urgent matters saves you waiting on the phone and reduces wait times for our urgent calls.

Telephone consultations

To keep our patients and staff safe, your first contact with a clinician will be on the phone. This allows clinicians to ensure that only patients that really need     examining come into the surgery.

Video consultations

If you have a smart phone, we can send you a link before your appointment, meaning you will see your GP whilst you are speaking to them.

Face to face consultations

If in your first contact with a clinician, they feel it’s necessary for you to attend the surgery, you will be invited to do so. Fewer face to face attendances ensures our environment remains clean and safe.

You may have seen or heard in the media about the plans to share your medical data with NHS Digital referred to as ''General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDfPR)”.

What is GPDfPR?

-Following endorsement by the British Medical Association (BMA), Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and National Data Guardian, NHS Digital is collecting and disseminating GP data for planning and research.

-This is intended to replace many of the previous ad -hoc data extractions and sharing agreements that have occurred. 

Do we have to share our patient’s data?

Yes.  GPDfPR it is a legal requirement for practices.

For more information about this see the GP Practice PrivacyNotice under the heading 'NHS Digital Data Collection from the Practice' on our website

Privacy Notice

If you wish to opt-out please complete the attached form and return it to the practice via e-mail (spa.surgery@nhs.net) or post.

Opt Out Form

For further information please see NHS Digital..