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Stay at home to stop coronavirus spreading

Everyone must stay at home to help stop the spread of coronavirus.

You should only leave the house for very limited purposes:

shopping for basic necessities, for example food and medicine, which must be as infrequent as possible
one form of exercise a day, for example a run, walk, or cycle – alone or with members of your household
any medical need, including to donate blood, avoid or escape risk of injury or harm, or to provide care or to help a vulnerable person
travelling for work purposes, but only where you cannot work from home

Important - These reasons are exceptions – even when doing these activities, you should be minimising time spent outside of the home and ensuring you are 2 metres apart from anyone outside of your household.

There is separate advice about staying at home if:

Symptoms and what to do

Do not leave your home if you have either:

a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)

To protect others, do not go to places like a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital. Stay at home.

Use the 111 online coronavirus service to find out what to do.

Only call 111 if you cannot get help online.

Important - Call 111 for advice if you're worried about a baby or child.

If they seem very unwell, are getting worse or you think there's something seriously wrong, call 999.

Do not delay getting help if you're worried. Trust your instincts.

Help the NHS respond to coronavirus

Use the quick NHS coronavirus status checker to tell us about your current experience of the virus.

This will help the NHS plan its response to coronavirus by showing where the virus is spreading and how it affects people.

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St Helens Medical Centre, Upper Green Road, St Helens, Ryde, Isle of Wight
01983 871828
Bembridge Branch Surgery, 55a Foreland Road, Bembridge, Isle of Wight
01983 871828

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Online Services

Welcome to St Helens Medical Centre

With patients needs at the heart of everything we do, our website has been designed to make it easy for you to gain instant access to the information you need. As well as specific practice details such as opening hours and how to register, you’ll find a wealth of useful pages covering a wide range of health issues along with links to other relevant medical organisations.

Easter Bank Holiday

We will be open as normal over the Easter bank holiday weekend - Friday 10th April and Monday 13th April. Our opening hours will remain as normal, 8:00am-6:30pm.

St Helens Community – Coronavirus Update

St Helens Parish Council are keen to support our local community at this extremely difficult time. Please find key contact details in the link below.

COVID-19 Community Update

Prescription changes - All patients will be signed up to electronic prescribing

Please follow the link below to find out more about the changes that will take place the week commencing Monday 20th January 2020. This will be for patients who are not yet signed up electronically -

https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/nhs-services/pharmacies/electronic-prescription-service/

Online Services

The above quick links for prescriptions and appointments are only accessible for patients who are signed up to SystmOne Online. If you wish to register please contact the surgery.

Health for Young People - Click here

Isle find it directory - where patients can access information in one place Click here

Evening and weekend appointments now available. Ask at reception for details.

Improving access to General Practice: evening and weekend appointments now available

Patients who are registered at this practice can now book an appointment to see a GP or Nurse on weekday evenings (after 6.30pm) or at the weekends (on Saturday and Sunday). Appointments will either take place at this practice or at another NHS setting nearby. Talk to the practice receptionist to find out more or book an appointment.

By March 2019 everyone in England will benefit from access to General Practice appointments in the evenings and weekends at a time that is most convenient to them. This is part of a national drive to help improve access to general practice and get the best possible outcomes for patients. Further information is available at www.england.nhs.uk/gpaccess

Advanced access link -

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