From 1 September 2023, more people will be eligible for the shingles vaccine. As well as people aged 70 to 79, you'll be eligible: when you turn 65 (if you turned 65 before 1 September 2023, you'll be eligible for the vaccine when you turn 70) if you're aged 50 or over and have a severely weakened immune system.

Cancer Screening Programme Guide

Have you ever wondered if you are eligible for screening  NHS Screening Programme 

Cancer screening saves thousands of lives each year. It can detect cancers at an early stage and in some cases, even prevent cancers from developing in the first place.

Why is it important?

• 375,400 New cases of cancer in the UK (2016-18 average).

• 166,533 Deaths from cancer in the UK (2016-18 average).

• 50% Survive cancers for 10 or more years (2010-11 England, Wales)

• 38% Cancer cases are preventable (UK 2015)

Alcohol Awareness - Try the Dry App

This Alcohol Awareness Week download the free Try Dry app to help you cut down on your drinking, or go alcohol-free.

The app can track your units, calories and money saved as well as understand your drinking pattern.

Download the free Try Dry app here and find out more on Alcohol Change:

https://alcoholchange.org.uk/alcohol-facts/interactive-tools/the-dry-january-app-1

You can visit the hospitals below for blood tests requested by the surgery

Adults

DRI outpatients: 7.30am-4.45pm

Bassetlaw outpatients: 8am-4.45pm  

Montagu outpatients 8am: - 4.30pm

Children over the age of 5

8am - 12pm and 1pm - 4pm (all sites)

The service is available Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).

Get FREE help and support to STOP SMOKING for good

Yorkshire Smokefree provides NHS advice and support including medication for anyone who wants to stop smoking. So when you're ready to quit, we're ready to help

www.yorkshiresmokefree.nhs.uk

0800 612 0011 free from landlines

0330 660 1166 free from most mobiles

Great News to all our patients.

ASA Medical Practice are offering both telephone and face to face appointments across all 3 sites on a daily basis.  Not all appointments are bookable on the day only we do operate a system with advanced bookings also.

We also have a new function on our telephone system.  If you join the queue and do not wish to stay on the line you can use our call back system, this will allow you to put the telephone down but keeps your place in the queue and one of our call handlers will call you back when it reaches your call.

Doncaster Carers Reach Out Service

Dietary advice for diabetic and pre-diabetic patients as discussed at the educational session

Guide to Accessing GP Services for Young People

Please Click here to access the Mesothelioma website.

Be Breast Aware - Pass it On - View video HERE

** 01302 986110 **

We have now gone live with our new telephone system. If you are still ringing the phone numbers from before the merge, they will no longer work. Please make sure you ring the above number to contact reception as your call will not come through otherwise.

Please note ALL calls to and from the surgery are recorded for training and monitoring purposes.

You can now request a routine appointment, a continuation fit note, or submit other queries online.

Please click on the banner above to be taken to the online portal.

We can only respond to patients who are registered at the practice. If you wish to register, please go to the link on the registration page by clicking here.

*Please note this is not to be used for urgent matters, please ring the surgery, 111 or 999 as appropriate for more urgent cases as your request will not be seen immediately*

Care Navigation

What is it?  Ever wondered why the reception staff ask the reason why you need an appointment.  This is because they have specialised training to care navigate to the right person/service at the right time.  You can also follow the link below and see what other services are out there for you, these are some of the services our reception staff will navigate or refer you to:

https://www.mecclink.co.uk

Welcome

The doctors, nurses and staff work together to give you a high quality service in a friendly and courteous atmosphere for our patients, our patient list is currently around 20,000.

We are confident that our website will provide clear and concise help and give our patients the information they require in an easy and convenient format. It has been designed with the patient’s needs at the forefront of everything, from checking surgery times to letting us know what you think of us.

We are a Training Practice

In partnership with Sheffield University we accommodate training for GP Registrars and medical students.  

Serving You

Our dedicated team are here to treat those minor ailments that occur as well as providing specialist management of long-term conditions and clinics covering a wide range of healthcare issues. The technology also means you can now do a lot of things from the comfort of your home such as order a repeat prescription or cancel an appointment.

Partners in Care

Once registered, patients and healthcare professionals work together to ensure the most appropriate care is provided. This partnership philosophy extends even further and our active patient group exists to make sure that patient needs and the practice offering are always heading in the same direction.

Access

Sandringham Site

The main doors of the Health Centre are automatic and the new building includes fully up to date facilities. The Practice operates from the ground floor. There is a practice wheelchair available for use as one of the corridors is quite lengthy. For the security of the building CCTV cameras have been installed. Bus route number 82

Armthorpe Site

The Practice operates from the ground floor. There is a practice wheelchair available for use as one of the corridors is quite lengthy. For the security of the building CCTV cameras have been installed. Bus route number 82

Auckley Site

The Practice operates from the ground floor. There is a practice wheelchair available if required. For the security of the building CCTV cameras have been installed. Bus route number 57c

Patient Information

Please keep the practice up to date with all contact details, including mobile numbers so we can keep you up to date by text.  

We have disabled access and toilets, and a car park for the use of our patients.

To obtain any test results please contact the surgery after 12.00 noon. Please note between 8.00am-12.00pm the telephone lines are very busy dealing with urgent requests.

All samples must be brought into practice and handed into reception before 12.00 noon.

CQC Inspection Report

Please see attached a copy of out latest CQC Inspection Report

CQC Report - Sandringham Site

CQC Report - Armthorpe & Auckley Site

Opening Times - Mere Lane Armthorpe

Opening Times - Sandringham Road Intake

Opening Times - Ellers Lane Auckley

Opening Times - Dispensary (Auckley)

Dispensary Telephone Lines

Please note ALL calls to and from the surgery are recorded for training and monitoring purposes.