NHS England require that the net earnings of doctors engaged in the practice is publicised, and the required disclosure is shown below. However, it should be noted that the prescribed method for calculating earnings is potentially misleading because it takes no account of how much time doctors spend working in the practice, and should not be used to form any judgement about GP earnings, nor to make any comparison with any other practice.

The average pay for GPs working in DORCHESTER ROAD SURGERY in the last financial year was £80,120 before tax and National Insurance. This is for 1 full time GP and 3 part time GPs worked in the practice in the 2019-20 year.

This is to notify patients that from 1^st April 21, our practice Podiatry service will be provided by Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust. If you have been receiving podiatry treatment within the practice and have not been contacted about this change, please could you make contact with the reception team.

Picnic in the parks is live as of today. Co-ordinated by stepping into Nature, Active Dorset and Natural Choices, Picnic in the Parks will hopefully bring some much needed positivity into people lives.

Explore ‘Picnic in the Parks’:www.picnicintheparks.org

News article: https://www.dorsetaonb.org.uk/news/picnic-in-the-parks-launch/

  

The vaccination campaign is well underway in Weymouth and Portland through our local vaccination site which is run by all practices in Weymouth and Portland working together.

We are following the JCVI guidance on who to invite.  This is currently the first three priority groups which are:

1. Residents in care homes for older adults and their carers
2. 80-year-olds and over and frontline health and social care workers
3. 75-year-olds and over

After this we will move to group 4 which is:

4. 70-year-olds and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals (this is those patients who are shielded)

Vaccinations are happening as quickly as vaccine is received and subject to supply are well on the way to vaccinating the first 4 priority groups in line with government timescales.

Patients will be invited to attend when it is their turn, usually via a telephone call from our central covid admin team.  We also soon hope to be able to offer eligible patients the ability to book an appointment via responding to a text message invite.

Vaccinations have taken place in all the elderly care homes in Weymouth and Portland. 

Housebound patients in the currently eligible groups are now being vaccinated.

You will be contacted when it is your turn to receive the vaccine and therefore we ask that people refrain from ringing the surgery as the appointments will be offered, in the above order, when we have each delivery. 

                                    We have systems in place to ensure that the vaccination is offered to all patients.

Thank you for your understanding.