Sidley Medical Practice

12/07/2023

Thursday 13th July - Tuesday 18th July 2023

NHS Non-consultant grade 'junior' doctor strikes are taking place for 5 days.
During the strikes, A+E departments and outpatient services are likely to be busy, disrupted and cancelled.
For urgent help for people aged over 5 or over please ring 111.
For children under 5 ring 999 if life threatening emergency.
NHS clinics will be contacting those patients whose appointments and operations / procedures have been affected. If you are not contacted then please attend your appointment as normal.

https://www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/people-in-sussex-urged-to-make-the-right-choice-when-they-need-medical-help-ahead-of-the-longest-nhs-strike-this-year/

GP services are NOT AFFECTED as we are not represented by the BMA Junior Doctor or Consultant ballots.

Consultants are striking for 48 hours from Thursday 20th July to 22nd July 2023

The NHS in Sussex is urging people to ‘Help Us Help You’ over the next two weeks with planned Industrial Action ahead. The British Medical Association (BMA), British Dental Association… Continue reading People in Sussex urged to make the right choice when they need medical help ahead of the lo...

11/06/2023

Wednesday 14th June - Saturday 18th June 2023

NHS Non-consultant grade 'junior' doctor strikes are taking place for 72 hours.
During the strikes, A+E departments and outpatient services are likely to be busy, disrupted and cancelled.
For urgent help for people aged over 5 or over please ring 111.
For children under 5 ring 999 if life threatening emergency.
NHS clinics will be contacting those patients whose appointments and operations / procedures have been affected. If you are not contacted then please attend your appointment as normal.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/information-for-the-public-on-industrial-action/

GP services are NOT AFFECTED as we are not represented by the BMA Junior Doctors union.

29/05/2023

Practice is closed Bank Holiday Monday 29th May

28/04/2023

Monday 1st May 2023 : Bank Holiday - We are closed

25/04/2023

AFTERNOON TUESDAY 25TH APRIL 2023
Sidley Medical Practice will be closed for staff training.
This is a Sussex wide protected learning event and we are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Please ring 111 for any urgent care needs.

31/01/2023

TUESDAY 31st January 2023

The Partners would like to offer our apologies for delays to receiving care and supporting patient access to Sidley Medical Practice this morning.
A member of staff has experienced a serious illness after arriving at Sidley Surgery this morning and we supported their needs whilst awaiting emergency services support and transfer to a local hospital.

Time was taken to re plan our activities and enable restart from 09:00
The Partners

17/01/2023

Information for the Public during Royal College of Nursing Industrial Action 18th and 19th January 2023

The Royal College of Nursing is planning industrial strike action Wednesday and Thursday this week. Nurses in Sussex will be involved at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust and University of Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust.

Sidley Medical Practice will be open, as primary care teams are not involved in the balloted action, but we support our community and hospital colleagues and will be available to help patients as we are able too.

For more information please follow this link:

The Royal College of Nursing is planning industrial action tomorrow and Thursday (18 and 19 January) across the country. For the first time, nurses in Sussex will be involved, with… Continue reading Information for the public during Royal College of Nursing industrial action

09/01/2023

MONDAY 09th January 2023
COVID-19 REMAINS A PUBLIC HEALTH RISK TO OUR PATIENTS AND STAFF

At this time we have again clinical and office staff with symptomatic COVID-19 not able to work.

Patients are being admitted to local hospitals with COVID-19 and Influenza A as cause for admission.

If you have COVID-19 symptoms you should avoid contact with others and follow current guidelines:

Advice on staying at home (self-isolation) and avoiding contact with others if you have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) or have symptoms of COVID-19

22/11/2022

22.11.2022 Please bear with us as our phone servers failed this morning causing loss of telephone communications to the surgery causing delays but our office staff are available at the counters and online emails as needed. The phone lines are open and busier than usual for this time of afternoon 15:00 Sidley Medical Practice

22/11/2022

22.11.2022 Please bear with us as our phone servers have failed causing loss of telephone communications to the surgery. Our provider is aware and updating us continuously as to when phone lines will be active again. 08:25 Sidley Medical Practice

13/09/2022

The Government has declared a Bank Holiday on Monday 19th September 2022. Sidley Medical Practice will be closed to enable staff at our practices who wish to take time to offer respect, share in the experience of the State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II to be able to do so.

There will also be significantly reduced hospital and community services which means we have to stop phlebotomy and other screening services that need laboratory testing.

There are unplanned childcare requirements with closure of schools and nurseries which means staff will not be able to work for these reasons. Local transport services will be altered and may not be able to support patient needs for routine care.

We are mindful of prearranged appointments and are contacting patients. NHS Sussex is planning additional urgent care support and services, please ring 111 if you have any urgent care or medical need.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bank-holiday-announced-for-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-iis-state-funeral-on-monday-19-september

11/07/2022

MONDAY 11th July 2022
COVID-19 REMAINS A PUBLIC HEALTH RISK TO OUR PATIENTS AND STAFF
At this time we have staff with symptomatic COVID-19 not able to work and patients being admitted to local hospitals with COVID-19 as cause for admission.
If you have COVID-19 symptoms you should avoid contact with others and follow current www.gov.uk/coronavirus guidelines.
We ask that as the risk of catching or passing COVID-19 is ongoing as evidenced by the UK Chief Medical Officers, that we continue to follow our established infection prevention measures to protect our higher risk patients and keep our staff at work.