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WELCOME TO THE LIMES MEDICAL CENTRE

The Limes Medical Centre is a five partner teaching/training practice with a list size of approximately 20,000 patients. We offer GP services across four locations Epping, Waltham Abbey, Theydon Bois and North Weald.

Our doctors, nurses and all our staff are dedicated to offering a professional service and this website will help us to keep all our patients up to date with news and information about our practice.

SURGERY ACCESS*

As the NHS is now operating in phase two of the COVID-19 response, we are taking new steps to ensure and maintain the safety and well-being of all patients and staff at the practice.

We ask that if you have symptoms of a high temperature, a new and continuous cough, loss or change to your sense of smell and taste or you live with someone that is experiencing any of these symptoms that you self-isolate and request a coronavirus test as per NHS Guidance.

Appointments:

If you require medical assistance from the practice please call 01992 573838 (Epping, North Weald and Theydon Bois), 01992 714088 (Waltham Abbey).

Our Front of House team will ask you to provide a brief description of the issue. This information is essential to help the clinical team triage your needs, signpost you to the correct place of care or make an appropriate booking. All staff members are bound by strict rules of confidentiality and giving as much information as possible allows your request to be dealt with efficiently and successfully.

You will be asked to confirm whether your registered contact telephone numbers are still active so your record can be updated. You may also be asked if you have a phone that can be potentially used for video calling.

At this point you will be booked into a telephone appointment slot or advised that you will receive a telephone call from a clinician – approximate times may be given but may vary.

Telephone / Video Consultation:

Initial contact by the clinician will be made by telephone. At this point, your consultation will take place. You may be asked if you have access to video calling and a secure video consultation link will be sent to you via text message to carry out the rest of the consultation.

Attending the practice:

In some cases, the clinician may ask that you attend the surgery and will give you instructions on where to attend and what to do. The clinical team will be wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and YOU MUST WEAR A FACE COVERING.

Guidance on homemade face covering can be found here

Please DO NOT attend the surgery unless advised to do so by a member of staff.

Please note that telephone appointments for the Dietician, First Contact Practitioner and our Social Prescriber are available.

Cervical Screening:

Following guidance from the East of England Public Health Team, we are now restarting routine screening at the practice. If you have received a letter regarding screening please make contact with the practice. The Nursing team will also be working towards contacting patients whose screening was delayed due to COVID-19.

Child Immunisations:

It is important that vaccines are given on time for the best protection. Providing that you and your child are well and not displaying symptoms of Coronavirus or other infections, children should have routine childhood immunisations as normal. Please contact the practice by telephone to make an appointment.

Collection of paperwork / dropping off samples:

If you are asked to attend the surgery by a member of staff to collect a blood test form or drop off a sample, please follow any directions or instructions given by the Front of House staff. You must observe the 2 metre rule at all times. There will be designated boxes to drop off and collect your items.

Please do not leave samples after 6pm.

Please note at Epping, patients must use the buzzer system to speak to a member of the Front of House team.

Extended Hours / Extended Access:

The Extended Hours and Extended Access Service are offering telephone/video consultations during weekday evenings and at weekends, please contact the Front of House team for availability.

Prescriptions:

Repeat prescriptions can be requested online or posted through the letterbox at Epping, Theydon Bois and Waltham Abbey.

If you have a nominated pharmacy (EPS), your prescription will automatically be sent there.

If you do not have a nominated pharmacy, script tokens can now be collected from Epping Wells or a Waltham Abbey Pharmacy of your choice (please speak to the prescription clerk in regards to this).

For more information about setting up a nominated pharmacy (EPS) click here

If you are attending the surgery to post your prescription request, we ask that you be mindful of other patients around you who may also be dropping off their prescription requests and observe the 2 metre rule.

Notice for Asthma Patients - Due to the risk of national supply issues please ONLY request inhalers if absolutely necessary.

Self-Isolation notes:

If you need to self-isolate you can get an isolation note to give to your employer as proof you need to be off work. You do not need to get a note from the GP - you can access the self-isolation note guidance here

Theydon Bois:

The surgery remains closed to patients and occupied by our administrative team until further notice.

*Updated 09/07/2020

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) - LATEST ADVICE

Get the latest NHS information and advice about coronavirus (COVID-19).

Check if you or your child has coronavirus symptoms

Find out about the main symptoms of coronavirus and what to do if you have them.

Self-isolation and treatment if you have coronavirus symptoms

Advice about staying at home (self-isolation) and treatment for you and anyone you live with.

Testing and tracing

Information about testing for coronavirus and what to do if you're contacted by the NHS Test and Trace service.

People at high risk

Advice for people at higher risk from coronavirus, including older people, people with health conditions and pregnant women.

Social distancing and changes to everyday life

Advice about avoiding close contact with other people (social distancing), looking after your wellbeing and using the NHS and other services during coronavirus.

GOV.UK: coronavirus – guidance and support

Government information and advice.

LATEST NEWS AND ALERTS

For our latest news, please visit our Latest News Page by clicking here.

HOW TO CONTACT US

For information regarding the surgeries opening times and contact details, please visit our Opening Times and Contact Details page.

EVENING AND WEEKEND APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE

For further information, please visit our appointments page or contact us in the usual way.

ACCESSIBILITY

There is disabled access at all 4 surgery sites with disabled toilet facilities.

EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY

If you have any questions, queries or concerns in regards to your care and equality and diversity within the practice, please ask to speak to our Equality and Diversity Lead.

BOATING COMMUNITY

We are a Boating Community Friendly Practice, if you have any queries or need assistance with your registration please liaise with our Front of House team.