Welcome
Welcome to Deepcar Medical Centre Online
The doctors and staff at Deepcar Medical Centre are proud to offer the highest standard of patient-centred healthcare. We run many clinics for the management of chronic diseases such as asthma and diabetes and offer a wide variety of other medical services including antenatal and postnatal care, minor surgery, childhood vaccinations and well-person check ups. In addition to everything you need to know about the practice you will also find a wealth of health-related information in the menu.
Flu Clinics 2020
This year we have been faced with unprecedented challenges including how to safely offer flu vaccination to those who are eligible without increasing risks to patients and ourselves.
Please click here to read further information about our 2020 Flu Clinics.
Seasonal Flu Eligibility Information
The injected flu vaccine is offered free of charge on the NHS to people who are at risk. This is to help protect them against catching flu and developing serious complications.
You should have the flu vaccine if you:
- are 65 years old or over
- are pregnant
- have certain medical conditions
- are living in a long-stay residential care home or other long-stay care facility
- receive a carer's allowance, or you are the main carer for an elderly or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if you fall ill
For more information please visit: NHS - Who should have the flu vaccine?
Deepcar Medical Centre would like to invite you to join DoctorLink
We have been looking at how we can improve access to Practice services; DoctorLink is our new online service where you can access advice and appointments on line.
Registration is simple and you can register here: https://app.doctorlink.com/deepcar/register.
For all urgent appointments, we ask that you undertake a symptom assessment through DoctorLink.
The symptom checker will ask you a number of questions to help to identify your problem. The outcome of your assessment will direct you to the right treatment, whether emergency care, your GP, nurse or self care. If your outcome indicates that an appointment is required, you simply click on the request appointment link.
Once the request has been submitted, you will then be contacted by the Practice Team, to arrange an appointment within the identified timeframe (as outlined in the outcome of your symptom checker).
The information you provide will be shared with our clinical team (where appropriate) and will assist in providing robust information of your problem to the required clinical team member prior to your appointment.
You can even download the App:
Which Service is Best for Me?
Download the NHS guides to choose the right service if you or your child become ill or injured.
Which service is best for me?
Which service is best for my child?
Bank Holidays - Surgery Closed
The surgery will be closed on the following Bank Holidays. If you require a doctor on these dates, please call 111.
25 December 2019
26 December 2019
1 January 2020
10 April 2020
13 April 2020
4 May 2020
25 May 2020
31 August 2020
25 December 2020
26 December 2020
HSCIC
Please take the time to read this leaflet from the Health & Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) which explains the choices you have on how information about you is stored and shared.
What is Social Prescribing?
Social prescribing can help you to have more control over your own health and find ways to improve how you feel in a way that suits you. Your Social Prescribing Link Worker is Katy Travis. She is there to listen to you and put you in touch with the people and activities that might help you to feel better.
NEW Opening times – aimed at our working patients
We are now able to offer some Early Morning & Saturday Morning Appointments.
Alternate Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 7:30am-8:30am - Appointments for a HCA & Phlebotomist i.e. blood tests, BP checks, Health Checks
Alternate Saturdays 9.00am-11.30am - you are able to see either a GP or Practice Nurse who work in rotation.
Clinics and Services
We offer a wide range of clinics and services from asthma clinics to warfarin monitoring. Click here to view all our clinics and services.
Health Advice
Have you checked out our Health Advice section? You can view advice on a variety of common illnesses that will help you determine whether or not you need to see a doctor.
Door43 – Emotional, mental and sexual health support
Are you aged 13-25?
Worried about your emotional or mental health?
You might not realise it, but emotional and mental health issues are quite common and you're not on your own – we're here to support you. Sometimes you just need space to think, and that's cool, we all do. You can do that at Door43.
If you call in to Sheffield Futures, Star House, 43 Division Street, Sheffield, we will do our best to help and support you, or we will point you in the right direction to get help elsewhere.
Sometimes things happen and it's too embarrassing to speak to a parent, carer or teacher, but we know everyone needs a little help from somewhere. We can support you in all sorts of situations, so please get in touch and speak to one of our specially trained professionals who are ready to help out and they will not judge you or be shocked by anything you tell them.
At Door43, lots of different people work together to make sure that we always have someone to hand who can help – including youth workers, counsellors, substance misuse workers, sexual health workers, careers advisors, volunteers, peers supporters and more!
For more information please call us on 0114 201 2800 or drop in to Star House during our opening hours.
Upper Don Network
We are pleased to announce that we have received formal approval for our network Upper Don. This comprises of Valley Medical Centre, Deepcar Medical Centre and Oughtibridge Surgery. Together we work for 21,000 patients with numbers rising due to the new residential building. Our successes as a Neighbourhood can now continue under the new contract as a Network.
We have links with many local organisations, faith groups, People Keeping Well and South Yorkshire Housing Association. We acknowledge that our community has a rich resource in its local voluntary groups and organisations that provide many great services to our local population. Our patients can access shared services across our geographical boundary to improve their health and wellbeing. These include the local community run Leisure Centre, Dementia Café, Community Support Worker, Sexual Health Services, Diabetic Eye screening, Occupational Health, Food bank, Social Café, Addiction Recovery, Valley React, lunch clubs, mother and toddler groups, sports teams and facilities, Drama groups, Young people/children's clubs, dance classes, Stocksbridge Walkers are welcome, Community Carers group, the Community Health Forum and many others. (Apologies if missed).
Locally a new Diabetes Prevention and awareness project has been launched to engage all ages in providing information on healthy living. Our practices are engaged in the Working Win initiative to help people find work and stay in work that may have limiting health conditions. This is run by South Yorkshire Housing Association.
The network already shares a Community Support Worker Amy May, and we will soon be sharing a community pharmacist to support the doctors with Pharmaceutical and Medicine Reviews. The three managers from each surgery work closely together to benefit our patients and each practice has a Patient Participation group where all patients are welcome.
Our long term aim is to bring more services closer to our patients and by working together we will ensure there are equitable access opportunities for our patients. We have appointed a Clinical Director to our Network, Dr Ruth Izard from Oughtibridge Surgery who will represent our practices and patients at City wide meetings.