Ilkley Moor and Grassington
primary care services

We are a caring and committed team whose aim is to improve the health of our community by delivering high quality patient care, whilst maintaining a fulfilling working environment for all.

We take pride in offering the highest standard of patient-centred healthcare. We offer many services including clinics for long term conditions, minor surgery, postnatal care, childhood vaccinations and well-person check-ups.

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CHANGES TO THE WAY YOU CONTACT IG MEDICAL FROM 16th SEPTEMBER 2024

Following feedback from our patients, from Monday 16thSeptember 2024 we are changing the way you contact us to ease the telephone waiting times and improve access to our services.

We are asking patients with internet access to contact us by completing the online AccuRx form on our website.

If you are unable to access the internet, you can phone us and one of our receptionists will complete the form on your behalf.

Please click the links below for some detailed information about the change.

Changes to the way your contact the practice

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COVID booster vaccination clinics

Covid booster vaccination clinics are now available to book into.

You are eligible if you are :

  • An adult aged 75 years and over
  • Aged 6 months and over and are immunosuppressed
  • A resident in a care home

Invitations to book will be sent out from 02/09/24

If you wish to book an appointment from the above date, please telephone the surgery after 11am on 01943 604999 or 01756 752313.

Please note the clinics will be held on the following dates:

  • Saturday 5th October 2024 – ILKLEY
  • Saturday 12th October 2024 – GRASSINGTON
  • Saturday 26th October  2024 – ILKLEY
  • Saturday 9th November 2024 – GRASSINGTON

Bank holiday opening and closing times

We will be closed

  • 6pm Thursday 28/03/24 and reopen Tuesday 02/04/24 at 8am.
  • Monday 6th May 2024 – May Bank Holiday
  • Monday 27th May 2024 – Spring Bank Holiday
  • Monday 26th August 2024 – Summer Bank Holiday
  • Wednesday 25th December 2024 – Christmas Day
  • Thursday 26th December 2024 – Boxing Day
  • Wednesday 1st January 2025 – New Years Day

We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all our patients during the COVID-19 period. We are very grateful for your continued support and understanding.

Please continue to call the surgery if you need a doctor or nurse appointment and if you are invited to attend the surgery for a pre booked appointment you will no longer be asked to wait outside.

We will only be open for pre booked appointments, not drop in at this point, so if you have any queries please continue to call us or use our online eConsult.

If you have a prescription request please continue to drop in the letter box or use the online facility as we won’t be able to take this over the desk.

We need your help to keep our staff safe and to protect our vulnerable patients who are invited into the building for appointments. We hope you can support the teams at both practices to look after you and your family.

Patient Notice

You may notice that the practice has a new process for looking after patients with long-term conditions.  Most patients will now be called for their appointments during their birthday month, so you may receive an invitation earlier than expected.

If we ask you to come in for a ‘blood test or other monitoring’ this may not always include a blood test and may be for other routine checks e.g. blood pressure, weight etc.

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Shingles vaccination

PATCHS

PATCHS is the new easy way for you to contact your GP practice online. PATCHS has been designed by GPs to make it easier to contact your practice and save you time.

Just answer a few simple questions and PATCHS gets you the help you need quickly.

You can use PATCHS to contact your GP practice for health advice, condition monitoring, fit notes, appointment bookings, and more…

PATCHS provides lots of benefits including being able to make requests in your own time, avoid telephone queues and waiting rooms, and getting quick responses. PATCHS also helps patients who struggle to contact their GP practice using the telephone or in-person. This includes patients who have hearing or speaking impairments, anxiety, and who speak English as a second language.

Cost of living crisis

It is a difficult time for everybody right now. The rising cost of everything, from groceries to utilities, is making it difficult to make ends
meet. This is being referred to as a ‘Cost of Living Crisis’.

This does not mean that you have to be in crisis to be struggling, and it is affecting all of us, not just the lowest earners.

Take a look at the Cost of Living support costoflivingbradford.co.uk have put together, there might be something that helps you get through it.

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Zero Tolerance

The Practice supports the government’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ campaign for Health Service Staff. This states that GPs and their staff have a right to care for others without fear of being attacked or abused. To successfully provide these services a mutual respect between all the staff and patients has to be in place. All our staff aim to be polite, helpful, and sensitive to all patients’ individual needs and circumstances. They would respectfully remind patients that very often staff could be confronted with a multitude of varying and sometimes difficult tasks and situations, all at the same time.

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Free counselling

Available for people diagnosed with cancerMacmillan and Bupa Partnership working in together to provide free counselling to people with cancer who are struggling to cope emotionally and need support. The Bupa partnership offers people with emotional needs as a result of their cancer experience free one-on-one counselling from a qualified Bupa counsellor. Please call the Macmillan Support Line on 0808 808 00 00. Specially trained nurses and advisors can advise about the different types of support available and talk through the best options.

For more information please follow this link Free specialist counselling for people with cancer – Macmillan Cancer Support

Why are GP practices still working differently?

Find out more about the way GP practices are working during the COVID pandemic.

Walking for Health – recruitment of walkers

Would you be interested in leading walks from the doctor’s surgery, supporting people to live happier, healthier lives through short group walks?

Whether you’re a keen walker, you’re looking to start getting more active, or you want to develop your administrative skills, we’ve got opportunities for everyone.

For the walk leader role, you will complete a ‘Walking for Health’ training course, which is free of charge, and shadow and lead a walk with an experienced ‘Walking for Health’ walk leader.

To register your interest please contact Simon Green at Champions Show the Way, mobile: 07738 985674, telephone: 01274 321911 or email: simon.green@bdct.nhs.uk

Extended access appointments

GP practices across Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven are now able to offer patients increased access to routine appointments with GPs, nurses and other healthcare professionals from locally-based hubs.

This service provides all registered patients with access to pre-bookable routine GP appointments from 6.30pm–8pm Monday to Friday, and from 8.30am–11.30am on weekends.

Care navigation

IG Medical participates in the Care navigation scheme, which is designed to help direct patients to the most appropriate care.

As part of the care navigation initiative, receptionists may ask callers seeking to book an appointment a few simple questions to establish who could best meet their needs.

Patients might then be offered a slot within the practice – for example with a GP, nurse or pharmacist – or be referred to other services e.g. wellbeing or community services.

Care navigation will only be applicable to adults and is completely voluntary.

Capacity and Access Survey

We would encourage all patients of our GP Practices to complete our ‘Capacity and Access Survey’ to share your views on the new PATCHS system, availability of appointments and the awareness of additional services that are available within WACA Surgeries.

RSV vaccination

The RSV vaccination will be available for patients aged 75-79 year old from September.

This is to protect against respiratory virus and we will send invitations to all eligible.

You will still be invited for flu/covid vaccinations from October 5th October .

Your guide to the RSV vaccine for older adults – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Grassington Medical Centre Notice

We would like to advise patients of Grassington Medical Centre that work to replace the windows and doors of the building will commence on Monday 2nd September 2024. Scaffolding will initially be installed on the front of the building and the windows on this elevation will be replaced. We have been advised by the contractors that the replacement of all the windows and doors will take approximately 12 weeks. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause to patients and residents of Grassington, and we will aim to keep any disruption to a minimum.  Thank you.

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