River Brook Medical Centre

Surgery updates

Suspension of routine blood tests.

Due to a national shortage of supplies the surgery will be suspending blood tests for the time being, unless urgently requested by a clinician. This is a nation wide problem and through no decision of the surgery . We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Antibiotic Amnesty  

Do you have any unused or old antibiotics at home? We are asking you to return them to any local pharmacy as part of an Antibiotic Amnesty in support World Antibiotic Awareness Week (18-24 November).

Antibiotics are important medicines for treating bacterial infections but the more they are used the more bacteria are able to find ways to survive the antibiotic. This is known as antibiotic resistance and is a huge threat to our future health. Without effective antibiotics many routine treatments will become increasingly dangerous. Setting broken bones, operations and treatments for cancer all rely on access to antibiotics that work. You should only take antibiotics when they have been prescribed for you by a healthcare professional. Unless your doctor or nurse has specifically told you to, you should never save antibiotics for later, and never share them with others.

You can play your part in protecting antibiotics for the future by returning unused or old antibiotics to any local pharmacy.

River Brook is also encouraging all our staff and patients to become Antibiotic Guardians and choose a pledge to help protect these vital medicines.

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In the interests of patient and staff safety, all measures introduced at the surgery due to the COVID-19 pandemic will remain in place after 19^th July 2021.
For full information of what measures are in place or for updates on government guidelines please go to the ‘COVID-19 support page’.

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River Brook Medical Centre has been selected as a hub to administer the COVID-19 vaccination. If you are eligible you will be contacted to book an appointment. You will be booked in for your second vaccination during your first appointment, if there are any changes to this, such as a guideline change then your own surgery will contact you to rearrange your appointment

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FROM MONDAY 6TH APRIL WE WILL BE CONTACTING PATIENTS USING TEXT AND VIDEO CALLING – IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO OPT OUT OF THIS PLEASE CONTACT THE SURGERY  DUE TO RECENT CIRCUMSTANCES THE SURGERY WILL NOT BE SEEING ANY FACE TO FACE APPOINTMENTS WITHOUT SPEAKING TO A DOCTOR OR NURSE FIRST.
For all updates on COVID-19 surgery guidelines please go to our support page

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About us

River Brook Medical Centre offers a wide range of clinical services making it a unique surgery to be a part of.
History
River Brook Medical Centre is a well established, purpose built practice that was originally situated on Pershore Road in Stirchley. In March 1987, we moved to our current site on River Brook Drive. In 2002, the practice was redeveloped and has since increased in size two-fold.