Are you an LGBT Patient?

The LGBT Foundation would like to know what you think. The Practice is committed to providing excellent Primary Health Services to all patients but in collaboration with the LGBT Foundation we would like to ensure that the LGBT community's Primary Care needs are recognised and met. Click here to complete the online survey.

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More evening and weekend appointments available

Evening appointments

There are now extra routine appointments available in the evening, making it easier for you to get an appointment at a time to suit you.

A virtual clinical pharmacist service – This is a telephone appointment for patients who need to speak to a pharmacist  regarding a medication issue but don’t need to come to surgery.  The pharmacists are able to prescribe and organise prescriptions electronically.

A virtual musculoskeletal (MSK) service – This is a telephone appointment for patients who need to speak to an advanced physiotherapist regarding muscle and joint problems.  They will issue advise and where appropriate arrange a follow up.

For either of the above please speak to the reception team for further information on how to book one of these appointments.

All the above are now offered 7 days a week including bank holidays.

Saturday morning face to face appointments

There are now Saturday morning routine appointments from 09:00-12:00 available through our extended access service at:- 

Rutland Lodge Medical Practice, Scott Hall Road, Leeds, LS7 3DR 

This increased availability is an extension of the services offered by your practice and is provided by a range of local clinicians including GPs, Nurses and Health Care Assistants. 

Please note this is not a walk-in service – you still need to make an appointment via your own GP practice. Extended Access appointments are for routine general practice issues and not for urgent care.  If your practice is closed and you are unwell, please call NHS111. 

OUR TELEPHONE NUMBER IS CHANGING ON THE 9TH NOVEMBER 2018 TO 0113 2214700 

Oakwood Lane Medical Practice 

With patients' needs at the heart of everything we do, our website has been designed to make it easy for you to gain instant access to the information you need. As well as specific practice details such as opening hours and how to register, you’ll find a wealth of useful pages covering a wide range of health issues along with links to other relevant medical organisations.

Get Well, Keep Well

Of course we’re not just here for when you are unwell. Our team of healthcare professionals and back-up staff offer a number of clinics and services to promote good health and wellbeing whatever your medical condition.

Long term conditions review

We have introduced a new annual review recall process. We hope the new process will be more efficient and less time consuming for patients.

 We want to give our patients with Long Term Conditions the best outcomes and guidance that we can. To do this we need to ensure that we have an organised process or reviewing our patients on at least an annual basis.

This new review process provides a better way of reviewing patient’s needs, especially for patients who may have more than one Long Term Condition.

What is a Long Term Condition?

A Long term condition includes illnesses such as:

• respiratory disease
• heart disease
• stroke
• diabetes
• kidney disease
• high blood pressure
• rheumatoid arthritis
• epilepsy
• mental health problems
• other long term health issues that affect the health or lifestyle of a patient

These conditions require an annual review to ensure that the condition is being managed appropriately (by you the patient and also by us as your healthcare provider), identify any problems or concerns and ensure patients are confident to deal with their condition between reviews.

How does the Process work?

Patients with long term conditions will be invited for their annual review within the month of their birthday. Some patients have more than one long term condition. If this is the case, all relevant conditions will be reviewed within the one annual review process. This ensures that you are only attending the surgery when you need to and that we are not asking you to attend the surgery unnecessarily. You will receive a letter which explains what to do next.

For some conditions, it may be necessary to have more than one appointment for example, a blood test appointment with the health care assistant (to ensure results are available for the review) and then a review with the practice nurse or nurse practitioner. In some case it may also be necessary to have an appointment with the GP, but most reviews will take place with our specialised Nursing team who have knowledge and experience of managing long term condition patients.

Some conditions may require an interim review e.g. at six months this will be discussed at the annual review where it is felt to be appropriate.

We hope you find this new process straight forward and easy to use. If you have any questions with regard to the annual review process, please do not hesitate to contact us. As this is a new process we would appreciate any feedback on how the system works for you.

Access

The surgery at Oakwood Lane has access for the disabled including an automatic entrance door, a disabled toilet and portable induction loops.

Patient notification

Our practice is collaborating with NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) who is providing NHS numbers for those patients that maybe suitable for electronic repeat dispensing prescriptions. The information is obtained from NHS prescriptions submitted to the NHSBSA. A member of our clinical team will contact these patients soon to explain the benefits of this service.