DIABETIC QUERIES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

This is a new Diabetes Network Helpline service and is for patients with diabetes, with concerns about Covid 19.

It will run seven days a week including bank holidays from 9am until 3pm and will operate for 12 weeks initially.

Helpline No:

028 9536 0600

Helpline Email: diabetic.

helpline@

hscni.net

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Accessing treatment elsewhere in the UK and Ireland

If you're away from home and travelling elsewhere in the UK or Ireland and need to access COVID-19 treatments, find out how to below.

Republic of Ireland

If you are travelling to or from the Republic of Ireland, you can access treatment by contacting the nearest GP, who can prescribe treatment for you in the same way to that available for their own patients.

England

In England, contact the nearest GP, or Out of Hours GP service via NHS 111 to allow you to access treatment within the recommended time.

Wales

In Wales, contact the nearest GP, or Out of Hours GP service via NHS 111 to allow you to access treatment within the recommended time.

Further information is available at:

Antiviral services across Wales - Welsh Medicines Advice Service(external link opens in a new window / tab)

Scotland

If you are visiting Scotland need access to COVID-19 treatments, you should contact your own NI GP (or NI GP out of hours service) or health professional in NI and it would then be for that health professional to contact the relevant local Scottish Health Board using the single point of contact numbers on the NHS Inform website.

ADVICE FROM JOINT COMMITTEE ON VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION

COVID VACCINATION FOR THOSE AGED UNDER 30 YEARS

- ASTRA ZENECA VACCINE

Based on the different risk-benefit balance for people in different age groups, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is now recommending that people aged under 30 with no other health conditions that put them at increased risk from COVID-19 are offered alternatives to the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Source: MIMS, 7 April 2021

VACCINATION - HEALTH TRUST

Please book an appointment via one of the Regional Vaccination Centres if you fall into one of the categories currently being promoted via the public media.

You can book an appointment on-line or by telephone.

On-line: https://covid-19.hscni.net

Telephone: 0300 200 7813

Your GP practice will be in contact with you where you are eligible for a vaccination in your Health Centre.

COVID VACCINATION - PRIORITY GROUPS

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has ruled that COVID19 vaccination MUST take place in priority order - this is outside of our control.

WE ARE WORKING HARD TO DELIVER THE COVID VACCINATION PROGRAMME TO OUR PATIENTS WITHIN CONSTRAINTS WHICH ARE OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL.

WE ARE RECEIVING SPORADIC AND LIMITED SUPPLY OF THE VACCINE AND ARE ORGANISING CLINICS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE CONSTRAINTS ARE NOT OF OUR MAKING - WE ARE WORKING WITHIN THE JCVI'S INSTRUCTION TO US AND WE CAN ONLY PROVIDE THE VACCINE TO OUR PATIENTS WHEN WE HAVE RECEIVED A SUPPLY. THE ORDERING AND DELIVERY PROCESS IS AGAIN, OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL.

WE WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH OUR PATIENTS WHEN WE HAVE SUPPLY - PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT US AS WE ARE WORKING THROUGH OUR LISTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND YOU WILL BE CONTACTED WHEN WE ARE IN A POSITION TO OFFER YOU A VACCINE BASED ON THE PRIORITY GROUPINGS SET BY JCVI - AND UPON THE SUPPLYING COMPANY, PROVIDING US WITH A DELIVERY.

TRAVELLERS ARRIVING IN NORTHERN IRELAND

Travellers arriving from Denmark or South Africa in the last 14 days, should self-isolate for 10 days along with their household.

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Anyone who has arrived back from or transited through Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Cape Verde, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Panama, Portugal, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela in to any part of the UK including Northern Ireland must self-isolate for 10 days along with their household.

Those who have arrived from those countries listed above within the last 14 days are also advised to self-isolate for 10 days along with their household.

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Due to the rapid spread of COVID 19 (Coronavirus) we must reduce face to face exposure in the Health Centre in order to protect patients and staff.

The Health Centre is a HIGH RISK AREA where vulnerable patients are at HIGH RISK OF EXPOSURE.

The following measures are now obligatory and take effect immediately:

Telephone contact is our first choice option at this time.
Following telephone contact with the Doctor, an appointment will be arranged as appropriate.
Prescriptions will be sent directly to your designated pharmacy. Please protect Community Pharmacy staff and ensure someone who is well, and not at risk of COVID-19, collects your script for you.
Medical certifications/letters can be posted to your address. These can no longer be picked up in the Health Centre.
Ensure strict hand hygiene.
Please do not enter the Health Centre unless you have been asked to do so by a GP.

SYMPTOM ADVICE

If you are suffering from any of the following symptoms you should SELF-ISOLATE FOR 7 DAYS:

Continuous cough.
Fever above 37.8^oC.
Loss of taste OR smell OR both.

You should contact NHS 111 if:

You feel no better after 7 days OR
Your condition worsens during this time

For further information and advice please visit the following websites:

https://www.nhs.uk

https://www.gov.uk

https://www.publichealth.hscni.net

Thank you for your co-operation in these extraordinary times

IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS

PATIENTS MAY BOOK A TEST IN THE

FOLLOWING WAY:

Visit https://www.nhs.uk/ask-for-a-coronavirus-test

Telephone: 119

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