Welcome to Woodstock Bower Surgery
We are part of the Central North PCN group.
Rotherham CCG: https://www.facebook.com/Rotherhamccg
The Department of Work and Pensions are making legislative changes meaning that from Friday 17 December 2021 self-certification for sickness will be extended from 7 to 28 days for people accessing Statutory Sick Pay, and there will be no requirement for a fit note to access other benefits. This time limited change will end on 26 January 2022.
The NHS and its partners are working extremely hard to roll out the COVID-19 booster vaccination programme to our communities.
All adults are eligible from Monday 13 December, and you will be able to book via the National Booking System from Wednesday 15 December.
You can book your booster for 3 months from the date of second vaccine, and you can access the National Booking System to book the appointment from 2 months.
We are working at pace to increase the availability of appointments so that there are plenty of options for people on the National Booking System. Some local vaccination services will also contact patients directly.
New appointments are being added every day across our vaccination services.
We will be working with all of our sites to take further steps to increase what they can offer again, including opening later and on more days.
All of these appointments will be added to the National Booking System and so we encourage everyone who is aged 18 and over, is yet to have their booster and who is approaching 3 months from your second vaccine to use the National Booking System to arrange your appointment when you are able to do so.
In terms of any planned appointments with Woodstock Bower Surgery, there are no changes at the current time and everyone should attend your planned appointments as normal. If we need to make any changes, we will contact you directly.
Woodstock Bower is here for you, but how you contact us might be different at the moment. Face-to-face appointments are available to patients where there is a clinical need. If you have a strong preference that your consultation is carried out face-to-face then please talk to your practice. You will be asked to first discuss your conditions over the phone or online with a member of the healthcare team to assess what would be most appropriate for you and which practice member would best provide it.
You can attend the practice in person but please ensure you follow social distancing measures and do not attend if you have symptoms of COVID-19, are self-isolating due to a positive COVID-19 test or have been in close contact with someone with COVID-19
If you need medical advice or treatment, please ring us on 01709 560005 or, for non-urgent advice or treatment, visit our website and send us your query – our opening hours are Monday-Friday 08:00 - 18:30
Covid vaccination status for travel:
From 17 May 2021, people in England who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can demonstrate their vaccination status for international travel. A full course is currently two doses of the Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccine, or one dose of the Janssen single-dose vaccine. Vaccine status will be available through the NHS COVID Pass service from:
You will need to register to use the online services, if you have not already. It may take more than a week for your identity to be checked and verified.
If you cannot access the online services, and you have had both doses of the vaccine, you can request a paper letter from the NHS by calling 119. Only call 119 if you are due to travel outside the UK in the near future and have had your second dose (or one dose of the Janssen single-dose vaccine) more than 5 working days ago. It may take up to 7 working days for the letter to arrive.
This practice is not able to provide you with a letter that shows your COVID-19 vaccination status. Please do not contact the practice about your COVID-19 vaccination status unless you have been advised to by the 119 service.
When you're planning your travel, you should check the latest information on demonstrating your COVID-19 status when travelling abroad on the gov.uk website. Make sure there is enough time to get proof of your COVID-19 vaccination status before you are due to travel.
Beat the phone queues and email us direct: Please fill in the below form for non-urgent queries where we will adhere to respond within 24-48 hours. Please note on a Friday and after 4pm each day (Mon-Thurs), we will not see this request until the following day.
The surgery will be closed for Staff Training one Thursday afternoon per month from 12.00 midday and will re-open as usual 8.00am Friday morning .
Dates as follows :
Thursday 17th March 2022
Thursday 28th April 2022
Thursday 19th May 2022
Thursday 23rd June 2022
Thursday 14th July 2022
Thursday 11th August 2022
Thursday 15th September 2022
Thursday 13th October 2022
Thursday 10th November 2022
Thursday 8th December 2022
Thursday 12th January 2023
Thursday 16th February 2023
During COVID-19 our staff have been under lots of pressure. We would appreciate any feedback and praise on the below form from January 21.
(Site updated 20/12/2021)