Welcome to Valley Road Surgery Website

COVID 19 UPDATE

WE ARE OFFERING APPOINTMENTS ONLINE, OVER THE PHONE AND FACE TO FACE WHERE THE CLINICIANS DEEM IT APPROPRIATE. IF YOU ARE ASKED TO COME IN, PLEASE WEAR A FACE COVERING. MEASURE ARE IN PLACE TO KEEP YOU SAFE FROM INFECTION DURING YOUR VISIT TO THE SURGERY

EXEMPTION FROM WEARING FACE MASK

PLEASE SEE GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE ON https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-safer-travel-guidance-for-passengers#exemptions-face-coverings. IT IS NOT A MATTER FOR YOUR GP TO DECIDE.

IF YOU CONSIDER YOU HAVE REASONABLE CAUSE TO NOT WEAR A FACE MASK, YOU ARE ABLE TO PRINT THE FOLLOWING CARD FROM http://content.tfl.gov.uk/face-covering-exemption-card.pdf  

REGARDING SICK NOTES IN RELATION TO COVID 19, PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK https://111.nhs.uk/isolation-note. ALTERNATIVELY YOU CAN CLICK HERE  FOR INFORMATION AND LETTER TO GIVE TO YOUR EMPLOYER.

OUR VISION: 

THE STAFF TEAM AT VALLEY ROAD SURGERY AIM TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF SUSTAINABLE HEALTH CARE WITH CARE AND COMPASSION.

Valley Road Surgery in Streatham provides high quality healthcare to patients in the area. Our doctors, nurses and all our other staff are dedicated to offering a professional service and this surgery website will help us to keep all our patients up to date with news and information about our practice.

As well as a source of information about our practice, the staff and the services we provide, we hope you will use this website as a useful resource for other health-related information. Please have a look around and do send us some feedback if you like. We can use your ideas to improve our online services and further develop the content of this site. The surgery is fully accessible for disabled patients.

Do you know you can book appointments online? Request your medication online? View your medical records online? To register, please visit Patient Access

Changes in the prescribing of over the counter (OTC) medication

Lambeth CCG no longer supports routine prescribing of self-care medications for acute (short-term) illnesses, minor ailments, health supplements, malaria prevention medicines for travel and selected travel vaccinations.

Please see the links below which explains in details the current guidelines.

• Position statement for prescribing preparations available to purchase over the counter (OTC) for Self Care
• Position statement for prescribing malaria prevention medicines on the NHS for travel abroad
• Position statement for prescribing selected vaccines on the NHS for Travel Abroad

Lambeth CCG has also developed web pages on self care and travel health for patients and members of the public on the changes in prescribing guidance locally and how and where they can seek help.

The web pages can be accessed here

• Self Care
• Travel Health