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We have now sent invites to all patients aged between 45-50 years to book covid vaccinations. If you are within this age range and haven't received an invite please call us to book as soon as possible.
We have invited all eligible patients in cohorts 1-9 for the covid vaccination. If you have recieved a message to book your vaccination and have not yet done so, please contact us to book as soon as possible. If you are aged over 50 years and haven't yet recieved an invite please contact us book.
We are now using a booking system called 'AccuRx' which will send you a text to book your appointment. This text will come from a number that will show in your phone as 'Eightlands'. This message is personal to you and can be sent to a relative or friend to book on your behalf if you cannot do it from your phone. If you do not wish to have the vaccine, please follow the link and decline the vaccine - we will then update your medical record and stop contacting you to book.
In order for us to invite patients more quickly for the covid vaccination, it would help to have a mobile phone number on file. Please use the form online to update your contact details.
Thank you
As a group of Gp’s in North Kirklees we have vaccinated 15,075 patients as of the 22nd of January. We would like to thank all primary care, Curo, CCG staff and also the wonderful volunteers that have made this happen. We would also like to thank our patients that have been very understanding and happy to attend appointments with very little notice.
As a practice, Eightlands Surgery has vaccinated;
100% of our care home patients.
89% of patients over the age of 80
66% of the top 4 priority list of the target population due by mid February as per government guidance.
Unfortunately we are only receiving 300 vaccines next week as such we plan to concentrate on the housebound patients. We shall update you once we have more information on our next delivery dates.
We can vaccinate over 10,000 patients a week working collaboratively with our 27 Gp practices over the 2 sites in Batley and Dewsbury. We will contact you with an appointment once we have the vaccine, please do not contact your GP surgeries.
We have a new text service that reminds patients about appointments and allows you to cancel appointment via text. The number the text will come from is 07903588411. The inbox is automated and only picks up specified words such as 'CANCEL' or 'DECLINE'. If you have recently sent your email address to us, you will need to verify it using the link sent to the email provided.
Please see the below table for our doctors general days of working. The brackets indicate whether the doctor is male or female.
| GP Normal Working Patterns | ||||||
| Dr Dadibhai (m) | in on | Mon | Tue | Wed | ||
| Dr Hussain (m) | in on |
Tue |
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| Dr Pieske (m) | in on | Thu | ||||
| Dr Jones (m) | in on | Fri | ||||
| Dr Maqbool (f) | in on | Mon | Tue | Wed | ||
| Dr Mistry (f) | in on | Mon | ||||
| Dr Bham (m) | in on | Thu | ||||
| Dr Raj (m) | in on | Mon | Fri | |||
| Mr Khan - Advanced Nurse Practitioner | in on | Tue | Wed | |||
| Mr Yousaf - Advanced Nurse Practitioner | in on | Thu | Fri | |||
*Please be aware when GP's take annual leave, attend training etc this will be subject to change.
If you’re a patient at our practice you can now use the new NHS App, a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services on your smartphone or tablet.
You can use the NHS App to check your symptoms and get instant advice, book appointments, order repeat prescriptions, view your GP medical record and more.
If you already use SystmOnline you can continue to use it. You can use the NHS App as well.
Further information about the NHS App
New Extended Access Scheme launched
Patients can now see a local GP for routine appointments* on weekday evenings and at weekends.
Pre-bookable and on-the-day appointments are available between 6.30pm and 9.30pm each weekday, with additional slots available on Saturdays from 9am and 4pm and Sundays 9am and 1pm.
Evening and weekend appointments will be available for any patient registered with a GP in North Kirklees. The appointments will be available in Dewsbury Health Centre (at Calder View practice on the ground floor).
There are ‘pre-bookable’ and ‘on-the-day’ appointments which can be booked through our practice reception team between 8am-6pm, or by calling the free NHS 111 phone line out of normal working hours.
The phone number for extended access service is 01924 925517.
The extended access team have no telephone line through the daytime so if you need to cancel an appointment on a weekday before 6pm please ring Eightlands Surgery on 01924 767303.
After 6pm please call the extended access service on 01924 925517.
*Please note that these appointments are not provided by Eightlands Surgery GP's.
We are launching a virtual patient reference group to help us gather feedback and improve our services. To find out more please go to the ‘patient group’ page.
We now have free WiFi available in our waiting room for all patients to enjoy. See our friendly reception team for help setting up your device.
You can now book your appointment and order your repeat prescription online using our patient online access service. Available 24 hours a day, it's especially useful when the practice is closed or telephone lines are busy.
If you have not already registered for this service please pop into the surgery for details.
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