Darnall Health Centre is now under new management.

Darnall Health Centre is now under new management.  On 1^st May 2022 Primary Care Sheffield took over the contract for the surgery, which has been renamed North Darnall Health Centre.

Primary Care Sheffield (PCS) is a not-for-profit company set up and developed by general practice in Sheffield to provide support in delivering world class primary care.  We already run six GP Surgeries in Sheffield as well as Sexual Health Sheffield, evening and weekend GP hubs, a paramedic home visiting service, vasectomy service and ECG clinics.

This is a management change. There will be no change to patient services. Patients will continue to receive GP services as normal and should continue to use the surgery as usual.  We are committed to keeping a fully functioning GP service running from North Darnall Health Centre and plan to increase practice services over the coming months and years.

We would also like to welcome Dr Saward an experienced Sheffield GP to the Surgery.  Dr Saward’s working days are every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Closure of Richmond Road Branch Site 

Between 4^th January and 28^th February 2022, we conducted a patient consultation to understand the potential impact of our proposal to close Richmond Road Surgery.  The patient consultation report was presented to Sheffield CCG’s Primary Care Commissioning Committee on 10^th March 2022.  The committee approved the decision to close the practice.

Next steps:

Richmond Road Surgery will close its doors on 30^th April 2022.  Patients registered with Richmond Road have the option to re-register at Darnall Health Centre, our main branch site, or at one of several local surgeries.

Please phone 0114 239 5243 and our reception team will support you to re-register.

You could also choose to re-register with another surgery which serves your postcode.  All local practices are currently accepting new patients.  Some local practices include; 

Richmond Medical Centre, 462 Richmond Road, S13 8NA 

Handsworth Medical Practice, 432 Handsworth Road, S13 9BZ 

Whitehouse Surgery, 1 Fairfax Drive, S2 1SL 

Clover Practice, Darnall Primary Care Centre, S9 4QH 

Darnall Hall Surgery, Darnall Primary Care Centre, S9 4QH 

Important Notice 4th January 2022

Darnall health centre are currently working with skeleton staff. 

There may be significant delays on the phones or in the surgery due to losing over 75 hours of reception/administration time due to a Covid-19 outbreak. 

Please ensure you direct any minor ailments in the first instance to your local pharmacist. Pharmacists can prescribe and dispense medication for a wide range of minor ailments including migraine, joint pain, conjunctivitis and fever etc. 

Please also ensure that you order your medication in advance to reduce the need for urgent prescription requests. 

And please ensure you treat staff with respect and empathy as they serve their community in these difficult unprecedented times. Your practice needs your support and understanding and would like to thank you all in advance at this time. 

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, how you contact us will be different at the moment. This is to limit face-to-face contact whenever possible and help stop the spread of coronavirus.

Your GP practice is open and if you need to see your GP, please ring us on 0114 244 9525 or 0114 239 5243.  Click here for our opening hours

You can also call NHS 111. Please do not come to the surgery unless you have an appointment.

If you are waiting for a check-up, please be assured we will be in touch

Appointments are being delivered face-to-face, online and over the telephone.

If you are asked to come into the surgery for a face-to-face appointment, please remember to wear a face covering.

Measures are in place to keep you safe from infection during your visit to the surgery.

Electronic Isolation Note

People unable to work for more than seven days because of coronavirus (COVID-19) can obtain an isolation note through a new online service.

Isolation notes will provide employees with evidence for their employers that they have been advised to self-isolate due to coronavirus, either because they have symptoms or they live with someone who has symptoms, and so cannot work.

The notes can be accessed through the NHS 111 online.

After answering a few questions, an isolation note will be emailed to the user. This will relieve the pressure on practices having to issue fit notes, if patients contact you asking for a fit note, direct them to https://111.nhs.uk/isolation-note.