Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Stay at home to stop coronavirus spreading

Everyone must stay at home to help stop the spread of coronavirus.

You should only leave the house for very limited purposes:

shopping for basic necessities, for example food and medicine, which must be as infrequent as possible
one form of exercise a day, for example a run, walk, or cycle – alone or with members of your household
any medical need, including to donate blood, avoid or escape risk of injury or harm, or to provide care or to help a vulnerable person
travelling for work purposes, but only where you cannot work from home

Important - These reasons are exceptions – even when doing these activities, you should be minimising time spent outside of the home and ensuring you are 2 metres apart from anyone outside of your household.

There is separate advice about staying at home if:

Symptoms and what to do

Do not leave your home if you have either:

a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal

To protect others, do not go to places like a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital. Stay at home.

Use the 111 online coronavirus service to find out what to do.

Only call 111 if you cannot get help online.

Important - Call 111 for advice if you're worried about a baby or child.

If they seem very unwell, are getting worse or you think there's something seriously wrong, call 999.

Do not delay getting help if you're worried. Trust your instincts.

Help the NHS respond to coronavirus

Use the quick NHS coronavirus status checker to tell us about your current experience of the virus.

This will help the NHS plan its response to coronavirus by showing where the virus is spreading and how it affects people.

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Welcome to Stowhealth Surgery

Stowhealth has changed the way you can book your appointment with AskMyGP.

Save time and book online - no more queuing on the telephone! Just click on the askmyGP logo above.

Available 24/7 and we respond during working hours Monday to Friday
We will usually get back to you within 2 hours (after 4:30pm it might be the next day)
You can request a particular doctor or nurse (so long as they’re working)
You can choose to be contacted by the surgery by telephone or secure message
If we need to see you we will usually give you an appointment the same day
You will need to register the first time you use askmyGP, but this can easily be done without any paperwork.
AskmyGP is available to all our patients, and you can use it to ask about your children or other people you care for (if they are registered with us).
Please note you will no longer be able to book a GP telephone appointment using the Systmonline appointment system after 7th January 2020.