Pioneer Medical Group
Accessible - Responsive - Caring
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Welcome to the Pioneer, formed by the merger of Avonmouth, Bradgate and Ridingleaze surgeries. We're a friendly, multi-site teaching practice providing GP services in Bristol. We aim to provide an excellent service (patient surveys and the CQC)
There's a lot of information on the site - opening times, self-care advice, chronic disease clinics, registration forms, contact details etc. Check out our TopTenTips page to make the most of our service. For news, updates and local information do visit our Facebook page. We value your feedback. If you can't find something use the search bar on the footer of every page. If it's not here and you think it should be let us know. Click for easy read information or to request information in another format. |
COVID vaccine
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The Pioneer Medical Group has signed up to be a part of the COVID vaccine programme. We are working with other surgeries in our area to do this. As fast as we get the vaccines, we will administer them. For now, the Government have instructed us to postpone second doses. We will be following this instruction. This postponement will allow us to double the rate of vaccine delivery.
The government are prescriptive about who gets the vaccine and in what order. We will contact you when eligible (Call or text followed by a letter if needed). For most that invitation will not come until well into the new year. |
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We are not able to give you a vaccine unless you are in the cohort we are working on. We have no discretion to break the priority list and squeeze you in, so please don't ask. Don't call us, we'll call you! We will keep this website and our Facebook page updated as we work though the weeks, months and cohorts. FYI - this is the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JVIC) priority group list as it currently stands.......
** Note that 'carers' refers to care home staff. Personal or family carers will be vaccinated within your age-related or clinically vulnerable group. |
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PMG have started calling patients in Priority Group 6. Priority Group 6 is large and covers a wide age range, and many health conditions. In BNSSG we are contacting people in Group 6 over the next few weeks in order of those at most risk of a more severe outcome from contracting Covid. If you believe you are in Cohort 6, please do not contact the NHS - we will contact you. We appreciate that it can be confusing for individuals to know if they belong to one group or another. At this stage we are following a series of nationally defined criteria and that allows us to contact the people we want to come forward for vaccination. We are working tirelessly to vaccinate our patients as quickly as possible using every potential slot and every dose of vaccine as soon as we receive it. Please be patient and kind to our staff; we will be in touch when it is your turn.
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If you're in group 1, 2, 3 or 4 and haven't had a vaccine - contact the surgery! It is estimated that taken together, these groups represent around 99% of preventable mortality from COVID-19. You can find out more about the local roll-out in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire here.
For those interested there is already lots of good information from the NHS in the public domain. For information from the Government start here. Some key points: The vaccines contain a short sequence of mRNA genetic code that is carried into your cells (in different ways depending on the vaccine you are given). Your cells use this genetic information to produce a copy of the spike protein of coronavirus. |
This stimulates your immune system to make a antibodies that fight the coronavirus should you encounter it in the community. The mRNA quickly degrades after it has served its purpose. There are no animal products in the vaccine. The vaccine doesn't give you COVID. The immune protection takes some weeks to develop. Even after a compete vaccination course (2 jabs) you might still catch and pass COVID so please continue to follow social distancing rules.
COVID19 - Changes To GP Services
Under the instruction of NHS England all our appointments are triaged. There is no facility to book directly into a face to face appointment. Why? Firstly, the Government have instructed us to. Secondly, anyone walking in the building that doesn't need to, poses a risk to themselves, other patients and our staff. We have an obligation to protect our staff and patients from harm. Please be assured we are still here and are still working! Personal appointments are offered on need and if we determine that you need to be seen, then you will be seen. Believe us it feels unsatisfactory having to limit face to face appointments. Find out more on our COVID page.
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For more information on COVID, self-isolating, sick notes and how to get a test follow this link to our COVID page.
Everyone, from school age up, is expected to wear a mask in the surgery. To help us manage this additional work load, can we please encourage you to use our new, fast and easy online contact form? The form is quick to complete and asks only a few questions - what you want, how you want it and who you'd prefer to manage your contact (if they are available). Online helps us manage workload and gets you what you need without fighting past the phones. If you have a smart phone follow the link to the NHS Test and Trace App download page. We encourage all our patients to download and use the app. |
Our receptions ARE CLOSED to walk ins. Please use online access or phone us. Do not come to reception to book appointments.
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The NHS App
The NHS App is the recommended online access system. Book appointments. Order medications. View test results. Read clinic letters. Check symptoms. Change your pharmacy. Register for organ donation. Get self help advice. And much more! You can access NHS services with a web browser or by downloading the app on your smart-device (phone or tablet). You only need register once.
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Safe SurgeriesAt Pioneer we understand that everyone in the UK is entitled to register and consult with a GP. Access to health care can be especially difficult for vulnerable groups. Migrants, including refugees, asylum seekers and survivors of trafficking experience barriers to accessing care.
We are proud to be a Safe Surgery. Our priority is to provide a welcoming environment for everyone in our community and an equitable service for all of our patients. Follow link for info in various languages. |
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The Pioneer Medical Group are responsible for the content of this website. Please find our privacy statement here. We take no responsibility (legal or otherwise) for the content of other websites that are linked to from the Pioneer Medical Group's site.
