There is a car park at the surgery with spaces available for a limited number of patients. Please use this when you are visiting the surgery.  If the car park is full and you need to park on the street, please try to ensure you are not blocking the local residents access to their homes.  

Many thanks

Ecclesfield Group Practice 

Sheffield has been awarded £37m by the government to transform Sheffield GP practices across the city.

NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), the organisation who buy and plan health services in the city have funding to build up to five new health centres bringing together GP services, other health services, and some voluntary all under one roof. Council services may also have a presence in some of the buildings.

Our area hasn’t benefited from previous funding for GP buildings, so many of the practice sites are in need of modernisation. Some GP practices in these areas have shown an interest in potentially moving into the new buildings and the CCG and practices want to hear patients’ views and ideas before making a decision.

Exact locations haven’t yet been agreed but there are preferred sites for each health centre.

What do you think of these plans?

On behalf of practices, NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), want to hear what you think about the suggested locations, accessibility, and services. This is just the start of a conversation between the CCG, GP practices and their patients and will help us to shape our plans. If the plans progress further, there will be a further opportunity to have a say on detailed proposals later on this year.

Fill in the online survey here:  https://www.sheffieldccg.nhs.uk/get-involved/healthcentres.htm 

If you prefer you can feedback your thoughts to your local community partner.  

• SOAR Community www.soarcommunity.org.uk/ 0114 213 4065
• Firvale Community Hub https://firvalecommunityhub.org.uk/ 0114 261 9130
• Shipshape www.shipshape.org.uk/ 0114 250 0222

As practices are so busy helping patients, we ask you to please not contact our practice about the plans. Please fill in the online survey, speak to one of the community partners or contact the NHS Sheffield CCG communications and engagement team on sheccg.comms@nhs.net. They will coordinate all views and pass on to practices in full.

Comment from GP and Chair of NHS Sheffield CCG Dr Terry Hudsen

Terry Hudsen, GP and Chair of NHS Sheffield CCG said, “This is fantastic news for the city and could see more than 100,000 patients benefitting from modern health premises, tackling health inequalities in the city.

“I would encourage anyone who lives in the areas where a new health centre is being considered to have their say as it is important that we work with local communities to meet their specific community needs.

“One option will be to retain the status quo and not build the new health centres at all. We have been offered this funding by the government and it is a great opportunity for us to explore improving health care facilities for local people.”

Tell us what you think

You can have your say by filling in the online survey here:  https://www.sheffieldccg.nhs.uk/get-involved/healthcentres.htm

You can also speak to someone at our local community partners:

• SOAR Community www.soarcommunity.org.uk/ 0114 213 4065
• Firvale Community Hub https://firvalecommunityhub.org.uk/ 0114 261 9130
• Shipshape www.shipshape.org.uk/ 0114 250 0222

They will be collating feedback on behalf of the CCG.

Additional information

This is part of a £1 billion boost to NHS capital spending from the government. The Sheffield funding is part of £57.5m for South Yorkshire.

The funding will also be used to improve and make more space in some existing GP practice facilities. Nine practices from across the city are expected to receive investment for refurbishment and extension of their current premises.

If you need any further information please contact the NHS Sheffield CCG communications and engagement team on sheccg.comms@nhs.net

Data Opt Out Information

You may be aware of a new NHS Digital initiative https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-collections/general-practice-data-for-planning-and-research  to extract information from GP records for research and other purposes. Patients might want to opt out of this data collection and there are 2 different requirements to opt out:

1. Type 1 data opt out - Urgent action required as the opt out window closes on 23 June 2021

•  This is to protect GP data held on your system. Patients need to complete a form and leave it at reception. https://nhs-prod.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/content/assets/website-assets/data-and-information/data-collections/general-practice-data-for-planning-and-research/type-1-opt-out-form.docx

2. Type 2 data opt out - No time limit

This is to protect non-GP data held on your system, e.g. hospital or clinic treatment.        

• Patients can do this for themselves by visiting the Make your choice webpage. https://www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters/manage-your-choice/
• For children under 13 the form available here should be used. https://assets.nhs.uk/nhsuk-ms/documents/Make_and_manage_your_choice_or_your_childs_choice_PDF_224kb.pdf
• For dependant adults the form available here should be used.  https://assets.nhs.uk/nhsuk-cms/documents/Make_and_manage_a_choice_for_someone_else_PDF_154kb.pdf

Please use the following link for all the latest updated information from the government regarding COVID 19

https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus