Covid Restriction Update:

Throughout the pandemic we have made the surgery as safe as possible for all our patients and staff and will continue to do so going forward.

From July 19th nothing will change at the surgery - patients will need to still wear a mask, socially distance and use hand sanitiser in the surgery and staff will continue to wear PPE. We will continue to use the door buzzer and have different arrangement for anyone with COVID symptoms. We do understand that it can be frustrating, but we know that when people come to us they are sick and vulnerable (and some cannot receive the covid vaccinations due to medical reasons) so we feel it would be wrong to not take these small precautions that can help to protect people.

Also whilst the medical risks of COVID are reduced by vaccination, the impact of self-isolation due to a COVID outbreak remain considerable.

In terms of 'opening up', as many of you know, we have never been shut and in fact have consulted with much higher numbers of patients than we did pre-covid (face to face, by phone and by video), not counting giving thousands of COVID vaccines at Warrington Wolves since the start of the year.

We will continue to request people use eConsult where possible, or reception will help you if you cannot. As the risks to all of COVID have reduced, the proportion of face to face appointments will increase. Knowing what your needs are is important to enable you to find the right person or service to help.

The receptionist team do a very important job for us and are following principles we have agreed as a practice. Thank for your patience and kindness with them.

Latchford Medical Centre has come so far in trying to minimise the impact of Covid and we are sure you understand that we need to keep the surgery as safe for ALL patients as we can.