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Welcome to The Barcellos Family Practice

Our Practice provides comprehensive NHS primary care services to help you manage your health and well-being. 

Our practice, established in 1983 by Dr Albert Barcellos, offers a personal, friendly service to all of our patients. We aim to treat you as we would our own family. We are welcoming new patients.

We have two health centres — at Corbin Avenue, Tricketts Cross, Ferndown and 54 Glenmoor Road, West Parley. Our patients and services are split evenly across both sites and the management team are based at Corbin Avenue. We take great pride in our tradition of promoting and maintaining good health and wellbeing in the local community, in challenging times.

 

We ask all patients to use our online facilities for booking appointments and requesting prescriptions where possible. This should enable you to get the appointment that suits you best and also reduces waiting times on the telephones and at the desks. Please ensure you are registered for online access and that we have an up to date email and mobile phone number registered with the surgery (where applicable) – this enables us to remind you of appointment times and contact you if required. We do not share this information with any third parties.

Our practice area includes Ferndown, West Parley, West Moors, Longham, Canford Bottom and Hurn. Please ask at reception or visit our New Patient Registration web page for further details>>

We now offer patients the opportunity to contact the Practice using SystmConnect to:

  • Request a letter or a report
  • Request a fit / sick note
  • Ask about your test results

You do not need to have a SystmOnline account to use this service, but if you log in using your SystmOnline account or NHS login details, it will save you from having to enter some of your personal information.

Please note that the SystmConnect service is NOT for booking appointments or ordering repeat medications, which can be done online using a SystmOnline Services Patient Access account.  However, we invite you to try the online consultation services we are trialling through SystmConnect and let us know what you think. 

Follow this link to use Systmconnect>>

Winter Flu Vaccination Programme 2024/25

People at increased risk from flu are strongly encouraged to have their free NHS winter flu vaccination every year.

While we have completed our scheduled clinics, eligible patients may contact us to book an appointment with a member of our nursing team to receive a Winter Flu vaccination.  

 

Follow this link for more information on our Vaccination Services>>

Our website

Our website has been designed with the patient’s needs at the forefront of everything, from checking surgery times to letting us know what you think.

We provide a full range of NHS care services many of which can be accessed from the website. We are confident that our website will provide clear and concise help and give our patients the information they require in an easy and convenient format.

We are continuing our work to ensure that the website content and layout provides the information, advice, and access to the relevant services that our patients need.  

Would you like to give feedback to the Practice?

 

Listening to the views of our patients and staff helps us identify what is working well, what can be improved on, and how.  

 

Visit our Have Your Say page to find out how to let us know what you think>>

Areas of Community interest

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Your Patient Participation Group (PPG)

Our Practice has recently relaunched its Patient Participation Group.  Find out information on what the PPG is all about.

Discover more>>

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Community Vaccination Information

Visit our Vaccination Information page for information about vaccinations routinely offered to adults, young people and children. 

Discover more>>

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Find a Local Health or Care Service Near Me

Find out what services are available in your area, including pharmacies, hospitals, clinicss, social care providers, dentists, and opticians.

 Discover more>>

Know who to turn to for your healthcare

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Pharmacist

When you need healthcare advice or help with medicines, your local Pharmacist can help.  The Pharmacy is the place to go to get any prescription medicines and clinical advice for minor health concerns.  

Find out how your pharmacy can help>>

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Dentist

Severe toothache, infection or injury within your mouth or to your teeth that needs urgent attention?  Call your dentist or access an emergency dentist if you're not already registered with one.

Find out how to acces an NHS dentist>>

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Optician

Sudden loss of vision. Blurred vision. Painful or red eyes?  If you have an eye problem, you can make an emergency appointment with an Optician (also known as an Optometrist). 

Find your nearest optician>>

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Accident and Emergency

Please only use A&E or 999 only in an emergency for serious or life-threatening situations.

In a genuine emergency you should call 999.  Chest pains and/or shortness of breath constitute an emergency.

NHS111

Out of Hours

Sometimes you may require urgent medical attention or advice outside normal surgery hours.  The first call when we are not open is the NHS 111 services. 

How to contact the NHS 111 service>>

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Minor Injuries

For injuries that are not life threatening or serious, minor injuries units and urgent care centres can help. 

Find your local Minor Injuries Unit>>

 

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Our Latest News and Events for patients

Scroll down to find out what's going in at the Practice and other healthcare news and information.

Follow us on social media, keep an eye on our News and Events web page, or look out for the TV screens in our surgery waiting areas. 

Dorset General Practice Alliance asks local people to share views on self care needs
The Dorset General Practice Alliance have launched a survey asking people in the county how confident they feel abo...
World Menopause Day - 18th October 2024
October 18th is World Menopause Day, which is held annually to raise awareness of menopause and to suppo...
Winter Flu Vaccination Programme 2024
We are pleased to be able to release our flu vaccination dates as follows:Saturday 28th September - f...
The UK Health Security Agency Statement on mpox
People in our community may have seen reports in the media about the World Health Organization (WHO) identifying mp...
Know your Numbers - Check your Blood Pressure at Home with Viso
We believe every adult in the UK should know their blood pressure numbers in the same way they know their height a...
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccinations
The UK will become the first country in the world to roll out a national vaccination programme against Respirato...
Whooping cough vaccinations are available for pregnant women
Whooping cough - also known as Pertussis - cases have been rising in England. We recommend getting the whooping cou...
Prescribing over the counter medicines - #HelpYourNHS
In line with NHS England recommendations, NHS Dorset has asked GP teams across the county to stop prescribing medici...
SystmConnect Online Consultation Services are now available
The Barcellos Family Practice is trialling a new online consultation system that enables patients to access so...
The Barcellos Family Practice Patient Participation Group
Our Patient Participation Group (PPG) works with us to support and promote the best possible health care for a...