Please click the link below for guidance on how to keep safe when isolating at home.

Isolating at Home

NHS visitor guidance will stay in place across all health services including hospitals, GP practices, dental practices, optometrists and pharmacies to ensure patients and staff are protected.

Staff, patients and visitors will also be expected to continue to follow social distancing rules when visiting any care setting as well as using face coverings, mask and other personal protection equipment.

The NHS will continue to support staff in ensuring that the guidance is followed in all healthcare settings.

You can get a digital version using the NHS App or NHS website. You will need to set up an NHS login to do this.  Digital versions can be downloaded as a pdf or sent to you in an email.

You can get a digital version by: downloading the NHS App – you must be registered with a GP surgery in England to use the app.

You can ask for a paper version of your COVID-19 vaccination status to be sent to you in the post. You should get this within 5 working days. You do not need to be registered with a GP surgery or have an NHS login for this. You can get a paper version by: requesting a letter online via the nhs.uk website or calling 119 – do not call 119 if you’re travelling in more than 4 weeks’ time

You can request a letter 5 days after having your 2nd dose of the vaccine.

It’s never been easier to get your Covid-19 vaccine

If you haven’t had your Covid-19 vaccine yet, it’s never been easier to get one. From Tuesday 29 June, South Tyneside residents over 18 can get the jab at three drop-in vaccine clinics – no booking, just walk in!

• The Glen Primary Care Centre, Hebburn – Tuesdays 3-6pm
• Cleadon Park Primary Care Centre, South Shields – Thursdays 3-6pm
• Flagg Court Health Centre, South Shields – Saturdays 3-6pm

Other options

• To book an appointment at a local vaccine centre (The Glen, Cleadon Park or Flagg Court), please call the South Tyneside Vaccination Contact Centre on 0191 283 1925 or speak with your GP practice.
• To book an appointment at a large vaccine centre (such as the Nightingale Hospital or Centre for Life) or at selected local pharmacies, visit the NHS website or call 119 between 7am and 11pm.

Got questions about the vaccine?

If you have questions about the vaccine, please call the South Tyneside Vaccination Contact Centre on 0191 283 1925 or speak with your GP.

Further information, and answers to frequently asked questions about the vaccine, are available at www.southtynesideccg.nhs.uk.

As a practice, we fully respect your right as a patient to control your data. We outline our privacy policy in more detail on our website and explain how we share data with other providers, including the Great North Care Record and NHS Digital for secondary use.

You have the right to opt-out at any time from data being shared.

Your data is used in broadly two different ways:

1. To provide you with care. This is called “Primary Use“
2. To allow for planning and research to be done. This is called “Secondary Use“

Both uses will only be made where it is considered secure and appropriate to use patient data.

Opting-out of data sharing is an option for all patients, however it is not without potential downsides. For Primary Use data, if you opt-out and need care in a local hospital, for example, it may be much harder for the staff to access important medical information about you needed to provide safe and effective care. For Secondary Use, the downsides are more indirect. If everyone in the country were to opt-out, it would make it much harder to ensure funding is used in the NHS to develop services where they are needed. It would also be harder to develop new treatments.

It is possible to opt-out of specific parts of data sharing, while keeping some elements of data sharing in place. It is very common, for example, for people who have privacy concerns about Secondary Use, to be happy to continue sharing data for Primary Use/Direct Care.

The table and diagram below summarises what opt-outs are possible, and how to request them:

How data in your GP record is used, and how you can control the use

Primary Use – sharing your data for your direct care

Secondary Use – Using your data to design health services and do health research

How to manage your sharing preferences using the NHS App

You can view or change your current preference at any time.

To view and change your preference in the NHS App:

1. Go to Your health
2. Select Choose if data from your health and care records is shared for planning and research.
3. Select Make your choice.
4. Review the information on the page, then select Start now.
5. View your preference, then select Change if you want to change it.
6. Update your choice, then select Submit.

You can also visit www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters.