Guidance on social distancing for everyone in the UK and protecting older people and vulnerable adults. Please click on the links below for more information
Monthly Archives: August 2020
Change in rules regarding face coverings
It was announced on Tuesday 14 July that from Friday 24th July 2020 everyone is required to wear a face covering when entering a shop or business.
This is in addition to wearing one on Public Transport which has been mandatory for some time now.
If you feel you are unable to wear a mask for auditory/sensory/breathing reasons, please visit Face Coverings and download an exemption card for you to show if asked why you are not wearing one.
Please note, it is NOT the responsibility or the role of the Surgery to issue anyone with an exemption letter or certificate. Please visit the website above for more information.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR FACE MASK/COVERING ON BEFORE ENTERING THE BUILDING IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A MASK WE CAN SUPPLY ONE FOR YOU TODAY AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A £1 DONATION TOWARDS TO COST WHICH WILL GO TO “THE FRIENDS OF ST THOMAS”
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION
ST THOMAS MEDICAL GROUP
Devon Diabetes Eye Screening Programme
Diabetic Eye Screening Programme Restoration Update
Lockdown Screening
During lockdown, the service continued to screen high risk people with diabetes (e.g. pregnant ladies and some of those on a 3 or 6 month recall) although the screening service was paused for all other people.
Moving Forward
The National Diabetic Eye Screening Team have recently issued guidance to restart screening for all in a phased approach. Our Restoration Plan has been agreed with the local NHS England and NHS Improvement Commissioners and we are very pleased and eager to start screening once again.
We will invite people to screening appointments in the following order:
- Invite over next few weeks and months – those who are pregnant, under digital surveillance, newly diagnosed, had background retinopathy at last appointment (R1M0) or Did Not Attend their last appointment.
- January 2021 – Those who at their last appointment had no retinopathy or maculopathy (R0M0) are at much lower risk of developing diabetic retinopathy.
Appointment Arrangements
We have taken several practical steps to ensure those attending and our staff are kept safe in the clinics:
- A pre-screening health check call – to ensure those with COVID-19 symptoms (themselves or a member of their household) or self-isolating do not attend, and their appointment is rebooked.
- Ensuing people attending their appointment are wearing or are provided with a face covering as per Government guidance
- Social distancing guidance will be strictly followed
- No waiting in the waiting room before the appointment or after the Tropicamide drops have been administered
- All the equipment and room undergo rigorous cleaning between appointments and at the beginning and start of each day
- A Perspex screen fixed on the camera
- The Screener will be wearing full personal protective equipment (PPE) including apron, gloves, mask, and visor.
Full instructions on these new arrangements will be given in the appointment letter, during any telephone contact and are available on the website, www.devondesp.co.uk
Survey
To provide some reassurance to people that are new arrangements were helping people to attend, during May and early June we surveyed those attending to check – Did they feel safe?
We are happy to say that 99.5% said they felt safe attending screening
Please click on the links below for full details
New diabetes prevention programme
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