News & Announcements

Nantgarw Road Medical Centre Opening/Website

9 February Practice Manager  

The Nantgarw Road Medical Centre opens on Monday 20th February when Nelsons Pharmacy move from their current premises. 

 

Nantgarw Road Medical Centre travel Plan

9 December Practice Manager  

A Travel plan has been published which was developed by Opus as part of a  BREEAM Assesment (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method). It sets the standard for best practice in sustainable design and has become the de facto measure used to describe a building's environmental performance. The main overall objective of the travel plan is to reduce car borne trips and encourage the use of more sustainable modes of transport to the new medical centre , including pedestrian, cyclist and publict transport. The plan can be viewed  Here 

 

Minor injuries services are now available in the new Local  Emergency Centre at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr.

 The new emergency centre at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr will be providing a 24 hour nurse-led minor injuries service. You can visit the minor injury unit for treatment if you have the following conditions:

            Wounds which require closure

       Limb injuries

       Bites and stings

       Minor burns and scalds

       Insect bites or other animal bites

       Removal of foreign bodies e.g. from ears, eyes or nose

       Minor head injuries as long as there has been no loss of consciousness, vomiting, blurred vision, headache, nausea or dizziness

 If you need treatment for more serious injuries, or if someone collapses or loses consciousness, has chest pain or suspected stroke, you should ring 999 or seek treatment at Accident and Emergency departments at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Prince Charles Hospital, the Royal Glamorgan Hospital or the University Hospital of Wales.

 If you require treatment for other less serious conditions, you should call the GP Out of Hours Service or NHS Direct.

 

GP Out of Hours Service 0845 600 1231

(evenings, weekends and bank holidays only during normal surgery hours, please contact your own GP surgery first)

 NHS Direct 0845 46 47

 Dental helpline 01633 488389

(during bank holidays and evenings ring 0845 602 02 52)

 

NRMC Phone and Ride service

2nd November   We are delighted to inform patients that a public telephone will be installed in the

new surgery which will include a freephone call link to Knights Taxis (02920 885088) who are based near

to the new premises at Western Industrial Estate. The company will have wheelchair enabled vehicles.

 

New uniform launch

7th October 2011 Posted by Andrew Langley, Practice Manager

Some of the administration and nursing team were today photographed at Caerphilly Castle to mark the launch of the new staff uniform!

Changes To Appointment System

4th October 2011 Posted by Andrew Langley, Practice Manager

From Monday 31^st October we will be making some changes to the way we allocate doctors appointments in the morning at Nantgarw Road.   We will continue to have One GP who will have a set amount of walk in appointments which become available each morning (bookable on arrival). We will also have GPs who will have pre-bookable appointments available in the morning. 

                                               

          This change will allow patients to plan ahead and book morning appointments in advance, particularly if patients wish to see a particular GP.

 

          We will allow patients to book morning appointments by phone or online up to 28 days in advance, and afternoon appointments up to 3 months in advance ( 28 days in advance if using my health online).

 

          Patients needing a doctor same day will always be offered an appointment if arriving before 11am for morning surgery.

 

          We will run a similar but expanded system when we move to the new building, so this will enable patients to adjust to the changes before the move.

 

Please Note:  Once all the set appointments have been booked each morning, patients who arrive before 11am needing to see a doctor will be allocated to the first available GP.  Therefore we will not be able to

offer a GP of choice in these circumstances.  We will review how this has worked in six months, and make changes as found necessary. We always take into consideration any comments or suggestions submitted by patients.

 

Transport to new Medical Centre

6th September Posted by Andrew Langley, Practice Manager

As well has having a large car parking facility, the new surgery will be a minutes walk from the Cwrt Rawlin inn bus stop which is served 4 times the hour by two regular bus services, as well as connecting with a regular service from the Aber Valley ;

120  (Caerphilly - Pontypridd)     From top of town interchange, stopping at Current surgery on nantgarw road. Travel Time from town 5 minutes.

26  (Blackwood - Cardiff,)     Via Llanbradach , Pontygwindy Road, top of town interchange, stopping at the Cresent road/Nantgarw Road stop. Travel time from town 5 minutes.   

Patients from the Aber Valley,  Penyrheol, Hendredenny,who need to access the medical centre will be able to use the  Service B  (Senghenydd - Cardiff)    from Senghenydd, which stops at the end of St.Cenydd Road/St Martins Farm Junction twice an hour. Travel time from Senghenydd 12 Minutes.  Patients can either transfer to service 26 or 120 for the short trip to the Cwrt Rawlin bus stop, or walk via the pedestrian footpath. Travel time for walk 10 Minutes (approx).   

For Full timetable information see below or go to the travel line website (correct at current date)

Click here for Service 120   

Click here for Service 26

Click here for Service B 

Alternative transport.  The medical centre will have ample storage facilities for Bicycles. Commuting from Caerphilly to the medical centre is generally flat or lightly undelating.

Online Services - A good start

3rd June 2011 Posted by Andrew Langley, Practice Manager

We already have 100+ patients who have joined our online service, and a number of patients have used the system to book appointments , and submit prescription requests. Feeback to date has been positive. 

My Health Online Goes Live!

12 April 2011 Posted by Andrew Langley, Practice Manager

We are pleased to announced that patients are now able to use 'My health online' to book GP appointments.  Once signed up, the secure system allows patients to choose from a selection of appointments over all our branches.  We hope to add functionality in the future to allow patients to order repeat medication.

New Premises News

24th March 2011 Posted by Andrew Langley, Practice Manager

The GP partners of Nantgarw Road Surgery held a 'cutting the first sod' ceremony to officially mark the start of the building of "The Nantgarw Road  Medical Centre" today, which will replace the current Surgeries at Nantgarw Road and. They were joined by Mr. Jeff Cuthbert AM, Mrs. Sian Martin,  Director for Caerphilly Locality (Aneurin Bevan Health Board), Mr. Nigel Edwards Service Development Manager Aneurin Bevan Health Board,  Mr. Simon Nelson, Pharmacist, Nelsons Pharmacy and  Mr. Steve Lilley, Project Manager Quadrant.   Mr. Cuthbert commented " This is the type of GP practice we want to see accross Wales. That's going to be hard of course because of cuts in our capital programme.  Nevertheless, we are doing what we can to replicate this across other parts of the constituency and Wales".   Mrs. Martin stated that "I am very pleased with the progress, and the new building gives the scope for further developments in Primary care" . Completion is expected in January 2012.  

L-R Simon Nelson, Dr. David Minton, Mr. Jeff Cuthbert AM, Mrs. Sian Martin, Dr. Shallini Subbu, Mr. Nigel Edwards, Dr. Michael Griffiths    For More Pictures  Click Here

 

My Health Online

10th March  2011 Posted by Andrew Langley, Practice Manager

The Role out of online appointments has been slightly delayed for further testing.We hope that we can start to offer this service during April. We are also looking to role out our own system for ordering repeat medications online at the same time. If you wish to be informed of any developments please contact us.

New Premises News

21st February  2011 Posted by Andrew Langley, Practice Manager

 

The new premises has be named 'The Nantgarw Road Medical Centre'. This allows us to retain the

identity/history of the current practice. The Building contractors (GEE construction) will commence

their programme on the 14 March , with a estimated completion date of January 2012.

 

E-Mail contact details

28th January  2011 Posted by Andrew Langley, Practice Manager

The practice does have the facility to record patient e-mail addresses on  medical records. Although we would not use this as a method of contacting patients about clinical matters, patients can opt in to have occasional updates sent facross surgery such as details of new services, news on the new surgery development, and other general information. If you wish to recieve regular updates please either call to the surgery to inform us, or use the contact e-mail on the website. Please note if applying using website please state your full name, address and date of birth for verification and identity purposes.  Disclaimer: All e-mails sent by the practice are checked for viruses. As per the data protection act, your e-mail address will not be used for other reasons, held securly, and will not be passed on to third parties. You may opt out of recieving future updates at anytime.

New Practice Website

15 November 2010 Posted by Andrew Langley, Practice Manager

We're pleased to announce the launch of our new practice website. We hope that both patients and visitors alike will find it to be a useful source of information.

We also welcome any feedback or suggestions about ways in which we could improve the website, so please contact us and let us know.

Suggestions from Our Patients

29 October 2010 Posted by Andrew Langley, Practice Manager

We are always happy to hear suggestions from patients, particularly in looking ahead to the new surgery development. We have suggestion boxes in each branch. Periodically we will publish responses to the suggestions on surgery notice boards.

New Surgery Developments

9 September 2010 Posted by Andrew Langley, Practice Manager

We are pleased to announce that Welsh Assembly Government approval for a new surgery premises has been granted. The new facility will replace the current premises at Nantgarw Road and Trecenydd Surgery, and will be located on Beddau Way Caerphilly (Near LIDL and Travel Lodge). We are currently liaising with the developers and Aneurin Bevan Health Board over the development and we anticipate a project completion in Late 2011.

External Illustration

The new development will allow the practice to develop services and provide a better facility for patients and staff alike. The purpose built building will benefit from a health promotion multi use room, a dedicated minor surgery facility, Baby changing and feeding rooms, and Childrens play area and 37 patient parking spaces. There is also facility for an attached pharmacy. There are good communication links from Caerphilly town centre to the site, and the surgery will be within short walking distance from a bus stop.

A short fly through of the building based on early plans can be found by clicking here.

View of Waiting Area (Layout Subject to Change)

Any queries regarding the practice development should be addressed to the Practice Manager, Mr. Andrew Langley in the first instance.