Posted on April 3rd, 2020

Easter Bank Holiday

To support our colleagues working in hospital care, the staff working in general practice have been asked for forgo their Easter Bank Holiday this year and open practices on Good Friday and Easter Monday.

Like many other NHS General Practice sites across the country we have agreed this without question. This will ensure patients remain safe and cared for in their homes and local community rather than having to turn to 111 or hospitals if they need support.

Ruskington Medical Practice will be open as usual both Friday and Monday, if you have a problem you would like help with please contact us via Ask my GP in the first instance, if you are unable to, please contact our patient navigator team who will be on hand and happy to help on the telephone.

Our dispensary is open as usual so please do not worry, there will be NO need to order your medication early to cover this time.

We have one very important favour to ask of you though, it will be incredibly tempting to quietly visit friends or family over this bank holiday weekend, PLEASE DO NO DO THIS! By staying home and observing the social distancing advice you are quite literally saving lives and taking the pressure away from the NHS.

We know this time is difficult, but please do keep it up, you are doing a great job.

Thank you for all your support to us and all the key workers out there!