Practice Updates

All GP Practices in Scotland are, this year, beginning to have their clinical/medical record system (EMIS) changed to a different system (VISION). Bishopton Medical Practice will undergo this migration in February. This means we will have a period of time (afternoon of) Tuesday 17th February-Tuesday 24th February, where we will have ‘read only’ access to medical record systems. As a result of this, we will: • be unable to issue regular medications – if you are due any prescriptions during this period then you MUST order them early, and the cut-off date will be Friday 13th February in order for us to process all of them before EMIS shuts down in the afternoon of Tuesday 17th February • be unable to do non-emergency bloods • not receive any electronic secondary care communication (e.g. hospital/clinic letters) • not receive any results (bloods, scans, swabs, urine) • not be able to provide copies of medical records • not be able to produce private medical reports • not have our self-check in facilities • be unable to book future appointments During the extended time of Wednesday 18th February-Tuesday 3rd March, we will have to operate slightly differently, with on the day appointments only. This means that if you phone for an appointment on any day during this period, you will have to be available that day and take the time you are given. You will have a choice of face to face or telephone consultation with our ANPs and with either a male or female GP. Once the appointments are full on any day then you will be required to call back the next day. This is an enormous undertaking, and we do not take changes to the services we provide lightly. The changes noted above are for a relatively, and necessary, short period of time, and we would therefore ask you to be patient as we navigate, and familiarise ourselves with, this significant change of clinical records system.

Many thanks

BMP

Practice E-mail address, can be used to email registrations forms, change of name/address requests and to cancel appointments only.

An advanced Practice Physiotherapist has joined our team. If you have a bone, muscle or joint problem they are best to see you, rather than a GP.

The practice's Self Help section has been moved across and updated and can be found under the "Practice Services" section of this website or via the link below.

We have had a new auto attend answering machine facility added to our phone line.

This facility will now notify the first 11 callers of their place in the queue. Any callers after this will be cut off.

Parking

The NHSGGC GP public holidays for 2026 have now been agreed and are listed below.

Right Care, Right Place

When a GP receptionist asks you questions when you call, it is all confidential and is to help you get the right care

General Practices will no longer provide travel health services from 1st April 2022

The changes are for both adult and childhood travel vaccinations

Please see below link for information on short term bridging contraception available from pharmacies

Contact numbers for childhood immunisations in Renfrewshire/Inverclyde

BMP Refurbishment work is now complete

NHS GGC have now added call recording to our reception telephones

We are pleased to inform patients that from 22nd of November 2023, ear irrigation will be available within Renfrewshire via self-referral.

This will run every Wednesday (by appointment only) from the treatment room at Renfrew Health and Social Work Centre.

To self-refer, please call 0141 207 7760

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