Rowden Surgery

All appointments for first vaccinations are now booked through the national booking service, we are unable to take/make any bookings directly.

You can call 119  or Book or manage your coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination - NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Please do not call the practice to book as we do not have access to the National booking service.

If we phone you we will also ask some questions about your health and COVID-19 status and book you in. 

NHS Digital is changing how they collect patient data. 

The data held in the GP medical records of patients is used every day to support health and care planning and research in England, helping to find better treatments and improve patient outcomes for everyone.

Patient data collected from general practice is needed to support a wide variety of research and analysis to help run and improve health and care services. Whilst the data collected in other care settings such as hospitals is valuable in understanding and improving specific services, it is the patient data in general practice that helps us to understand whether the health and care system as a whole is working for patients.

This data will be shared from 1 September 2021.

Data may be shared from the GP medical records about:

• any living patient registered at a GP practice in England when the collection started - this includes children and adults
• any patient who died after 1 September 2021, and was previously registered at a GP practice in England when the data collection started

NHS Digital will not collect patients’ names or addresses. Any other data that could directly identify patients (such as NHS Number, date of birth, full postcode) is replaced with unique codes which are produced by de-identification software before the data is shared with NHS Digital.

More information is available on the NHS Digital Website: General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) - NHS Digital 

Opting out

If you don’t want your identifiable patient data to be shared for purposes except for your own care, you can opt-out by registering a Type 1 Opt-out or a National Data Opt-out, or both. These opt-outs are different and they are explained in more detail below. Your individual care will not be affected if you opt-out using either option. You can also send an email into Rowden.surgery@nhs.net with details of name, nhs number, address and context. the opt out must be completed per patient.  

We can only action the Type 1 Opt outs and cannot action national opt outs. We do not manage this service and are unable to answer questions, more information is available directly from NHS Digital: General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) - NHS Digital 

This collection will start on 1 September 2021 so if you do not want your data to be shared with NHS Digital please register your Type 1 Opt-out by 23 August 2021.

"Modern general practice with traditional values"

The practice was established in 1830 at the Corner House in the Market Place in Chippenham and nearly 200 years later eight partners and four salaried GPs work from the purpose-built premises forming Rowden Surgery.

We look after over 16500 patients within our catchment area and we pride ourselves on our doctor/patient relationships and inclusivity. We have fought very hard to maintain our Personal List system. This means that every patient and family, has a named doctor from the moment of their registration who is responsible for co-ordinating their care.  We believe that continuity of a doctor is key to good practice and delivering a high quality personal consultation remains the cornerstone of our care.

Rowden Surgery lies adjacent to Chippenham Community Hospital and provides an attractive and effective  environment for patients and staff. All facilities for our patients are at ground level with easy access including a disability friendly car park.