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New Blood Test Service by Appointment at Walton Hospital

Beginning Monday 4th December

Book online by CLICKING HERE

or Telephone 01246 512249

You will be required to take a blood test request form with you to your appointment. 

Please ask the receptionist to print this for you, or ask your GP at the time of your appointment, if you wish to use this service.

* Over 16's only

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TODAY IS WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY 2023

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Click Here for more information and advice


IMPORTANT INFORMATION re the Abbott FreeStyle LibreLink App

Diabetic Patients using the Abbott FreeStyle LibreLink App please note:-

We have been informed of an issue with the Abbott FreeStyle LibreLink app, which monitors glucose levels in diabetic patients after an increase in calls to the 111 service from patients who use the LibreLink app, reporting that it is not working.
Patients who have been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes can use a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) to monitor their blood glucose levels on a constant basis, so they don't have to take blood samples frequently throughout the day and night by pricking their fingers for readings.
The problem appears to have started after an update to the LibreLink app, which is specific to some Apple iphones in the UK and has subsequently been withdrawn from the App Store whilst further work is undertaken by the company.
The company have advised that iPhone users in the UK who are experiencing problems with the app should contact its customer service line and "Customers experiencing issues with the iOS app should uninstall and reinstall the app”
The Android version is not affected.
Further advice is provided on the Abbott website (link below), with a video clip showing how to delete and reinstall the app. If customers are still experiencing problems, they can contact the Customer Services team on 0800 170 1177.
Patients should also be advised that if they are still having problems with the app or if the readings do not seem appropriate, they should revert to the finger prick test for checking blood sugar levels.
Further information is available by clicking HERE

Community Perinatal Mental Health Services

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KEEPING SAFE DURING THE HOT WEATHER

Many people enjoy hot weather but there can be health consequences from too much heat. Vulnerable groups are particularly at-risk in prolonged hot spells.

  • Drink plenty of fluids and avoid excess alcohol
  • Stay cool indoors
  • Try to keep out of the sun between 11am and 3pm
  • Walk in the shade, apply sunscreen and wear a hat if you have to go out in the sun
  • Never leave anyone in closed, parked vehicles, including pets
  • Look out for those who are vulnerable

Dehydration

If you're out in the sun and start to feel dizzy, weak or have intense thirst, you may be dehydrated. Move to a cool place, drink plenty of fluids and cool your body down.

Symptoms of dehydration:-

  • Feeling Thirsty
  • Dark yellow and strong smelling urine
  • Feeling dizzy or lightheaded
  • Feeling tired
  • A dry mouth, lips and eyes
  • Passing little urine, and fewer than 4 times a day

During the warmer weather, look after yourself, the people you care for and others who may find it harder to keep cool and hydrated in the hot weather for example older people with long term conditions and young children. Checking in on your neighbours could make a big difference to their wellbeing.

  • Drink water
  • Apply sun cream
  • Move to a cool place

For more tips: Click Here

Are you using the correct Service?

If you are unwell or injured it is important to choose the right NHS service. If you have a health concern but aren't sure what to do, try NHS 111 online first.

111 online can tell you:

  • Where to get help for your symptoms if you're not sure what to do
  • How to find general health information and advice
  • Where to get an emergency supply of your prescribed medicine
  • How to get a repeat prescription

Choosing the right care first time, means that you and your family will get the best treatment available and allows busy NHS services to provide treatment and care in the most appropriate setting.

Remember, A&E and 999 are for potentially life threatening emergencies only, but NHS 111, Urgent Treatment Centers, GPs and Pharmacies are all here to help you too.

If it's not an emergency but you aren't sure where to go, visit 111.nhs.uk

Many people enjoy hot weather but there can be health consequences from too much heat. Vulnerable groups are particularly at-risk in prolonged hot spells.

  • Drink plenty of fluids and avoid excess alcohol
  • Stay cool indoors
  • Try to keep out of the sun between 11am and 3pm
  • Walk in the shade, apply sunscreen and wear a hat if you have to go out in the sun
  • Never leave anyone in closed, parked vehicles, including pets
  • Look out for those who are vulnerable

Dehydration

If you're out in the sun and start to feel dizzy, weak or have intense thirst, you may be dehydrated. Move to a cool place, drink plenty of fluids and cool your body down.

Symptoms of dehydration:-

  • Feeling Thirsty
  • Dark yellow and strong smelling urine
  • Feeling dizzy or lightheaded
  • Feeling tired
  • A dry mouth, lips and eyes
  • Passing little urine, and fewer than 4 times a day

During the warmer weather, look after yourself, the people you care for and others who may find it harder to keep cool and hydrated in the hot weather for example older people with long term conditions and young children. Checking in on your neighbours could make a big difference to their wellbeing.

  • Drink water
  • Apply sun cream
  • Move to a cool place

For more tips:

Are you using the correct Service?

If you are unwell or injured it is important to choose the right NHS service. If you have a health concern but aren't sure what to do, try NHS 111 online first.

111 online can tell you: Click here

  • Where to get help for your symptoms if you're not sure what to do
  • How to find general health information and advice
  • Where to get an emergency supply of your prescribed medicine
  • How to get a repeat prescription

Choosing the right care first time, means that you and your family will get the best treatment available and allows busy NHS services to provide treatment and care in the most appropriate setting.

Remember, A&E and 999 are for potentially life threatening emergencies only, but NHS 111, Urgent Treatment Centers, GPs and Pharmacies are all here to help you too.

If it's not an emergency but you aren't sure where to go, visit 111.nhs.uk


Would you like to make a difference in your community?

Then why not pop along to the Hub on Low Pavement this week and find out more.

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Closure dates for staff training afternoons 2023

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Bowel Cancer Screening

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Bowel cancer is the 4th most common type of cancer. Screening can help prevent bowel cancer or find it at an early stage, when it's easier to treat.
If you're sent a kit use it, it could save your life
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Do you know someone who has a gambling problem?

Approximately 4.3 million people in Great Britain are affected by gambling harm. For every person who develops a problem with gambling, between 6 and 10 others are affected.
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Newbold Surgery would love your feedback

Thank you to all our patients who have expressed a positive experience when visiting the surgery.

If you would like to add a review to our Google profile

please click the link ---> click here


MAKE TODAY THE DAY YOU STOP

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? A Stroke ? act F.A.S.T ring 999 !!

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WASTED APPOINTMENT TIME Jan '23

HELP US TO FREE UP MORE APPOINTMENT TIME -

PLEASE REMEMBER TO CANCEL YOUR APPOINTMENT IF NOT NEEDED .


Aged 40plus? Book a free NHS Health Check

If you’re 40+ you may be eligible for a free NHS Health Check
Contact the surgery on 01246 277381 to find out.

Cost of Living information and Advice

Click Here for further information


Your guide to being self-care aware

Click here for online advice for general self-care and wellbeing


Covid19 Booster Vaccination Bookings

For help and advice with booking your Covid 19 Booster please Click Here


PARKING ON WINDERMERE ROAD !!!

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Double Yellow Lines have now been painted outside the entrance and on the approach to the surgery on Windermere Road.
Please be careful where you park.
Thank you.

Managing my Asthma Survey

We want to make improvements to the NHS Asthma Services in Derby and Derbyshire for Children and Young People. If you've use the services for yourself or your child, tell us about your experiences.

Click here to tell us what you think and if they can be improved.

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On-line appointment bookings now available

All the available on-line appointment slots are for face to face appointments at the surgery. However, if you prefer your on-line appointment to be a telephone consultation please add your contact telephone number into the "reason for appointment" box at the time of booking on-line and we will presume you require a telephone consultation instead.


Dementia Specialist Admiral Nurse Clinics Chesterfield

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Further information for this service can be found by clicking HERE


Healthwatch Derbyshire - Take our GP Access Survey

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we access our GP Practices – potentially permanently, with access to care moved to a triage system, online bookings, and video, phone, and face-to-face appointments.

Healthwatch Derbyshire would like to hear from patients, carers, and service users about how this change has impacted them and is asking residents to share their views and recent experiences of accessing their GP. Take our survey today and have your say on what changes at your GP practice have worked well, and what could be made better for you.
Feedback from the survey will help local health providers to understand how these changes have impacted patients. The findings and recommendations will be shared with GP practices as well as Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (DDICB) which is responsible for commissioning and providing GP services.
If you need help completing the survey give us a call on 01773 880786

Click HERE for Easy read version: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/0YIR3Q/


GP Services before 8am and after 6.30 pm weekdays/weekends.

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Take the Survey and tell us what GP Services you would find

helpful before 8.00 am and after 6.30 pm weekdays and weekends

by either the QR code below or via the following link:-

 https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/EnhancedAccessServicesSurvey  

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Breast Screening - Who is called and at what age?

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Citizen's Advice Appointments now available!!

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Our Citizens Advice Consultation Appointments are now available for booking here at the surgery.   

A member of the Chesterfield Team will be available, by appointment to offer free, confidential, impartial, independent advice and information on a wide range of subjects.
Including:-
Debt rries                                                   
Benefit Advice
Housing problems
Employment Problems
Consumer Issues
Tax Issues
Legal Matters
Immigration
& Family and Personal Matters.
Appointments are available for booking on Thursday afternoons at hourly intervals.  Please contact Newbold Surgery reception in person or by telephone on 01246 277381 to book an appointment.

Suffering with a Minor Eye Condition?

For Access to Quick Specialist NHS Care "WITHOUT A GP REFERRAL" through a local optometrist see the information below.
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#TimetoTalkDerbyshire  #mentalhealth

@DCCPublicHealth are running #TimetoTalkDerbyshire – a chance to start the conversation about mental health & how we’re feeling. Visit www.derbyshire.gov.uk/timetotalk to get the ball rolling
We're supporting #TimeToTalkDerbyshire because 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem – it’s time for the stigma to end. Visit www.derbyshire.gov.uk/timetotalk to get help on how to start the conversation about mental health.
Is it #TimetoTalkDerbyshire – let @DCCPublicHealth know why you think it’s important to talk about #mentalhealth & how to get the conversation started – they’ll share your stories & tips during the next few weeks. www.derbyshire.gov.uk/timetotalk
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Abuse Towards Staff  #RespectNHSDerbyshire

Our staff are experiencing an increased volume and severity of instances of verbal abuse . This appears to have escalated post-pandemic. 

Abusive behaviour will not be tolerated at Newbold Surgery.

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Derbyshire Mental Health Helpline and Support Service

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Struggling to cope?

☎📱📞Call anytime on 0800 028 0077
The Derbyshire Mental Health Helpline and Support Service is a freephone service available to everyone living in Derbyshire - both young people and adults. It is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
 
If you or your loved one are experiencing distress or anxiety, or feeling that you cannot cope, call us on 0800 028 0077 for support over the phone. That support could be about your mental health but you can also talk through practical issues that may be causing concern.
 
In addition, if the helpline team feel you would benefit from some face-to-face support, you may be invited to our ‘safe haven’. Here you can continue to discuss your problems in a calm, welcoming environment with people who understand what you're going through.

Improve health & happiness with Our Social Prescribing Link Worker

Newbold Surgery has a Social Prescribing Link Worker  

Social prescribing gives you time to think about what is important to you and identify ways to improve your health and happiness. Together we will develop an action plan and assist you to access services and activities within your community.

You can refer yourself by speaking to the surgery staff.

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Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in Young Children

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is one of the common viruses that cause coughs and colds in winter. It causes mild respiratory infection in adults and children, but it can be severe in infants who are at increased risk of acute lower respiratory tract infection. RSV is the most common cause of bronchiolitis in children aged under 2 years.

 

The RSV season in the UK typically begins in the autumn, earlier than the adult flu season, and runs through winter. However, during the last year there has been a remarkable reduction in respiratory viral infections other than COVID-19. This means that there is an increasing number of young children who have never been exposed to these common viruses.

Find out about the symptoms and what to do if you’re concerned here http://bit.ly/3wPHiPb

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NHS Digital - daily collection of GP Data

to support vital Health & Care planning and Research

We would like to make you aware of GPDPR (General Practice Data for Planning and Research.  This will come in to force on September 1st 2021.

Please Click Here to see the NHS Digital Website for further information and for your chance to opt out should you wish to do so.

Covid-19 Vaccination Passport Information

People in England who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can demonstrate their vaccination status for international travel. Vaccine status will be available from:

• the NHS App which you can download from app stores
• the NHS website (from 17 May 2021)
It may take more than a week for your identity to be checked and verified so you can use these services.
If you cannot access these online services, and you have had two vaccines, you can request a paper letter from the NHS by calling 119. Only call 119 if you had your second dose more than five working days ago. It may take seven working days for the letter to arrive.
Newbold Surgery is unable to provide you with a
letter that shows your COVID-19 vaccination status.
When you're planning your travel, check the latest information on demonstrating your COVID-19 status when travelling abroad on the gov.uk website. Make sure there is time to get  proof of your vaccination status before you leave.


NEED TO MAKE AN ENQUIRY?

Our phone lines are usually less busy after 11.00 am.  Please contact us after this time for general enquires, sick note requests, test results etc


Why not gain access to your medical records ?

“SystmOnline Services”

(Two forms of ID required including one photographic ID)

⭐️View your clinical notes
⭐️Test Results
⭐️Order Repeat Prescriptions
⭐️View your Vaccination History
⭐️Book GP Appointments (Currently unavailable)
PLEASE ASK AT RECEPTION ABOUT REGISTERING

Are You Feeling Lost?

Are you experiencing long lasting sadness or worrying excessively

You do not need to deal with these problems alone.

Trent PTS can help, a free service funded by the NHS.

To start your journey please visit their website

www.trentpts.co.uk/self-referral


Children must be supervised whilst in surgery.

Newbold Surgery cannot be held responsible for accidents which happen on site due to lack of parental supervision.

The Car Park is always busy.  We respectfully ask that all patients are extra careful when crossing the Car Park and that Drivers are sure the area is clear prior to pulling in and out. Thank You.


 Join us in Our Community Garden

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The surgery would like to become more involved with our local community and would like to suggest that the green space around the surgery building be used as a community allotment and garden. The allotment could be used by local people for local people. It has been suggested that any fresh produce grown could be ‘sold’ by means of an honesty box and the funds raised put back into the project.

If you are interested in this project or have ideas how the surgery can be more involved with the local community please contact us.


Medication storage for the homeless

Medication storage and management is a huge problem for many homeless people who are at the risk of theft when they are at their most vulnerable. The surgery is in the process of developing a service whereby we provide safe lockable medication storage for people of no fixed abode which will allow them to keep their medications safe and secure here at the surgery. For further information regarding this service please enquire at reception.


Your Data Matters to the NHS

Your Data Matters to the NHS

Click HERE for more information

 


Self-Care & Patient Information Leaflets

Self-Care - Recognise, Treat & Manage

For more information on Self-Care and Patient Information Leaflets

Please Click Here


  ONLINE SERVICES - SIGN UP TODAY!!!

We would like to encourage our patients to sign up for our online services.  Our online services provide a safe, secure and confidential method of contacting the surgery to order repeat medication, book appointments, view medical records and sign up for the surgery newsletter.  Please see how to access this service in the next paragraph or speak to one of our reception staff.

If you would like to use the online system (systmOnline) please sign up at the surgery in order to obtain your username and password. We require 2 forms of ID of which one must be photo ID and the other must contain your address (e.g. passport, driving licence, utility bill, bank statement). You will also be require to sign a disclaimer at the time of application.


A new way to get your medicines and appliances - No Computer Needed

Have your prescription sent straight to the chemist - sign up today!!

The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is an NHS service. It gives you the chance to change how your GP sends your prescription to the place you choose to get your medicines or appliances from. For more information go to www.hscic.gov.uk/epspatients or ask at Reception.

How it works:-

If you normally collect your repeat prescriptions from the surgery you will no longer have to visit us to pick up your paper prescription.  Instead, your GP will send it electronically (via the computer system) to the pharmacy or appliance contractor of your choice. You can then pick your medication up straight from the pharmacy or arrange with them to have it delivered to your home.

You will need to choose a place for your GP practice to electronically send your prescription to. This is called a nomination.  Ask any pharmacy or dispensing appliance contractor that offers EPS or ask in surgery to add your nomination for you. You don't need a computer to do this.


MIG - Medical Interoperability Gateway

What is MIG? MIG stands for Medical Interoperability Gateway and it is a computer system that enables the sharing of specified datasets of patient information between healthcare providers. Patient information via MIG cannot be accessed without consent from patients during their consultations. In an emergency situation if a patient was unable to consent but they are medically at risk if they do not receive treatment, the clinician will access records in order to treat the patient.

The consent model for MIG is based on implicit consent to share and explicit consent to view. Patients can opt out from sharing at any time.

The Records and Information Group (RIG) has issued a directive to all GP practises to share their records to ensure that they are fulfilling the duty of care to their patients.

Patients who previously opted out of Summary Care Record or eDSM will automatically be opted out of MIG.

 Any patients that have questions regarding MIG please

click the link below to access the Derbyshire Health & Social Care

website for further information

https://derbyshirehealthcarerecords.org.uk/ 

 

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