Practice News – Strayside Health

Flu Info 2024

3497 — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 10:40:40 +0000

NHS 111 & Mental Health Crisis Support

3497 — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:32:42 +0000

If you, or someone you know, is experiencing a mental health crisis in North Yorkshire, York and Selby, they can access urgent support 24/7 by calling NHS 111 and selecting the mental health option. Local crisis teams are not changing and the service is still provided by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust in our region. It is just a new telephone number to call – making it…

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General practice is collapsing.

3296 — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 08:13:02 +0000

Across England, practices are working at an unprecedented level of activity with daily appointments running at almost 1.5 million. Despite this, the value of funding into the national contract is at a nadir with GP practices receiving 7p in every NHS pound. At an individual patient level, the average core contract payment equates to £107.57 per annum, around 30p per patient per day. It’s no wonder…

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Global IT issue affecting GP practices and pharmacies nationally

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 09:12:38 +0000

We are aware of a global IT issue which is affecting some primary care services in our region. It may be necessary for GP practices to rearrange appointments as they manage this issue. If you have an appointment booked you should attend as planned unless you are advised otherwise. Work is ongoing to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Those who need urgent medical care should…

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Planned merger between East Parade Surgery and Park Parade Surgery

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 11:07:03 +0000

Partners from East Parade and Park Parade GP surgeries announced in March that both practices are going to merge and in May we let you know that the new practice will be called Strayside Health. We initially stated October would be the date for the merger. However, the background work we’ve done so far has identified we need to move the merger date to April 2025. We want to ensure that our…

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Diazepam for dental procedures

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 18:27:02 +0000

Some patients request medication prior to dental visits to help with feelings of anxiety. These are usually sedative medications such as Diazepam. GPs have no dental training, so we have limited knowledge of what is entailed in dental procedures. It is therefore not possible for us to determine which medications are safe to use, so we are unable to prescribe. Dentists have this specialist…

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Genetic Testing for BRCA Mutations

2331 — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:03:48 +0000

On 30 January 2023, NHS England launched a three-year programme to offer genetic testing for BRCA mutations to men and women over 18 years old with Jewish ancestry (at least one Jewish grandparent) in England. For questions about the programme, please visit https://jewishbrca.org/ where you can register for a test. Alternatively you can call the genetic counselling hotline directly for…

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NHS Service Finder – Community Pharmacy Services

2329 — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 11:24:45 +0000

NHS Service Finder now has an option for patients (without registration) to carry out the following searches to find pharmacy […]

Dry January

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:09:42 +0000

Dry January supports people across the country to change their relationship with alcohol through stopping drinking for one month using Alcohol Change UK’s tools and resources. Are you doing #DryJanuary next month?Just a month without alcohol has amazing health benefits for your body, including lower blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes risks. Find out more and…

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Carers Rights Day – Your Rights: Today, Tomorrow and in the Future

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 14:05:02 +0000

Carers Rights Day 2023 will be on 23 November 2023. The theme this year is ‘Your Rights: Today, Tomorrow and in the Future’. Carers Rights Day is hosted nationally by Carers UK. Warwickshire County Council also supports this campaign along with our commissioned service; Caring Together Warwickshire provided by Carers Trust Heart of England and our partners. We would like to invite all our…

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