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Community Pharmacy Consultation Service

We are taking part in a new approach to improve access for patients to GP appointments. The aim is to direct patients to the most appropriate healthcare professional, which may be a GP or a pharmacist.

From 1.12.2021 if your symptoms could be resolved by a booked consultation with the community pharmacist instead of the GP, you will be given a same-day referral to a pharmacy of your choice. This will also help you see a highly trained Healthcare professional in a suitable time frame and help us to free up GP appointments for people with more complex health needs. Ensuring everyone gets treated at the right time, by the right healthcare professional. The service is being operated across all GP practices and pharmacies across County Durham.

Please click the link below for answers to some Frequently Asked Questions:

NHS Community Pharmacy Consultation Services

NHS Northern Gambling Service

The Service provides care for those with severe addictions as well as treatment and support for people with:

  • additional and complex mental health conditions,
  • impaired social functioning, and
  • those who may present with more risk – such as a risk of suicide.

Please follow the link below for more information:

NHS Northern Gambling Service

 

Oxford Astra Zeneca Vaccine Information

COVID-19 vaccine Oxford-AstraZeneca and blood clotting

Recently there have been reports of an extremely rare but serious condition involving blood clots and unusual bleeding after AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccination.  The national committee which recommends on vaccines has therefore recommended that patients under 40 years are no longer offered this vaccine for their first dose. If you have already had a first dose of AZ vaccine without suffering this rare side effect you should still complete the course with the AZ vaccine for your second dose, even if you are under 40.  For more information please see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-and-blood-clotting/covid-19-vaccination-and-blood-clotting

Prescription Ordering Update

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As of 21st June 2021 prescription requests to Horden Group Practice will revert back to our normal process prior to Covid. You can order your medication the following ways:

    • Drop your order slip off at reception
    • Order your prescription online
    • Order your prescription via the NHS App

Telephone requests for prescriptions are still available between 9:30am and 12:00noon for registered housebound and elderly patients

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Covid 19 Vaccine Research

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO0dQl6MuGs

NHS researchers in the UK are working together to help find a vaccine against COVID-19.

Many possible COVID-19 vaccines are being tested in the UK. Different vaccines may work better for different groups of people. It’s important we include people from all backgrounds and ages in our research. This gives researchers an understanding of how well each vaccine may work.

All COVID-19 vaccines being researched in the NHS have gone through strict safety testing, and have been approved by a number of processes. We use the same high standards to COVID research as we do to all NHS research.

We are still looking for volunteers for studies in the North East and North Cumbria to find a vaccine against COVID-19.

To sign up and for more information visit www.nhs.uk/researchcontact

Back Pain

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Most people will have low back pain at some time in their lives, and the vast majority will recover with little or no treatment within six weeks. Usually arising from the discs, joints of the spine, muscles or ligaments, the pain is described as ‘mechanical’. This type of pain is commonest between the ages of 20 and 50. Pain spreading to the foot or toes is sciatica and merits seeing your doctor if not resolving in a few days. Current advice is to keep going and continue normal daily activities including work, as rest may actually prolong back pain.

Use simple pain killers such as paracetamol or ibuprofen.

You should seek medical attention if any of the following occur:

    • The pain lasts more than 6 weeks
    • Weakness of legs
    • Numbness in the groin or buttocks
    • Loss of control of bladder or bowels
    • Aching pain at night disturbing sleep
    • You have fever, sweating or chills
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Easy Read

The Easyhealth website was made so that people know where to find ‘accessible’ health information.

‘Accessible’ information is information that uses easy words with pictures.

Link to Easyhealth information:

http://www.easyhealth.org.uk/

Below are links to just some of the leaflets available on the Easyhealth site.

Cold & Flu Information:

http://www.easyhealth.org.uk/listing/colds-and-flu-(leaflets)

Complaining:

http://www.easyhealth.org.uk/listing/complaining-(leaflets)

Confidentiality:

http://www.easyhealth.org.uk/listing/confidentiality-(leaflets)

Consent:

http://www.easyhealth.org.uk/listing/consent-(leaflets)

Useful Leaflets for your healthcare:

http://www.easyhealth.org.uk/categories/useful-things-for-your-health-care

If you think there is anything we could do to make visits to the surgery easier for you please let us know