Roman Road Health Centre

14/11/2025

🩺🔍 Worried you could be at risk of type 2 diabetes? A few changes in your family history, lifestyle or symptoms might mean a lot.
Here’s what to keep in mind:
• 👪 Family history matters – If a parent, sibling or relative has diabetes, your own risk goes up.
• 🍔 Lifestyle factors count – Being overweight, inactive or having higher waist size can all raise risk.
• 🚩 Symptoms might be subtle – Increased thirst, tiredness or needing to wee more may be signs.
• 📊 Want to know your risk? Try this tool: https://riskscore.diabetes.org.uk/start
• 📖 More reading on what to expect and why this matters: https://patient.info/diabetes/diabetes-mellitus-leaflet

It doesn’t mean diabetes is inevitable - taking action now could make a real difference. 💪

14/11/2025

11/11/2025

08/11/2025

We are starting sewing and mending sessions at Roman Road Library as part of Highercroft Peoples Hub!

These will start on the 1st Wednesday in December ( Wednesday the 3rd December) and continue next year.

Bring along anything that needs mending or bring along any sewing or embroidery projects and meet up with people from our neighbourhood, have a brew, have a chat and a laugh.

We have sewing machines in the library, so if you want to start sewing but don't know how- come along too! And we can help you get started!

Sessions are free. Brews are free at the moment too as part of the Libraries 'warm welcome' programme.

It would be lovely to meet you!♥️

07/11/2025

Warning of new variant of dangerous baby self-feeding products.
A new variant of dangerous baby self-feeding products has appeared where the pillow part takes the form of an animal head shape.

Baby self-feeding products are designed to enable babies to bottle feed with little or no assistance from a caregiver. This creates a risk of serious harm or death from choking on the feed or aspiration pneumonia.

The Office for Product Safety and Standards has identified that all baby self-feeding products are dangerous due to their design and intended use and can never be made safe, regardless of any changes to their appearance. It issued a Product Safety Alert concerning them in December 2022. The public was urged to stop using them immediately and dispose of them safely. Businesses and local authority trading standards services were also asked to take specific actions to remove them from the market.

Click the link for safe bottle feeding advice.

Handy tips for bottle feeding your baby, including hygiene, being prepared, how to wind your baby and how to keep them safe.

07/11/2025

If you’re a man aged 65 or older – a ten minute scan could save your life!

November is Men’s Health Month which is all about raising awareness of men’s physical and mental health, and we want to talk about a condition that many men may not be aware of.

As you get older, the walls of the abdominal aorta – the main blood vessel that runs from your heart down to your stomach – can weaken and swell up. This swelling is called an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), and is 6 times more likely to occur in men than women. If an AAA gets too big it can burst, which is dangerous and life-threatening. There are no symptoms, and the best way to find one is to be screened.

When you turn 65, the NHS automatically invites you to be screened for an AAA. This is a 10-minute ultrasound scan, which can help catch an AAA early so it can be monitored and treated. It happens at a local clinic, and is easy, quick, and pain free! If you are over 65 and have never been screened, you can book an appointment by calling the Lancashire and South Cumbria screening team on 0191 445 8747.

Watch this short video which shows you what an AAA is: https://fb.watch/7tORZvND2n/ and visit
www.gatehseadhealth.nhs.uk/services/aaa for more information on screening and what happens if an AAA is found.

Happy Men’s Health Month!

03/11/2025

To monitor the safety of medicines, regulators rely on reports about side effects from healthcare professionals and patients. Unfortunately, less than 10% of side effects are reported. If you feel you are experiencing any side effects from your medication. Please contact the surgery and report it to one of our Medicine Management Team.

Patients, doctors, nurses, and pharmacists all have a key role to play in the cycle of medicines safety. For 2023, we explored the different p...

31/10/2025

Please update your medical records by scanning the QR code or visiting our practice website:- https://www.romanroadhealthcentre.co.uk/practice-information/patients-with-particular-needs/

29/10/2025

Starting Tuesday 4th November. We can help you get healthier and save some 💵💰 in time for Christmas 🎄🎁

21/10/2025

Click the link to visit our on-line consultation platform (PATCHS)
https://patchs.ai/practice/romanroadhealthcentre