Wealden Ridge Medical Partnership, PPG.

02/10/2024

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd51y9vn9do

Patient numbers per GP are twice as high in some areas than others, as list sizes jump 17% since 2015.

20/08/2024

Going to your local pharmacy offers an easy and convenient way to get clinical advice on minor health concerns - you don't need an appointment and you can be seen in a private consultation room.

Pharmacists can help with:

Earache (ages 1-17)
Impetigo
Infected insect bites
Shingles
Sinusitis
Sore throat
UTIs (women 16-64)

Find out more at

Find out what services pharmacies can offer and how they can support you.

16/08/2024

This week, nhs.uk shared useful information on breast and lung cancer, signs and symptoms of IBD and free blood pressure checks at pharmacies.

Here is a summary:

- Symptoms of lung cancer
More info ➡️ www.nhs.uk/conditions/lung-cancer/symptoms/

- Symptoms of breast cancer in women
More info ➡️ www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-cancer-in-women/symptoms-of-breast-cancer-in-women/

- What is inflammatory bowel disease
More info ➡️ www.nhs.uk/conditions/inflammatory-bowel-disease/

- Find a pharmacy that offers free blood pressure checks
More info ➡️ www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/pharmacies/find-a-pharmacy-that-offers-free-blood-pressure-checks/

Find out about the blood pressure check service, including who can use it.

09/08/2024

This week, nhs.uk shared useful information on easing hayfever symptoms, looking after someone with dementia and living well programme for those with type 2 diabetes.

Here is a summary:
- NHS Healthy living programme for those with Type 2 diabetes
More info ➡️ www.healthyliving.nhs.uk
- Looking after someone with dementia
More info ➡️ www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia/
- What to do if an adult is having a seizure (fit)
More info ➡️ www.nhs.uk/conditions/what-to-do-if-someone-has-a-seizure-fit/
- Easing hayfever symptoms
More info ➡️ www.nhs.uk/conditions/hay-fever/

Find out about the symptoms and causes of hay fever, who's affected and what treatments are available.

30/07/2024

24/07/2024

A Patient Participation Group (PPG) is a group of
patients, carers and GP practice staff who meet
to discuss practice issues and patient experience
to help improve the service.
Since April 2015, it has been a contractual
requirement of NHS England for all GP practices
to have a PPG and to make reasonable efforts for
this to be representative of the practice
population. The Aims of the Patient Participation Group
are for patients to have a say in how facilities and services are planned at the practice and the wider NHS.
For patients to support the practice with good health promotions, preventative medicine and health literacy.
To bring a sense of partnership between the practice and the patients and to improve two way communication between patients, the practice & the community.