RK Medical Practice

03/03/2026

This LGBTQ+ History Month, we launched our ‘More Than Just a Rainbow Badge’ programme 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

This programme builds on the NHS Rainbow Badge initiative with a clearer, more ambitious vision. At the official launch event, Meera Nair, Chief People Officer, spoke inspiringly about why visible allyship matters in modern, inclusive healthcare, reinforcing our commitment to making our trust a place where LGBTQ+ patients and colleagues feel safe, respected and supported.

Thank you to our brilliant LGBTQ+ Staff Network, who are leading this work. 🩵

03/03/2026

For advice about paying bills, food support near you or keeping warm and well this winter, you can call Manchester’s free cost of living advice line.

Call: 0800 023 2692
Text: 07860 022 876

Find out more: manchester.gov.uk/coladvice

03/03/2026

03/03/2026

Anyone, at any age, can experience self-harm. After Self‑Injury Awareness Day, this is a gentle reminder that you’re not alone and support is available.

If you’re worried someone may be self-harming, here’s how you can help.

Get more advice 👉 https://bit.ly/42WaBB2

03/03/2026

This is your reminder to know the symptoms of bowel cancer.

The earlier it’s found, the more treatable it’s likely to be.

Symptoms of bowel cancer include:

- bleeding from your bottom

- blood in your poo

- a change in your pooing habits. You might be going more or less often, or have diarrhoea or constipation that might come and go

- losing weight but you’re not sure why

- feeling very tired all the time but you’re not sure why

- a pain or lump in your tummy

Having these symptoms doesn’t always mean you have bowel cancer but it’s still important to find out what’s causing them. Sometimes these symptoms may come and go or might not feel that serious. It’s still important to talk to your GP.

11/02/2026

09/02/2026

Do you want to know about your blood pressure? If so come down to the surgery and learn all about it - see below

30/01/2026

Please note
We are closed from 12:00 - 13:00pm today 30/01/2026 for staff training, please call NHS 111 or in an emergency please call 999

Thank you for your patience and understanding
RK Medical Practice

28/01/2026

Make a Difference - Volunteer Today!

Our volunteers make a huge difference through compassion, presence, and support when it matters most. Their impact is deeply felt by those they help and is often described as both meaningful and rewarding.

We are currently looking to welcome more volunteers to join the team. Volunteering offers a chance to connect with others, be part of something important, and make a genuine difference in people’s lives.

If you or a family member are interested in learning more about becoming a volunteer, find out more on our website: https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/roles/volunteers/

28/01/2026

"People with Parkinson's appreciate that time spent outside of the home for medical necessity, planned or emergency, can negatively impact people's lives. I have personally experienced the impact of ill-informed decisions."

The Parkinson's Away-From-Home kit has been created in partnership with people with Parkinson’s and carers. You never know when you might need to go into hospital, so it's a good idea to prepare in case of an emergency stay.

"In order to support people with preparation and management of such events people with 'lived experience have created the Away-From-Home kit.

"A combination of practical equipment and guidance reflecting your individual needs communicating the management of your health to prevent avoidable harm."

Explore our range of tools to help people with Parkinson’s advocate for their Parkinson’s medications on time, every time, in hospital.

Click to find out more: https://prksn.uk/3YqZrDe

28/01/2026

With lung cancer rates in the North West significantly higher than the national average, early diagnosis is vital. Detecting small, hard to reach lung cancers can be difficult, but clinicians at Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester are leading the way in Europe by using robotic guided biopsy technology to diagnose lung cancer earlier.

The technology uses a thin, flexible catheter with a camera, guided by 3D navigation created from a patient’s CT scans. This allows doctors to accurately reach small lesions deep within the lungs that were previously difficult or impossible to access.

This innovative technology, alongside the NHS Lung Screening Programme, is helping detect lung cancer earlier, when it is easier to treat, improving patient outcomes and saving thousands of lives.

In Greater Manchester alone, more than 1,200 cancers have been detected from lung screening – the first region to achieve this key milestone.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance NHS

28/01/2026

Today NHS has announced that it will lower the threshold at which home-screening kits for bowel cancer will trigger a referral for further testing 📢

From next month, the level at which a faecal immunochemical test (FIT) in England will lead to further investigations will lower from 120 micrograms of blood per gram of poo (µg/g) down to 80 µg/g. The NHS will now roll out the lower threshold carefully across England, with national coverage set to be completed by 2028.

The NHS estimates that this change will lead to 35% more screening colonoscopies each year in England to help diagnose, rule out or even prevent bowel cancer.

Read more about this exciting announcement: https://bit.ly/3Ztr5zL