Dr Bello's Surgery & King Street Medical Centre

14/11/2025

Type 1 diabetes is where your body cannot make a hormone called insulin. This causes your blood sugar to get too high.

Type 1 diabetes can happen at any age and if left undiagnosed, it can be fatal. The most common symptoms are the 4 Ts: Toilet, Thirsty, Tired, Thinner.

If you think you or your child has any of these symptoms, ask for an urgent GP appointment or call 111.

Find out more: ️ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/type-1-diabetes/symptoms/

11/11/2025

Some of our hospital trusts are experiencing especially high demand and have requested that GP practices share the below message and image to support patients in making decisions on where to access health support.

If you feel unwell or need medical help but aren’t sure which NHS service is right for you, please visit NHS 111 https://www.nhs.uk first. A&E is for emergencies only. 🚨

11/11/2025

All GP Practices in East Lancashire will be closed on Thursday 13th November from 1pm-6.30pm for Protected Learning Time. This enables practices to provide dedicated training to their staff and to discuss and plan ways that will allow them to improve services, meet demand and support the wellbeing of staff.
For all life-threatening medical emergencies please call 999. If you feel your request is urgent and cannot wait until the following day provisions have been made for urgent triage, please call 111.
For all routine requests for results, appointments, prescriptions, and general queries we will be open as usual from 8am on Friday 14th November.

10/11/2025

We are pleased to share that 100% of patients rated us Good or Very Good in October's Friends and Family Test. Thank you to all patients who submit their feedback.
Here’s what some of you had to say:
▪️Kaley was very polite, friendly and answered all my questions
▪️The clinician I met was very thorough and helpful
▪️The reception ladies are very helpful. Nurses lovely and caring with good advice
▪️Efficient, professional and friendly
▪️It was very interesting and good to talk to one of your team
▪️Lovely helpful nurse and staff

07/11/2025

Warning of new variant of dangerous baby self-feeding products

Baby self-feeding products present a risk of serious harm or death.

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.

05/11/2025

🧠🌀 Feeling overwhelmed? Stress isn’t just “part of life” — it can affect your body, mind and behaviour in real ways.

Here’s what you might experience:
✔️ Physical: headaches, muscle tension, stomach issues, chest‑racing heartbeats
✔️ Mental: trouble concentrating, making decisions, constant worrying
✔️ Behavioural: irritability, sleep too much or too little, eating changes, pulling away from others

When stress becomes long‑term, it can lead to burnout — extreme exhaustion, cynicism, reduced performance.

You don’t have to cope with it alone.

👉 Learn more and find help:
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Take a pause. Talk it out. You matter. 💚

05/11/2025

It’s Stress Awareness Day.

Most people feel stressed sometimes — it’s a normal reaction to life’s ups and downs.

But if stress is affecting your daily life, there are things you can try that may help.

You can refer yourself for free NHS talking therapies or speak to your GP.

For more practical tips on managing stress, visit https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/feelings-symptoms-behaviours/feelings-and-symptoms/stress/

03/11/2025

Your pharmacist can provide treatment or some prescription medicine, if needed, for seven common conditions - without you seeing a GP.

Think pharmacy first and get seen by your local community pharmacy team.

30/10/2025

If you need the emergency contraceptive pill, you can now get it free from pharmacies across England — without needing an appointment with your GP or at a sexual health clinic.

Pharmacists can provide advice and support. Find your nearest participating pharmacy: https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/sexual-health-services/find-emergency-contraception/

29/10/2025

Today is World Stroke Day.

The first sign of a stroke might not seem like much, like not being able to raise your arm. Or struggling to smile. Or slurring when you speak. Any sign of a stroke is always an emergency.

Face or arm or speech, at the first sign, it's time to call 999.

http://nhs.uk/actFAST

24/10/2025

October is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Awareness Month. ADHD is a condition where someone’s brain works differently to most people’s.

The NHS website has more information about symptoms, getting help and how to manage ADHD.

➡️ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/adhd-adults/

23/10/2025