Dear Patients I am the lead for the patient partnership group at GP Direct and I would like to invite patients to get involved in a very exciting project to develop the practice garden into a community garden. Our community garden will be a vibrant area where you can come together and hold social groups […]
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We’re pleased to announce that we will be launching a new online consultation tool called PATCHS at GP Direct on 21st June. We have selected PATCHS to take the place of our current online consultation service to improve the experience for our patients. The new online consultation service offers a secure, simple and flexible way […]
Feeling lonely is something that all of us can experience at any point and canhave a huge impact on our wellbeing. Sometimes admitting we feel lonely can be hard but it’s important to rememberthat many others experience feelings of loneliness too, and that this feeling canpass. This Mental Health Awareness Week, we are encouraging people […]
All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice. However, it should be noted that the prescribed method for calculating earnings is potentially misleading because it takes no account of how much time doctors spend working in the practice […]
Today (14/02/22) the Department of Health and Social Care, together with NHS England and NHS Improvement, are launching a Help Us Help You – Cervical Screening Campaign, to highlight the benefits of cervical screening and remind people that that it can help stop cancer before it starts. The campaign encourages those eligible for screening – […]
Nationwide campaign launches to help improve children’s health with a few simple swaps. A new campaign from the Department of Health and Social Care’s Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) has launched, heroing the NHS Food Scanner App as part of its first ‘Better Health’ children’s nutrition campaign. The App is the ideal hack […]
Severe Weather Emergency Protocols (SWEP) has been put in place by the London Mayor for the first time this winter to protect homeless people across all 33 London Council boroughs during these arctic temperatures. This means the local authorities are committed to book hotel accommodation for anyone sleeping outside. This applies to anyone, regardless of […]
Flu can be unpleasant, but if you’re otherwise healthy, it’ll usually clear up on its own in about a week. This year the flu vaccine is being offered on the NHS to: adults 50 and over people with certain medical conditions (including children in at-risk groups from 6 months of age. See list below) pregnant women people […]
A supplier to the NHS has advised us of a global shortage of some equipment used for taking blood tests. Anyone who needs a test for urgent health problems, will still get one but where your clinician feels that it is appropriate to do so, then you may be asked to come back for a […]