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🍁 Autumn Newsletter
Our Autumn Newsletter introduces the new PATCHS online service for easy access to GP services and highlights health awareness days on topics like ADHD and diabetes.
It promotes the NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) for minor ailments to help free up GP appointments.
RSV and flu vaccination reminders target at-risk groups, and patients are encouraged to cancel if they cannot attend booked appointments. Closure dates for staff training are also listed.
❄️ Winter Fuel Payments Are Now Linked To Pension Credit
If you are of state pension age, you could be eligible to increase your weekly income by claiming Pension Credit.
An average Pension Credit weekly award is £3,900 per year (Feb 2024), with the exact amount depending on the money you already have.
You might be entitled to Pension Credit, even if you have savings, a private pension or own your home.
Claiming Pension Credit could also mean you can get extra help with the following:
● Help with your Dental Costs
● Help with your Council Tax Bill
● Help with your Rent
● Winter Fuel Payment
● Help with your TV Licence if you are over 75
You can make a claim online, by phone or you can also request a paper claim form.
📱 We're Waiting For Your call!
Whatever you're going through, a Samaritan will face it with you. We're here 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Call us any time, day or night. Whatever you're going through, you can call us any time, from any phone for FREE.
Write us an email, sometimes writing down your thoughts and feelings can help you understand them better.
🌞 Summer 2024 Newsletter
Welcome to the Summer 2024 Edition of the Westbourne Surgery Newsletter! We are delighted to bring you the latest updates and news from Westbourne Surgery.
This season, we are focusing on enhancing patient care, introducing new health initiatives, and sharing valuable tips to help you stay healthy and active during the summer months.
To view our Summer 2024 Newsletter click the button below.
🎙️ Kirklees Talking Therapies
If you have been...
• Down or in a low mood
• Stressed or worried
• Panicky or anxious
• Unmotivated
• Avoiding friends, family or places
• Tearful
• Having trouble sleeping
If you live in Kirklees and are over the age of 17, our friendly team can support you to get the help and treatment you need.
We will listen and help you understand the issues you are experiencing.
🍎 NHS Healthy Start
If you’re pregnant or have children under the age of four you could get payments every four weeks to spend on:
• Cow’s milk
• Fresh, frozen or tinned fruit and vegetables
• Infant formula milk
• Fresh, dried, and tinned pulses
You could also get free Healthy Start vitamins. Want to learn more? Click the link below!
💉 NHS Funded Travel Vaccines
NHS funded travel vaccinations are available from your GP practice. The only travel vaccines that are provided by the NHS at no charge to patients are:
Polio (given as combined diphtheria/tetanus/polio jab)
Typhoid
Hepatitis A
Cholera
Click the button below to learn more.
📝 GP Survey Results
View our most recent GP survey results below. The GP Patient Survey is an independent survey run by Ipsos on behalf of NHS England.
The most recent survey was sent out to 306 patients. The results show how our patients feel about our practice, this information allows us to use the results to improve patient care.
🤰🏼 Who should you contact during your pregnancy?
During your pregnancy, it's essential to maintain regular contact with several healthcare professionals to ensure a healthy and smooth pregnancy journey. Download the resource poster below which has key individuals you should consider contacting.
View Resource Poster📱 PATCHS!
We have recently switched to a new online service called Patchs which allows you to quickly and easily access GP services such as: request health advice, video consultations, fit notes, medication and more.
Want to find out more information about Patchs? Click the link below to watch a short video about how to use the new system and the benefits of using it.
🔗 Connect with Kirkwood!
We are delighted to announce that The Kirkwood have launched a brand-new service, making it easier for your patients and all healthcare professionals to access support and guidance from The Kirkwood on all aspects of our services.
Patients, relatives, carers and healthcare professionals can Connect with Kirkwood by calling the dedicated number: 01484 557 910. The service will operate between 8.30am and 6.30pm, Monday to Friday.
Visitors to thekirkwood.org.uk can click the ‘Get help’ button and fill in a quick contact form, which will send a secure message to the Connect with Kirkwood team. The team will then aim to get back to all requests within two working days.
📱 We are updating our SMS text messages!
We are updating our SMS text messages, for information surrounding security of links used and how your data is handled please visit: www.nhsm.uk.
MJog is a secure messaging tool used by the NHS, they help GPs and NHS staff to communicate with patients.
If you received a text message with an nhsm.uk link, your GP has sent you a message using the MJog messaging tool.
GPs use these links to send interactive or more detailed messages to patients.
🗓 Evening & Saturday Appointments!
Our practice is working together with other local GP surgeries to offer pre-bookable and on-the-day appointments at times to suit your needs.
Appointments are now available until 8pm on weekdays, and between 9am and 5pm on Saturdays.
You can see a GP, advanced nurse practitioner, clinical pharmacist, physiotherapist, or other health professionals. Some appointments may be provided at a nearby GP surgery or hub rather than your local practice.
Please ask our reception team for an appointment: 01484 505007.
📣 Attention Carers!
We see you, hear you and support you. Are you a carer who accompanies and supports a family member or friend when they need to visit the doctor, hospital, or optician? Visit: www.healthwatchkirklees.co.uk to find out how this can be made easier for you.
We recognise and support carers in this setting. When we see the lanyard or card below we know that you are a carer:
