King Edward Road Surgery - The clinics and other services offered by our doctors surgery

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Surgery Phones Thur 4 April

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Self-Care information for Patients

NHS England has recommended that medicines for minor ailments such as colds, hay fever and mild dry skin should no longer be routinely prescribed. Please purchase these in future, with advice from a pharmacy if needed. More info is available at www.nhs.uk/OTCmedicines

MORE BOOKABLE APPOINTMENTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE WHEN WE ARE CLOSED

6:30pm-9:30pm weekdays, 9:00am-5:00pm weekends

There are now more bookable GP appointments in Northampton, making it easier for you to get an appointment at a time that suits you including evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays.

The Northampton GP Extended Access Service is an extension of our usual GP practice, it is not a walk-in-service, you need to make an appointment through our Reception.

The service is located on the ground floor of Highfield Clinical Care Centre, Cliftonville Rd., Northampton NN1 5BD.

For more information please visit: www.northantsgpalliance.com/services-we-offer/gpea

NHS

FAIR PROCESSING NOTICE FOR PATIENTS

Your Information, Your Rights

Our Fair Processing Notice explains why we collect information about you and how that information may be used to deliver your direct care and manage the local health and social care system.

The notice reflects:

What information we collect about you
How and why we use that information
How we retain your information and keep it secure
Who we share your information with and why we do thisThe notice also explains your rights in relation to consent to use your information, the right to control who can see your data and how to seek advice and support if you feel that your information has not been used appropriately. A full copy of the Fair Processing Notice is available from Reception or via our website: www.kers.org.uk

FIRST for well-being

We now have a Well Being Advisor in surgery on Friday mornings. They can help with:

Weight Management - Smoking - Emotional Wellbeing - Alcohol - Financial Support - Housing Support - Social Inclusion - Employment and Adult Learning

Please ask at Reception for further information and to book an appointment.

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Does your GP know you look after someone?

If you help a family member or friend because of their physical, mental ill health, frailty, disability or substance misuse…….then you are a carer!

For more details please ask at Reception.

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Did you know you can now order repeat medication on-line with the practice. You are now able to order your repeat medication on-line, direct to the practice over an encrypted, secure link. There is still a need to allow a maximum of 48 hours before you collect the prescription from the surgery or you could save time by nominating a pharmacy to receive electronically. There is still a need to allow a week for ordering your prescription and for it to be ready to collect from your chosen pharmacy. For more details please ask at Reception about this service and for registration.

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Are you a Veteran of the Armed Forces?

Please let our Reception team know.

Blood Pressure & Blood Tests

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We seek to offer the full range of NHS General Practice services. If you require a specific service please feel free to ask if it is one that is commissioned or provided privately e.g. medical reports.

Our clinics provide longer appointments with an opportunity to discuss preventative care, treatment and disease management.

ASTHMA CLINIC
Our Nursing Team can assess your asthma, offer advice on management of your condition and answer any queries. They will also see asthmatic patients at other times by request.

CERVICAL SMEARS
Our practice nurses are trained to carry out cervical smears. It is recommended that all ladies from the ages of 25 to 64 have a cervical smear on a regular basis as advised by the DoH.

CHILD HEALTH SURVEILLANCE
All child development checks are carried out by our team of Health Visitors. Appointments are sent by the Health Visitors support staff.

CORONARY HEART DISEASE CLINIC
Health checks and lifestyle advice are given to patients who have coronary heart disease, primarily by the Nursing Team. The practice runs its own electrocardiography (E.C.G) service.

DIABETIC CLINIC (Nurse Karen)
This clinic is run by the diabetic specialist nurses to help patients manage their diabetes. Regular follow-ups and annual screening are important for the prevention, early detection and treatment of the complications of diabetes. Advice is given on all aspects of diabetic care including eye problems, foot care and dietary advice, as well as drug and injection treatments.

FAMILY PLANNING
All our nurses can give general advice about all matters of contraception and perform coil checks, however Tracey and Denise can issue repeat prescriptions for the pill. Emergency contraception can be offered up to 72 hours after unprotected sexual intercourse. Please telephone for advice if required.

Our doctors fit coils & implanons, after the appropriate review.

FLU CLINICS
Vaccination against influenza is available every year from mid September to December by appointment. We encourage all patients over 65 and all patients with diabetes, chronic chest conditions, (including heart disease), asthma, renal (kidney) disease, residents of nursing and residential homes and the elderly, to take advantage of this service, although others can be vaccinated on request.

CHILDHOOD IMMUNISATIONS

The immunisation clinic is held every Wednesday morning by a Practice Nurse. We recommend the following vaccinations:

At 2, 3 & 4 months of age: The new 5 in 1 injection which contains Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hib and IPV (Polio) plus Meningitis C
During the 2nd year of life: Measles, Mumps & Rubella at 13 months.
Pre-school entry: Diptheria, Tetanus booster, Pertussis and IPV combined and the MMR booster
At senior school (year 9): BCG
At school leaving age: Diptheria, Tetanus booster and IPV combined.

There are a variety of immunisations available for adults including influenza vaccine (tetanus and polio vaccinations given every 10 years or when necessary), rubella and travel immunisations.

MATERNITY MEDICAL SERVICES
All the partners in the practice are able to provide antenatal and postnatal care, although we recommend that the midwife carries this out whenever possible.

MINOR SURGERY
Dr Kausar, Dr Sahni and Dr James all undertake minor surgery on the premises.

TRAVEL CLINIC

Our practice nurses are able to give travel advice. Please refer to the Travel Vaccination tab above for further details.

We are a registered Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre.

Primary Prevention:

This is about managing the risks of disease. Examples of this would include eating a healthy diet, exercising and not smoking. Ideally we would like to focus on Primary Prevention because it is better to prevent ill health than to treat it after its onset. Unfortunately the pressure of work means that currently we have to focus mainly on ill health. If you need advice our Practice Nurses and Health Visitors would be happy to point you in the right direction or offer healthy advice. The following evidence - based tips are a good starter for ten to help avoid heart disease and cancer. Ref: (www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/hliving/10steps.html):

Eat whole grain foods (bread, or rice, or pasta) on four occasions a week. This will reduce the chance of having almost any cancer by 40%. Given that cancer gets about 1 in 3 of us in a lifetime, thats big advice.
Dont smoke. If you do smoke, stop. Nicotine patches, gum or inhalers help a bit, but acupuncture wont help at all. Try to reduce your smoking, as there is a profound dose-response (the more you smoke, the more likely you are to have cancer, or heart or respiratory disease). So cut down to below five cigarettes a day and leave long portions of the day without a cigarette. Ask us for further advice.
Eat at least five portions of vegetables and fruit a day, and especially tomatoes (including ketchup), red grapes and the like, as well as salad all year. This protects against a whole variety of different nasty things: It reduces the risk of stroke dramatically It reduces the risk of diabetes considerably It will reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer.
Use Cholesterol - lowering spreads instead of butter or margarine, if you can afford them. They really do reduce cholesterol, and reducing cholesterol will reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke even in those whose cholesterol is not particularly high.
Drink alcohol regularly. Moderate alcohol consumers have lower mortality than either non-drinkers or heavy drinkers. The type of alcohol probably doesnt matter too much, but for an adult male the equivalent of a couple of glasses of wine a day or a couple of beers is beneficial, and the levels for females are about 25% less. Do not binge - it is a bad idea to drink a weeks quantity at the weekend!
Eat fish. Eating oily fish (Mackerel, Sardines, Salmon etc) once a week wont stop you having a heart attack, but it reduces the likelihood of you dying from it by half.
Take a multivitamin tablet every day, but be sure that it is one with at least 200 micrograms of Folate. The evidence is that this can substantially reduce chances of heart disease in some individuals, and it has been shown to reduce colon cancer by over 85%. It may also reduce the likelihood of developing dementia. Folate is essential in any woman contemplating pregnancy because it will reduce the chance of some birth defects.
If you are pregnant or have high blood pressure, coffee is best minimised. For the rest of us drinking four cups of coffee a day is likely to reduce our chances of getting colon cancer and Parkinsons disease.
Get breathless more often. You dont have to go to a gym or be an Olympic marathon runner. Simply walking a mile a day, or taking reasonable exercise three times a week (enough to make you sweat or glow) will substantially reduce the risk of heart disease. If you walk, dont dawdle. Make it a brisk pace. One of the benefits of regular exercise is that it strengthens bones and keeps them strong. Breaking a hip when elderly is a very serious thing.
Check your height and weight on a chart to see if you are overweight for your height. Your body mass index is the weight in kilograms divided by the height in metres squared: for preference it should be below 25. If you are overweight, lose it. This has many benefits. There is no good evidence on simple ways to lose weight that work. Crash diets dont work in the long run. Take it one step at a time, do the things that are possible now, and combine some calorie limitation with increased exercise.

If appropriate for you we can offer:

Blood Pressure checks
Blood sugar checks
Flu vaccinations
Cervical smears
Prostate assessments
Pre-pregnancy advice
Cholesterol assessments
Mammography
Contraception advice
Safe sex advice
Travel Immunisation advice

And dont forget:

Regular eye checks from an Optician (glaucoma)
Regular Dental checks
The value of the pharmacist

Secondary Prevention:

This is the prevention of diseases or worsening of health in people who already have health problems. If you have any of the following conditions please ask for the relevant leaflet describing the service we provide.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Diabetes
Coronary Heart Disease (Angina)
High Blood Pressure
Strokes or Transient Ischaemic Attacks (TIA)
Asthma
Epilepsy
Hypothyroidism

In addition ~

Our Practice Nurses manage our Cervical Smear test programme
PCT Health Visitors run Well Baby and Immunisation clinics
NGH Midwifery Service provides a Midwife for regular Antenatal clinics at the surgery.
The Mammography screening service is organised centrally within the town.
Retinal Screening for diabetics is undertaken centrally via a written invitation from the Retinal Screening service..

Travel Vacinations

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you will need to make an appointment with the Practice Nurses, but first you will need to complete a questionaire (see below or collect from Reception). This questionaire asks you to advise which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine which vaccinations are required. The nurse will then review your needs and call you to advise what is recommended, and where appropriate arrange an appointment. Please note that many vaccinations are not provided by the NHS and accordingly a fee may be payable. The nurse will advise you about this. We are a registered Yellow Fever Centre.

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below.

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Carribean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

It is important to complete the questionaire as early as possible - at least 8 weeks before you travel - as our Practice Nurses cannot vaccinate you without the information required on the questionaire, will need to make an appointment to vaccinate you, and may have to order the vaccine in if it is not a stock line we carry.

Please help us to help you by giving us plenty of time to arrange your vaccinations.

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.

Travel Health Questionnaire

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form before coming to see the nurse.

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BLOOD PRESSURE

For a routine measurement, please utilise the upper waiting room monitor at your convenience. Please copy us into your readings – record forms are available by the machine. Hand to reception, or you can email with your name and date of birth to blood.pressure@gp-K83012.nhs.uk

BLOOD TESTS

Blood tests may be required for new (acute) problems, and if so will be authorised by the nurse you see. If a fasting test is required (check with the clinician or reception) you will need to fast for 14 hours beforehand. However, you may drink water during this period. Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease – you will also need a urine test for microalbuminuria – please collect a sample pot from reception.