What services can I refer myself to?
There are several NHS services you can refer yourself to without needing to see a GP first.
Specialist and two-week wait referrals
A referral is when a specialist outside your GP practice will be the best person to help you with your health.
Festive Logistics: Getting Prepared for Christmas and New Year
Festive Logistics: Getting Prepared for Christmas and New Year The festive season can be incredibly busy. In amongst balancing any combination of work, Christmas parties, school plays, term dates, visiting friends and family and getting all your shopping done, it can be difficult to keep tabs on which day is which. This year, all the … Continued
Job Vacancy: Integrated Care Clinical Pharmacist / Lead Clinical Pharmacist
a vacancy for an Integrated Care Clinical Pharmacist or Lead Clinical Pharmacist
Celebrating the first International Paramedics Day
Today is the first International Paramedics Day.
Don’t let the thought of cancer play on your mind
If something in your body doesn’t feel right or you are experiencing symptoms that last three weeks or more, don’t delay – contact your GP practice. NHS England & NHS Improvement has launched a new phase of the ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign taking a radically different approach to detecting cancer earlier for patients, when … Continued
Care Coordinators: Bringing together personalised, proactive health care for everyone
Care Coordinators: Bringing together personalised, proactive health care for everyone Since their introduction three years ago, Primary Care Networks – or PCNs – have been working away at how best to offer personalised, proactive health care to patients. We know that a ‘one size fits all’ approach doesn’t work because our population is growing, getting … Continued
Monkeypox: What you need to know
Whilst the chances of contracting it are relatively low, it is worth explaining what it is, how it spreads, the symptoms to look out for, and what to do if you think you have been exposed to monkeypox.
Op COURAGE: The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service
Op COURAGE: The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service Some people find it hard to adjust to civilian life after serving in the Armed Forces. Op COURAGE, the Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service, is here to help. Op COURAGE is an NHS service developed by and for people who have served in the Armed … Continued
Can you lift someone out of loneliness?
Loneliness Awareness Week 2022 The 13th to 17th of June this year is Loneliness Awareness Week. It’s part of the Better Health: Every Mind Matters campaign, which aims to reduce the stigma around loneliness and encourage more people to talk openly about it. The campaign also encourages people to take simple actions to help themselves … Continued