No one wants to get ill over the festive season, so here are some simple tips to help you and those around you stay well this Winter. Get a flu jab – the best protection against a nasty illness Young children, expectant Mums, people over 65 and anyone with a long term condition can get … Continued
We are keen to recruit an experienced, enthusiastic Health Care Assistant to join our Nursing team. To find out more and apply, click here. The successful candidate will have experience of a similar role, preferably within General Practice, as well as being an effective communicator with a ‘patient first’ attitude. Applications are welcomed by 10th … Continued
Throughout the month of November, 150 scheduled appointments were lost with patients not attending. That works out to an average of 7 appointments every working day, totalling around 35 hours or 2,093 minutes. If you no longer need a scheduled appointment, please cancel it with enough notice for us to offer the time to someone … Continued
The role of Advanced Nurse Practitioners – or ANPs – has in recent years to offer patients more choice and increase the availability of appointments. Our three ANPs – Lesley Ransome, Jane Rodger and Sabrina Smith – offer appointments covering a range of common medical conditions that people may previously have seen a GP for. … Continued
In the month of October, nearly 34 hours of clinical time were lost due to patients not attending appointments, or cancelling too late for the slot to be made available to anyone else. 65 scheduled appointments with Nurses went unused, and 79 booked slots with GPs or Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) were lost. Reducing our … Continued
We want to let all patients know about an update to our prescription collection policy, and the reasons behind the change. As of 1st December, all prescriptions requests will only be available for collection from 17 Osborne Road. If you have previously collected your prescriptions from no.200, you will need to collect them from no.17. … Continued
We want to give patients some clarification on our opening times, especially when are phone lines open in the morning. The doors at both practice sites – no.17 and no.200 Osborne Road – open at 8am every weekday. Our phone lines go live at 8.15am. This is to allow staff to ensure all systems are … Continued
Every patient who visits the Jesmond Health Partnership is encouraged to feedback on their experience by completing a ‘Friends and Family’ form. The NHS Friends and Family test is used all across the health service, from GP practices to Hospitals. This video explains how it works and why it’s important to patients’ voices to be … Continued
Screening is a way of identifying apparently healthy people who may have an increased risk of a particular condition. The NHS offers a range of screening tests to different sections of the population. The aim is to offer screening to the people who are most likely to benefit from it. For example, some screening tests … Continued
It’s important that patients have a full understanding of how their personal data and health records are used within the NHS, who can access that information and why. One particular way your information is shared is through something called a Summary Care Record. Find out more about what this means, why it’s important, and your … Continued
