NHS Screening: What, Why and When The NHS isn’t just there to treat you when you are ill. It’s also there to prevent illness and keep you healthy. One way this happens is through the NHS screening programme. You can read through below or use the buttons to jump to the different sections. What is … Continued
Skills for People – May Group Dates Skills for People is a registered charity working with disabled people, their families and people with autism since 1983. They support people across the North East to have the same chances, choices and rights as everyone else. Inclusion and fairness allow people to live good, healthy and meaningful … Continued
Salvie reverts to askmyGP Our online consultation tool Salvie has reverted to its original name of askmyGP. Everything else remains the same – askmyGP will still give patients easy and convenient access to our team, personalized responses and quick outcomes. The only thing that is different is the name. What is askmyGP? We first introduced … Continued
How we are working to support housebound people In the last 12 months, we’ve shared many articles about our Primary Care Network, or PCN. In many of them, tackling health inequalities has been a prominent theme. What we mean by health inequalities is everyone has access to the same services, treatments, and outcomes. It’s part … Continued
Merger Confirmation: What You Need to Know We are happy to confirm that our application to merge with Avenue Medical Practice has been accepted. This means from 1st May 2023, the contract to provide primary care services to patients registered with Avenue Medical Practice will pass to the Partners at JHP. We appreciate everyone’s patience … Continued
Removing the stigma around Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) April is Irritable Bowel Awareness Month. The aim this year is to remove the stigma around IBS, IBS can be a life-long condition which can affect people every day of their lives. Because many people don’t know how IBS impacts people, those with it can feel unsupported … Continued
Cost of living: Support to help you and your family stay warm and well More than 9 in 10 adults in the UK say their cost of living increased in the last year. Food prices are 18% higher than a year ago, and energy prices have doubled simultaneously. We wanted to share some information and … Continued
Industrial action in the NHS: We will be open as normal We wanted to let patients know that will be open as usual during the junior doctors’ strike this week (11th to 14th April). Appointments and treatments at local hospitals may be affected, however please turn up for your appointment unless you have heard otherwise. … Continued
World Autism Acceptance Week This week is World Autism Acceptance Week. The annual event has been running since 2007 when it was first launched as Autism Awareness Week. The aim is to help more people understand autism and what living with the condition means for the 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK. We … Continued
Reordering Prescriptions: How the NHS App saves you time and effort Many of us will have downloaded the NHS App for the first time during the pandemic to book vaccinations or show our covid pass. And if you are in the 60% of patients across Gosforth and Jesmond who now have the app on their … Continued
