FROM WEEKS TO HOURS: HOW WE ARE GIVING PATIENTS EASY ACCESS AND QUICK RESOLUTIONS Hello, I’m Dr Ben Davies, one of the Partners at Jesmond Health Partnership. Many of you will already know about the big change we made in July this year. We introduced a new online consultation service – called Salvie – which has made it … Continued
Hi, I’m Dr Sarah Nicholson, and I’m one of the partners here at JHP. Along with Dr Ben Davies and Dr Fiona Smith, we’re responsible for the overall running of the practice.
Hi, I’m Val Robertson, and I work as a Health Care Assistant at JHP. Each day is normally a combination of my main tasks as an HCA – seeing patients, doing tests or taking samples.
I’d not been here long before the Covid-19 pandemic hit and we had to make some pretty big changes to the way we were working.
Fewer people are contacting their GP about potential signs of cancer. At the peak of the COVID-19 in April, there was a 76% drop in the number of people seeking help. Identifying potential signs of cancer early is vital to successful treatment. You should contact us If you have any symptoms you’re worried about like a lump, new pain or unusual … Continued
If your cervical screening is overdue or would have been coming up soon and you’re yet to get an invitation – don’t worry, you’ve not been forgotten. Please remember too that invitations for routine screening are sent to healthy people without symptoms.
We’re very pleased to say that over 93% of patients who completed a Friends and Family survey in July would recommend us.
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As of 1st August the requirement for people in certain groups to ‘shield’ has been lifted.
As a team, we’re here to look after you as patients and give you the care you need.
From today, it is now compulsory to wear a mask or other facial covering when entering a shop in England. As we said in our guide to face coverings last month, masks act as a barrier to stop potentially infected droplets spreading to other people. Masks, along with social distancing and hand hygiene, are the best ways to reduce the … Continued
