Mothers-to-be need to be aware of the need for a “maternity exemption certificate” in order to get free prescriptions. The NHS is catching and fining those who don’t have the certificate but still claim free prescriptions. Guardian news item at https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/feb/04/nhs-fines-mothers-for-claiming-free-prescriptions-while-pregnant.
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Recovering NHS Emergency Care
Yesterday the NHS announced a plan for the recovery of urgent and emergency care services. It is full of aspirations and ambitions. Find the details in the introductory letter and the full plan documents.
Stay at Home and Face Mask Guidance
As people across the UK return to work following the Christmas holidays, and children return to school, there are high infection rates of flu, Covid and Strep A. This has prompted experts, including UKHSA, to issue fresh guidance involving a “stay at home” message and face masks to help deal with the high levels of …
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Mental Health Support over Christmas
Here are a few of the mental health helplines available over the Christmas period: Samaritans : 116 123 (24 hours) Campaign Against Living Miserably : 0800 58 58 58 (17:00-midnight) Papyrus, for people under 35 : 0800 068 41 41 (09:00-midnight) SOS Silence of Suicide : 0300 1020 505 (20:00-midnight) h/t Graham Stretch, https://twitter.com/GrahamStretch
Independent SAGE Year-End Message
Independent SAGE, an independent science advisory group, have released a Covid-related end of year message. Find it at https://www.independentsage.org/independent-sage-end-of-year-2022-statement/.
Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) Update
Here’s the second of today’s updates from NWL NHS. You may have seen in the news that there has been an increase of Group A streptococcus (strep A) cases. It is responsible for infections such as tonsillitis, pharyngitis, scarlet fever, impetigo and cellulitis among others. This is usually a mild illness but can sometimes result …
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Barnabas Bulletin
The latest, December 2022, issue of the Practice’s newsletter, Barnabas Bulletin, is now available. This issue may be downloaded from https://barnabasvoices.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/BB33.pdf or read online at https://barnabasvoices.org.uk/latest/.
A&E Testing at Ealing Hospital
Patients attending A&E at Ealing and Northwick Park Hospitals have been being tested for undiagnosed HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C – as part of a London-wide initiative. There were a combined total of over 450 patients testing positive, from more than 30,000 tests; those patients can now be treated for disease they didn’t know …
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Ealing Hospital to Offer More Support to Veterans
Ealing Hospital is aiming to work better for ex-armed service personnel both as staff and patients. More on Ealing Today.
Catch-up with Recent Items from NWL NHS
First of all, many apologies for the lack of updates over the last several weeks. I’ve been ill and most normal activity just wasn’t possible. Luckily (and thanks to our GPs) I’m now pretty much back to what passes for normal, but I’m still trying to catch up! I’ve had quite a few potentially useful …
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