The Practice (Barnabas Medical Centre) has a new website at https://barnabasmedicalcentre.co.uk/ which better reflects the NHS branding. As I understand it the contract for supply & maintenance of the old website (which was common across all the practices in Ealing) expired at the end of March and wasn’t being renewed centrally; a decision that was …
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Category:General Information
Prescription Charges in Pregnancy
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.
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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Practice Website Read Aloud
There’s something new – at least I’ve not noticed it before – on the Practice website. In the top left corner there is now a small red box called SPEAK. This is there to help those with visual impairment. If you click on SPEAK an extra toolbar is displayed. Click the left-most icon (a hand/finger) …
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eConsult Hints & Tips
I’ve just uploaded a one page leaflet of information, hints & tips about eConsult which I’ve put together. It is under Resources | Our Leaflets or go direct to the PDF at https://barnabasvoices.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/eConsult.pdf. Everyone here probably knows most of what it says but it may be something you’ll want to give to others.