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THE <strong>HERALD</strong> • MID-<strong>SEPTEMBER</strong> <strong>2023</strong> • Tel: 01530 244069 • Email: info@markfieldherald.co.uk<br />
MARKFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE<br />
Chitterman Way, Markfield<br />
Get Your Seasonal<br />
INFLUENZA<br />
Vaccination Early<br />
Tel: 01530 242313<br />
FLU CLINICS will be available for patients<br />
from the end of September.<br />
If you are aged 65 years and over, or are a registered carer and in<br />
receipt of a carer's allowance, pregnant or are aged between 2-3 years<br />
of age you are eligible for a seasonal influenza vaccination.<br />
If you do not fit into any of these groups but are older than 6 months old<br />
and have any of the following long term conditions you are also eligible<br />
for a vaccination.<br />
Ÿ Chronic Respiratory disease including asthma that requires<br />
continuous or repeated use of steroids, or Chronic obstructive<br />
pulmonary disease (COPD)<br />
Ÿ Chronic heart disease<br />
Ÿ Chronic kidney disease<br />
Ÿ Chronic Liver disease<br />
Ÿ Chronic neurological disease which includes patients who have<br />
had a stroke<br />
Ÿ Diabetes<br />
Ÿ Immunosuppressed which will include patients who are<br />
undergoing chemotherapy<br />
Ÿ Are seriously overweight (BMI of 40 and above)<br />
The dates we are doing the Saturday clinics are the<br />
23rd September and the 7th October, from 8.30am to<br />
12.30pm. The surgery will not be sending individual letters<br />
so please call the surgery on 01530 242313 to book<br />
your appointment early.<br />
MARKFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE<br />
Patient Participation Group<br />
I THOUGHT IT would be useful for everyone given<br />
that there a few changes happening at the surgery<br />
which will hopefully make life easier for yourselves<br />
and other matters directly affecting patients to give<br />
you an update.<br />
A ‘New look’ website will be rolled out next month. It’s clearer and will<br />
hopefully therefore be easier to use for both patients and staff.<br />
A new telephone system called Surgery Connect will be rolled out in<br />
Sept / Oct <strong>2023</strong>. It will have a queuing system so that you will know<br />
what number in the queue you are. It has a call back facility so you<br />
no long need to remain holding on the phone, when you’re next in the<br />
queue position, we will automatically call you back.<br />
We would encourage everybody that is able, to sign up to the NHS<br />
app, this enables you to book appointments <strong>online</strong>, have an <strong>online</strong><br />
consultation, access your medical records, and request prescriptions. It<br />
reduces calls to the practice and in turn reduces the wait to get through<br />
to the receptionist.<br />
There is a change to the shingles schedule from 1 September <strong>2023</strong>,<br />
those turning 65 and 70 will also be able to get the vaccine after their<br />
birthday, in addition to those already aged 70-80.<br />
Year 1 (1st Sept <strong>2023</strong>) is vaccinating anyone that is turning 65 years<br />
old – Date of birth 01.09.1958 – 31.08.1959. Patients will be contacted<br />
when they are eligible.<br />
Nationally, patients are being asked to switch their Salbutamol inhaler<br />
to a Salamol inhaler for environmental reasons and to reduce the<br />
NHS’s Carbon footprint.<br />
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FLU CLINICS: 23rd Sept & 7th Oct<br />
FLU CLINICS are being rolled out from Mid-September<br />
with the first Saturday clinic on the 23rd of September and<br />
a further Saturday on the 7th October.<br />
Usual ad-hock Nurse and HCA clinics will be held between. Home<br />
visits are planned for the last two weeks in September.<br />
Mason’s pharmacy would like to remind patients about Medicine<br />
Wastage. £300 million of NHS taxpayers’ money is spent every year on<br />
unused medicines that are thrown away.<br />
Medicines waste can be reduced if we all –<br />
1. Open prescription bags in the pharmacy to check for any unwanted<br />
medicines, they can be returned to the pharmacist, you can only do<br />
this before you leave the pharmacy.<br />
2. Remember, don’t tick it if you don’t need it.<br />
3.Talk about your medicines, speak to a pharmacist at the pharmacy<br />
or the practice pharmacist at the surgery about your medications if you<br />
are due for a review.<br />
Finally ,if anyone who is a patient at Markfield surgery is interested<br />
in becoming a member of our patient group please email me at<br />
markfieldpatientsgroup@outlook.com and I will be happy to have a<br />
chat.<br />
Alan, Chair of Markfield Patients<br />
Participation Group<br />
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