New City Medical Centre

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🔔 Patient Announcement 🔔

You will all be aware of the riots which occurred at the weekend in Sunderland City Centre. We have seen notification on a number of social media sites that there could be a potential planned protest in Hendon tomorrow evening Wednesday 7th August 2024 at 8pm.

Although we have not had official notification from our commissioning bodies we need to consider the safety of our patients. You may want to consider if you have planned a visit to the Surgery tomorrow, please give some thought to the necessity of your visit. If your visit to the Surgery can wait then I would advise you to consider contacting the Surgery by telephone where our team will endeavour to try and help you with your enquiry over the telephone.

Management Team

For seven common conditions your pharmacist can now provide some prescription medicine, if needed, without you needing to see a GP. Think pharmacy first.

Find out more at nhs.uk/thinkpharmacyfirst.

The NHS bowel cancer screening kit can detect signs of cancer before you notice anything is wrong.

The kit is automatically posted to everyone aged 56 to 74, and the programme is expanding to include those aged 50 to 55 by 2025.

For more information, visit nhs.uk/bowel-screening.

Cervical screening can help stop cancer before it starts.

If you missed your last one, book an appointment with your GP practice. You may also be able to book with your local sexual health service.

For more information visit nhs.uk/cervicalscreening.

For seven common conditions your pharmacist can now provide some prescription medicine, if needed, without you needing to see a GP.

Think pharmacy first.

Find out more at nhs.uk/thinkpharmacyfirst.

April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month.

Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK. Some of the symptoms include blood in your poo, which may look red or black, and changes in your poo, such as having diarrhoea of constipation.

Other health problems can cause similar symptoms – but it’s important to get them checked by a GP if you have any symptoms for 3 weeks or more.

For more information, visit ➡️ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer/

March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.

Symptoms of ovarian cancer can be caused by lots of things, which can make it hard to diagnose. It’s important to contact your GP if things don’t feel normal for you, or if any symptoms continue or get worse.

More info can be found here ➡️ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ovarian-cancer/

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Other than your GP Practice & Practice Staff we also have a team of external experienced Health Care Professionals that can also help you with your health care & well-being needs. Please follow the link below to find out “who they are “ but more importantly the services they provide that could help you.

NHS General Practice Team This campaign aims to raise awareness of the different health professionals working in general practice teams who are helping patients get the right care, more easily, first time.

⚠The region's NHS is urging people to plan ahead, stay safe and use health services wisely – ahead of the festive period and the planned days of industrial action.👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️

Read the full story here👉https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk/news/posts/regions-nhs-expects-a-challenging-festive-period/

It’s Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month.

Symptoms of ovarian cancer can be caused by lots of things, which can make it hard to diagnose. It’s important to be checked by a GP if things don’t feel normal for you, or if any symptoms continue or get worse.

More info can be found here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ovarian-cancer/

Please find the link to eConsult. It is a way to contact the GP practice online, for free, anywhere and anytime. Have a look via this link https://econsult.net/nhs-patients/how-to-use-econsult, it's much easier than waiting to get through on the phone and by completing the simple form online we will be able to direct you to the correct person to deal with your query or health need.
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Doctors surgery

Please be aware we are having issues with our phones today, this is affecting call answering times and queue length.

📣📣📣Patient Announcement 📣📣📣

There are 3 Bank Holiday closures in May, please see below for details -

Monday 1st May - Surgery closed
Monday 8th May - Surgery closed
Monday 29th May -Surgery closed

Also due to staff training the surgery will be closed on Wednesday 17th May 2023 between 12pm and 6pm. The surgery will reopen Thursday 18th May at 8:30am.

If you need medical attention while the surgery is closed please call 111, if it is a medical emergency please call 999.

Thank you

People aged 75 or above, or those with a weakened immune system, can now book their spring COVID-19 vaccine.

You can book through the NHS App, by calling 119 or at http://nhs.uk/CovidVaccination

Some local pharmacies may have different opening hours over the Easter bank holidays.

To find an open pharmacy near you, visit ➡️ https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/pharmacy/find-a-pharmacy

🐣 EASTER HOLIDAY CLOSURE 🐣

The Surgery will be closed for the BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND

CLOSED: Friday 7th April 2023
Saturday 8thApril 2023
Sunday 9th April 2023
Monday 10th April 2023

We resume normal opening times Tuesday 11th April 2023

If you need medical advice and your symptoms are of a non-urgent nature during this time ring 111 or alternatively you can contact your local Pharmacy who will advise, manage or signpost you to the appropriate service to deal with your complaint .

If your call is of an urgent nature and your symptoms need urgent medical attention ring 999

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Update,
Our systems are now up and running all be it a bit slow. Thank you for being patient we will process all requests as soon as we can.

Public notice
Can all patients please be aware we are experiencing computer problems today and we cannot access patient records at this time. We have spoken to our IT department who are looking into the problem. Please bear with us IT hope to have us running again soon.

A patient notice.
You may receive a call from the practice, we are currently calling patients aged over 65 years. We are asking questions about frailty and working to prevent possible health conditions from developing or progressing. We hope that as many people will participate as possible. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
The Doctors, The New City Medical Centre.