Warrington and Halton Diabetes Services

We created a working group of DSNs & dietitians to help support an amazing charity called…

🇸🇱Help Madina🇸🇱

which gives people with diabetes in Sierra Leone access to reliable insulin stock, at present many with T1 die from DKA

🇸🇱❓👇🏻CAN YOU HELP👇🏻❓🇸🇱

Today we are in Runcorn Shopping City promoting our Citizen Panel 🧑‍🤝‍🧑
Runcorn Shopping City One Halton NHS Clinical Commissioning
https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/get-involved/join-our-citizens-panel/

Talented Orford resident shares amazing portrait of Peter McLean A TALENTED Warrington resident has shared an amazing portrait he once took of Peter McLean.

New Community Diagnostic Centre Confirmed for Halton Hospital, increasing throughput and capacity for tests and checks, providing additional staff & refurbishment. Set to open in Spring 2023, with the multi-story car park completion summer of 2024. https://bit.ly/3sW64O7

Join Our Citizens' Panel NHS Cheshire and Merseyside

If your injury or illness isn’t too serious, you’ll be seen, treated and discharged at your local Urgent Treatment Centre faster than at A&E. We really need to make sure our A&E teams are available to treat those most in need of our care.

Well done to Liz Atkins, one of our community diabetes nurses on her Cavell Nurses' Trust Star Nursing Award for going above and beyond in recent years to support her team
https://bit.ly/3RK7RQ1

Our Orthoptic Team are hosting a Halloween Patch Party! 🎃

Do you have a child being cared for by us wearing a patch? Come along and join in. Meet others and learn tips to support you.

🏴‍☠️ Please ask your Orthoptist for more information:
Tel: 01925 662772
Email: [email protected]

If you are treated with a Novo insulin and use pre-filled pen devices - have a read :

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If your injury or illness isn’t too serious, you’ll be seen, treated and discharged at your local Urgent Treatment Centre faster than at A&E.

We really need to make sure our A&E teams are available to treat those most in need of our care.

What is Long COVID? Our Long COVID Service could help you! Find out more about long COVID and its affects here https://bit.ly/3yzM8V7

First look at enhanced hospital department with same-day emergency care service HERE is a first glimpse inside the new £6.3million extension at Warrington Hospital.

Do you still have symptoms more than 12 weeks after having COVID? If so, there is a chance that you may have developed Long COVID and if that's the case, Warrington & Halton Teaching Hospital's Long COVID Service is here to help you! http://ow.ly/Srf850Jy5yo

With effect from Thursday 7th July, we are recommending that all visitors and patients attending clinics, diagnostic tests, A&E and Urgent Treatment Centres wear a face mask or covering on arrival. This is for their own protection and for the safety of our inpatients and staff. We appreciate that not everyone is able/willing to wear a face covering but do ask that every effort is made where possible.

If you're aged 18 to 64 and fully vaccinated against COVID-19 , your risk of being hospitalised with Omicron is reduced by 82.4%

Book your (COVID-19) vaccination now -
http://ow.ly/nTHs50JJi08

If you’re unwell or injured, try an Urgent Treatment Centre:

✔ No appointment needed
✔ Open early to late
✔ Open bank holidays & weekends
✔ Treat adults and children
✔ Seen quicker than A&E (even with travel time!)

If you're immunosuppressed and it's been 6+ months since your first booster, you will be invited to get your second booster.

If you have been invited to book yours already, you can book it now at Warrington Hospital here:http://ow.ly/w43w50IYWvi

From today, WHH has new visitor guidelines:

✅Inpatient visiting times are 1pm-4.30pm and 6pm-8pm. (Two visitors per patient at any one time)

✅Outpatients appointments and people attending A&E can be accompanied by one person only. (Visiting is exempt in respiratory areas of our A&E department for patient and visitor safety)

✅ Face masks will be required, unless you are medically exempt

✅Do not visit if you are feeling unwell or experiencing symptoms of COVID-19

✅Wash or sanitise hands regularly whilst in our hospitals

Please note that our Outpatient and Emergency Department visiting may be restricted at busy times to ensure patient safety. Also temperature checks will be completed on arrival to wards.

NHS England compiled a list of conditions or illnesses that will no longer be dealt with by prescription, following a public consultation that ran from December 2017 to March 2018. The move means patients will be asked visit pharmacies or supermarkets instead so they can find suitable over-the-counter treatments. Officials have issued a list of 35 conditions for which doctors no longer offer a prescription. But many people are unaware of this ruling and still book an appointment to see their GP just to get these standard items.

https://www.haltonwarringtonccg.nhs.uk/how-we-listen-and-engage/how-we-listen-and-engage-in-warrington/engagement-consultations-and-involvement/enhanced-access-consultation-2022

www.haltonwarringtonccg.nhs.uk

Well done SMF for donating £50 million to JDRF and Diabetes UK for research into type 1 diabetes

This is Natalie one of our new community diabetes nurses she visited the Warrington Islamic Centre this morning to provide information and advice about diabetes and Ramadan. Very proud as she only started with us a couple of weeks ago 👏

COVID Oximetry at home services are supporting people to monitor their oxygen levels with pulse oximeters. See this easy read guide for people accessing the service:https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2022/02/pulse-oximeter-easy-read-2022-digital.pdf

What should I do if I test positive for COVID-19?

Firstly, don’t panic! There is an increasing prevalence of COVID-19 in our community and this is not unexpected, despite how careful you may have been. Here’s an ‘at a glance guide’ if you are within 8 days or less of your due date:

1. Contact the birth suite on 01925 662334 and let them know you have tested positive
2. When you arrive at the hospital remain in your vehicle and phone the birth suite – a member of staff will come out to meet you and es**rt you to our isolation unit
3. If you are already in labour, you will be taken directly to your birth room where you will remain until you are discharged
4. If, in the very rare event, your baby needs additional support in our neonatal unit, we will transfer you to the isolation unit on ward C23
5. If you have booked a home birth please note that this should go ahead as planned - unless we experience unprecedented staff absences in which case we will need to accommodate you at the hospital (The Nest or Birth Suite)
6. Thank you for patience and understanding – we are committed to ensuring you have the very best experience while in our care while at the same time working within the constraints of an escalating pandemic.

I’ve had a few people contacting me saying they struggling to order lateral flow tests online.

You can collect lateral flow test kits at the town centre community testing site in the former Bright House store on Sankey Street open between 11am-1pm today. Supplies are limited to one box per household.

Gov.uk is being updated regularly through the day to manage demand so it’s worth checking back through the day. Pharmacies are also being re-stocked regularly.

Memory of much-loved nurse who died from Covid to live on with training facility honour

We are supporting patients to receive a visit from a loved one over the festive period. Patients can receive one visitor, for up to one hour at an allocated slot on either 25 or 26 December, which needs to be booked with the ward at least 24 hours in advance. For more information and ward contacts visit http://ow.ly/QecM50Hib1Q

Stockton Heath Medical Centre walk in vaccination clinic open again today 8:00am - 5:00pm 🕔

Stay well this Christmas and 💉

COVID VACCINE APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE TODAY AT LMC

Do you need your :

1st Vaccine - come down to the surgery to arrange an appointment for today.

2nd Vaccine - if your first vaccination was Pfizer and you had it before 23.09.2021 - come down to the surgery today to make an appointment.

BOOSTERS - you will have received a text message with a link attached you can book a time here or come down to the surgery today to make an appointment.

Walks in is available for anyone requiring a booster today

Wire stars lead by example by receiving Covid booster vaccines at Warrington Hospital STARS of the town’s rugby team are doing their bit to ensure they, their families and those around them are protected against coronavirus.

💉 WALK IN VACCINATION CLINIC! 💉
Stockton Heath Medical Centre
Today and tomorrow between 9:00am - 5:00pm

No appointment needed! 👍
Please have your NHS number ready if you can & please use the car park entrance.

BOOSTER AGE GROUP UPDATE

Our Warrington Hospital Vaccination Service is offering COVID-19 vaccinations for the following:

👉1st and 2nd doses
For ALL adults aged 18 years and over, you can book here - https://bit.ly/3m9Pas7

👉COVID-19 booster vaccinations
For ALL adults aged 18 years and over, providing the 2nd dose was administered 3 months (91 days) ago - you can book here - https://bit.ly/3ITZUEX (Proof of age must be brought to the appointment)

Before you come to A&E, ask yourself is it an emergency? Is it life threatening? If you’re feeling unwell, but it’s not an emergency you can visit our Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre (open everyday from 8am to 9pm, please arrive before 8pm)

Anyone who has symptoms of COVID-19 should only attend Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre when they can provide evidence of a recent negative PCR test.

Remember - always call 999 in an emergency

This has been the biggest challenge the NHS has faced in our lifetime and we’re extremely grateful to the volunteers who have given up their time to perform vital roles 🙏

Volunteers have made a huge contribution so far to the largest vaccination programme in NHS history and we’re calling on their help once again as we move into the next phase.
So, if you can spare a few hours a week, please do sign up.

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