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On a Wednesday the practice currently closes for 2 hours for staff training. This week we were updated about local plans and progress towards the Electronic Prescribing Service. We are currently at the first stage and about to move to the second stage. First Stage Over the past year or so, you may have noticed that your prescription form has had a barcode printed on it. This means that it was produced using the first stage of the new Electronic Prescription Service. Second Stage Now, the Electronic Prescribing Service is moving to the next stage of the service where there is less need for you to receive a paper prescription – unless you want one. At first, if you want the practice to send your prescription electronically, you must choose, or ‘nominate’, a place to receive your electronic prescriptions. This could be any pharmacy, for example, you could choose to nominate a place that is convenient to where you live, work or shop. Nomination works in a similar way to a prescripti

Roll up, roll up - is the catch phrase for this years seasonal flu campaign. We recommend flu vaccination to the over 65's and to people with illnesses that make them more likely to suffer complications if they get flu. This is for illnesses like diabetes, asthma, COPD or being the carer for either a disabled person or a person with these illnesses. In past years we have sent letters to people and then asked them to ring up and make an appointment for a flu jab. This has always created a huge amount of work in generating the letters, making the appointments and then patients have felt let down that they have not had their flu jab on time and have had to wait. This year we are trying something different. We are having flu vaccination session on two Saturdays - 25th September and 2nd October and inviting patients just to 'roll up' and have their vaccination. Click here to download an information leaflet and consent sheet. Click here to download an information leaflet and cons

Had a quick reminder this week about eight services available in Normanton. The services vary from supporting victims of sexual assault and rape to a drop in project for the over 50's who have recently been bereaved and includes details of Yorkshire Miners Convalescent Homes! On a Wednesday we have a regular education session for all staff in the practice. One of the items this week was the 'Wednesday Box' - this is a box of letters, flyers and information that has come into the practice that staff should know about but is not important enough to circulate around, and these services were in the box. Anyway, here is the list (in alphabetical order): Arthritis Care - challenging pain course . This is a self management course for people with arthritis and chronic pain. To find out about the next course email anthonym@arthritis.org.uk Awake Mentoring Scheme A mentoring scheme for disabled people by disabled people. Email awakementoring@scope.org.uk Beyond Existing A support gr

The practice is a member of Novus Health, which is an organisaiton of local GPs and hospital consultants who wish to provide high quality services to patients, close to their homes in innovative and cost effective ways. Click here for the the Novus Health website . Kings Medical Practice is going to host a surgical service for patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Typical symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome are numbness and tingling in the hand around the thumb. Click here for a good information leaflet from www.patient.co.uk about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. When we refer a patient with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome to the Novus service patients will be first seen by a GP screener. In Normanton, Dr Dewhirst at Queens Street Surgery will be assessing our patients. The screener will confirm the diagnosis and then discuss the treatment options. Doing nothing is an option, as one in four get better on their own, alternately patients can choose to have a steroid injection and if that does not help t

We have two new GP trainees joining us in August. Dr Muhammed Sarfraz and Dr Richard Holborough. Both are in their final year of GP training and will be with us for twelve months. Richard has moved from a GP training practice in Wakefield and Muhammed from a hospital post. And as we get two new trainees it is time for two of our trainees to move on! Dr Sarah Renga and Dr Mohammed Shaikh have been with us for six months and have come to the end of their attachment. Sarah is moving to a training practice in Wakefield and Mohammed is back into a training post in hospital. We have enjoyed having them with us, we hope they have learnt something and we wish them all the best for the future.