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The practice has an active Patient Participation Group. To read what they have been up to click here . They have kindly agreed to attend our Saturday morning 'flu vaccination sessions on three Saturdays in October - 4th, 18th and 25th. If you have any questions for them then do pop-in. They will also be asking you to spend a few moments completing our 'Friends and Family' survey.

Thirty-four surgeries in Wakefield and Pontefract are having 3.8million pounds slashed from their budgets over a three year period starting from April 2015. WE ARE ONE OF THOSE SURGERIES. Across Wakefield and Pontefract this will mean the loss of 38 full-time doctors or 95 full-time nurses . This means that: Patients will wait longer to be seen Small practices may face closure. Other services in the practice may have to be cut. If you want to keep the doctors and nurses you have; and help your surgery stay open then write , email, tweet or facebook: Yvette Cooper - our local MP - click here to send her an email. The Wakefield Express - click here to send an email The Pontefract and Castleford Express - click here to send an email NHS England - click here to send an email Ask them not not remove funding from your family doctor service. Tell them we need to keep the doctors and nurse we have.

Rightsteps is a talking therapies service that is available in Wakefield for people in Normanton who suffer from the following mental health problems: Depression or low mood Stress Anxiety Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - single incident trauma Coping with Long Term physical health conditions or chronic pain Health anxiety Social anxiety Specific phobias Panic disorder with / without Agoraphobia They can help people by providing a range of different support packages that are tailored to meet individual needs. The services that they provide include: Guided self-help Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Telephone work and face-to-face appointments Group therapy and Health Living Workshops 6 session Stress Management Seminar Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) Counselling for Depression (CFD) Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) Emplo