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Turning Point Talking Therapies wants to encourage people to learn how to help themselves when feeling low, stressed or anxious. To help with this they run free workshops and we are hosting them at Kings Medical Practice over the next few months. The workshops are on the following dates: Emotional Eating Workshop - 16th February, 12.30pm - 2pm Mindfulness and Relaxation - 16th March, 12.30pm - 2pm Improving Your Sleep Workshop - 13th April, 12.30pm - 2pm Managing Workplace Stress Workshop - 13th April, 12.30pm - 2pm Improving Low Mood Seminar - 8th June, 12.30 - 2pm The workshops all take the form of an introduction to self help techniques, some materials to take home to try and advice about how you can access further support and help. You can find more information at  https://talking.turning-point.co.uk/wakefield/workshops/ , or alternatively ring 01924 234860. If you would like to book a place then contact reception on 01924 223909 Option 1. These workshops are open to

Last weekend the government attempted to blame GPs for the current crisis in the NHS. The allegation was that GPs were not seeing enough patients and that they were turning up at A&E departments instead and causing delays and queues in A&E. This is utter tosh! At Kings Medical Practice we are open from 8.00 am to 6.30 pm every day, and offer an additional six hours of extended hours appointments per week; on Saturday mornings, one morning a week between 7 am and 8 am and one evening between 6.30 pm and 8.00 pm. Last week the clinical team saw 2522 patients and the GPs saw 1161 patients. Of those 1161 patients 554 people were seen on the day they requested to be seen - either at our Sit and Wait surgeries or by the Duty Doctor. In the first 12 days of this year, compared to last year the GPs in the practice saw nearly 30% more patients! The truth is that GPs are working hard, we are fully open and seeing more patients then ever before. What Mrs May should have been doing is

If you ring for an appointment between 8.00 am and 10.30 am we will offer you a choice of appointments. If you feel you need to be seen on the day we will ask you it if is something the doctor can deal with over the telephone. But if it is something you need to see a doctor in a consultation for, we will offer you the option of coming to our 'Sit and Wait' surgery. When you check in at reception the computer gives you a number and we call people in turn, As an alternative to ringing for an appointment, if you want to be seen in the 'Sit and Wait' surgery just come down to reception between 8.40 am and 10.30 am and register at reception and you will be seen in turn. Routine appointments are still available to book up to six weeks in advance. If your condition requires immediate attention for example chest pain, breathlessness, etc then you will be offered an appointment with the 'on-call' doctor who may wish to speak to you in the first instance to assess