The Bulwell Riverside Clinical Management Centre (CMC) has been created to allow Nottingham GP Practices to assess patients with suspected COVID19 infection separately from vulnerable and shielded patients. The address for the Bulwell Riverside CMC is: Youth and Play Entrance, Bulwell Riverside, Main Street, Bulwell, Nottingham, NG6 8QJ The CMC is entered via the “Youth and Play” …
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Corona Virus Update (COVID19)
FOR UP TO DATE COVID19 AND SEL-ISOLATION ADVICE CLICK LINK BELOW https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ The country and the world are currently dealing with an outbreak of a new virus. It is thought to have originated from food markets in China. For most people, the virus will produce only mild flu like symptoms including a cough or fever. These …
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Introducing The NHS App!
The NHS App is here! It is quick and easy to set up and within minutes you can use the NHS App to: – Check your symptoms – Find out what to do when you need help urgently – Book and manage appointments at your GP surgery – Order repeat prescriptions – View your GP …
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Flu information video staring Dr Foster
Dr Foster has worked with the video team at NCGPA, our local GP Federation to produce an information video about managing the flu. It contains information about how and why to get vaccinated, how to treat yourself if you have the flu and how to avoid spreading the flu virus to other people. We hope …
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Are You a Carer? Help is available!
Do you look after someone? A carer is a person of any age (including children) who provides unpaid support to a partner, relative, friend or neighbour who couldn’t cope without their help. This could be due to old age, frailty, disability, a serious health condition, mental ill health or substance misuse. Parents of children who …
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Practice Update Video September 2019
Learn whats happening at Parkside Medical Practice. This is a video update from our September Patient Group meeting covering changes to staffing and services at our GP surgery. It offer a taste of what it is like to attend one of our exciting and productive Patient Group meetings. Please get involved and come along to …
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Welcoming a new GP to the practice
We are delighted to welcome Dr John Lu to the practice! Jon joined our team on 02 September 2019 and will be working alongside us as a GP Fellow. He has an interest in Medical Education and will also be working to develop training programmes for other health professionals, such as paramedics, who are taking …
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Our own Dr Foster interviews NHS England Director of Primary Care Dr Nikki Kanani
Dr Foster recently interviewed the acting Director of Primary care for England on his co-hosted podcast along with Dr Gandhi Hussain from Wellspring Surgery in St. Anns. They talk about Primary Care Networks and using technology in General Practice. Please take a look at the video on youtube or listen in to the podcast below.
Introducing the Feedback Station
Feedback is important to us. It helps us improve our care and services by letting us know what is or isn’t working. This shows us where to focus our efforts. We read all feedback and review comments and statistics in our staff meetings. As a result of discussion at our last Patient Participation Group meeting, …
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Dr Foster Appears in Common Cold Video Showing at Broadway Cinema!
Parkside’s own Dr Foster has appeared in a video to help patients understand how to recognise and treat the common cold. The video was produced by NCGPA, our local GP Federation and will be shown before feature films at the Broadway Cinema in Nottingham. Doctor Foster was also involved in writing the script for the …
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