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Join our Patient Participation Group

Our next Patient Participation Group meeting will be taking place between 6.30pm and 8.00pm on Thursday 4 April 2024. Patients, carers of patients and parents of patients are welcome to attend either in person at the practice or online.

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2023 Carers Roadshows

Informal and unpaid carers are invited to come along and visit one of the local carers roadshows for networking, support and a chat. May 17th Wed Riverside Health Centre Bulwell NG6-8QJ May 19th Fri Mary Potter Health Centre Hyson Green NG7-5HY June 7th Wed St Annes Valley Health Centre NG3-3GG June 16th Fri Mansfield Market …
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General Practice Access Data

We are aware of the recent mention of our practice in the Nottingham Post relating to the recently published national appointment data. We have concerns about the accuracy and reliability of some of the appointment data that has been made available nationally and the fact that the way in which the data is generated makes …
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It’s time to book your Flu Jab

It’s time to book your Flu Jab

We are now taking bookings for our flu vaccination clinics. Having your flu jab is a really good way of helping to protect yourself, your family and friends from this potentially serious illness. Patients will be receiving text messages and letters in the coming weeks with a link that enables direct booking into these clinics …
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Patient Participation Group

Patient Participation Group

Why not join our Patient Participation Group? It is a contractual requirement of NHS England for all GP practices to have a Patient Participation Group (PPG) and to make reasonable efforts for this to be representative of the practice population. A Patient Participation Group (PPG) is a group of patients, carers and GP practice staff …
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Are you an adult with a diagnosis of autism and have (or had) symptoms of anxiety?

Are you an adult with a diagnosis of autism and have (or had) symptoms of anxiety?

If so, it may be suitable for you to take part in a study called STRATA (SerTRaline for AnxieTy in adults with Autism). STRATA aims to find out whether the medication sertraline is an effective treatment for anxiety in adults with a diagnosis of autism. We aim to enrol 306 autistic adults (aged ≥18 years, …
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Nottingham Community Champions

Nottingham Community Champions

Could you be a community champion? NCC are looking for volunteers from across the city who can help to shape this network of community champions – people who really understand how their local communities work and what is important to them. You don’t need any special skills or experience to be a community champion – …
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Proud to be a Safe Surgery

Proud to be a Safe Surgery

Parkside Medical Practice is proud to be one of the first 500 Doctors of the World Safe Surgeries in the UK, providing accessible healthcare for the most vulnerable members of our community. Safe Surgeries launched in 2018 and aims to remove barriers to GP registration by providing clinical and non-clinical staff with free training, advice, …
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Psychological impact of COVID-19

Psychological impact of COVID-19

How has COVID-19 impacted your health and wellbeing? What has been helpful and what has not been helpful for your mental health? Researchers from a collaboration group are asking people to complete a short questionnaire to help better understand how the coronavirus and changing restrictions are affecting us all and the impact on our day-to-day …
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Living well with pain

Living well with pain

My Live Well with Pain has been created by clinicians who specialise insupporting people with persistent pain. It is designed to help you learn howto live well, despite your pain. Visit their website here On the site, you’ll find leaflets and factsheets to download, inspirationalvideos, podcasts and more. You don’t need to sign-up, and the …
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Quitting smoking

Quitting smoking

Stopping smoking is always beneficial to your health. It’s never too late to quit, even if you’ve been smoking for 10 years or more. So, if you’re a smoker that wants to quit, are over 16 and live in Nottingham city you can get help to stop smoking with Stub it! Stub it! offers a …
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Help us to help you…

Help us to help you…

As you may already know, we have recently suffered a serious flood which has affected all of our office space. As a result of this we have had to change how we do a number of things, with people working from different parts of the building. Patients who use smart phones or have access to …
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Psychological Impact of COVID-19

Psychological Impact of COVID-19

Researchers from a collaboration group would like to invite you to take part in a short questionnaire exploring the psychological impact of the coronavirus, its effect on our emotions, behaviour and wellbeing. This is the second phase of recruitment. If you took part in the first phase of the study, you are still able to …
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Exceed Study

Exceed Study

Volunteers are needed for a study that has been developed by the University of Leicester and NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) to understand why some people develop more severe COVID-19 than others – particularly those from black and minority ethnic communities. The EXCEED study will also investigate the impact of the pandemic on long-term …
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Do you look after someone?

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 are disabled or who have …
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Bulwell Riverside Clinical Management Centre

Bulwell Riverside Clinical Management Centre

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)

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!

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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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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Welcoming a new GP to the practice

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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PPG Meeting September 5th 2019

PPG Meeting September 5th 2019

We would like to announce that our next PPG Meeting will be held on the 5th September at 6pm. It will be located at the practice. We would be delighted to have you come along and express your ideas & opinions regarding the practice. Various members of staff from the practice will be present to …
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Our own Dr Foster interviews NHS England Director of Primary Care Dr Nikki Kanani

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.

Thursday 13th PPG Meeting

Thursday 13th PPG Meeting

Next Thursday we will be hosting another PPG meeting to give you, the patients an opportunity to voice your opinions, concerns & ideas to various members of the practice. If you have any questions regarding the PPG meeting then feel free to phone the practice or, check our PPG page which can be found on …
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Diabetes Awareness Week

Diabetes Awareness Week

Diabetes is a serious long term condition which can lead to early death and long term disability. The earlier it is detected and managed appropriately the less damage there will be on an individuals health. Around 200,000 people are diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes every year. Within the Nottingham city area less people have been …
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Pregabalin & Gabapentin Reclassification

Pregabalin & Gabapentin Reclassification

As of April 1st Gabapentin & Pregabalin will both be reclassified as schedule 3 controlled drugs. What does this mean for my prescription? Prescriptions for controlled drugs should only be written for a maximum of one months supply. We are now able to send prescriptions for controlled drugs directly to your nominated pharmacy electronically. If you have a nominated pharmacy you …
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Introducing the Feedback Station

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!

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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Dementia Friendly Practice – Helping families with dementia

Dementia Friendly Practice – Helping families with dementia

In 2018 Parkside Medical Practice began working towards becoming a Dementia Friendly Practice. As part of this process, all clinical and non clinical staff received training from the Alzheimer’s Society, and a “walk through” was performed by one of our patients who suffers with dementia to see how easily he could navigate the practice and …
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GP+ Nottingham City Service

GP+ Nottingham City – extended hours access for patients Offering Evening & Weekend Appointments bookable through your GP practice, patients registered at this practice are able to access additional routine appointments during evenings and weekends through the new GP+ service. Appointments are available to see GPs, Practice Nurses, Clinical Pharmacists and Physiotherapists in a fully …
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