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Missed Appointments

In November 2024 there were:

248 Missed appointments

Please let us know in advance if you are unable to attend your appointment so that it can be given to someone else.

Thank you.

Healthy Start

Healthy Start helps families buy healthy food and milk. If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk.  The entitlement is worth over £1,200 if claimed from the 10^th week of pregnancy until the child’s 4^th birthday and there is no limit on the number of children you can claim for.

If you’re eligible, you’ll be sent a Healthy Start card with money on it that you can use in some UK shops. The entitlement is added onto this card every 4 weeks.

You can use your card to buy:

• plain liquid cow’s milk
• fresh, frozen, and tinned fruit and vegetables
• fresh, dried, and tinned pulses
• infant formula milk based on cow’s milk.

You can also use your card to collect:

• Healthy Start vitamins – these support you during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
• vitamin drops for babies and young children – these are suitable from birth to 4 years old.”

For more information and to check if you are eligible to claim, visit https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/how-to-apply/.  Or speak to your midwife, health visitor or local Family Hub.”

Minor Illness? Think Pharmacy First

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Order your repeat prescriptions through the NHS App

Millions of people are using the NHS App to manage their health the easy way.
Find out how you can use the NHS App to order repeat prescriptions:

 http://nhs.uk/.../onli.../how-to-order-a-repeat-prescription

Important announcement for Elswick Patients

Think Pharmacy First

People often visit their GP with minor illness that a local pharmacist could help with. Instead of contacting your GP surgery, you can visit your local pharmacy, saving you time and with no appointment needed - you can just walk in.

All pharmacists can give advice and medicine if you need it. What's more, most pharmacies are open in the evenings and on weekends. 

Advice from your pharmacist is always free, but thanks to the Think Pharmacy First scheme, they can also provide treatment for many minor illness such as: back pain, headaches, migraines, period pain, teething, toothache, allergies, bites and stings, hay fever, skin reactions, coughs, congestion, colds and flu, sore throat, fevers and/or temperature, earache, ear wax, ear infection, bacterial conjunctivitis (sticky eyes), styes, stomach aches, constipation, diarrhoea, haemorrhoids, indegstion, reflux, threadworm, vomitting, skin/mouth problems, athletes foot, chickenpox, cold sores, contact dermatitis (inflammation of the skin), fungal skin infections, impetigo, nappy rash, scabies, skin rash, vaginal thrush, warts and verrucae, head lice. 

Find your local pharmacy here: https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/pharmacy/find-a-pharmacy

Remember, THINK PHARMACY FIRST.

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Newcastle Talking Therapies

Are you feeling low? Feeling overwhelmed with worry? Do you want to talk to your GP about mental health support? You are not alone.

NHS Newcastle Talking Therapies are here to help you get back on track. They offer free and confidential short-term talking therapies to teach you the tools you need to cope better with your experiences of poor mental health. You can refer yourself today on their website or by ringing them on 0330 0534 230. You do not need to book a GP appointment to refer.