Please note we only offer vaccinations that are ‘available free of charge on the NHS’ – we do not offer any private travel vaccinations or medication.
If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to complete a travel form which is available from the practice and return this to us preferably 8 weeks prior to your travel date. The practice nurse will then be able to advise you as to what vaccinations or other travel precautions you need to be aware of i.e. infections spread by insect bites and how to avoid these.
There is further information about countries and vaccinations required is available on the link below:
It is important to return your travel form as early as possible – at least 6 weeks before you travel – as an appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations. Your appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.
There will be a charge for some travel vaccines; this is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS. Information regarding charges for travel related vaccination/certificates etc is available at reception. Please note we are unable to offer private vaccinations.
Travelling in Europe
If you are travelling to Europe a very useful booklet has been published with advice and guidance to help you get the most out of your holiday.
Whether you have a dementia diagnosis, or care for someone who has one, there are local services that can support you practically and emotionally.
Admiral Nurses are specialist dementia nurses who give expert practical, clinical and emotional support to families living with dementia to help them cope.
They are registered nurses, and have significant experience of working with people with dementia before becoming an Admiral Nurse.
Most work for the NHS in communities, helping people with dementia to stay at home for longer. They also work in other settings, including care homes, hospitals and hospices.
How can an Admiral Nurse help me?
If you have a diagnosis of dementia or you are a family carer of someone who does, an Admiral Nurse can:
provide specialist practical advice, and emotional and psychological support from diagnosis to post bereavement, helping you deal with your feelings and learn coping strategies
be your single point of contact, helping to join up different parts of the health and social care system and meeting your needs in a coordinated way
give you the knowledge to understand dementia and its effects, and the skills to improve how you communicate with someone living with dementia.
offer advice on referrals to other services and liaise with health and social care professionals on your behalf, sharing best practice with them so you get the best care possible
support you at difficult times in your dementia journey, including when the condition progresses, or when tough decisions need to be made, such as moving a family member into residential care.
TO CONTACT AN ADMIRAL NURSE WHO COVERS THE PRACTICE AREA PLEASE TELEPHONE 0300 123 1734 BETWEEN 10am AND 2pm ON MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY OR FRIDAY AND BETWEEN 12noon AND 2pm ON WEDNESDAY. AT OTHER TIMES YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR DETAILS AND A NURSE WILL CONTACT YOU
The Primary Care Liaison Nurse is a specialist learning disability practitioner who has the knowledge and skills to provide training, advice and support for Primary Care staff in meeting the health needs of people with a learning disability.
How do you access the service?
Your Primary Care Liaison Nurse is employed for 15 hours a week by Worcestershire health and care NHS trust.
Kay Dalloway Adult and Community Services
07918748469 kdalloway@nhs.net
PO Box 5118 Kidderminster Worcs DY10 1AB
You can access further information on the Health and care trust external website for both Primary Care liaison and acute care liaison for people with a learning disability.
I work in partnership and directly with GP practices and Primary Care staff to support in meeting the health needs of people with a learning disability.
I support GP practices to deliver big health aim number one, “My GP practice”, as part of the “My Worcestershire health plan”. “Better health outcomes for people with a learning disability”. (Delivery plan 2013-2016)
www.worcestershire.gov.uk/mylifemyhealthThis includes directives from the Learning disability strategy.www.worcestershire.gov.uk/ldstrategy
I support GP practices to better understand the evidence based information both locally and nationally that support the need for completion of annual health checks.
I support the link nurse role within your GP practice.
I provide access to easy read, accessible information for GP practices to use. This includes: Invite letter, including carer information. Having a health check. My annual health check. Practice leaflet. How to complain leaflet. Staying healthy, feeling good. My hospital booklet/hospital passport.
I support Primary Care staff to have informed and better links with the adult and community services learning disability team, community nurses, acute liaison nurse and social work team and how to refer to this service.
What can you expect?
A dedicated and responsive service that aims to build closer links between Community Learning Disability Services and Primary Care. To provide evidence on the importance of annual health checks and how to deliver the health checks and reduce health inequality.
Acute Liaison Nurses
Your acute liaison nurses are:
Kay Dalloway (22.5 hours a week) 07918748469
Jane Bullock (37.5 hours a week) 07767442222
Both Kay and Jane cover the Alexandra hospital in Redditch and Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
The acute liaison nurses receive 40-50 referrals every month. Most are admited through accident and emergency.
We collect admission data. We know the four main reasons for hospital admission. They are:
Urinary tract infection
Chest infection (often from aspiration with eating and drinking difficulties)
Complex epilepsy
Constipation
These are, in some cases, preventable and the health checks can contribute to inappropriate or preventable hospital admission.
GP practice registers now include people with a learning disability from the age of 14 years onwards. (Direct enhance service guidance)
We have just under 2,000 names on the GP practice registers countrywide. All these names are put on an oasis alert within the acute trust hospital management system. This means the acute liaison nurses for people with a learning disability receive a text message and e-mail to alert them to a hospital admission for someone with a learning disability. Ensuring a prompt service.
Please contact the acute liaison nurse team direct on their mobile if your relative/patient is being admitted to hospital, either planned or unplanned.
Regular Health Checks for Patients with learning diasbilities – please watch the film below for more information.
Well Person Check
A well person check is carried out by the practice nurse and involves routine health checks and advice – if you are not under regular review by the doctor or nurse you may wish to book an appointment for a well person check.
If you are aged 75 or over and have not been seen at the practice in the last 12 months and would like a general health check please book an appointment with the practice nurse.
Temporary Residents
The doctors are prepared to see any of your family and friends who need a doctor when they are staying with you. Similarly, when you are away from home in the UK you can visit any local doctor as a temporary resident, without having to register as a permanent patient at the surgery.
Teenage Advice
Confidential advice is available to all teenagers, on any matter including general health, eating disorders, spots and acne, emotional problems, sexual health and contraception. Please speak to a nurse or doctor.
Stroke Monitoring
If you have experienced a stroke in the past you will be invited to attend a stroke monitoring clinic appointment annually. The clinic is run by the practice nurse and includes a variety of health checks and advice.
Post Natal Clinic
Post-natal appointments are booked at 9am and 9.20am on Wednesday morning. Post-natal checks take place 8 weeks after delivery. Patients are sent an appointment by the practice. Baby immunisations are usually arranged for the same time as the post-natal appointment.
Other Clinics
The practice nurses may also give you advice on the following:
Stop smoking – please note Worcestershire County Council have decided not to commission a stop smoking service from practices in Worcester with effect from 31/7/2016. We will continue this service for patients who set a quit date up to and including 31/3/2016. After 31/7/2016 we will post information about stop smoking services on our website but will no longer hold clinics or issue smoking cessation product prescriptions at the practice.
Healthy eating
Influenza vaccination, during October and November each year
NHS Health Checks
The NHS Health Check programme aims to help prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes, kidney disease and certain types of dementia. Everyone between the ages of 40 and 74, who has not already been diagnosed with one of these conditions or have certain risk factors, will be invited (once every five years) to have a check to assess their risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and diabetes and will be given support and advice to help them reduce or manage that risk. Please ask at reception if you have not been offered a NHS Health Check yet and would like one.
New Patient Health Checks
If you or your family are new to the practice and are aged over 5 years and would like a new patient health check this can be booked at reception (please bring a urine sample to this appointment).