Our PCN team helped patients over 20,000 times last year In 2023, our specialist Primary Care Network teams completed over 20,000 appointments, tasks, and contacts with patients in Gosforth and Jesmond. Primary Care Networks are groups of GP practices working together using additional funding to provide extra services to meet patients’ needs. Our two PCNs … Continued
My Voice Matters: Children’s Mental Health Week Today marks the start of Children’s Mental Health Week. This year’s theme is ‘My Voice Matters’ and is about giving children and young people the tools they need to express themselves. Here’s how we can do it and why it’s so important. Declining Mental Health More and more … Continued
Prescriptions with the NHS App are now even better New updates to the NHS App make viewing and collecting your prescribed medication even easier. Here’s what’s changed and how it can help you. Prescription barcodes – collect anywhere Prescribed medicine can now be collected without needing a paper copy of your prescription. This will save … Continued
New Community Groups We have details of three exciting new community groups to share with you. You can find other groups and events, including Cuppa Club, a friendly chat group for people 65+ run by our own Social Prescribing Link Workers, by going to the Resources page on our website, and picking Groups/Events from the … Continued
Help us end Cervical Cancer Every day in the UK, 2 women lose their lives to cervical cancer and 9 more receive a life-changing diagnosis. But nearly every case of cervical cancer – 99.8%, in fact – could be prevented. Today marks the beginning of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, and we are joining Jo’s Cervical … Continued
The Healthier Together App: Support, Advice and Reassurance for Parents The Healthier Together App gives parents and guardians help, advice and reassurance when worried about their child. The app and website have been developed specifically for the North East, and provide clear, reliable advice from trusted NHS sources. How it works Here’s how it works … Continued
Our First Learning Disability Patient and Carer Event During the summer, we held our first network-wide Learning Disability Patient and Career event. One of our goals as a group of 7 GP practices in Gosforth and Jesmond is to reduce health inequalities and help make sure that all patients can easily and comfortably get the … Continued
Vaccines: Hundreds of years in the making, Millions of lives saved We’ve probably all heard more about vaccines over the past three years than ever before. Developing and delivering the COVID-19 vaccine was essential to our route out of the pandemic and back into normal life. Yet vaccines are not something new, and they are … Continued
Introducing Homeshare UK North East Homeshare UK North East is a charitable organisation that tackles isolation among older people and helps young people with safe, affordable accommodation. Homeshare recently presented their service at a local NHS training event, and we wanted to share it with you. Read on to find out more. Could Homeshare help … Continued
Removing the stigma around Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) April is Irritable Bowel Awareness Month. The aim this year is to remove the stigma around IBS, IBS can be a life-long condition which can affect people every day of their lives. Because many people don’t know how IBS impacts people, those with it can feel unsupported … Continued
