NHS Dental Care
New Patients can register for NHS Dental care from the 1st March 2010 with Dr Tamber, Market Street, Ashby De La Zouch. Telephone: 01530 415353.
Measham Medical Unit Patient Transport Service
The Surgery Shuttle – ‘The Gift of a Lift’
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On the 22nd February 2010 Measham Medical
Unit launched its new patient transport service. A generous donation from The Barbara Boardman-Weston Charitable Fund, has kindly purchased and fully funded a new 15 seat minibus.
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Mrs Boardman-Weston lived locally and was a patient
at the surgery for many years. It was her wish that better facilities
were made available to our elderly people when visiting the Unit. When
approached by Mrs Boardman-Weston’s family, doctors and staff at the
surgery met and decided that patient transportation was a problem for
many patients.
Some of our patients live in villages with little or no direct public
transport to Measham and often rely on the good will of family and
friends.
As a result of this generous donation, we have been fortunate to
purchase a new 15 seat minibus, with full adaptation to allow for
patients who use wheelchairs or walking aids. It has a fully automatic
tail-lift together with easy access low steps and handrails to help
patients that may have problems accessing normal cars and buses.
The service has been fully funded by The Charitable
Trust and as a result there will be no charge to our patients. The
service is available for patients over 55 years of age who have a
mobility or transportation difficulties.
The Surgery Shuttle will operate a scheduled service to our out-lying
villages. Our patients living in Measham can take advantage of the
service on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays.
Please see the bus timetable HERE
The minibus can be booked by telephone at the time
of making your appointment or in person with our reception staff.
On behalf of The Boardman-Weston family and all our staff at Measham
Medical Unit we hope ‘THE GIFT OF A LIFT’ will be a great success and
benefit to our elderly patients.
Measham Medical Unit Carer’s register
If you care for someone, there are services and
resources available to you which you may not be aware of.
We are updating our carer’s register. If you are a carer please let us
have your details and those of the person you care for.
If you would like more details please call into the Unit and ask at
Reception.
Thank you
Haiti Disaster Fund
We are sending £190.00 to UNICEF for the Haiti
Disaster Fund. This money has been donated by staff and patients.
REMEMBER ME TREE
Measham Medical Unit would like to thank everyone who supported ‘The Remember Me Tree.’
With your kind generosity we raised the grand sum of £220.00.
The money has been donated to the two most popular named charities –‘Help the Heroes’ and the Children’s Cancer Charity –‘ ChcSargent.’
Advice for patients asking about Aspirin after the recent news item
The advice on using Aspirin Tablets has changed from November 2009. You only need to continue Aspirin if you have had these five conditions:
HEALTH INFORMATION KIOSK
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Measham Medical Unit patients’ can now access free
health information from a kiosk in the waiting room which provides an
easy to use, safe and controlled facility.
The kiosk is user friendly and has free access to a comprehensive
directory of information, and contains over 3000 patient information
leaflets including information on medications, support groups, tests and
investigations, diseases, diagrams and body systems.
It also links to health improvement resources on the web – such as self
diagnosis engines, promotional health literature including advice on
diet, smoking cessation and exercise, and links to useful external
websites such as NHS Direct, patient.co.uk. and the PCT website etc.
There is also the facility for patients to complete GP and nurse
questionnaires.
A user Help Page is available on the Kiosk and patients can also ask at
Reception if they need any assistance.
Have you had
trouble getting an appointment?
In February 2010 101 patients did
not attend their appointments.
We understand that there can be many reasons for not attending an
appointment, some of which may be unavoidable.
However, if you are unable to attend an appointment, please let us know
as these appointments are very valuable and could be given to another of
our patients.
Thank you for your help.
PAYMENT BY SWITCH OR CREDIT CARDS
We now accept switch and credit cards at the main reception desk and at the dispensary.
Telephone Triage Appointments (Doctor telephone call back)
From 9th June, we will be offering telephone call back appointments to all patients every day.
A telephone call back appointment is for when you feel your problem could be dealt with over the telephone, rather than making an appointment to see a Doctor at the surgery. ie: To discuss a recurrence of a previous problem, a prescription query or a new medication follow-up etc.
If you choose a call back appointment and after speaking to a doctor you need to be seen: then the doctor will offer you an appointment the same day if necessary.
Chlamydia Screening
Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection and 1 in 10 of those under 25 have it.
If it is not treated the infection can spread to other parts of the body and cause pain in the tummy area and even prevent pregnancy. Symptoms can present up to 1 - 3 weeks after coming into contact with Chlamydia, or months later when the infection spreads to other parts of the body which can include:
The Medical Unit and Youth Club are providing special screening kits
in the toilets. You can use the kits in the toilets or take one home.
Please bring it back and leave it in the postbox in the medical Unit
toilet, or hand it over at the Enquiries Desk. It will then be sent away
to be tested and if infection is detected you will be contacted and free
antibiotics will be provided.
This is a confidential service.
Latest News MARCH
2010
NHS Dental Care
Read HERE
The Surgery
Shuttle – ‘The Gift of a Lift’
Read HERE
'Help us improve our care' patient survey
Click HERE
ARE YOU A CARER?
Read HERE

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