PrEP IMPACT Trial announcement: community PrEP advocates from PrEPster and iwantPrEPnow welcomed today’s announcement by NHS England of the launch of the PrEP IMPACT trial.  The IMPACT trial will provide PrEP to 10,000 people in England, with the first clinics in London, Brighton, Manchester, Liverpool and Sheffield expected to start enrolling participants into the trial […]

Key messages A number of NHS organisations , including hospitals and GP practices, have been affected by a ransomware attack. This has impacted organisations in different ways. In some cases computers have been infected with the ransomware virus; in other cases, computers/servers/internet connections have been shut down as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread

This post is about Gluten-free (GF) products on the NHS. NHS Bradford City and NHS Bradford Districts CCGs are organisations which are responsible for commissioning your NHS healthcare. Commissioning involves decisions about local need and how best to use the limited NHS finances. As you know the NHS is under enormous financial pressure due to

Are you on medication that you regularly take every month? Does the pharmacist  order it for you? Does the pharmacist then pick it up and deliver it to you? If the answer is yes, please read this page carefully. So what’s happening? Before the start of 2017, pharmacies will no long be able to order

Click here to read this report right now. The CQC stands for Care Quality Commission.   It is the independent regulator for health and social care in England.    It makes sure services such as GP surgeries, care homes, hospitals and dentists, provide patients with safe, effective, compassionate and high quality care.   It encourages us to continually

Tuesday morning 27th September 2016 @ Ashcroft Surgery.  8.30 am til late morning. Come talk to us.   We will be in the reception area.  Find out more about how Mindfulness can help you with stress and pain.  It may change your life completely!    No need to book an appointment.

Justine Speller, a gardener from London, quit cigarettes with the help of an NHS Stop Smoking group. She kept a week-by-week record of how she achieved it. Inspired?  Want to read more?  Click here…

Patients are being put at risk by GPs being forced to carry out complex consultations in 10 minutes or under, the British Medical Association says. The doctors’ union said patient care was undermined when GPs were forced to see as many as 60 patients a day. It called for more funding to allow GPs to

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