Portsdown Group Practice

Please take the time to read the attached article regarding the NHS Health check. This is a free service available to patient. The appointment takes 20 minutes of your time but could identify potentially life changing conditions.

It is Breast Screening Awareness Week at QA Hospital. At Portsdown Group Practice we are getting behind our local hospital and promoting this fabulous campaign #BreastScreeningAwarenessWeek Big or Small, Let's Save Them All

FLU JAB. No APPOINTMENT NECESSARY! If you are eligible for a flu jab, drop in to one of our sites to get yours today. Vaccination is the best defence against the spread of flu.

Portsdown Group Practice have become an accredited Learning Disability (LD) Friendly Practice, one of only a handful of GP Practices in the City to gain this accolade.
This award recognised Portsdown Group Practices’ awareness of the needs of people with a learning disability, and its ability to adjust the care and services it provides. One of the main criteria was and is ensuring people with a learning disability are offered an annual health check because this cohort of pati...ents often experience poorer health, complex health needs, less awareness of illness and require additional support to maintain good health. Portsdown Group Practice has achieved over the National average for completion of annual health checks. As a Practice we also have a dedicated Learning Disability Lead Nurse who ensures that patients with a learning disability are offered appropriate appointments, annual health checks, health action plans and enough time to process the information provided in the best form of communication for the individual patient, adapting to meet the needs of the patient.
Julie Chapman, Clinical Leader Health Facilitation, Integrated Learning Disability Service, Portsmouth said “I am delighted that Portsdown Group Practice have achieved the Learning Disability Friendly Practice status. Part of this work involved undertaking annual health checks for people with a learning disability. Portsdown Group achieved 82% of these checks in the year 2017-2018. The national target is 75% by 2019-2020. Thank you to all the staff for providing these reasonable adjustments and enhancing the service provided for this patient group”.
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Did you know that next week is Self Care Week?
The Self Care Forum is a UK charity which aims to further the reach of self-care, and embed it into everyday life. They have produced fact sheets covering 14 self-treatable conditions, free of charge:
Check out www.selfcareforum.org/fact-sheets/ for more information

APPOINTMENT LINE DOWNTIME - TUESDAY 30TH OCTOBER 10AM!
We are upgrading our telephone system during the week of 29/10/2018 - 02/11/2018. On Tuesday 30th October at 10am our incoming phone lines to our appointment contact centre will be down. Our engineers anticipate this to last for no more than an hour. If you cannot get through and your query is a routine query, please visit https://portsdowngrouppractice.webgp.com/ to fill in our online form. If your query is urgent, and cannot wait until phone lines reopen, please contact NHS 111. If you have a life-threatening emergency, please call 999.

Get your flu jab at your surgery - no appointment needed! (eligibility criteria available on our website)
Firstly, flu jabs protect you from influenza and the resulting complications. However, did you know last year the income received by the practice from flu administration would have covered a full time Salaried GP for a year? A full time Salaried GP offers over 160 appointments a week!

Macmillan Coffee Morning Update! Thanks to the generous donations from our staff, patients and visitors, who we hope enjoyed the cakes; the practice raised £401.46 during our coffee morning last Friday. With partners matching our fundraising efforts we are thrilled to be sending £802.92 to Macmillan. Thanks to all! #CoffeeMorning

Portsdown are proud to be supporting Macmillan Coffee Morning today - just take a look at the fabulous stands and treats we have on offer at our sites. Big thanks to staff for their efforts, and patients for their help and support. We hope any of you dropping in today will enjoy and donate whatever you can for a fantastic cause! #CoffeeMorning

Cycle to Work Day - 15/8/18!
It's National cycle to work day tomorrow. Could you cycle if you don't normally? Not only is it better for the environment - it keeps you fit and healthy and will save you money! Cycling is a great way to improve fitness and is great for relaxation. https://www.cycletoworkday.org/

Vitamin D Advice - as we are all much more aware that too much sun can be bad for us, the incidence of Vitamin D deficiency is increasing. Are you getting enough Vitamin D? https://www.nhs.uk/…/he…/how-to-get-v itamin-d-from-sunlight/