MMC NEWS
Issue 2 – Aug 2014
Listening to the needs of the
Practice Population
Second Edition Newsletter
Services
Online ordering of repeat
prescriptions
Prescriptions can be ordered
online. All you need is a password
issued by receptionists with
instructions on how to do this.
Please allow 2 working days after
ordering for repeat medication.
Booking appointments online
Once you are signed up to
prescriptions online you are also
able to makePlface to face
appointments on line and telephone
appointments with our GP’s, Nurse
Practitioner and some nurses
appointments.
Non Attendance Of
Appointments
During June to August 530
appoinments at the surgery were not
attended.
This resulted in 109 hours of GP/Nurses
time lost and other patients being
unable to obtain an appointment.
Please inform the surgery if you cannot
make an appointment so that others can
benefit from the appointment.
There are a number of ways to cancel an
appointment :
1) Bytelephone 504425
2) By coming to the reception
3) Systmone Online
(Please ask at reception if you do not
have access to this service
Here at MMC we strive to look at
new ways we can make your
experience more pleasant. We
looked at what you commented on
the Patient Surveys and decided that
a newsletter would be a great way
for patients to learn about the
services we offer. We hope that you
find the newsletter of interest and
welcome any suggestions for future
issues.
Contact name :
Ali Mughal
Email address :
mohammedali.mughal@bradford.nhs.uk
CERVICAL SMEARS
A cervical screening test (previously known as a smear test) is a method of
detecting abnormal cells on the cervix. The cervix is the entrance to the womb
from the vagina.
Detecting and removing abnormal cervical cells can prevent cervical cancer.
Cervical screening is not a test for cancer; it is a test to check the health of the cells
of the cervix. Most women's test results show that everything is normal, but for
around 1 in 20 women the test will show some abnormal changes in the cells of the
cervix.
Most of these changes will not lead to cervical cancer and the cells may go back to
normal on their own. However, in some cases, the abnormal cells need to be
removed so that they cannot become cancerous.
About 3,000 cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed each year in the UK,
which amounts to 2% of all cancers diagnosed in women.
It's possible for women of all ages to develop cervical cancer, although the
condition mainly affects sexually active women between the ages of 30 and 45. The
condition is very rare in women under 25.
MMC NEWS
The flu jab – clinics starting in September
Flu vaccination by injection, commonly known as the "flu jab" is available every year on the NHS to protect adults (and some
children) at risk of flu and its complications.
Flu can be unpleasant, but if you are otherwise healthy it will usually clear up on its own within a week.
However, flu can be more severe in certain people such as:
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anyone over the age of 65
pregnant women
children and adults with an underlying health condition (particularly long-term heart or respiratory disease)
children and adults with weakened immune systems
Anyone in these risk groups is more likely to develop potentially serious complications of flu, such as pneumonia (a lung infection),
so it's recommended that they have a flu vaccine every year to protect them.
The flu vaccine is given free on the NHS as an annual injection to:
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adults over the age of 18 at risk of flu (including everyone over 65)
children aged six months to two years at risk of flu
Flu nasal spray vaccination
The flu vaccine is given as an annual nasal spray to:
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children aged two to 18 years at risk of flu
healthy children aged two, three and four years years old
Female Services
We offer family planning,
coil insertion, implanon,
pill check, IUD insertion
and
Infertility
consultations
with our female GP or
Nurse Practitioner.
Circumcisions
Private
Immunisation
We have a male GP that
has been performing this
service for the past 20
years on male children
upto 1 year old.
Please ask at reception for
appointments and prices.
Please ask at reception for
prices and appointments.
NEW!
We are on Twitter!
You can now follow us at
@MMC_DrMughal
Telephone 01274 504425
For more information about the Practice and the services we provide please visit our website at
http://www.mughalmedicalcentre.nhs.uk
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