South Worcestershire GP Services have launched a new telephone consultation service. If you would like some clinical advice on the day that may not need an appointment at the Practice, please telephone us on 01386 765600 during normal Practice hours and press 0 to be put through to this new service. You can find more information about this service at www.swgpservices.nhs.uk
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South Worcestershire GP Services have launched an extended hours appointment service. If you would like to be seen by a GP for a routine appointment out of our normal surgery hours at the Minor
Injuries Unit at Evesham Community Hospital, telephone us on 01386 765600 during normal Practice hours and press 0 to be put through to this new service. Appointments will be available on Fridays
6.30-8.00pm, Saturday and Sunday mornings and on Mondays 6.30-8.00pm. These hours will be extended in time. You can find more information about this service at www.swgpservices.nhs.uk
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Your Pharmacist is a highly trained healthcare professional who can provide advice on common health problems and the best medicines to treat them and can prescribe for certain ailments. You no longer need to make an appointment with a GP if your ailment is listed below:
 Coughs, colds and sore throats
 Hay fever and allergies
 Rashes including eczema and athlete’s foot
 Earache, headaches and migraines
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Aches and pains
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Constipation and diarrhoea
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Indigestions/heartburn
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Bites and stings
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Cold sores and mouth ulcers
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Conjunctivitis
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Haemorrhoids
If you would like to join our Virtual Patient Reference Group, please complete the online form which is on our Merstow Green Medical
Practice website or write to us at:
Patient Participation, Merstow Green Medical Practice, Evesham Medical Centre, Abbey Lane, Evesham, WR11 4BS

 Nappy rash, teething and oral thrush
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Scabies
 Threadworms
 Sprains and strains
 Cystitis and vaginal thrush
 Headlice
South Worcestershire pharmacies offer a service where some medicines are available free of charge to those patients* who get free NHS prescriptions. There is no need for a prescription from your GP.
Please speak to the pharmacist for more details.
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Patients must be registered with a GP practice in South Worcestershire
Information will be made available following the meeting recently held to discuss how the PPG can leverage the combined practices to achieve some real outcomes that they consider relevant to PPG’s and generally NHS services in the Evesham locality, to share best practice, and how best they can use their combined strength to influence change.
The Practice has commenced walk in ‘flu appointments every week day for patients:
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Over the page of 65
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Pregnant women
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Children and adults with an underlying health condition (particularly long-term heart or lung disease)
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Children and adults with weakened immune systems
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Anyone who is very overweight (with a body mass index over 40)
An annual flu vaccine nasal spray is also now offered to healthy children aged 2, 3 and 4 years old, and to children in school years one and 2.
We can now text you to remind you of an appointment you made in advance. If you would like this service, please let us know your mobile number. If we have your mobile number and you DO NOT want this service then please let us know and it can be blocked for you. In case your mobile is used by someone else, the wording of our text messages does not contain anything that identifies you or the reason for your appointment.
Sister Ruth Duncan, Practice Nurse, is joining our Practice in October and will be working in our Minor
Ailments Clinic.
If you would like to join our Virtual Patient Reference Group, please complete the online form which is on our Merstow Green Medical
Practice website or write to us at:
Patient Participation, Merstow Green Medical Practice, Evesham Medical Centre, Abbey Lane, Evesham, WR11 4BS