KING STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
Our Sixth Newsletter
Welcome to King Street Medical Centre’s Newsletter.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Flu Clinics
Are now up and running. Some patients will have received a text message inviting them to attend one of
the drop in flu clinic sessions. If you haven’t received a message and would like a flu vaccination, please
speak to the receptionists.
Clinics are available on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, Friday 11-12
No appointments necessary- just turn up!
Survey
We’re going to be running a survey in January. There’s no need to panic, it’s only two questions long! The
survey links to the NHS ones sent directly to some patients houses. One of the questions will be ‘Would
you recommend King Street Medical Centre to your family and friends?’ They won’t be contacted by us,
it’s just to gauge whether we’re meeting your expectations and you think we’re good enough to be
recommended.
Please look out for the surveys in the reception area or you can contact us for a copy to be sent to you.
Online Booking
As you may now know we have launched an online booking service where you can book
appointments with the doctor. You will be able to input why you want to see the doctor, for example I have a
bad chesty cough or I need to discuss something with you. Any comments that have been put after your
appointment will only be seen by the doctor you have booked with, and you can book up to a month in
advance. You can only book appointments one at a time and for yourself, should you wish to book for your
partner/spouse you would have to log into the site separately for them too.
Online Prescription orders
You can also request repeat prescriptions on line.
At the moment it is repeats only, although if you have a request you can add comments on there too.
If you normally order your prescriptions via the pharmacy then at the moment you will be unable to do this
online as well.
Melting snowman biscuits
Prep:30 mins
Easy
Makes 6
Get little ones in the kitchen to assemble these cute festive biscuits - sticky fun for a wintry afternoon.
Ingredients
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200g fondant icing sugar
6 white marshmallows
6 large cookies
24 mini chocolate beans
6 pretzel sticks
tube black writing icing
Method
1. Put the icing sugar into a bowl and add cold water a teaspoon at a time until the mixture is runny but thick
enough to coat a spoon.
2. Ask an adult to snip the marshmallows in half using wetted scissors.
3. Spoon a little icing onto each cookie and attach half a marshmallow. Using a little icing, stick the other half
on top at an angle. Drizzle a little more icing onto the cookie to make melting snow.
4. Break the pretzel sticks in half and place on the cookie for arms. Stick orange chocolate beans on for the
noses. Stick three chocolate beans on each cookie to represent buttons.
5. Using the writing icing, pipe small blobs for the eyes and mouth. Leave to set.
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Non-alcoholic tropical fizz
Ready in around 10 minutes
Easy
Serves 8
The perfect thirst quencher for a summer drinks party - and it's alcohol-free
Ingredients
Handful strawberries
Hulled and halved
1 kiwi fruit
The brown and hairy exterior of this egg-shaped fruit doesn't look promising, but inside it…, peeled and
chopped
2 pineapple
With its tuft of spiky, dusty green leaves and cross-hatched, golden orange skin, the pineapple…
Rings, chopped sparkling apple juice tropical fruit juice soda water
Method
Fill 8 glasses with a mixture made up of strawberries, kiwi fruit and pineapple rings. Fill the glasses with
equal amounts of chilled sparkling apple juice, chilled tropical fruit juice and chilled soda water. Serve
immediately.