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Millions of patients will receive quicker, more convenient access to NHS care from their high street pharmacy, thanks to a major expansion of services under a radical plan to improve access to primary care. For the first time ever, patients who need prescription medication will be able to get it directly from a pharmacy, without a GP appointment, for seven common conditions in ...

Did you know that more people die of melanoma per year in the UK than in Australia?! Yet 86% of cases of melanoma are preventable.  This May we are urging local people to take two simple steps to greatly reduce your risk of developing melanoma skin cancer: Check your skin and contact your GP practice if you notice new or changing moles or lesions Protect your skin from the ...

More than 120 people joined the recent Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust's health information event, to hear more about respiratory disease and the services provided to patients both in hospitals and out in the community. Led by chief of service for medicine and respiratory consultant Dr Gareth Roberts and respiratory specialist nurse Sally Bustin, the event hosted on 18th A ...

If you don’t know what your blood pressure is, May is the time to find out. It’s May Measurement Month, a global campaign aimed at persuading people to have their blood pressure checked. Millions of people live with high blood pressure yet a third of those don’t know about it. High blood pressure rarely has any symptoms which is why it is called the ‘silent killer’. The only ...

The NHS is reminding people not to leave it too late to order and collect repeat prescriptions ahead of the May Day Bank Holiday on the 1 May and the extra bank holiday for the Coronation of King Charles III on the 8 May. People can order prescriptions in their usual way and the NHS App also enables patients to request repeat prescriptions too. GP surgeries and some pharmacie ...

Less than 2 weeks left to apply - Calling for innovative community-focused ideas – funding up to £20k  Local charities, community groups, voluntary sector or not-for-profit organisations are invited to submit ideas for projects that could have a big impact on the health and wellbeing of clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) residents and those closest to them.   The impact of ...

NHS COVID-19 vaccines have saved countless lives, kept tens of thousands of people out of hospital, and helped us to live with the virus without fear or restrictions. But the virus is still with us and making thousands of people ill every week, and protection against COVID-19 (either from catching the virus or from a previous vaccination) fades over time. So, this spring, the N ...

NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust are asking residents to be prepared and play their part by taking steps ahead of the Bank Holiday and into the following week, when the junior doctors strike will commence. Things people can do include know where they can seek support if unwell and recognise there is likely to be disruption and pres ...

Mental health services for military veterans across the South East are coming together under one single service, with one team handling referrals across the region from 1 April. One single service Op COURAGE the NHS Veterans’ Mental Health and Wellbeing Service is the overarching name for three specialist NHS services for veterans: NHS Veterans' Mental Health Transition, I ...

This week (27 – 31 March), volunteers from across Slough are at Wexham Park Hospital to support Frimley Health and Care’s Multi Agency Discharge Event (MADE)*. #OneSlough volunteers are on the hospital wards and at the main reception to raise awareness and link patients and carers to the range of additional support services available to them in the community. Bilingual volunt ...