I S S U E THE FREE NEWSLETTER 8.3 FOR OUR PATIENTS D E C Ivy Grove News 2 0 1 0 always aiming to provide high quality and friendly family health care

in this issue This Issue Dr Aspinall P.1 We continue our aim to keep you SALT / Citizens Advice P.2 informed of the services at Ivy

Grove and also let you know about Flu jabs / Other Help / Visits P.3 the latest medical developments. Exclusions / Common Cold P.4

Dr Aspinall

We present our tribute to Dr Aspinall, former senior partner who Tribute to Dr Aspinall, Former Senior Partner died recently. It was with great sadness and deep being at Ripley Hospital on Christmas Day to

regret that we informed our patients of carve the patients’ turkey. He particularly Citizen’s Advice the death of Dr Jack Aspinall, our former relished delivering babies in the dead of night, Mr Richard Crowther from Citizen’s senior partner, in September. somehow managing to be bright eyed and wide awake the next morning. He would be Advice continues his series of Dr Aspinall’s funeral was held at the first to acknowledge that none of this St Matthew’s Church in Pentrich with a articles on topical issues affecting would have been possible without Sonia’s packed congregation in attendance. our population. support and dedication. Outstanding tributes were heard to his

Flu jabs many years of devotion and caring as a Quite early in his career Jack became the family doctor serving the Ripley senior partner when Dr Thomson retired. He With the flu season well underway, community. On behalf of the practice, was the driving force behind the purpose-built we provide some details of the our current senior partner, Dr Wordley surgery in Ivy Grove that was completed in current flu jab programme. And pays tribute to him here. 1980, and worked there happily for more than 20 years until he finally retired in 2001. He talking of viral illness, we tell you Everyone who knew him was extremely upset would always make sure the surgery was in about the latest studies on when Dr Aspinall (known to all as Jack) became the lead with any new developments in treatments for the common cold. ill with a brain tumour earlier this year and sadly medicine or NHS management, yet was also died on 19th September. committed to every one of his staff and Festive Season interested in their problems.

There is usually high demand for Jack arrived in Ripley in 1962 as a young doctor fresh from National Service in the Army, and One of Jack’s proudest moments came quite appointments at this time, so in could tell hilarious tales of vaccinating rows of recently when his son Philip was awarded the order that we may provide the best reluctant soldiers’ buttocks, only occasionally MBE for his services to the community of the service, we tell you about the stopping to change the needle! After leaving the British Virgin Islands (he is president of the army, and needing to settle down with his young Search & Rescue service and active in arrangements over the festive family, he joined Dr Thomson’s well-established several other local charities). Jack and Sonia season and a little too about practice in the large house that stood on the site went as Philip’s guests to Buckingham Palace in October 2009 to see him presented with requesting home visits. of the Co-op supermarket. A number of patients can still remember the exceptionally tall new the award by the Queen. Your feedback doctor somehow folding himself in and out of his Mini - the only transport he could afford at the When he retired he was able to give more Your feedback is important to us – time. time to his beloved golf. We all imagined that feel free to write to us with your he would continue working on his handicap comments or questions. Our From the start his first priority was always the well into his nineties, but tragically patients, even occasionally at the expense of and unfairly he was denied the address is on the back page of this family life. His wife Sonia lost count of the long and happy retirement he so newsletter. number of Sunday roasts that were abandoned deserved. He will be greatly ivy grove for urgent visits, and he always made a point of missed by all of us. surgery

Speech and Page 2 Language Therapy Warm Front

Did you know the Speech Grant Scheme and Language Therapy (SALT) service holds drop in sessions for children? Richard Crowther continues

• Consultations happen on a his series of articles with first-come, first served basis • Most drop ins happen during some information on the established play sessions, so there are usually toys for you Warm Front Grant Scheme and your child to play with while you are waiting • You can ask about things like What is it? tax credit please make an appointment stammering, late talking, autism, speech sound If you are starting to worry • receive disability living at reception to see our adviser development, and how children about the cost of having the allowance or attendance at the surgery. Advice sessions learn to talk • You can pick up some tips for heating on as winter draws in allowance are held every Friday between encouraging communication in babies, and advice about and the nights get colder it • receive income support, 9.00am – 12.00pm. dummies and bottles may be worth having a look to housing benefit or council tax Drop in sessions are held are see if you could qualify for a benefit with a disability About Citizens Advice the following venues. Please ring the centre for dates and Warm Front Grant. premium The Citizens Advice service times: helps people resolve their Children’s Centre 01773 521346 Warm Front is the home Do you qualify money, legal and other energy efficiency scheme for a Warm problems by providing Somercotes Children’s Centre 01773 604843 which provides grants to help Front Grant? information and advice, and by

Heanor Children’s Centre cover the costs towards influencing policymakers. 01773 530892 improvements in insulation, • are aged 60 or over and Langley Mill Children’s room and water heating receive a means tested benefit Advice provided by the Centre 01773 767982 improvements, draught such as pension credit, Citizens Advice service is free, Howitt Community Room, Heanor 01773 530892 proofing or even help towards housing benefit or council tax independent, confidential, and

Ironville Unicorn Room the costs of a whole central benefit. impartial, and available to 01629 532601 heating system. everyone regardless

Peveril Community Room, To find out more of race, sex, Ripley 01773 748050 Who qualifies for it? If you would like to find out if disability, Children’s Centre You may qualify if you; you qualify for this scheme or if sexuality or 01773 826651 • have a child under 16 and you have any other issue nationality. Children’s Centre 01773 826651 receive a qualifying benefit or which you would like advice on

Duffield Weston Centre 01773 826651 Appointments over Christmas and New Year

Demand for same day at this time, the number of January 5th, 2011 inclusive. Practice B oundary emergency appointments is appointments available to We take patients from Ripley usually high during the book in advance will be Please try and get your town and the surrounding weeks of Christmas and reduced, whilst the number repeat prescription slips villages of Marehay, Denby, New Year, whilst routine of appointments available into the surgery well in time Kilburn, Heage, Nether Heage, Butterley, Pentrich, Swanwick, reviews and long term to book on the day will be before the festive season Codnor, Sawmills amongst problems generally take increased. starts. others. We work to a postcode boundary – if you move out of lower priority. our practice area and your new This change will affect the Please note that the address is not on our list (see In order to cope with the time period between surgery closes at 4.00pm reception) you may be asked to change doctors. This is to expected surge in demand December 20th, 2010 and on Christmas Eve. enable us to concentrate our resources on those living in the practice area. Page 3 ALTERNATIVES TO SEEING THE DOCTOR

Did you know there are alternatives to booking an appointment with the doctor?

It may be frustrating to ring up and find that all of today’s BOOK NOW appointments have been taken up, but did you know that there FOR A FLU JAB! are other ways to access medical help, that may be more appropriate to your needs. Here FLU JABS system) disease some patients may not want are a few alternatives to booking Our eligible patients have 2. Diabetics to have H1N1 vaccine, but an appointment with the doctor. already been sent for their 3. Those with a suppressed there is no choice of having flu jabs. We have held two immune system a flu jab without the H1N1 • If your condition relates to back, 4. Over 65s strain – it is simply not neck or muscular problems, you clinics and over 1,600 can book an appointment with patients have received their 5. Pregnant women who available. the free NHS Physio Direct seasonal flu jab. Despite have never had a swine flu Service without seeing a doctor this number, it still means jab As with previous years, we first. The number to ring is 01773 that nearly the same would strongly encourage 826268 number of eligible patients any eligible patient to have • If you require simple medical WE STRONGLY a seasonal flu jab if they are have not yet received a flu advice, you can ring NHS Direct jab. ENCOURAGE ALL eligible, as such patients on 0845 4647. For self help ELIGIBLE PATIENTS TO are at risk of developing advice and treatment of minor If you are in an eligible serious complications from illness, you may wish to speak to BOOK IN FOR A FLU JAB group for the flu jab and catching flu, such as your local pharmacist. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE pneumonia. haven’t yet received one, • If you have a dental problem we strongly encourage you you must see your dentist. GPs to book for your jab as soon Most people are absolutely are advised not to treat patients This year the seasonal flu as possible. If we run out of fine after a flu jab, but you with dental conditions. If you are jab contains the swine flu flu jabs, it is extremely can sometimes get a sore not registered with a dentist, you strain H1N1. Every year the can ring NHS Direct fro more unlikely we will be able to arm, mild fever or chills. flu jab is engineered to information on your nearest obtain any more. These symptoms usually contain the strains which facility. settle after a few days. The are currently circulating in Eligible groups for flu jabs vaccine does not contain • If you have had an accident or the population. It just so 1. Those with long-term any live virus and therefore, injury, or feel you need an X-ray happens that one of the for such an incident, you should heart, lung, kidney, liver contrary to popular belief, circulating strains is H1N1. attend the minor injuries unit at and neurological (nervous cannot give you flu! Whilst we appreciate that Ripley Hospital.

• For life threatening A note about visit requests and the housebound emergencies – for example chest pain, suspected stroke, bleeding Home Visit Requests – an extract from our practice firms are generally available. PLEASE DO NOT RING FOR booklet… A child (or adult) with a fever AN APPOINTMENT, even an will not come to any harm by Emergency one. Please ring 999 If a patient can come to surgery then it is strongly being brought to the surgery. or attend the nearest major casualty department. In this area, recommended that they do so. The surgery has the this is the Royal Derby Hospital. facilities and access to appropriate equipment, which Please make home visit cannot be brought to patients’ homes. Home visits requests before 10.30 am if • For other conditions, the walk in should be reserved for the housebound and those possible, as this enables the doctors to plan their centre at Ilkeston Family Practice, Ilkeston Community too ill to come to surgery . It is practice policy not to working day and visiting schedule. The doctor may Hospital, Heanor Road, Ilkeston, visit children at home as they can usually be seen sooner ring you back to clarify the problem or give advice DE7 8LN is open at the surgery than if they have to wait for a home visit. before deciding if a home visit is necessary. 8am to 8pm Monday to Sunday. You can ring them on 0115 9512496 Lack of transport is not an acceptable reason for a Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee a particular visit request , as relatives, neighbours, friends and taxi doctor to visit you on any particular day. GET THE RIGHT HELP FOR YOU AND YOUR CONDITION Page 4

Exclusion from school and work Should you have any comments, complaints or compliments about the • Dr Ross gives advice on when to return after illness service you have received from the practice please Many parents and patients ask advice about when it is safe to return to work or school ask to speak to our after illness. Below is the advice from the Department of Health: practice manager, Mrs. Charmagne Stephenson Chickenpox, German Measles (Rubella), Measles or write to us at the Keep at home for five days from onset of rash. Chickenpox is infectious from a few address below. days before the onset of the rash and not more than six days after first lesions (spots) TALKING Contributions and letters to appear. the newsletter are very NEWSPAPERS welcome. Please address Whooping cough (Pertussis), Scarlet Fever correspondence to the The Talking Keep at home for five days from starting antibiotics. address below.

Newspaper Association do Mumps Edited by Dr M. Wong weekly tapes of the Ripley & Stay at home for five days from onset of swollen glands. Heanor News and Belper Impetigo News and monthly tapes of Keep at home until lesions crusted or healed Woman & Home, Derbyshire Life and Country Images. Scabies Keep off school until treated Anyone who has difficulty in ivy grove reading can have the tapes Gastroenteritis (sickness and diarrhoea) surgery free of charge. The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) advise: • children should not attend any school or other childcare facility while they have Ivy Grove Surgery diarrhoea or vomiting caused by gastroenteritis If you would like to try the Steeple Drive • children should not go back to their school or other childcare facility No school Ripley tapes, just give your details to until at least 48 hours after the last episode of diarrhoea or vomiting today! Yay! Derbyshire reception and we will pass on • children should not swim in swimming pools for 2 weeks after the Got a bug! last episode of diarrhoea. DE5 3TH your details to the service. 01773 514130 After listening to the tape, For other conditions such as Influenza; Cold sores (HSV); Molluscum return it in the wallet provided Contagiosum; Ringworm (tinea); Athlete's Foot; Roseola; Slapped Cheek www.ivygrove.org.uk (Parvovirus); Warts and Verrucae; Conjunctivitis; Glandular Fever; Head Lice; and post it back, again free of Thread-worm; Tonsillitis; Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease, there is no charge. You can cancel at any recommended period to be kept away from school. This means that children may time you wish. return to school once well.

Ivy Grove News Issue 8.3 December 20 10 This newsletter is available online at www.ivygrove.org.uk

USEFUL Treatments for the common cold NUMBERS NEXT ISSUE

• Dr Wong provides information on three recent studies Next issue will hopefully Ripley 01773 743456 The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews recently looked at three treatments be published in about Hospital for the common cold, the most common and widespread illness known to humans. two month’s time. Minor Injuries 01773 571403 Here are the summaries of the findings. Royal Derby 01332 347141 REMINDER Antibiotics LOCAL CHEMISTS Colds are usually caused by viruses, which do not respond to antibiotics. Antibiotics We will be closing early Boots 01773 743170 cause side effects, especially diarrhoea, and overuse can increase levels of antibiotic on Christmas Eve and Hurst 01773 744333 resistance in the community. This study showed no benefit from taking antibiotics and will be closed completely Manor 01773 744900 results suggest that antibiotics do not improve the symptom of runny nose with on the bank holidays of December 27th and 28th Codnor 01773 742376 coloured discharge. Antibiotics are therefore not recommended as an initial treatment as most people will get better without them. and January 3rd. Don’t Tambers 01773 608405 forget to hand in your Boots in repeat prescription in 01773 748192 Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) surgery NSAIDs reduce pain and fever and in higher doses, also reduce inflammation. They plenty of time for the holidays! have been widely used for over a century for the treatment of pain and fever OTHER SERVICES NHS Direct 0845 46 47 associated with the common cold. This review concluded that NSAIDs improved most pain-related symptoms caused by the common cold, but there is no clear evidence MERRY Physio Direct 01773 826268 that NSAIDs are effective in improving coughs and runny noses. Citizens CHRISTMAS 01773 512076 Advice Garlic Finally, in view of the Social Garlic is popularly believed to be useful for the common cold and 08456 058058 season, we wish all our Services there is some laboratory evidence that garlic has antibacterial patients a Happy and antiviral properties. One review found that people who Genitourinary Christmas and a Healthy 01332 254681 took garlic every day for three months had fewer colds. New Year. Keep well! Medicine When the participants actually experienced a cold, the Alcohol length of illness was similar whether they had taken garlic 0845 3084010 Team or not. While this one study was positive, there is a need Stop for more studies to support these findings and to find out 0800 0852299 more about side effects of garlic, which include odour and Smoking skin rash.