HOLSWORTHY MEDICAL CENTRE www.holsworthymedicalcentre.co.uk @HolsworthyMC1
March 2017 NEWSLETTER 39 Your Doctors
Dr. R. Wardle
Dr. R. Shaw
Dr. Green-Armytage
Dr. Andy Brown
Dr. Stone
Dr. Alexandra Brown
Dr. S. Shiva
Dr. C. Hall HOLSWORTHY HOSPITAL PUBLIC MEETING Practice Manager In the light of the recent news of the temporary closure of beds at Hols- Jane Wells worthy Community Hospital a public meeting has now been arranged for 01409 253692 the community to air its views. Please attend if you are able; OPENING TIMES WEDNESDAY 15th MARCH at 7pm 8.30 to 6pm Monday to Friday. Holsworthy Memorial Hall Urgent line only between 5 & 6pm Manor Car Park NOTICE of CLOSURE FOR TRAINING For more information please call Holsworthy Town Clerk on 01409 253312 Thursday April 20th from 12.30pm At the moment out-patient services such as Physiotherapy, Midwifery, District Nursing and other day clinics are not OUT OF HOURS affected. Please attend as normal. For urgent advice and treatment: call NHS NEW BUS SERVICE FOR HOLSWORTHY TOWN! 111 on 111 from Devon addresses or 0845 Holsworthy Rural Community Transport are delighted to an- 6710270 from Cornwall nounce that thanks to the Department of Transport they can now addresses. Call 999 in an emergency. Chest pains offer a Town Shuttle service in Holsworthy starting on 13th and / or shortness of March. The hourly service will cover Staddon Road to the Cattle breath constitute an Market and out to Rydon, dropping off at the emergency. Hospital/ Medical Centre. It will run Monday to Friday from 8.45am to 4.45pm. Adult fare £1, child 50p, under 5s go free. A full timetable is available in the Medical Centre entrance foyer. Telephone 01409 259001 for details.
YIKES! WHEELCHAIRS & In January 2017 we had 343 HELP AT HOME appointments booked by pa- Although we do have a tients who then did not at- wheelchair available for ur- tend or cancel. This is equal to over 57 gent patient use at the medi- hours of appointment time. If all those cal centre, unfortunately we appointments had been re-used, think are not able to loan these out how much shorter the waiting time for to patients on a longer-term an appointment would be. Please let us basis for health and safety reasons. If you do need to know ASAP if you are not able to at- borrow a wheelchair or other medical aids at home tem- tend an appointment! porarily then the British Red Cross has a loan centre at Torrington and Barnstaple. Please call 01805 625405 WONDER WOMEN! (Torrington) or 01271 318083 (Barnstaple) to enquire.
Those wonder women, nurse prac- Similarly, if you are in need of a little extra help at titioners, are increasing their home following a stay in hospital, an illness or inju- number again in May. Sarah ry, The British Red Cross offers a Support at home Westley-Thomas will be returning to us service. after a year with the Out of Hours Service, increasing the NP team to 4. We are very This is available on a short-term basis (up to six weeks), lucky to have such experienced staff as providing support for people with everyday tasks such part of our OTDT emergency team! Don’t forget NPs can prescribe but are not able as shopping, collecting prescriptions, and using local to do referrals on to Hospitals. You can services. If you would like to know more please ring ask to pre-book a nurse practitioner ap- 01271 318086 or email: [email protected] pointment throughout the week!
ACUTE SERVICES REVIEW The NHS in Devon is working on a five-year plan for health and care services, This is known as the Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP). A number of events are being held across Dev- on to discuss the first stage of this work—a review of our acute services (hospitals). There are no specific proposals for changes to services at this stage. New Devon CCG, who plan our NHS service in Devon, want to talk to people and listen to their views and experiences ahead of launching any suggestions for change, likely to be implemented in summer 2017. This review may affect services at our four acute and district hospitals in Devon: Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, North Devon District Hospital at Barnstaple, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and Torbay Hospital.
Meetings will be held most locally on: Wednesday 8th March 6-8pm at Stucley Dining Hall, Bideford Col- lege, Abbotsham Road, Bideford, EX39 3AR Friday 17th March 11.30—1.30pm at Stanbury Hall, Petroc, North Devon Campus, Old Sticklepath Hill, Barnstaple, EX31 2BQ
Please register to guarantee a place. Call 01392 267642 Or email: [email protected]
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