Virtual Wellbeing Courses
Wednesday 5th August 2020
Please see attached information regarding free virtual wellbeing courses. These include sessions on Diabetes, Stance Diabetic Footcare, Living with Long Term Health Conditions and Living with Chronic Pain.
NEWPORT RESPONSIVE FEEDING SERVICE
Wednesday 5th August 2020
Please see the attached information regarding the Newport Responsive Feeding Service. This service offers help with breastfeeding, responsive feeding, formula feeding, building a happy baby and your emotional wellbeing.
Services that Support Individuals with Addiction Problems (drugs, alcohol, gambling)
Monday 15th June 2020
Alcoholics Anonymous Phone: 0800 917 7650 (24-hour helpline) Website: www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk National Gambling Helpline Phone: 0808 8020 133 (daily, 8am to midnight) Website: www.begambleaware.org Narcotics Anonymous Phone: 0300 999 1212 (daily, 10am to midnight) Website: www.ukna.org
Services that Support Victims of Abuse (child, sexual, domestic violence)
Monday 15th June 2020
NSPCC Children's charity dedicated to ending child abuse and child cruelty: Phone: 0800 1111 for Childline for children (24-hour helpline) 0808 800 5000 for adults concerned about a child (24-hour helpline) Website: www.nspcc.org.uk New Pathways Rape and sexual abuse counselling service: Phone: 01685 379310 Website: www.newpathways.org.uk Rape Crisis To find your local services phone: 0808 802 9999 (daily, 12pm to 2.30pm and 7pm to 9.30pm) Website: www.rapecrisis.org.uk Refuge Advice on dealing with domestic violence: Phone: 0808 2000 247 (24-hour helpline) Website: www.refuge.org.uk
Community Resources Directory
Monday 15th June 2020
Covid-19, the resulting health and economic worries for many of us, concerns for loved ones and the impact of isolation are likely to have a significant impact on peoples' mental health and well-being. The following organisations can potentially provide telephone support for people struggling with their mental health and well-being and many also have helpful resources on their websites. There is likely to be an increase in the numbers of people seeking help, and CALL has had an increase in its capacity to support an effective response to this increase in demand, so CALL may be a good place to start. If you are a member of staff, you may want to consider how you connect people up with another organisation. You may…
Bereavement Support
Monday 15th June 2020
Please find below details of several organisations providing bereavement support: Cruse Bereavement Care Freephone National Helpline - Community Health The Cruse Bereavement Care Freephone National Helpline is staffed by trained bereavement volunteers, who offer emotional support to anyone affected by bereavement. National free helpline 0808 808 1677 Cruse in Gwent Local Cruse provide bereavement support to children, young people and adults throughout the Aneurin Bevan area, free of charge. At the moment all support is telephone based because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Phonecalls will be responded to as quickly as possible but there is a waiting list for further input beyond the first contact. Support is provided by our highly trained volunteers. The Gwent office can be contacted on the number below (Monday - Thursday, 10am…
British Red Cross
Friday 12th June 2020
Operational Update COVID-19 Please see the attached flyer for information as to how to access support. Crisis Response Contact Centre The British Red Cross Crisis response Centre (CRCC) operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you would like to deploy BRC emergency response volunteers to an everyday emergency or major incident you can do so by phoning the CRCC on 0808 196 3651.
COVID 19 Latest Informtion
Friday 5th June 2020
Please see attached the latest information in relation to COVID 19.
COVID 19 APPOINTMENTS UPDATE
Friday 22nd May 2020
At present all appointments requested will be triaged by a GP or Nurse. You must call between 8am & 10am to be added to the list. If the Clinician decide's you need to be seen they will organise a face to face assessment, for your safety we have decided to continue to restrict access to the surgery by only allowing those patients who have been invited to attend. If you call after 10am and your request is urgent and cannot wait until the following day the care navigator will ask the nature of your problem and you will be allocated a telephone consultation with an appropriate clinician. AS WE ARE SURE YOU CAN APPRECIATE WE ARE UNABLE TO MAKE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS…
COVID-19 Vulnerable / Shielded Patients
Wednesday 29th April 2020
The practice is here to support all of our patients through the current pandemic. Those of you who have received a letter from the Welsh Government, about the importance of taking extra steps to avoid contracting the virus, will be receiving a telephone call from one of our clinicians to check on you, see how you are doing, help you with any current healthcare needs and also to answer any questions that you may have. Patients who have not received a letter can contact the surgery with any concerns or questions. We are here to support you all.
Good Friday and Easter Monday
Thursday 9th April 2020
Please note the surgery will be open Good Friday and Easter Monday for emergencies only. We will not be accepting repeat medication requests or requests for sick notes. It is to assist demand on out of hours services and not a regular service. Thank you
COVID 19 Updates
Monday 30th March 2020
Please note we are unable to provide advice on an individual basis in relation to the current Coronavirus. Ay updates we can provide will be posted to our Facebook page and Website. Alternatively, please use the following Public Health link for all current information: https://phw.nhs.wales/topics/latest-information-on-novel-coronavirus-covid-19/