Notices
Cumbria Health on Call
From 1st April 2009 the provision of GP Out of Hours cover previously undertaken by BayCall in the South was transferred to Cumbria Health on Call (CHoC).
The new patient helpline is 03000 247 247
(Hearing impaired users who need to contact CHoC please call (Typetalk) 18001 03000 247 247)
For more detailed information please download the patient information leaflet (PDF format).
Patient Feedback Survey
Read how our patients rated the practice and it's services in a recent Improving Service Questionnaire (IPQ). The survey was conducted in November 2008 by CFEP (UK) Services Ltd based at the University of Exeter.
Weekly extended access surgery
We now run a weekly extended access surgery on Tuesday evenings from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. Appointments are for patients who genuinely cannot make a routine appointment during normal surgery hours.
Staff development 2010/11
The surgery will be closed from 12.30pm on Tuesday 21st September 2010 for staff training with the Cumbria PCT. The surgery will re-open again the following day at 8.00am. In an emergency please ring: 03000 247 247.
The following dates are also set aside for staff training:
(No Session In August)
Wednesday 20 October 2010
Thursday 18 November 2010
No Session In December
2011
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Wednesday 16 February 2011
Thursday 17 March 2011
Swine flu
For the vast majority of people, swine flu is a mild illness. If you think you have swine flu, go home, go to bed and stay there, drink plenty of water and, if necessary, take over-the-counter flu medication.
The typical symptoms are of swine flu are:
- sudden fever (a high body temperature of 38°C/100.4°F or above), and
- sudden cough.
Other symptoms may include:
- headache, tiredness, chills, aching muscles, limb or joint pain, diarrhoea or stomach upset, sore throat, runny nose, sneezing, and loss of appetite.
Checking symptoms
If you are still concerned you may have swine flu:
- Stay at home and check your symptoms using the National Pandemic Flu Service. Or by telephoning: 0800 1 513 513
- Call your GP directly if:
- you have a serious underlying illness, you are pregnant,
- you have a sick child under one year of age,
- you are over 65 or your condition suddenly gets much
worse, or
- your condition is still getting worse after seven days (five for a child).
High-risk groups It is vital that people in these higher-risk groups who catch swine flu get antivirals and start taking them as soon as possible.
The following people may be particularly susceptible:
- people with:
- chronic lung disease,
- chronic heart disease,
- chronic kidney disease,
- chronic liver disease,
- chronic neurological disease (neurological disorders include motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease),
- immunosuppression (whether caused by disease or treatment) and
- diabetes mellitus, - patients who have had drug treatment for asthma within the past three years,
- pregnant women,
- people aged 65 years and older, and young children under five years old.