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WARNING - Paraffin Based Products

Skin products containing paraffin based products,for example White Soft Paraffin, White Soft Paraffin plus 50% Liquid Paraffin or Emulsifying ointment in contact with dressings and clothing are easily ignited with a naked flame or a cigarette.

DO YOU SUFFER FROM CHRONIC PAIN? HAVE YOU BEEN TAKING MORPHINE, OXYCODONE OR FENTANYL  REGULARLY?

Evidence shows that if you still have pain whilst on these medications they could be putting you at risk and actually making the pain worse....

Please book an appointment with your Healthcare Clinician, (GP, Clinical Nurse Practitioner or Clinical Pharmacist) to discuss long term effective pain relief.

Please click on the following link for a step by step guide on how this works

Brainman Stops His Opioids

Local Support Groups

Please click the link below for a list of support groups available in the Newquay Area to help you manage your long term condition or live a healthy and active life. ( If you know of any support groups not mentioned on our list please let us know and we will update them). You can also collect a leaflet from reception to give to a friend or family member.

Volunteer Support Services Leaflet

 

 

NAMED GP

Due to NHS England's guidelines all patients have been allocated a named GP. At this practice your named GP would be the GP that you were registered with when  you first joined the practice. This does not prevent you making an appointment or seeing any doctor of your choosing as you would normally do.

ORGAN DONATION

More than 10.000 people in the UK currently need an organ transplant.  Of these, 3 a day will die waiting as there are not enough organs available.

Only 31% of us have joined the organ donor register, please help save lives by registering now.

www.organdonation.nhs.uk

Test Results & Enquiries following outpatient appointments

Blood test resultsWhen your doctor arranges a test you will be told when to contact the surgery for the results. Letters from consultants and hospital test results can take up to 3 weeks or more to arrive at the surgery.

Wherever possible, please contact the surgery in the afternoon for results and enquires.

Note that the practice has a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection and we will only release test results to the person to whom they relate unless that person has given prior permission for the release of this data or they are not capable of understanding the results.

It is your responsibility to check your results and to make an appointment to discuss them with your doctor if your are advised to do so.

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