ARE YOU CONSIDERING TRAVELLING ABROAD FOR SURGERY?
Please read our advice in the "Clinics/Services" tabs of our website
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YOUR BREATHING MATTERS
FREE Online sessions
Click on the link below to find out more and sign up
Your Breathing Matters
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Live it Highland Pre-Diabetes and new to Type 2 Diabetes 6-week programme
Live it Highland is a 6-week programme facilitated by NHS Highland. It aims to support you if you have pre diabetes or type 2 diabetes by providing you with information to help manage diabetes.
If you are interested in either attending the course online please ask to speak to Susie the nurse, who can then refer you
Click here for more information
For further information on the above programme, pre-diabetes and how to reverse it and Type-2 diabetes, please see the Long Term Condition section under diabetes
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Help for Poor Sleep, Insomnia, Anxiety and Worry
www.sleepio.com/nhs
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SMS COMMUNICATION text message communication to patients
The advantages of SMS over phone or letter communication are:
▫ Communication is instantaneous
▫ Reduces pressure on our telephone lines
▫ Lower environmental impact than letters
Information that may be sent by SMS:
▫ Important national updates (e.g Covid-19 updates)
▫ Practice updates (e.g clinician sickness etc.)
▫ Appointment alerts and recall reminders
▫ Results and follow-up information, where appropriate
▫ Relevant medicines information
▫ Website links as agreed with your clinician
What do I need to do?
▫ Make sure we have the correct mobile number for you on file
▫ Update us if you change your mobile number
▫ If you are concerned that we do not hold the correct mobile number for you file, you can email nhsh.gp55709-reception@nhs.scot or you can let a member of the team know when you are at the practice.
▫ Please note this is a one-way service, please do not reply to the SMS unless prompted, as your reply will not be sent back to us.
Can I opt out? ▫ Yes, email nhsh.gp55709-reception@nhs.scot or you can let a member of the team know when you are at the practice.
Text message limitations
▫ Appointment reminders by text are an additional service and they may not be sent on all occasions. The responsibility for attending appointments or cancelling them still rests with our patients.
▫ Text messages are generated using a secure facility but they are transmitted over a public network onto a personal telephone and as such may not be secure. However, the practice will not transmit any information which would enable an individual patient to be identified
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Please allow four full working days for prescriptions to be processed
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MEDICINE SICK DAY RULES
When you are unwell with any of the following:
- Vomiting/diarrhoea/Fevers/Sweats/Shaking (unless only minor)
The STOP taking the following medicines - restart when you are well (after 24-48 hours of eating and drinking normally)
- ACE inhibitors - a medicine for high blood pressure and heart conditions - example names ending in 'pril' such as Perindopril/Lisinopril/Ramipril
- ARBs - a medicine for high blood pressure and heart conditions - example names ending in 'sartan' such as Losartan/Candesartan/ Valsartan
- NSAIDS- anti-inflammatory medications examples are Ibuprofen/Naproxen/Diclofenac
- Diuretics - sometimes called 'water pills' - medicines for excess fluid and high blood pressure examples are furosemide/Bendroflumethiazide/Indapamide/ Spironolactone
- Metformin - a medicine for diabetes
- SGLT-2 inhibitors - a medicine for diabetes/kidney disease and heart failure examples are Dapagliflozin/Empagliflozin/Canagliflozin
If you are in any doubt, contact your pharmacist, doctor or nurse.