Come and join our gardening group every Thursday 10.30am-12pm. You will find them outside in nicer weather, and inside if it is very wet. You can find them in the garden by going through the Health Promotion Room.
Refreshments are available too!
As part of a Health Foundation project, the ICB and Age UK Bristol are looking at older people’s experiences of managing medication.
You can complete the survery here.
Come and found out about the MMR vaccination at Wellspring Settlement, 2nd October, 12-2pm.
TAP CARE GP study: Help your practice become trauma-informed
This study is about how GP services can be improved to take account of psychological trauma. If you are 18 or above, received any services in general practice, and are interested in talking about your experiences, please contact researchers: trauma-informed-study@bristol.ac.uk or 0117 455 1988.
For more information visit study website.
From 6th June 2022, our repeat prescription processing time will be increased to 3 working days. This is due to the increased pressures on our GPs.
For more information about how to request your prescriptions, then visit our prescriptions page. The best way to order your prescription is via Patient Access or the NHS App.
Thursday 17th March 1000 – 1130
The PPG is YOUR voice!
We would like to invite all interested patients to our first Patient Participation Group meeting at Lawrence Hill Health Centre. This will be held in our large Health Promotion Room with use of the garden.
This meeting follows on from our successful coffee morning last autumn and will be an opportunity for patients to give us feedback and work with us to improve our service now and in the future.
It is important that the group reflects the needs of as any patients as possible. It will not affect the normal medical care you receive from our practice.
Please come along, you will be made very welcome!
Lawrence Hill Health Centre is committed to helping the NHS reach their target of being totally carbon neutral by 20401.
We are currently reviewing our own practices to look for changes we can make to help shape an environmentally friendly and sustainable future by reducing our carbon footprint.
One change that we have identified is reviewing our inhaler prescribing. Some inhalers are worse for the environment than others. So we would like to review the inhalers we are prescribing.
What are metered dose inhalers and dry powder inhalers?Metered Dose Inhalers (MDIs) use a pressurised propellant within the aerosol chamber to help administer the medicine. The propellants used in these inhalers are potent greenhouse gases which cause damage to the ozone layer.
Dry Powder Inhalers (DPIs) are newer inhalers, where the medicine is released when the patient breathes in on the inhaler. This means that there is no need for the pressurised propellant.
Inhalers contribute to roughly 3.5% of the NHS’ total carbon footprint2.
As mentioned, MDIs use greenhouse gases as their propellants. This means that, on average, 100 doses of an MDI releases carbon emissions equivalent to that released during a 180-mile drive in a car3. On the other hand, DPIs release 18 times LESS carbon emissions that MDIs4.
Climate change is also an important determinant of social and physical health5. In other words, reducing climate change will not only have a positive impact on the environment, but it will also improve our health in general.
At your next asthma or COPD review, the respiratory nurse will discuss any possible changes to your inhalers. Your health comes first, so changes will only happen if it is suitable for the patient.
We plan to review our ventolin prescribing. This is the most commonly used inhaler in the UK. Ventolin is actually the brand name (like hoover for vacuum cleaners), and the active ingredient is Salbutamol. Ventolin is a particularly large volume inhaler with lots of propellant in. Changing to a smaller volume metered dose inhaler, such as Salamol, means a lot less of the harmful propellant is released into the environment.
Find out more at Green Inhaler.
If you’re a patient at our practice you can now use the new NHS App, a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services on your smartphone or tablet.
You can use the NHS App to get health advice, book appointments, order repeat prescriptions, view your GP health record and more.
If you already use Patient Access you can continue to use it. You can use the NHS App as well.
For more information go to www.nhs.uk/nhsapp