Lynton, Lynmouth and Exmoor Advertiser, December 2019

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14 DECEMBER 2019
Lyn Health Medical and Minor Injury Services News
NHS Summary Care Record with Additional Information If you are registered with a GP practice in
England you will have a Summary Care Record (SCR) unless you have previously chosen not to have
one. It includes important information about your health, medicines you are taking, allergies you
suffer from and any bad reactions to medicines. You may need to be treated by health and care
professionals who do not know your medical history. Essential details about your healthcare can be
difficult to remember particularly when you are unwell or have complex care needs. Having a SCR
means when you need healthcare you can be helped to recall vital information. SCRs can help the
staff involved in your care make better and safer decisions about how best to treat you. You can
choose to have additional information included in your SCR, which can enhance the care you
receive. This information includes your illnesses and health problems, operations and vaccinations
you have had in the past, how you would like to be treated - such as where you would prefer to
receive care, what support you might need, who should be contacted for more information about
you. If you would like this information adding to your SCR then please call into reception to collect a
form or complete the form available on our website and send it in to us.
Message from the Nursing Team The nursing team has a problem currently with covering the minor
injury aspect of our service. We have a new member of the team who is awaiting commencement of
the minor injuries course, a nurse on long term sick leave, and a nurse who is just starting
maternity leave! This leaves only 2 members of the team with the minor injuries qualification for the
foreseeable future. As we usually provide a 7 day a week service this is going to be difficult, and
there are not sufficient minor injuries trained staff available in other areas to help us out! From the
weekend of Nov 16th, we will reluctantly be reducing our minor injury service to 6 days. Normal
service will operate Mon-Fri, with practice nursing/minor injuries service from 8-6 and community
nursing from 9-5. Saturdays there will be community nursing cover from 9-5 and the minor injury
service will be open 11-4 (as normal). Sundays community nursing service will operate from 9-5 but
there will be no minor injury service. As always, we ask people to think carefully about the most
appropriate NHS service for their needs such as getting advice from a pharmacy, making use of GP
appointments that are available evenings, weekends, bank holidays, and online, or visiting your
local minor injury service – whilst there will not be a minor injuries service in Lynton on Sundays,
Ilfracombe and Bideford will be operating their regular hours. You can also get advice from the NHS
111 service. Find your local healthcare services and information on getting the right treatment
online at www.northdevonhealth.nhs.uk/patient-information/right-treatment/ We will try our best to
resume our normal service as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding!
New Registrar We would like to announce that Dr Ash Arora joined us in November and will be with
us for 6 months. Dr Arora is at the end of her GP training and seeing out her final months here at
Lyn Health. We hope you will give her the warm welcome all our registrars have had over the years.
Baby News! We are very pleased to announce that nurse Amy Lake has now had her baby. A little
boy, Lenny, who joined her family a little earlier than planned on the 8th November. Mum and baby
are doing well.
Christmas, New Year and Staff Training Closing Information The surgery will be CLOSED
Wednesday 25th December, Thursday 26th December and Wednesday 1st January. MIU will be
operating weekend hours of 11am until 4pm on the 26th December and CLOSED 25th December
and 1st January. All other days the surgery and MIU will be operating as normal. The surgery will be
CLOSED from 12.30 on Wednesday 22nd January 2020 for GP and Patient Services Training. MIU
will remain open as normal.
December 2019
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