The Surgery Ashby and Measham Medical Unit have been working together in response to improvements requested by the Care Quality Commission, the organisation that reviews quality of care in the NHS.
GPs at the two practices believe the working arrangements have worked well and would now like to make these formal through a merger of the two practices. A single larger practice team will offer significant benefits for patient care. Both surgeries place a high value on patient-centred care and a merger will not reduce the quality of services or the availability of appointments to our existing patients.
It is, however, important we hear your views and there are several ways in which you can have your say. You can also fill in an online survey here
The closing date for feedback will be 30th November 2018.
We are also planning to hold information events for patients, where you can come along and speak to staff about the proposed changes and what they may mean for you:
Date
Venue
Time
Friday 2 November 2018
Ashby Library, North Street, Ashby de la Zouch, LE65 1HS
12.30pm to 4.30pm
Wednesday 7 November 2018
Measham Leisure Centre, 22 High St, Measham, Swadlincote, DE12 7HR
2.00pm – 6.00pm
Saturday 3 November 2018
Measham Medical Unit, High St, Measham, Swadlincote, DE12 7HR
A Leicester woman diagnosed with dementia is urging more people to go and see their GP if they are worried about their memory.
Irene Woodward (67) makes her plea in a video launched by NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to mark Dementia Action Week on 21-27 May.
Irene first suspected she may have a problem with her memory when she kept forgetting what she had gone out for. She made an appointment to see her GP and was later diagnosed. In the video Irene says: “To get that diagnosis was so important to me, it helped me cope and put things in place that I needed to.
“It’s like a lot of things if you actually know your diagnosis you can get the help that’s available to let you lead your life, and a good life! I’m leading a good life, I’m happy; I’m still forgetting but what I forget I can try and get round and deal with, because there’s a big world out there to enjoy.”
In the UK, one person develops dementia every three minutes. In Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, there are 13,000 people living with dementia, a figure which is expected to rise in the coming years. Yet too many people living with dementia face the condition alone and excluded from society.
Dementia is not a natural part of ageing and doesn’t only affect older people. More than 40,000 people in the UK who have dementia are under 65.
During Dementia Action Week NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are urging people with memory concerns to make an appointment with their doctor.
Girish Purohit, GP Lead for dementia across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, adds: “Memory problems are one of a number of symptoms that people with dementia may experience. Others include difficulties with planning, thinking things through, struggling to keep up with a conversation, and sometimes changes in mood or behaviour.
“If you’re worried about your memory it’s really important that you go to see your GP. If you are worried about a family member or someone you care for, you can support them to make an appointment, and ideally go along with them.
“Although there is no cure for dementia at present, if it's diagnosed in the early stages, there are ways to slow it down. Dementia gets worse with time, so seeing a doctor as soon as possible is vital.”
NHS organisations and social care partners across Leicester and Leicestershire, commissioned the Alzheimer’s Society to provide a new single-point support service for people living with dementia, their families and carers in October last year.
To find out more information or to access the service, contact The Alzheimer’s Society on 0116 2316921 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The Better Care Together Plan - Our Sustainability and Transformation Partnership
The NHS commission and provide health and care services for over...
The Better Care Together Plan - Our Sustainability and Transformation Partnership
The NHS commission and provide health and care services for over a million people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Every day our services support people to stay healthy and lead independent lives. And when people are ill, our services are there for them, their carers and families.
Over the next few years, the services we deliver, and where and how we offer them, will need to change, so that they can continue to be delivered in a way that is safe for patients as well as in a way the NHS can afford. The demand for services is growing more quickly than the resources which we have can cope with, as people are living longer and our population is continuing to grow. The Better Care Together Plan explains how these services can be changed for the better to improve care and the patient experience while meeting these demands.
In the 70th year of the NHS the partnership has published ‘Next steps to better care in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland’, a document describing the progress of partners from health and local authorities to improve the health and wellbeing of local people. Download the BCT Brochure.
From time to time NHS West Leicestershire CCG reviews the services it commissions. A key part of any review is ...
From time to time NHS West Leicestershire CCG reviews the services it commissions. A key part of any review is to ensure we take account of the views of local people to help shape local health services. As a patient or service user, for example you can help us improve services by providing feedback on your experience.
NHS West Leicestershire is committed to involving local people in discussions and decisions about changes to local health services through a variety of ways. This could be taking part in a survey or attending a face to face meeting.
In this section we provide details of the latest opportunities to be involved in our engagements and consultations. We also include details of consultations and engagements being carried out by our partners, in the NHS and local authorities.
Details of all our engagements and consultations will be made available here but to make sure you don’t miss out on opportunities to get involved register for In Touch to receive regular updates. You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
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Your GP surg...
Would you like to get involved with our campaigns and make a difference in the care patients receive?
Your GP surgery has its own small team of people who provide a voice for all the patients on the practice’s list. Known as a Patient Participation Group or a PPG, these groups meet regularly to work with the GPs and staff at the practice to improve the way things are run.
The work of PPGs is invaluable to our work as a CCG too. The feedback we get from our PPGs help shape the decisions that we make and directly influence the services we commission for all our patients and carers.
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By signing up to our In Touch mailing list, you will receive monthly messages to keep you up to date including information on local health events, new services, opportunities to get involved in the planning and design of new services, or information about health conditions and support which you are particularly interested in.
We’ll never pass your details on to anyone else, and we’ll never try to sell you anything – this is about keeping you in touch with what is happening in your local NHS.
The NHS is going through many changes and no more so than in the Hinckley and Bosworth area. One...
The NHS is going through many changes and no more so than in the Hinckley and Bosworth area. One of the main aims of the Hinckley & Bosworth Medical Alliance is to make people more aware of the things patients can do to keep healthy. Trips to the GP surgery can sometimes be avoided if people know what help there is available to keep healthy and how to treat minor ailments themselves.
Many new health services have been introduced and to help the public understand more of these an event is planned by your GP surgery, The LPT (Leicestershire Partnership Trust) who supply the District Nurses, the ILT (Integrated Locality Team), and the Hinckley & Bosworth Medical Alliance at the Mary Forrayn Centre Leicester Rd, Hinckley LE10 1LW on Sept 17th (3pm until 6pm). Lots of services will have displays and experts in each area there to answer questions about what is on offer in the Hinckley & Bosworth area.
One of the stalls at the event will be for representing FLiC (Family Lifestyle Club) - This is an 8 week course for families keen to learn more about becoming fit, healthy and managing their weight.
Some of the other services in attendance are
Loros – The Leicestershire Hospice Charity
Carers support - local support for all Carers of any age.
Pharmacist Support – Self Care Drugs
Patient Participation Groups – find out how you can have a voice at your GP surgery as well as learn something about extra services on offer.
…and many more
Everyone is welcome and light refreshments will be available.
For more information contact Belinda-Lee Botting by email at the Federation office Belinda. Lee-Botting@gp-c82121.nhs.uk
Better Care Together – Next Steps to better care in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland - come and join us at one of our events
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) have the opportunity of significantly investing in the outdated acute hospital estate in Leicester and...
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) have the opportunity of significantly investing in the outdated acute hospital estate in Leicester and significantly improving services for the benefit of the local population.
To talk about these proposed improvements, NHS partners in LLR are inviting the public to a series of open engagement events to share the plans for the hospitals and maternity services in Leicester. As an integral part of the Better Care Together programme for LLR, people can also hear about other work underway to make care better for patients – including improvements to the healthcare that patients receive at home and in the local community.
The events will be held between 5pm and 7.45pm. People can drop in for the whole event or just come along for either the informal discussions on NHS plans for improvements, between 5pm and 6pm, or attend the formal presentations and question and answer session commencing at 6.00pm.
The improvements being proposing would reconfigure the three hospitals currently run by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. Those hospitals are the Leicester Royal Infirmary, Glenfield Hospital and Leicester General Hospital.
Under the proposals acute services – where patients receive short-term treatment for an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery - would be moved to two hospitals. These would be the Leicester Royal Infirmary and Glenfield Hospital.
Some non-acute health services would continue to be provided at Leicester General Hospital, including the Leicester Diabetes Centre of Excellence, GP Access Imaging Hub and Stroke Rehabilitation.
Those plans include building a brand new single site maternity hospital at Leicester Royal Infirmary along with a dedicated Children’s Hospital. At the Glenfield Hospital we want to create a new treatment centre dedicated to planned surgery. This will mean that fewer operations are cancelled and we can build more wards to treat the increase in patients we are seeing with heart, chest and lung problems.
We recognise that people have questions about the proposals for the consolidation of level 3 intensive care services onto two of our sites and we look forward to the opportunity to explain why this is so important and the impact of this change on the wider reconfiguration plans.
People will also be able to talk to representatives from NHS organisations about the progress being made to keep more people well and out of hospital and provide better care in a crisis, as well as discussing the changes that will deliver more care close to home - particularly for those people who have one or more long term condition and those in need of high quality specialist care.
We look forward to welcoming people to one of the events to discuss in much more details the proposed plans and discuss the practical benefits they will deliver in the future and respond to any concerns that people may have.
