We need your help to reduce medicines waste in our area. We are asking patients who order repeat prescriptions to: 

Only order what you need:

Check what medicines you have at home before you order, and only request the medicines you need this time. You will still be able to order others again in future. 

Check your prescription bag straight away:

Check that you only have what you need before you leave the pharmacy, and that there’s nothing extra in there. 

Let us know if your medicines are no longer right for you:

Talk to your pharmacy team or attend/request medication reviews to make sure medicines are optimised for you. 

Take your medicines into hospital:

Keep a current list of your medicines on your NHS App, and take all your medicines in with you. 

Dispose of medicines safely:

Return any unused or out of date medicines or inhalers to your pharmacy for safe disposal 

Visit: www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/medicines-waste to find out more.

We are introducing a new service for patients that live in a remote location. At times this can be difficult for medical health professionals to visit you at home. As part of our improvement to patient care we are raising awareness of the service called ‘what3words’. 

What3words is a faster way of finding out where you are when you need it most. It is used by the police, ambulance and fire services so a location can be found quickly. The service has divided the globe into 3m by 3m (9’ by 9’) squares, each square is given 3 unique words to navigate to a precise location. We would like to use this service for the more remote countryside of Bunbury, Tarporley, East and West Cheshire.  

This means that a healthcare professional will be able to find where you live when you need it. For example when you call an ambulance, when a GP needs to visit you at home or when a district nurse needs to provide care at your home. If you agree, the what3words can be added to your medical record, this can be accessed by anyone who has permission to see your medical record already, when it is needed. Who can access your record will not be changed in any way by adding the what3words.

For more information please visit:  

https://what3words.com/news/emergency/uk-emergency-services-rollout-what3words-in-control-rooms-to-save-resources-time-and-lives

If you decide you would like to engage with the project, please download the app and update the practice with your three unique words. This can be sent by email to bunbury.medicalcentre@nhs.net. Please stand at the entrance you would like your property to be accessed via, as it will give a very specific location within the property using the link below. The 3 words will be added to your medical record next to your postcode. The medical professional will then use the app to find your location when they next visit. 

https://what3words.com/products/what3words-app

The flu vaccine helps protect against flu, which can be a serious or life-threatening illness. It's offered on the NHS every year in autumn or early winter to people at higher risk of getting seriously ill from flu.

You can get the free NHS flu vaccine if you:

• are aged 65 or over (including those who will be 65 by 31 March 2025)
• have certain long-term health conditions
• are pregnant
• live in a care home
• are the main carer for an older or disabled person, or receive a carer's allowance
• live with someone who has a weakened immune system

Please use your NHS app or contact reception to book a flu vaccination at the Practice, we are running flu clinics throughout October and and November. 

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If you are a housebound patient, our GP's will be making house calls to adminster the flu vaccine this season.