Who Are We? The PPG are volunteers that meet to feedback patient experience and aim to help improve the service for patients. Please visit our webpage for more information on us and dates for our next meeting – www.teldoc.org/patient-participation-group Covid Vaccinations 98,800+ vaccinations have been given to date. www.teldoc.org/get-vaccinated Spring Booster From now until Friday...
Around 200,000 people are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes every year – putting them at risk of potentially serious health complications and early death. Modern life can make it hard to be healthy but, for many people, type 2 diabetes can be prevented by making small lifestyle changes. Diabetes is a leading cause of vision...
This Mental Health Awareness Week, Every Mind Matters is launching a new campaign to encourage people to make the first move for their mental health to reduce symptoms of anxiety. Whilst anxiety can help us to focus or take extra care when needed, if it gets too much for us or if it persists, it...
From April 2023, patients who are in immediate need or require emergency repeat medications will need to visit www.111.nhs.uk or call 111. This may include running out of medication, losing or damaging medicines, or patients going away from home and forgetting their medication. Patients will continue to have access to urgent supplies but from 1...
DISCOVER ME is a nationwide research study that aims to analyse health and genetic information of thousands of people, the aim is to increase our understanding of many different diseases to help improve patient care.
A brand-new online prescription ordering service has been launched for the county improving access for patients. In addition to the current phone and email service provided by the Prescription Ordering Direct (POD) team, an online prescription ordering form is now available so patients can place orders quickly and easily online. Patients who regularly submit repeat...
The NHS and Local Authorities in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are working hard to keep people safe during the planned strikes, while delivering the best care possible. The next planned industrial action is from junior doctors, with strike action planned at a number of NHS trusts on Monday 13 March, Tuesday 14 March, and Wednesday...
In a new ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign that is the first of its kind nationally, NHS England is encouraging people who have been sent an NHS bowel cancer screening kit to complete the test. Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK, and detecting it at the earliest stage makes you...
Teldoc Surgery has teamed up with researchers at Keele University School of Medicine to help study the longer-term effects of COVID-19 infection in children and young people (aged 8 to 17 years).
Looking for an exciting challenge or an innovative New Year’s resolution? Why not join the NHS 1000-mile challenge and commit to walk, run, swim or cycle 1,000 miles during 2023? The NHS’s 75th birthday will take place on 5 July 2023 and people across the country are being asked to join the NHS1000 mile challenge...
