Welcome to the winter edition of the North Kensington Medical Centre (NKMC) Newsletter. NKMC Christmas Opening Hours Mon 24th Dec: 7:30 – 13:00 Tues 25th Dec: CLOSED Weds 26th Dec: CLOSED Thurs 27th Dec: 7:30 – 20:30 Fri 28th Dec: 7:30 – 18:30 Mon 31st Dec: 7:30 – 13:00 Tue 1st Jan: CLOSED Weds 2nd Jan: 7:30 – 18:30 Thurs 3rd Jan: 7:30 – 20:30 Fri 4th Jan: 7:30 – 18:30 If you require medical advice while the surgery is closed over the Christmas period: St Charles Centre, Integrated Care Centre Exmoor Street London W10 6DZ 25th, 26th December & 1st January 2pm-8pm Please contact 111 should you require medical attention outside these hours. Please check on our website or at reception, for opening times of local pharmacies over the Christmas period. Address and phone numbers Next time you contact the practice please to make sure the details we hold on you are correct NHS HEALTH CHECKS If you’re aged between 40-74, you’re eligible for a free five-yearly NHS Health Check. Please contact reception to arrange an appointment Grenfell Disaster update Following the appalling fire at Grenfell additional medical services have been made available for those affected – both surviving residents from the tower itself and those living locally who may have been affected. Here at NKMC we are offering 30 min appointments for adults and children. If you have been affected by the Grenfell disaster and would like to make an appointment in this clinic please contact reception. New Clinical Pharmacist We are pleased to welcome Mohamed Abdelrahman to the NKMC Team. As a Clinical Pharmacist, Mo will be assisting patients with Medication Reviews, Management of Long Term Conditions and Minor illnesses. Mo’s clinics will be held every Monday afternoon and Tuesday Morning. APPOINTMENTS 388 appts were not attended between April 2018 and September 2018. Please cancel your appt if you are unable to attend so we can offer it to someone else in need. FLU VACCINATION The Flu vaccination is still available. Please book ASAP. We also offer the shingles and pneumonia vaccine. Please ask at reception. Ways to help your GP practice thrive
At North Kensington Medical Centre we have a Patient Participation Group (PPG for less of a mouthful) Most practices have a PPG. At ours we try to help the practice in order to help patients more. We provide the patient perspective by : Providing a forum for the discussion of patient views Lobbying to improve the range of health services, for example by supporting the practice to extend the use of our building We improve communications with patients by : Ensuring that patients are aware of all services offered and how to access them Helping write the practice newsletter Making the website more user friendly We help to influence the development of services by : Learning what the practice hopes for and networking with other PPGs and the local NHS to achieve these aims We need more patients who are members of the practice to join and play an active part so that in the future we can : Conduct patient surveys or collect feedback in the waiting room Run courses or talks within the surgery on health topics Raise awareness of key public health and self help messages Distribute newsletters Promote awareness of and access to other local health services Represent patient views more effectively by having a wider more diverse membership, especially of younger people. Please join us, pick up a form at Reception or contact Shona, the senior admin officer at the practice West London GP Federation Dr Rachel Charge is now a board member for West London GP Federation. The Federation operates contracts for the management and provision of Out of Hospital and Extended hours’ service. Dr Charge has also recently been appointed Research lead for our Federation. MY CARE MY WAY Blessing and Stephen have now left our practice. Mich has replaced Blessing as our Case Manager. Bernice has replaced Stephen as our Health and Social Care Assistant. Carers Please let us know if you care for a loved one – there are many support services available to you.