While the summer bank holiday is a welcome time for most of us, it also means some health services can be closed.
The East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is encouraging people to visit their local pharmacy to stock up on over-the-counter medicines and collect any prescriptions so that they are prepared if they fall unwell.
As high pollen counts continue to soar, East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is reminding residents that local GPs won’t usually prescribe medicines for minor health concerns like hay fever, aches and pains, coughs and colds and sunburn.
Local people who need to see a GP or physiotherapist over the Easter bank holiday period will be able to do so for the first time this year.
Routine care appointments, with a doctor or physiotherapist, will be offered from the East Riding Improving Access hub at Manor Road surgery in Beverley on Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is asking residents to be more aware of the signs of cancer. Their appeal comes following the launch of their Cancer Awareness Project.
The council are hoping more people will spot the signs which will help increase survival rates. Figures show that if detected early people 81pc chance of survival. While if found later this figure drops dramatically to just 26pc.
MP Emma Hardy is encouraging women to speak to their GP and take a smear test.
Her comments come after figures showed the number of women from the region are below national targets.
NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has launched a survey.
They are seeking the views of local people to help shape the East Riding’s vision for general practice and how its services could look in the future.
A year-long cancer awareness project is being launched in the East Riding this month to help support residents through what could be one of the toughest times in their lives.
With so many of us experiencing cancer or the effects of cancer in a loved one, it’s important to talk about it and know what help and support can be accessed in the East Riding.
Local Labour Party member George McManus has called the Health Secretary Mr Scrooge. His comments following the government’s announcement to slash public spending on health.
Mr McManus says that the latest round of spending cuts will have a devastating effect. He is also concerned that they will hit some of the most venerable in the community.
No one wants their Christmas and New Year ruined by being unwell. So the NHS and its partners are urging people to stay well this winter by being prepared.
They are offering the following advice to people in the area to ensure that they can enjoy the festive period.
News that local health services are to receive additional funding has been welcomed by MP Graham Stuart.
Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership have secured £88.5 million of additional funding. This cash will be used to help improve emergency care and diagnostic testing in the area.
MP Graham Stuart has welcomed news that the region will benefit from an additional funding for social care this winter.
Mr Stuart comments come as the government confirmed what each local authority would get would get from the £240M pot.
Pregnant women and young children are being urged to take up the offer of a free flu vaccination this winter.
Among those most at risk from getting ill are pregnant women and young children. As a result, mothers are advised to protect themselves, and their unborn babies, from the disease.
In this, the 70th year of our NHS, NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) held its fifth annual general meeting (AGM) on Tuesday 18 September 2018. There was a fantastic turnout with around 70 people attending from members of the public, staff, councillors, voluntary and community services and provider services.
Jane Hawkard, Chief Officer, presented a number of the CCG’s achievements during 2017-18 which have all contributed to the CCG receiving an improved overall rating from NHS England as ‘Good’.
The winter nights will soon be creeping in and East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s associate director of public health is urging people who are eligible for the free flu vaccination to take up the offer.
Free flu jabs are available for people aged 65 and over, people aged from six months to less than 65 years of age with a long-term health condition, pregnant women, children aged from two to four years, people in long-stay residential care homes, and carers.
Some residents in the Beverley will be able to have a free Health Check by qualified staff from East Riding Leisure are to visit Beverley Library to deliver NHS Health Checks.
On Tuesday, 4 September the team will be on hand to give people a check up in Beverley from 9.30AM to 1PM.
An East Yorkshire skincare expert has launched a specialist eye and lip serum based on her own research into skin feel.
‘9′ is an anti-ageing serum for tired, dehydrated eyes and lips that is inspired by Beverley based Dr Katerina Steventon’s 20 years’ scientific research and professional expertise and refined by her latest skin-feel research.
Following a thorough procurement process NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has agreed to award a 5½ year contract to Yorkshire Health Partners Limited, (on behalf of the combined federation of local GP practices) from 1 October 2018.
The contract, worth around £10 million in total, will provide access to routine and same day appointments with general practice (GP) clinicians 7-days a week in additional evening and weekend clinics across East Riding of Yorkshire.
East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is celebrating the publication of NHS England’s annual assessment that demonstrates the CCG has improved its overall rating from ‘Requires improvement’ in 2016/17 to ‘Good’ for 2017/18.
The improved rating reflects a positive year for the CCG across a range of areas including improved performance on a range of clinical indicators making a real difference to patients’ lives, effectively managing changes to services, robust delivery of their financial and efficiency plans, and ongoing positive stakeholder engagement.