Allerton & Westfield Medical Centre

04/09/2024

In August, 161 patients used our Friends & Family questions to tell us about their experiences at the practice. 92% of these were Positive or Neutral. Comments show that many patients are pleased at how quickly we can offer appointments. Some responses tell us we can still improve how we communicate about the patient journey through our services. PLEASE NOTE that Friends & Family submissions are anonymous, so we will not be able to respond to you directly! Thanks, A&W MC.

23/08/2024

Have a lovely Carnival weekend.
To celebrate, we have a new newsletter!

16/08/2024

Online diabetes event hosted by our own Dr Goma, featuring guest speaker LTHT Head of Podiatry! 400 attendees last time, join us if you can tomorrow.

07/08/2024

GP practices, which used to be made up of only GPs and receptionists, are now made up of many different roles.

You might have a medication review with a Clinical Pharmacist, or speak to a Physiotherapist for advice on a joint problem. You might have an appointment with the Respiratory nurse about your inhalers, or you can always see a GP in person or on the phone. You might chat to a Social Prescriber for help with feeling lonely, or the GP might recommend referring you to the community pharmacist about a UTI, under their ‘Pharmacy First’ service.

It might feel complicated, but so is our health!

08/07/2024

Our next Patient Practice Group meeting is 10 am on Monday 15th July. If you are interested in participating, please get in touch!

Patient GroupWe have an active patient participation group at our practice.If you would like to join the group please follow the links on this page.

03/07/2024

If you are able, and registered to vote, please cast your vote in the General Election tomorrow.
Go get that democracy & society feel-good-factor!

24/05/2024

Whooping cough cases are rising. Babies are at greatest risk as they are too young to start their vaccinations. Book your vaccine through your GP surgery or local maternity service.

16/05/2024

Join us for a diabetes & stroke awareness session with Dr. Abiye Hector-Goma.

Location: The Community Wellbeing Hub (Reginald Terrace Chapeltown LS7 3EZ

Date: 20th May 2024

Time: 1pm til 2pm

Venue contact: 0113 3784892

02/05/2024

Remember to exercise... your right to vote.
There are local elections across Leeds TODAY!
Choices made at all levels of government affect the services we can provide in GP practices.

On Thursday, 2 May 2024 residents across the Leeds City Council area will go to the polls to have their say on the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayoral election and who represents them at local council.

24/04/2024

A new group, by Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service - Depression Recovery Group Using Islam.
Click this link for more info, and other great provisions from LMWS:
https://www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/our-services-a-z/leeds-mental-wellbeing-service/online-group-classes/depression-recovery-group-using-islam1/

24/04/2024

A quick post about our latest DNA rates. Thank you to everyone attending (or cancelling!) appointments.

Latest DNA Figures Posted on 24th April, 2024This past 4 weeks, we have seen:115 appointments marked “Did Not Attend”…equating to:31 hours of clinical time (plus the administrative time taken to reschedule missed appointments)8.6 hours of GP appointments17.7 hours of Nursing appointments4.7 ho...

11/04/2024

We know that GP appointments are a national hot topic; know that we are doing everything we can to match the increasing demand on primary care, though this does mean working in different ways.
Good to see the numbers reflecting this!

"GP teams are already delivering record numbers of appointments with the latest figures from February 2024 showing that more than 30 million appointments were delivered, up almost a quarter on the same period pre-pandemic."

https://www.england.nhs.uk/2024/04/nhs-self-referral-for-tests-and-appointments-for-hundreds-of-thousands-of-patients/