Peverell Park Surgery

27/08/2025

Hundreds of thousands use ‘Amazon-style’ prescription tracker in NHS App

Nearly 400,000 people have used a new prescription tracking feature in the NHS App in the first ten weeks since its launch, helping reduce unnecessary calls and visits to pharmacies.

The handy “Amazon-style” tracker allows people to check the status of their medications as easily as their online shopping and has already been used 715,000 times since May – equivalent to once every nine seconds.

Around 1,650 high street chemists – including every Boots in England – are now offering the service, which enables patients to check if their medicines are “ready to collect” or “dispatched by pharmacy” if they are being delivered.

The feature is expected to be made available to nearly 5,000 more pharmacies within the next 12 months – covering 60% of those in England.

27/08/2025

Huge thank you to House Wash Pro for being so kind and generous with their time cleaning our sign 💕💕

27/08/2025

The NHS has launched an official WhatsApp Channel to share trusted health info, updates, alerts, and myth-busting content. Follow by tapping the link on your phone, or search ‘NHS’ in the WhatsApp ‘Updates’ tab to stay informed. Visit: https://ow.ly/PqBn50WIWIy

27/08/2025

Are you looking for some company swimming, or have you previously felt anxious about going swimming alone? Join our next 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 session at Plympton Swimming Pool. 🏊‍♀️

We invite you to join our supportive social swims for an opportunity to meet others, whilst engaging in mindful movement for positive wellbeing.

📆 Friday 29 August 2025
⏰ 12:30pm for a pre-swim drink and chat at Harewood House, 1:30pm — 2:30pm swimming
🗺️ Plympton Swimming Pool, Harewood Park,

The swimming session costs £1 to be paid on arrival and is open to anyone over 18 in Devon.

You can find out more here: https://loom.ly/Mkh4u7Q Plymouth Active

27/08/2025

27/08/2025

What benefits are you entitled to? Our benefits calculator can tell you if you're potentially entitled to claim extra money, based on the information you provide.

Find out if you're missing out on money you're entitled to and how to claim it:
🖥️ Use Age UK's online benefits calculator at https://bit.ly/3Gm5AuZ
📞 Call the Age UK Advice Line on 0800 678 1602 to book some time to talk to our team of benefits advisers

27/08/2025

NHS launches new WhatsApp channel

NHS England has launched an official NHS WhatsApp Channel to share trusted health information directly with the public. The channel will be used to share short, visual messages on:


- public health campaigns (e.g. flu, COVID-19)

- health alerts and seasonal advice

- key NHS updates and announcements

- myth-busting and fact-checking content

NHS England will also use it encourage people to forward content onto family and friends within the app. The graphic is available to download here.

27/08/2025

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27/08/2025

Check your blood pressure' event
Plymouth Argyle

To celebrate Know Your Numbers week (8-14 September), the NHS have organised a Check Your BP event on Saturday 6 September 10am-2.30pm at Plymouth Argyle Football Club.

Plymouth City Council Public Health team will be on hand to chat to match-goers and the public, and publicise the week’s events.

27/08/2025

The NHS in Devon is launching a new campaign to ask the public to ‘Think Pharmacy First’. The campaign encourages people to make use of over 200 pharmacies (over 98% of all pharmacies) across Devon for advice, treatment, and over-the-counter medications.

Under the Pharmacy First service, trained pharmacists can provide consultations, treatments and where necessary prescription medication for a range of conditions, including:

impetigo (aged 1 year and over)
infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over)
earache (aged 1 to 17 years)
sore throat (aged 5 years and over)
sinusitis (aged 12 years and over)
urinary tract infections (UTIs) (women aged 16 to 64 years)
shingles (aged 18 years and over)

27/08/2025

Mums-to-be to get faster first NHS midwife appointments

Newly pregnant women across England can now choose to self-refer online to get their “all-important” first midwife appointments quicker.

The self-referral is done by completing an online form on NHS.uk, which allows them to go directly to their local maternity services without seeing a GP first.

The NHS maternity self-referral portal can be found here: Refer yourself for NHS pregnancy care

https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/refer-yourself-for-nhs-pregnancy-care/

Pregnancy care (also called antenatal care) is the care you have while you're pregnant to help keep you and your baby as healthy as possible.You do not usually need to see a GP. If you're registered with a GP, they'll be told about your pregnancy after your first midwife appointment. Information: If...

26/08/2025

Regardless of political views or agenda, this is pure vandalism …. Hopefully our cctv has captured the culprit.
The saddest part is; this will now cost money to repair/replace, money that could have been spent so much better 😢 we don’t get government handouts or have an unlimited budget to clear up after criminals