Cedars Medical Centre

24/07/2025

The best way to understand your blood pressure is to check it regularly.

Our online blood pressure tool will help you understand what your numbers mean and give you tips on how to manage your blood pressure.
http://nhs.uk/blood-pressure-tool

21/07/2025

📢 Parents – Is your child up to date with their MMR vaccine? 💉🧒
With measles cases rising across the UK, it’s vital to make sure your child has had both doses of the MMR vaccine (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella).
✅ Two doses = full protection
📖 Check their Red Book or contact your GP if you’re unsure
📆 Missed a dose? It’s never too late to catch up
If you choose not to vaccinate, please let us know so we can update your child’s records and inform Child Health as required.
Protect your child. Protect others. Let’s stop measles from spreading.

18/07/2025

Cases of measles are on the rise in Cheshire and Merseyside.
🛑 Think it might be measles?
📞 Call the surgery on 01270443080 or NHS 111 for advice first. This helps protect other patients — especially babies, pregnant women, and those with weakened immune systems — from this highly contagious illness.
🧠 Measles isn’t just a rash — it can cause serious complications, especially if you’re not vaccinated.
💉 The MMR vaccine is safe, free, and protects against measles, mumps and rubella.
✅ First dose: from 12 months
✅ Second dose: at 3 years 4 months
Not sure if you or your child are vaccinated?
✅Check your child’s Red Book (personal child health record)
✅Contact us
✅Check your vaccination status via the NHS App
Need to get vaccinated or catch up on a missed dose?
✅Book an appointment at the surgery

It’s never too late to catch up — the MMR vaccine is free on the NHS at any age.

18/07/2025

Join over 900,000 people who have reduced their risk of developing type 2 diabetes with the NHS Healthier You Programme.

You will be supported with lifestyle changes such as healthier eating, weight management and physical activity.

Find out more: https://www.england.nhs.uk/diabetes/diabetes-prevention/

17/07/2025

📱 Take control of your health with the NHS App 💙

We’re encouraging all our patients to download and use the NHS App — a simple, secure way to access NHS services on your smartphone or device.

As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, the app is being expanded to help you manage your health and care more easily and conveniently.

With the NHS App, you can:
✅ Book & manage GP appointments
✅ Order repeat prescriptions
✅ View your medical records securely
✅ Get messages & health advice
✅ Access NHS 111 online
✅ Update your personal info

The NHS is working to transform the app into a world-leading tool for patient access, empowerment and care planning. By 2028, the NHS App will be a full digital front door to the entire NHS.

📲 Download the free app now from the App Store or Google Play – just search ‘NHS App’.

16/07/2025

16/07/2025

16/07/2025

**REMINDER**
The Bread and Butter Thing has now started in Alsager at the Cricket Club and will be open from 12pm (Fairview Avenue, Alsager, Stoke-on-Trent ST7 2NW). The project distributes surplus food at a discounted cost to anyone that wants to sign up for it.
For £8.50 you will get around £35 worth of food, which includes fresh fruit and vegetables, fridge favourites and cupboard items. For more information about how to sign up for this, please see the poster attached.

15/07/2025

If you need urgent help for your mental health, you can call 111 and select the mental health option.

https://www.nhs.uk/.../where-to-get-urgent-help-for.../

15/07/2025

**SAVE THE DATE**

15/07/2025

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-emergency-alert-test-to-be-held-on-7th-september