Longton Hall Surgery

25/07/2025

Today is National Schizophrenia Day – a chance to challenge stigma and raise understanding. Schizophrenia is a serious but treatable mental health condition that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves.

💬 Let’s talk openly, support each other, and learn the facts:
👉 https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/schizophrenia/overview/

24/07/2025

Turn on notifications for the NHS App to stay up to date with messages about your care.

The NHS App is a simple and secure way to receive messages from your trusted healthcare providers.

Find out more: www.nhs.uk/nhs-app/

23/07/2025

🇬🇧 If you’ve served in the UK Armed Forces, your health matters — and your NHS GP needs to know about your service!

We are here to help veterans get the tailored care and support they deserve. Whether it’s mental health support through Op COURAGE or physical health help via Op RESTORE, registering your service with your GP means better, personalised care.

No matter how long you served or when you left, updating your GP is simple and essential. Help spread the word and look after your health!

Find out more here: www.nhs.uk/veterans

23/07/2025

22/07/2025

💜 Free Breastfeeding Support in Stoke-on-Trent! 💜

Are you breastfeeding or thinking about it? Looking for friendly support, a listening ear, and a welcoming space to chat with others on a similar journey?

Join us at one of our free weekly drop-in groups at Stoke-on-Trent Family Hubs! Everyone is welcome — whether you’re exclusively breastfeeding, combination feeding, expressing, or just want to connect with others. Come as you are, no need to book!

📅 Mondays
📍 Bentilee Family Hub
🕧 12:30 – 2:00pm

📅 Wednesdays
📍 Chell Heath Family Hub
🕛 12:00 – 1:30pm

📅 Thursdays
📍 Shelton Family Hub
🕙 10:00 – 11:30am

📅 Fridays
📍 Normacot Family Hub
🕙 10:00 – 11:30am

Our trained Breastfeeding Network peer supporters are here to offer non-judgemental, evidence-based support, whatever your feeding goals may be.

✨ Come for support, stay for the community! ✨

21/07/2025

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB) is currently holding a public consultation about the freestanding midwife-led birthing units at County Hospital, Stafford, and Samuel Johnson Community Hospital, Lichfield.

Find out more and complete the survey here: https://staffsstoke.icb.nhs.uk/midwife-led-birthing-units/.

The consultation runs until Sunday 3 August 2025.

21/07/2025

Drug-seeking behaviour can be a sign that someone is struggling with addiction – and they may not know how to ask for help. If you or someone you care about is caught in a cycle of dependence, support is available.

🛑 You’re not alone. The first step is reaching out:
👉 https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/addiction-support/drug-addiction-getting-help/

20/07/2025

19/07/2025

There is a yellow thunderstorm warning across much of England for the next 24 hours or so - and an amber warning for London and the South East until 11:00am tomorrow.

Hot weather and thunderstorms can trigger symptoms in those who suffer with lung conditions such as asthma.

If you notice the weather makes your symptoms worse and you are needing to use your inhaler more frequently, please talk to your pharmacist, contact your GP or NHS 111.

18/07/2025

🦟 Ouch! Bitten or stung? Most insect bites and stings are harmless – but knowing how to treat them can help ease pain, swelling and itching.

🌿 From bee stings to mosquito bites, here’s what to do (and when to seek help):
👉 https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/insect-bites-and-stings/