Please find attached the latest Primary Care Bulletin: Primary Care Bulletin, 1st August 2024 This includes information on: NHS partners with Asda to put mouth cancer symptoms on toothpaste and mouthwash The NHS and Asda are teaming up to provide vital advice on millions of toothpaste tubes and mouthwash bottles encouraging people to contact their GP or dentist if … [Read more...]

Please see below the latest Primary Care Bulletin: Primary Care Bulletin, 25th July 2024 Thank you to teams following global IT outage The recent unexpected global IT outage had a major impact across the NHS, with general practice and community pharmacy teams particularly affected. The NHS worked closely with suppliers over the weekend to bring systems back online by … [Read more...]

Please see below the latest Primary Care Bulletin: Primary Care Bulletin, 18th July 2024 Updates to the primary medical services policy and guidance manual (PMG) The primary medical services policy and guidance manual (PMG) has been updated to reflect ongoing development and changes in the commissioning and contractual management landscape. Whooping cough … [Read more...]

EDNA Service – Impact survey Have you used the EDNA Service? If so, then please tell the HIOW Health and Wellbeing service about your experience via this short survey. They take great pride in their work, and continually looking at ways they can improve their service. Feedback is anonymous. Barclays – Supporting you and your community The HIOW Wellbeing and … [Read more...]

Dental recovery plan: updating NHS.uk profiles Dental practice teams are asked to update their profiles on NHS.uk to let people know that they have additional capacity. This is particularly important for practices that are eligible for and have benefitted from the New Patient Premium. For more information please follow the link below: Primary Care Bulletin, 4th July … [Read more...]