Meet & Move: Boosting Physical Health and Wellbeing for Over 65s Meet and Move began as a pilot project with just five members in one weekly group. Four years later, 240 patients have come through the programme. Seventy long-term members come to regular classes in four locations. There are even have a few members competing … Continued
Meet & Move: Boosting Physical Health and Wellbeing for Over 65s Meet and Move began as a pilot project with just 5 members in one weekly group. Fast-forward nearly four years, and more than 240 patients have come through the programme. Seventy long-term members attend regular sessions in four locations. We even have a few … Continued
Celebrating Social Prescribing Day Today is Social Prescribing Day. Since 2019, the day has been set aside to celebrate Social Prescribing Link Workers and local and national organisations that work to support our overall health and well-being. It is also a chance to highlight and introduce social prescribing to people who may not be familiar … Continued
Our PCN team helped patients over 20,000 times last year In 2023, our specialist Primary Care Network teams completed over 20,000 appointments, tasks, and contacts with patients in Gosforth and Jesmond. Primary Care Networks are groups of GP practices working together using additional funding to provide extra services to meet patients’ needs. Our two PCNs … Continued
Supporting You After a Cancer Diagnosis It’s a sad fact that every year, 393,000 people in the UK are given the news that they have cancer. Macmillan Cancer Support says that 3 million people are living with cancer, with that number continuing to rise. While it is news nobody wants to hear, we want to … Continued
Fancy a cuppa? Groups and Get-Togethers for Older People We wanted to let people know about some new community groups that our Network Social Prescribing team are involved in. The groups are friendly, informal ways for people with shared interests to get together, enjoy each other’s company and chat over a cuppa and a cake. … Continued
Managing Long Term Conditions: Stability and Quality of Life for all More and more of us are living with long term conditions like diabetes, heart disease or arthritis. It has long been an NHS priority to keep people as healthy and stable as possible, to reduce health crises or hospital admissions. In this article, we … Continued
What our Primary Care Networks did in 2022 Primary Care Networks are playing an increasingly big role in general practice. Since 2019, Primary Care Networks – or PCNs – have allowed neighbouring GP practices to officially work together to provide better, more personalised health care to patients. Working collaboratively with , our neighbouring network, we … Continued
Counselling and talking therapy Many people will face challenges throughout their lives. Some of these can be very hard to overcome alone or seem impossible. Counselling can help explore a problem and better understand how it impacts the self. Many people often store up negative emotions, affecting relationships with others and causing anger or resentment. … Continued
Primary Care Networks 3 years in: Growing and adapting to patients’ needs July marked three years since Primary Care Networks were introduced into the NHS. In that time, our network North Gosforth has gone from strength to strength, growing and adapting to suit the changing needs of our patient population. Before we introduce you to … Continued