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Have you explored our website?
Our website is designed to make it as easy as possible to find the information you need.
From the links and buttons at the top of our homepage to our news articles and resource library, we want to put information in your hands.
So, if you haven’t explored our website yet, here are a few ideas to get you started.
Scroll through below or hop to sections with the buttons.
Latest News
Our news page is where we post updates on health conditions, seasonal advice, general guidance on getting the best health care possible, and the work of our Primary Care Network team.
The most recent posts appear in the news section on our home page, or you can explore our full news archive.
Here are some of our most recent updates.
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Are You Getting the Most from the NHS App?
Are You Getting the Most from the NHS App? More patients are now using the NHS App to manage their healthcare. For many, it starts with something simple – ordering repeat prescriptions without needing to phone the practice or visit in person. But that is just the start. Once you are set up, the NHS…
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Keeping safe as the temperature rises 🥵
Keeping safe as the temperature rises 🥵 While it’s not quite as hot in the North East as other parts of the country, temperatures of 29°C in Newcastle are still enough to make us feel unwell if we’re not careful. Even short spells of warm weather can affect your health, especially if you are not used…
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New Vaccine Offers Young People Extra Protection against Meningitis
New Vaccine Offers Young People Extra Protection against Meningitis A new NHS vaccine will help protect young people against MenB, a serious infection that can cause meningitis and sepsis (blood poisoning). This vaccine is being offered to eligible young people before they start university or further education. Important: This vaccine programme will begin in July. It is being…
Categories and Keywords
To save you from having to scroll through all our updates to find what you’re after, there are ways to get there quicker.
We use some simple category names to group news posts together. So, if you are looking for the latest on mental health or health and wellbeing, just pick an option from the drop-down menu to get your news.
If you’re looking for something more specific, try the keyword search option. This will look through all our posts, check the headlines, section names, text and keywords we’ve added and show you the results.
At the end of each post, you might see suggestions for other articles or blogs about similar topics.
Resources
As you’d expect, our resource page is packed with useful information. But did you know there are three different ways to find what you’re looking for?
Categories
First, there are the categories. Like with the news posts, these group together pieces of information.
We’ve tried to make these categories as sensible as possible – either describing you or a particular situation. Hopefully, this makes it easy to find relevant information, even if you might not know its name.
Here’s an example: The Little Orange Book is a fantastic resource for new parents, with practical advice about common conditions up to the age of 5.
But if you didn’t know that, you wouldn’t know to search for the words ‘little orange book’.
By categorising it under children’s health and parenthood, it makes a helpful resource much easier to find.
You can see some of the resources in the parenthood and children’s health categories below.
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Make a Change: Relationship Support
If you’re worried about how you’re treating your partner or ex-partner, Make a Change Newcastle offers free, confidential support to help you build healthier relationships and change harmful behaviour. The service also provides support for partners, families and professionals, with a focus on safety, accountability and lasting change. Post Views: 1
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Nook Safe Havens: Mental Health Crisis for 13-17 Year Olds
Everyturn Mental Health provide free drop-in mental health support for children and young people in Newcastle and Gateshead, People aghed 13-17 can get help in person or over the phone, with no appointment needed. Post Views: 1
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Children and Family support
Children and Families Newcastle brings together local services, activities and advice to help children, young people and families get the support they need, when they need it. Find information on parenting, childcare, family hubs, SEND, health and wellbeing, and local activities, all in one place. Post Views: 1
Types
Another way we’ve tried to make it easier to find what you need is to group resources by type.
So, for instance, if you are looking for some self-help, an easy read guide, our policies or video content walking you through how to use the NHS App.
These are some easy read resources from our growing library.
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Easy Read: How to get help in a Mental Health Crisis
This easy-read guide is about getting help if you have a mental health crisis. A crisis can be when you feel distressed, anxious or unsafe. The guide was made by the NHS. It can be downloaded or printed 📄 View or download: How to get help in a Mental Health Crisis (PDF) Post Views: 29
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Easy Read: Urgent Suspected Cancer Referral (USC)
Easy Read: Urgent Suspected Cancer Referral (USC) This is an easy read guide about Urgent Suspected Cancer Referrals. An urgent suspected cancer referral means your GP wants you to go to the hospital quickly. It does not always mean you have cancer. It was made by the Northern Cancer Alliance and can be downloaded or…
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Easy read: Blood in Your Pee? Tell a Doctor
Easy read: Blood in Your Pee? Tell a Doctor This is an easy read guide about what to do if you have blood in your pee. It might not be anything serious, but there is a chance that it could be a sign of bladder or kidney cancer. The guide was made by Prostate Cancer…
Keyword search
Lastly, of course, you can still use the keyword search option. Like the news posts, the search will look through titles, headings and content to bring you relevant results.
Our Team
When we surveyed patients as part of building our new sites, a lot of people said they wanted to get to know the staff team a bit better.
The Our People page is home to staff profiles. Here you can see our practice and network teams, and find out more about their roles and how they help patients.
You can use the Job Role filter to find everyone in the same position or the Specialisms filter to see what your clinical team are experts in.
Here are some of the most recent updates on our staff pages.
What do you think?
Our websites aim to do what patients told us they wanted and to help our practice and network teams.
Why not take our quick survey and let us know how we’re doing?