PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLETS
19.07.2023 Understanding Menopause
Please click on the link below to download an Understanding Menopause leaflet, an essential guide to navigating menopause successfully and a symptom checker.
Understanding Menopause support booklet
13.02.2022 Over the Counter medication
Please click on the links below to find information on conditions that are classed as Self-care and where treatment can be bought easily over the pharmacy counter
Over the counter easy-read leaflet
18.02.22 - Health and Wellbeing support
Please click on the link below for further information on the resouces and support, for your health and wellbeing, including winter and Covid-19, which is easy to access at any time throughout the year.
Click here for information about support available
15.02.22 - ORCHA health and well being apps library is now live!
The NHS Digital Team have been working with ORCHA to develop and launch Somerset’s new, publicly available health and wellbeing apps library. There are over 375,000 health and care apps available in unregulated app stores with no clear indication or guarantee of how clinically effective they are. This website will support the public and the workforce in using and promoting approved apps.
This is an NHS England endorsed project, and we are the first CCG to be going live and will be working across the whole of the ICS, including the voluntary sector to share this one solution that will help empower the public to support their own health and wellbeing. There are apps for everyone, from children to adults, at all stages of the health journey, whether informational, preventative or to support someone on a waiting list, with a long-term condition or post-discharge.
Access the ORCHA Apps library by clicking here
28.01.22 - Patient Resource information
Please click on the links below to view contact and website information on that subject:
Advice, guidance and support for families, children and young people
Gender and identity and sexuality
Housing, Finances and budgeting
Level 2 community provision - further early help support services
Mental health - Adults, young people and children
Pregnancy, ante and post-natal support
SEND (Special Educational Needs) services
There's also range of Patient Information Leaflets available in the Surgery waiting area.
12.03.21 - Have you been asked to provide a mid-stream urine sample (MSU)?
Please click on this link for information on how to correctly provide an MSU
Guidance on how to take a mid stream urine sample
13.01.21 - Have you been asked to collect a Pulse Oximeter by your Doctor?
There is a short video on YouTube which gives you guidance and information on using your Oximeter. Please click on the link below to view it.
View the Pulse Oximeter video on YouTube - this opens a new window
28.08.20 - Home Blood pressure readings form
Access a form to record your home blood pressure readings (opens new window)
Once you have opened the spreadsheet you will need to ensure you click once on 'Enable editing' that you will see in yellow at the top of the spreadsheet.
19.05.20
Please click on the link to view Health Connectons Mendip advice and guidance to look after your mental health.
Mental health advice and guidance document
Click on the link below to view the Health Connections Mendip website:
Health Connections website for more information (opens new window)
13.05.20
Have you been asked by your doctor or nurse to send in some photo's for them to review? Please see the guide to taking the best photo here >> Advice for taking photo's for your Doctor or Nurse
