Dispensary Supervisor Vacancy

There is a vacancy for a full-time dispensary supervisor.

Click here for a job description. Please email your CV's to our

Reception Manager G.McMullen@nhs.net.

RESEARCH FACILITATOR

This post is fixed term until 31st March 2013.  Hadrian Primary Care Alliance (HPCA) is a federation of primary care medical practices in West Northumberland working collaboratively to support primary care team and health care professionals in and around Tynedale.

Research has been developed into a core activity within HPCA practices. In recent years we have been successful in delivering NIHR Portfolio studies and developing own own research ideas.

A vacancy has arisen for a new Research Facilitator working within HPCA alongside the lead research GP to support our research activities.

For more information please contact Gillian Johnson, Research and Development Manager Gillian.Johnson@newcastle-pct.nhs.uk

Patient Representative Group Meeting

The Patient Representative Group had its first meeting on 12th January.  Thank you to those who were able to come and join in the very focussed and informative discussion.

We have agreed the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire and hope that those of you who are given the questionnaire to complete in the next few weeks will do so, as we need your feedback.

We would like more of you to join in our Virtual Patient Representative Group. This does not involved attending meetings but allows us to send you online questionnaires when we are seeking patient opinions. If you would like to join please click on the link in the article JOIN OUR GROUP below.

Good News for NHS Patients North Of Tyne

Good News for NHS patients North of Tyne who have had breast implants. 

The Northumbria Hospitals and Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Trust have confirmed that they have not used any PIP gel breast implants.  This means that if you had a breast implant operation on the NHS North of Tyne you do not need to be concerned about your implant.

Changes to our online prescription ordering service

You can now book an appointment or order a repeat prescription online. In order to use this service you will need to register so that you can be given a password.

Registration forms and information leaflets explaining the process are available from reception. Please note you will also need to provide photographic ID (eg Passport/Driving licence)

We are setting up an online patient Reference Group (PRG) to allow us to consult our patients on a regular basis about the service we provide. It is important that we seek the views of the widest range of our patients as possible.

If you join the group, we will send you emails to seek your opinion or ask you to complete short online surveys from time to time. Answering these will take no more than a five minutes of your time per month but the information we gather will help us to formulate our plans for the practice. You can sign up for the group online or by completing a short paper form.

Click here to sign up online or to download the sign-up form.