Linden Medical Centre, 25 Floors Street, Johnstone, PA5 8PZ
Telephone: 01505 321733
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Due to issues with the mjog system which are affecting practices throughout the Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board, can patients who have been asked to email us by a doctor or nurse at the practice email GG-UHB.GP87305Clinical@nhs.net
This email is not monitored, and must only be used if requested by a GP.
Please see below for information on:
Contraceptive Services
Macmillan Telephone Buddies
Practice Nurse Advice
COVID -19
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
We are all being advised only to travel when necessary – for work, shopping or to attend pre-booked medical appointments / collect medicines. If you are using public transport for this please read the following guidance from the Scottish government:
If you are in one of the medical categories that recommend not wearing mask, it is not necessary for you to get a note from your GP.
FACE MASKS
Face coverings are now mandatory on public transport and highly recommended to be worn in closed environments such as shops. The following link shows how to correctly wear a mask, and provides guidance on how to make one yourself.
https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/47684/how-to-wear-and-make-a-cloth-face-covering.pdf
LIVE ACTION
Scottish and UK Governments suggested physical activity as one of four essential reasons to be able to leave the house during the COVID 19 Pandemic. See below for more information.
Live Active HP communication June 2020
Contraceptive Services
https://www.sayanaanswers.co.uk/home
https://www.sayanaanswers.co.uk/guide-to-self-injection
http://www.injectsayanapress.org/
MacMillan Telephone Buddies
Macmillan Telephone Buddies is a new UK wide telephone befriending service, set up by Macmillan response to the coronavirus pandemic. Anyone affected by cancer can receive a regular telephone – for a period of up to 12 weeks – from a trained volunteer buddy who can be there to provide a listening ear and support your patients and their families who may be experiencing isolation and loneliness. Please see below for further information.
Telephone Buddies – English Version
Kindness Partners – Information for Frontline Teams_ (002)
Practice Nurse Advice
Diabetes UK: http://www.diabetes.org.uk
Asthma UK: http://www.asthma.org.uk
British Lung Foundation: http://www.blf.org.uk
British Heart Foundation: http://www.bhf.org.uk