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How does PATCHS work?

PATCHS is an online consultation service that allows you to access GP services quickly and easily.

Register for the service Click here 

Alwoodley Medical Centre have launched our new repeat prescription and online GP consultation service, PATCHS, which allows you to request help from your mobile phone without needing to book an appointment. To submit a request Click Here

What should I use PATCHS for?

Anything non-urgent that you need to ask your GP:

• GP consultations (New health problem or ongoing health problem)
• Fit/sick note requests (Admin request)
• Repeat Medications and prescriptions (Medication request)
• Health advice or anything else (Other)

PATCHS is a way to access your GP practice online but like all appointments there are a limited number per day and once the limit for GP requests for appointments has been reached the GP will close PATCHS for the day. You can however still submit medication requests and admin requests.

Once these appointments are filled PATCHS will be closed until the next day. To find out more please click here.

Please consider bringing your empty inhalers back to pharmacy so they can be disposed of safely!

Many inhalers contain gases called propellants which help the medicine in the inhaler to be delivered to your lungs. These are not harmful to you, but they are potent greenhouse gases. This is why 3-4% of the whole NHS carbon footprint comes from inhalers.

It’s important to return your inhalers to pharmacies so that they can be disposed of properly, by breaking down the propellant gases into less harmful ones. Some pharmacies will be able to recycle the other materials in the inhaler, too.

Binning inhalers with your regular household waste means the propellant gases end up released into the atmosphere, so please consider bringing them to a pharmacy if you can.

For more information, take a look at: www.greeninhaler.org

All patients with booked appointments at Alwoodley Medical centre, should still attend their appointments unless contacted and told otherwise.

If you have been referred for an x-ray by your GP, Leeds Teaching Hospitals radiology department has a walk in service for adult patients (aged 16 and over). Please see the links below for more information

Walk in Service for X-ray leaflet

Details of the departments offering the service and times you can attend

IF YOU WANT TO AVOID WAITING IN A QUEUE
WHY NOT BOOK YOUR GP APPOINTMENT ONLINE

GP APPOINTMENTS ARE RELEASED DAILY AT 8AM
FACE TO FACE AND TELEPHONE APPOINTMENTS 
ARE AVAILABLE TO BOOK

YOU CAN BOOK THESE APPOINTMENTS USING
YOUR NHS APP OR PATIENT ACCESS APP
TALK TO OUR STAFF IF YOU NEED SUPPORT

Please see updated details regarding the extended access service

Having diabetes increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, eye disease and kidney disease. Regular checks can reduce the risk of any of these complications.

We are therefore excited that a new service at the practice will allow patients with diabetes to test their kidney function from home

This test looks at the urinary albumin:creatinine ratio (ACR). The ACR test checks the kidney function by looking for particles of protein in the urine called albumin. If there is albumin in the urine, this means there is an increased risk of kidney disease and heart disease. If this is picked up at an early stage, there is medication that will reduce the risk of any complications

To help perform this test, we are working with a company called Healthy.io, who provide a urine ACR kit and app that allows people to do the test at home. The test is easy to do and only requires a smartphone and a kit that will be sent out to patients.

Healthy.io will be contacting patients in the next few weeks to send out the kit. To find out more about kidney disease or the test, see here: http://bit.ly/testACR

For further information, see our privacy notice:

Please also see a you tube video here - https://youtu.be/3Ju-9HfvdV4

The NHS in Leeds has teamed up with the Leeds Local Optical Committee to launch a new service called CUES, which stands for Covid-19 Urgent Eyecare Service. Access the service by calling NHS111.

CUES is free to access and is for all patients. The service will predominately be delivered over the phone or a video consultation. However, depending on the severity of the individuals eye problem they may need to be seen face to face by a clinician, this could be in the community or at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. 

Find out how the service will be delivered by watching this short video clip from Paul Appleson, an optometrist in Leeds https://youtu.be/x0SBOhDhlm4

Patient leaflet