- Bank Holiday – Monday 27th May 2024
- Upcoming Practice Closures – PLT events
- Declaration of average earningsPRIMROSE BANK MEDICAL CENTREThe mean earnings for GPs working in Primrose Bank Medical Centre in the financial yearended 31st March 2023 was £97,540 before deduction of employee’s superannuationcontributions, tax and National Insurance. This is the average pay for the 2 full-time GPs, 2part-time GPs and 2 Locum GPs who worked in the practice for more… Read more: Declaration of average earnings
- Think Pharmacy First – Insect Bite
- Think Pharmacy First – UTI
- Think Pharmacy First – Earache
- Cost of Living Support
- National Diabetes Experience Survey 2023
- Talking Therapies
- Winter Campaign: Prevention, Signposting & Self CareLSC Integrated Care Board :: Your local services (icb.nhs.uk) LSC Integrated Care Board :: Help spread the word (icb.nhs.uk) Think Prevention: Stay well by getting your winter vaccinations, stocking your medicine cabinet, learning how to manage any long-term conditions and following advice on how to avoid falls. Think Signposting: Make sure you choose the right service at… Read more: Winter Campaign: Prevention, Signposting & Self Care
- Meet our Team
- NHS APPPrimrose Bank & Ewood Medical Centre supporting NHS APP. Please download NHS APP and you can request your repeat prescription, book appointments, cancel appointments, view your medical records and send practice non urgent messages. What you can do with the NHS App You need to prove who you are to get full access to the NHS App.… Read more: NHS APP
- Face-to-Face or Telephone Appointment? It’s your choiceAt Primrose Bank and Ewood Medical Centre, we are offering patients both face-to-face appointments and telephone appointments. You can choose which appointment you would prefer and which appointment would be most convenient for you.
- Dr Rautray is Retiring
- Recipe 4 Health
- Moving on AsthmaHere’s a fantastic site for young people living with Asthma Home – Moving on Asthma
- Wellbeing for Women
- Average EarningsPRIMROSE BANK MEDICAL CENTREAverage earnings calculation for the year ended 31st March 2022 All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice.The mean earnings for GPs working in Primrose Bank Medical Centre in the financial year ended 31st March 2022 was £97,304… Read more: Average Earnings
- NHS AppNHS App and your NHS account – NHS (www.nhs.uk) Getting started with your NHS account – NHS account help and support – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- RESOLVE Weight Loss Programme
- Online Smear Appointments
- BwD Stop Smoking Service Public Health & Active LancashireQuit Talk – Drop InDo you or someone you know want to quit smoking?Wednesday – Quit talk Drop-in10am-1pm – Fortnightly Starting 25.5.22Albion Mill Community Hub, Albion St, Blackburn. BB2 4LXThursday – Quit talk Drop-in10am-12pm – Every 4th Thursday Starting 26.5.22Blackburn with Darwen Central Library, Town Hall St, Blackburn.BB2 1AG STOP SMOKING SERVICEThe stop smoking service… Read more: BwD Stop Smoking Service Public Health & Active Lancashire
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation TeamPulmonary Rehabilitation Team :: Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (lscft.nhs.uk)
- Social Prescribing
- Patient Online Access and Prospective Record Viewing switch onThe NHS wants to give people better ways to see their personal health information online. We know that people want to be able to access their health records. It can help you see test results faster. It also lets you read and review notes from your appointments in your own time. From 1st November 2022,… Read more: Patient Online Access and Prospective Record Viewing switch on
- BwD Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Event
- Zero Tolerance Statement
- IMO Employability Lab 2022The project criteria requirements are as follows: Participants need to be aged 16 to 24 They need to be unemployed They need to live in Blackburn with Darwen or in Lancashire
- Patient Participation GroupWould you like an insight into the challenges we have and that the staff face, and work with us to start solving some of the problems? Are you interested in helping us to promote positivity, share what we have been changing in the practice? Primrose Bank and Ewood Medical Centre is keen to set up… Read more: Patient Participation Group
- Helping us to help youWe recognise that it has been a difficult time in the health service, for both patients and for the practice, and we wanted to acknowledge your frustrations and assure you that we understand and are trying to make things better. We recognise the important part the practice and we as GPs play in the lives… Read more: Helping us to help you
- Blackburn with Darwen Carers ServiceWhats on at the Carers Service May 22.pdf (xlcsu.nhs.uk)
- 2021 Flu Vaccine – EGG Allergy and Gelatine InformationOver 65 flu Vaccination Information (aQIV Adjusted Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine) This vaccination DOES contain traces of egg, it does NOT contain any gelatine. Under 65 flu vaccination information (QIVc Influenza Vaccine ) This vaccine does NOT contain any traces of egg, it does NOT contain any gelatine. Childrens Nasal Flu Information (Fluenz Tetra) It is used in children and adolescents 24 months to… Read more: 2021 Flu Vaccine – EGG Allergy and Gelatine Information
- A Little Note But A Great Boost For All Of Us
- Be Kind
- Travel Vaccinations
- Face Masks
- Ewood 6pm Closure
- Shingles AwareClick here to access the Shingles Aware website, which is designed to provide members of the public with educational information about shingles and the national immunisation programme.
- BwD Help Hub
- Home Care is Best
- Young People’s Mental Health
- Breast Screening
- Electronic Repeat Dispensing
- Missed AppointmentsWe are, again, having an increase in missed appointments, for both GP & Nurse. This has a big impact on Patients not being able to obtain in a timely manner. PLEASE PLEASE cancel any appointment, in advance, if you no longer require it. We have a new text messaging service, which you can now text back… Read more: Missed Appointments
- Weekend appointments for Cervical Screening and Asthma ReviewsWe now offer weekend appointments for Cervical Screening or Asthma Annual Reviews. These are held at Barbara Castle Way on Saturdays and Sundays from 9am – 2 pm. If you would like to book an appointment please contact the Receptionists at Primrose Bank and they will be able to book the appointment for you. (Appointments… Read more: Weekend appointments for Cervical Screening and Asthma Reviews
- Dementia Awareness CampaignWorried someone close to you is losing their memory? Many people suffer from memory loss as they get older. But if it starts to happen on a regular basis, it could be the early signs of dementia. What should I look for? Dementia is not a single illness but a group of symptoms caused by… Read more: Dementia Awareness Campaign