The Mirin Medical Practice

NHS have now produced a new online calculator to check if you are eligible this year for the shingles vaccination. This is only for those who have not previously had the shingles vaccine.

This indicates eligibility based on age only. Individuals deemed not eligible due to their age may still be eligible due to severe immunosuppression/severely weakened immune system.

The health board are currently appointing those who are eligible due to age and if you are immunosuppressed – those who are will get a letter.

To check age calculator click this link or for further information please click here

We know that many musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions benefit from good self-care and self-management. Follow the link below for handy information, videos and leaflets that you may find helpful. There is advice tailored to different parts of the body. You can use this information independently or after receiving a diagnosis from a health professional. Please note that all the resources on this site are aimed at individuals aged 14 and over.

MSK Physiotherapy how to help yourself

This includes an online link to the self referral for this can be done online here or you can access and print the form which can be sent via the GP surgery.

You can follow this link to the NHS GGC website with plenty of helpful tips on accessing physiotherapy.

If you are newly pregnant you no longer need to speak to the doctor first, you can book online for your first midwife appointment.

Anyone requiring antenatal services is being asked to visit www.nhsggc.scot/meetyourmidwife.  This will link you to complete a simple online form, and you will receive your first appointment with a midwife via post.

Previously women would need to call the Central Booking Office phone line to register which is 0141 232 4005 – this line will remain active for now.

To complete this form you will also need to make sure your full name and address match what we have here on the surgery system otherwise it may not link up.

There is also a number to call to speak with maternity to discuss your options 0141 211 8620. This is available Monday-Friday 8.30 – 4.30.

Are you looking after someone?

If you are an unpaid carer, you’re entitled to certain rights which may help you access services, look after your health and wellbeing or could provide vital information and support in looking after your partner, family member or friend. Find out what financial, practical and emotional support Renfrewshire carers can offer to unpaid carers. To find out more: www.renfrewshirecarers.org.uk or call 0141 887 3643

Various treatments and appointments previously seen at the surgery are now done in the community at a ‘treatment room’.

These include appointments for:

• dressings / wound management
• removal of sutures / clips
• injections – B12, prostap & zoladex
• male and female catheter – suprapubic
• Ear syringing (This is new and may be a waiting list at first)

There are various locations of treatment rooms around Renfrewshire these include: Glenburn Health Centre, Renfrew Health Centre, Back Sneddon Street, Northcroft (Tues/Thurs), Tannahill Centre, Johnstone Health Centre and Linwood Health Centre.

It has came to our attention that patients are unaware of what the best thing to do when you have no medication and you are away from home. This includes if you are in Scotland or England and you have ran out of medication or forgot to take this away with you.

Patients should in the first instance approach a GP practice local to where they are staying and ask to register as a ‘temporary’ patient and they will be able to get a prescription processed for you. If you are staying with family or friends it is best to approach the surgery they are registered with.

Thank you

If you use NHS hearing aids, Renfrewshire Hard of Hearing Group can help service and maintain them

This service is free of charge

New batteries supplied and fitted

New tubing fitted free

Hearing Aid advice and information

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LOCATIONS BELOW:

RENFREW LIBRARY

First Friday of each month

10 am until 12 noon

JOHNSTONE LIBRARY

First Wednesday of each month

10 am until 12 noon

BRIDGE OF WEIR COMMUNITY CAFE

Fourth Friday of each month

11 am until 12 45 pm

ERSKINE LIBRARY

Last Friday of each month

10 am until 12 noon

NOTE WE CANNOT CHANGE TUBING TO OPEN FIT HEARING AIDS

(Thin wire with bulb in the ear)

In Scotland, most health care is provided by the National Health Service (NHS).
› If you are coming to Scotland on holiday or to visit friends or relatives, you
may have to pay for any health care you need while you are here and
should get travel insurance with medical cover before your trip.
› This factsheet tells you about the health care you may be able to get free from
the NHS if you become ill or have an accident.
› This factsheet has been updated since the UK left the European Union

Click Link below for the information

NHS Inform Overseas Visitors

There is now a new self-management app availabe to the public. This resource is intended to provide good, quality, validated and clinically effective self-management materials by acting as a curated library of trustworthy and reliable resources, offering not only information about common mental health symptoms and conditions but also materials to help people manage them.

The vision is to make this a ‘library’ that meets the needs of the population and the place to go to for reliable mental health information.

Please have a look at MyApp: My Mental Health (hosted by NHS Scotland Right Decision System). Information on this includes topics such as: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, stress, sleep problems and help for carers as well as children and young people.

Website available by clicking here.

A free service providing support for a range of mental health problems.
Patients can phone 0141 404 7788 or email at enquiries@ramh.org

Thank you