Tuesday 23 July 2024
Friday 26 January 2024
NHS App News
Waiting list information in the NHS App
From 30 January 2024, the NHS App will show patients in England an estimated waiting time for their hospital treatment at the NHS acute trust they’ve been referred to.
Digital prescriptions in the NHS App
From 30 January 2024, patients in England can use the NHS App to view all their prescription details, order repeat prescriptions and generate a bar-code that can be shown to a pharmacy for collection without a paper prescription from their GP.
You can use
our promotional
materials to encourage your patients to use this new NHS App feature,
along with the current order
a repeat prescription service.
Thursday 25 January 2024
Thursday 28 December 2023
HM Armed Forces Veterans Update
Aspen Medical Practice has made good progress with veterans coding and need to ensure the opportunity is available for all veterans who are registered patients at the Medical Practice.
Why are veterans treated
as a special group?
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Service in the
Armed Forces is different from other occupations.
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They Relinquish
some of their own civil liberties and put themselves in harm’s way to protect
others during operational and peace keeping tours.
• Risk of serious injury (for example loss of limbs,
eyes, or other body parts) is substantially increased.
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Other differences
in military lifestyle
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Mobile lifestyle
from posting to posting along with lack of stability and roots.
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Living abroad and
far from family support
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Separation from
loved ones due to unaccompanied tours.
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Broken links with
extended family.
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More likely to
smoke or have smoked.
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More than half
(52%) of veterans have a long-term illness, disability, or infirmity, which is
higher than general adult population (35%).
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Rates of PTSD in
those who have seen conflict are significantly higher than in the general
population and symptoms may not emerge for many years.
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On leaving the
forces veterans often miss structure, support and friendship that being in the
forces provides.
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Reliance on both
formal and informal military structures and systems – could be a major barrier
in the transition to civilian life.
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Transition to
life outside the military likely to be stressful and in some cases experience
marriage break up and homelessness through eviction or financial pressures.
If you are a veteran, ask reception to record you as a Veteran on your clinical record. This will help identify you if you are admitted into the Acute or Community Services within Gloucestershire. If you want more details please contact the PPG Chair who is a veteran and one of the leads in the county for Armed Forces Veterans.
Veterans Widows/Widower/Civil Partner Benefits
Widows/widowers or partners whose husband/wife or civil partner
served and would have been entitled to a preserved pension, but was under 60
when they passed away, they should apply to Veterans UK as they may be entitled
to a gratuity, though it is not a pension.
Tuesday 2 May 2023
Aspen 'WalkTalkWalk'
Would you welcome the chance for a gentle walk and the opportunity to meet and chat with other walkers in the groups? Come and join the Aspen ‘WalkTalkWalk’ Group, run by members of the Aspen Patient Participation Group (PPG)
Details of walks can be found here For more information please e-mail Gill and Sandra aspenppg@gmail.com
Tuesday 7 March 2023
Carers Information
Please find attached March What's On which is also now live on the website to view visit: What's On March 2023 - Gloucestershire Carers Hub
Carers Week and Active April 2023
We are continuing to plan our activities and events in 2023 which will include Active April and Carers Week in June.
If you or your organisation would like to be involved in the planning of either of these events, please contact us by emailing bookings@peopleplus.co.uk
In Carers Week, we are looking at running pop ups around the county to raise awareness of Carers within communities, the more support we have from organisations the better and we would love for some of you to join us at these pop ups.
Carers Week Event Booking
On Thursday, 8th June 2023 we will be running an event at the Pavilion, Cheltenham. We are taking bookings for stands at this event from the voluntary, statutory, and non-profit organisations.
This is a great opportunity for networking as well as promoting your services directly to the unpaid Carers in Gloucestershire.
If
you would like to attend and have a stand, please email bookings@peopleplus.co.uk .
Friday 9 December 2022
NHS App Video Guides
Since the move to the new Electronic Patient Record in Aspen, patients have been experiencing problems with online services. The practice has updated the information on their Practice IT System Change and Online Access news article.
Click here to read more information.
Following the system migration patients are no longer able to log in to online services using the EMIS Patient Access Log in. Logins via the NHS app are unaffected. These are some short video guides to help you download and set up the NHS App.
Why I use the NHS App | NHS Digital
NHS App - NHS Login without using Photo ID
NHS App - NHS Login Using Photo ID
Register with the NHS app: Quick guide
Wednesday 9 November 2022
⚠️ IMPORTANT ⚠️ Aspen Medical Practice IT System Change
Aspen medical practice will be changing their clinical system provider from EMIS to TPP SystmOne between 11th-29th November 2022. Why are we moving? the system will give us more functionality with providing GP clinical services and also integrates with community services who use SystmOne.
SystmOne will allow for communication with patients, enabling healthcare professionals to send text messages or emails to those who are due to receive vaccinations. Clinicians can also use the Airmid or NHS App, through which notifications can be delivered directly to a patient’s phone. To download Airmid see the video below
Clinicians can access a patient’s existing record if they are already registered on SystmOne, enabling them to retrieve and record pre-existing data without having to start the process from scratch. For those patients who are not currently registered on SystmOne, users have access to PDS and GP Connect functionality, meaning a patient’s demographics can be retrieved from other systems, further speeding up the registration process. If a patient is already registered on SystmOne, all data from the process is recorded directly into their existing electronic health record, rather than just the basic vaccination details. This ensures their contact with health services in the future is well-informed.
There will be some disruption, however, as we move systems, we will do our upmost to ensure we keep disruption to a minimum.
Please visit https://www.aspenmedicalpractice.nhs.uk/practice_news/practice-it-system-change/ for more information.
Monday 26 September 2022
Aspen "WalkTalkWalk" Group BBC Gloucestershire Making A Difference Awards
Big Congratulations to Gill and Sandra for being highly commended at the BBC Gloucestershire Making A Difference Awards at Cheltenham Race Course on Saturday 24th September 2022. Gill and Sandra have been instrumental and the driving force behind the Aspen "WalkTalkWalk" group and listening to some of the members who attend, you can certainly see the benefits this group is having on patients. Many congratulations Gill and Sandra!
Sunday 31 July 2022
Aspen PPG says Farewell to Fred Wood
It was great to see Fred attend the PPG AGM on Friday, which gave us the opportunity to say thank you and farewell. Fred has been involved with the work streams and led the Armed Forces Veterans group. Unfortunately due to personal reasons Fred has decided to step down but will continue to support the PPG in the background. Fred is a big driver of the veterans group and has provided us with his expertise in this area. Our biggest drive has been the clinical coding of veterans that provide additional benefits to registered veterans at the practice who need specific pathways such as Op Courage or orthopaedic care. Fred is a veteran himself and has experienced veterans support when admitted to hospital, where they noticed his status on his record and asked if he needed any assistance from the hospitals veteran champion. The PPG has a few veterans on the group and will continue where Fred left off, supporting the veterans work and the practice as a Veterans accredited practice. We wish Fred all the best and good health in the future.
Monday 18 July 2022
Aspen PPG - Annual General Meeting July 2022
Meeting Details:
PPG Members In person Meeting at Aspen Medical Centre or Join MS Teams
Link in the Meeting Request
Patients who wish to dial in, can do so using the details below
Join on your computer or mobile app: Click here to join the meeting
Or join by entering a meeting ID: Meeting
ID: 341 781 404 19 | Passcode: Ao7RJq
Or call in (audio only)
+44
20 3321 5208,180425920# United Kingdom, London
Phone Conference ID: 180 425 920#
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Please find attached March What's On which is also now live on the website to view visit: What's On March 2023 - Gloucestershire...
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This is a brief summary from the Countywide PPG Network meeting that includes links to the items discussed and showcased at the meeting. ...