Chronic disease reviews
Recalls are back to how they were before pandemic. You will receive a letter to make an appointment with the practice nurse. If you wish to have a telephone review instead of a face to face one, please let reception staff know when you are making the appointment.
Asthma
Please have your inhalers, peak flow meter, aero chamber and self-management plan to hand. Please find a self-management plan if you don’t have one. You may find the following website useful https://www.asthma.org.uk/.
COPD
Please have your inhalers, aero chamber, self-management plan, SATS probe or pulse oximeter (if you have one) to hand. Please find a self-management plan if you don’t have one. If you have the My COPD app please use this or discuss this with the nurse during your review. More information is available here – https://mymhealth.com/mycopd.
Diabetic Reviews
You will be receive a letter asking you to attend for a diabetic review with the practice nurse.
If you have registered for Diabetes My Way, this is an excellent way for you to manage your diabetes. The website is – https://www.mydiabetesmyway.scot.nhs.uk/#gsc.tab=0. Please consider registering for this if you have not already done so.
If you have Type 2 diabetes, you may find this leaflet useful.
Medicine sick day guidelines for Type 2 diabetics – leaflet available here
Blood Pressure Reviews
We would encourage you to purchase a BP monitor (one that goes on your arm and not your wrist). These are not expensive and it enables you to keep an eye on your blood pressure. How to use your blood pressure monitor is available below.
You can take your readings and add them to the form below and send in to the practice by email –
[email protected] or post this to us so that the nurses can review the readings and add to your record. Once this has been received, the practice nurse will contact you to discuss the results. The British Heart Foundation is a useful website for information – https://www.bhf.org.uk/.
If you have not had your blood pressure taken in the practice within the last year, we would encourage you to measure this at home and submit a reading via the email address above as soon as possible so we can keep your records up to date.