Struggling with eczema or dry skin? Have changing temperatures resulted in increased irritations? On Thursday's show, Dr Ranj will have plenty of advice to help people keep on top of their symptoms, so if you have any questions, reply below 👇 or email [email protected] 📩

Sometimes it may be difficult to open up to friends and family, that’s why there a number of support systems which you can call any time of the day, any day of the year: - NHS 24 Mental Health Hub on 111 - Samaritans on 116 123 or email [email protected] #MensMentalHealthmonth

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So delighted to welcome Royal College of General Practitioners President Clare Gerada to Riverside today, to meet the team and discuss things we could consider to help improve access. Thank you Clare for visiting us!

Over 65 and unable to attend the appointment offered by letter for your Winter Vaccination (Flu/Covid booster)? Why don't you drop into one of this week's drop-in clinics in Tranent? Prefer an appointment or need more info? Visit NHS Inform for more info. tinyurl.com/2p87um9d

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If you have symptoms of #Diabetes, you should visit your GP as soon as possible. For more info on symptoms, diagnosis and treatments visit:📌nhs24.info/diabetes Diabetes UK has lots of great advice and information including on #WorldDiabetesDay:📌diabetes.org.uk/get_involved/w…

Our IT system is running very slowly today, bringing significant challenges for the day-to-day working of the Practice. Wait time on the phone is currently very long, due to this. NHS Lothian & Vision IT have been informed & asked to find solutions to this long-running issue.

Interesting article which brings home the challenges that patients are facing right across Scotland in contacting & seeing their GP, despite GPs working 'as hard as possible'. Thank you Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh for highlighting the situation at your Practice.

🗣️🩺"We cannot allow things to get any worse – it will be catastrophic for the system if they do." General practice in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is buckling under the pressures of increasing demands and rising vacancies - you can read more below 👇 🧵 bma.org.uk/bma-media-cent…

On tonight's STV News at Six: GPs under pressure. BMA Scotland say doctors are facing severe staff shortages and a huge increase in patient demand, with a warning from one senior GP that some practices are having to close "in record numbers" as they buckle under the strain.

If you have a minor illness, a pharmacy is the first place you should go for advice 💊 Pharmacy teams are experts in medicines & can provide help and advice quickly without an appointment. For more information, check out the Right Care Right Place webpage: weare.nhslothian.scot/rightcare/

News here of the recent BMA Scotland survey of General Practices - big recruitment gaps across the country. We're grateful & fortunate to have a full team of GPs & other healthcare professionals at Riverside, although we know our patients still need more - x.com/pulsetoday/sta…

We've made some small adjustments to our phone system, in line with patient feedback, to make the messages you hear when you call us simpler and clearer. More to come soon hopefully.

📢Our new HRT 'review and re-order' form is now live. This is part of a Improvement Hub pilot project, to test if we can improve access to medication reviews (for certain type of meds) via use of online review forms - bit.ly/3GEpSNQ