On this page you can find some of the resources and services we offer, as well as being able to learn more about the partners we collaborate with.

• Community
• Clinical Commissioning Group
• Integrated Care Team

• Useful links / resources
• Ear Syringing
• Common illnesses
• LiveWell Dorset
• Long term condition reviews
• Self management coach
• Unwell children
• 5 ways to wellbeing
• Poole Pantry

• District Nurses & Health Visitors
• e-Referrals
• Local Services & Activities
• Mental Health
• Midwives
• Musculoskeletal (MSK) Practitioner Service
• Worried about losing your home?
• Cancer information and support
  If you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with cancer, please see the links below for support available to you.
  - Macmillan
  - Cancer Care Map

In July our GP's saw 1788 patients in face-to-face appointments

We had a total of 483 patients NOT attending their booked appointments

176 of those non-attenders were for GP appointments

This means that nearly 10% of our Face-to-face GP appointments were wasted.

It is important to let us know if you can not attend your appointments

What is Hep C

• Hepatitis C, or Hep C, is a virus spread through exposure to infected blood.

• Hep C most commonly affects the liver and can cause serious damage without you knowing – 50 per cent of people living with Hep C don’t know they have it.

• If left untreated, Hep C may cause potentially life-threatening damage to the liver and may also have adverse effects on the digestive system, lymphatic system, immune system and brain.

Are you at risk?

Are you or your client/patient at risk? Hepatitis C is usually spread through blood-to-blood contact.

Risks for contracting the virus include:

• Having a blood transfusion or organ transplant before 1992

• Using recreational drugs that involve needles or straws

• Having medical, dental or cosmetic procedures (including vaccination) using unsterilised equipment

• Using unsterilized tattoo or piercing equipment

• Sharing personal items such as razors or toothbrushes

• Engaging in sexual contact with a person infected with Hep C

• Having spent time in South Asia and particularly India, Pakistan and Bangladesh 

Take the Hepatitis Trust quiz to find out if you are at risk of infection http://hepctrust.org.uk/quiz  

Testing and Treatment

• Don’t be misinformed, Hep C treatment has changed a lot over the years.

• A simple finger prick test will tell you if you have it and treatment is usually a course of tablets between 8 to 16 weeks long with very few side effects.

• Testing has never been easier so why wait?

• Take action, get tested, get treated, get cured.

• For more information or to book a simple test contact 07557 587 512 or email the Liver Nursing Team on Liver.NursingTeam@uhd.nhs.uk/