_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
24 Hour Emergency Contraception Scheme
Tel: 0121 236 6626
24 Hour Emergency Contraception Scheme
Tel: 0121 236 6626
This is a 24-hour confidential service open to all age groups. The service offers immediate access to emergency contraception and advice on request from a doctor or a nurse.
You can also now contact your local pharmacy for free contraception, including the morning-after pill.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
getUBetter app – to support you to self-manage all common muscle or joint conditions
Working in partnership with the NHS, getUBetter – getUBetter App designed to provide you with the knowledge, confidence, and skills to self-manage all common muscle or joint conditions. It is designed to be used alongside the health system and therefore will signpost you back into the system if you need additional review.
It is suitable for 80% of muscle or joint conditions, which includes new, ongoing or returning muscle or joint conditions. If you are already on a waiting list for treatment, it can support you while you are waiting.
The app covers a range of musculoskeletal injuries, these include:
· Back
· Back & leg
· Neck
· Shoulder
· Elbow
· Wrist
· Hand
· Hip
· Knee
· Ankle
· Foot
· Lower limb tendinopathy
· Upper limb tendinopathy
· Sprains and strains
What will I get?
· Instant and 24/7 support
· Easy-to-follow exercises
· Support to recover, live, and work well
· Help when waiting
· Advice on when to seek help
· Approved by your clinicians
· Access to local treatments and services
· Support before and after surgery
What are the next steps?
1. Download the getUBetter app: Download here getUBetter – getUBetter App or, to use with a computer/laptop, go to www.getubetter.com
2. Create your account: Enter your postcode, select your GP practice, and enter your details to create your account.
3. Choose your condition: Select your condition and follow your personalised and targeted recovery pathway.
What languages are available?
Users of the app can turn any text into audio in the following languages:
· Arabic
· Bangla
· English
· Farsi
· Gujarati
· Polish
· Portuguese
· Punjabi
· Romanian
· Somali
· Spanish
· Ukrainian
· Urdu
· Welsh
If you need support
· If you need help with the app or getting started, find more information on the getUBetter website or get in touch with one of our team: contact@getubetter.com
· If you do not have access to the internet or have a smartphone, then your GP Practice can print you a page of exercises to follow for the body part you are experiencing pain with.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Birmingham Carer’s Hub
Are you a carer? Do you care for a family member or friend? Birmingham Carers Hub offer a wide range of support and services to carers in Birmingham; and you can find out what support is available to you during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Visit: www.birminghamcarershub.org.uk to register or call 0333 006 9711.
Birmingham Carers Hub offers a wide range of support and services to carers in Birmingham. You can access information and advice, statutory carers assessments, wellbeing assessments, support groups, keeping up to date with e-news or finding out more about how to get some ‘me time’. Call 0333 006 9711 or visit www.birminghamcarershub.org.uk.
We offer carer’s health check here at Charles Road Surgery, please contact the surgery to book an appointment for your health check.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Learning Disability
The NHS offers a free health check every year for people with Learning Disabilities aged 14 years and above. Please call the surgery to book your health check with the nurse. For more information on Learning Disability advice, please visit:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/people-with-learning-disabilities-in-England
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Diabetes Management
Diabetes is a lifelong condition that causes a person’s blood sugar level to become too high.
There a 2 main types of Diabetes:
Type 1 diabetes – where the body’s immune system attacks and destroys the cells that produce insulin.
Type 2 diabetes – where the body does not produce enough insulin, or the body’s cells do not react to insulin.
Type 2 diabetes is far more common than type 1. In the UK, around 90% of all adults with Diabetes have type 2.
Find out more information on how to manage Diabetes:
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/managing-diabetes.html
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Domestic Violence
Does your partner, ex partner or someone you live with:
- Cut you off from family and friends and intentionally isolate you?
- Bully/ threaten or control you?
- Take control of your finances?
- Monitor or limit your use of technology?
- Physically and/or sexually abuse you?
Domestic abuse is not always physical violence. Anyone can be a victim of domestic abuse. All forms of domestic abuse are not acceptable in any situation.
How to get help:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________