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NHS Halton & St Helens needs your help!

You will have heard on the news that the NHS needs to make savings of £15-20 billion over the next 3 years (this is about 17% of the total NHS budget). Locally NHS Halton & St Helens needs to save £24 million over the next 12 months.

Medicines Changes
We know some of these savings can come from prescribing without affecting patient care. Therefore your regular medication may be switched to a different product which will have exactly the same effect but will cost the NHS less. We will give you information about any changes. If you have any concerns please discuss with your GP, practice nurse or chemist.

Medicines Waste
Each year NHS Halton & St Helens spends around £60 million on medicines. However we know that at least £1.5 million worth of medicines each year are returned to chemists unused. These medicines cannot be re-used and are destroyed. Please ONLY order medication that you need and do not stockpile your medicines at home. If there are medicines on your list that you no longer take please inform you doctor, practice nurse or chemist. Thank you.

Dr Helen Parr

We are delighted to announce that Dr Helen Parr has now joined the practice’s clinical team on a permanent basis. This means that those patients who, from time to time, may wish to see a female GP, can now do so and be assured that they will be able to maintain follow-up continuity with the same person.

Beating Cervical Cancer

Click here to download The HPV vaccination programme. (PDF file)

Repeat Dispensing

It is now possible to obtain your repeat medicines without having to see the doctor for a prescription each time - click here for more information.