This page includes links to information sources which we believe will be helpful to our patients. If you have further concerns or questions regarding the information, please contact the surgery or Out of Hours ring 111 for any urgent queries.
For General Health Information:
Please click the link below to access the website patient.info where you can search for information on a large range of health issues. This is a site used by GPs and a wide range of other Health Professionals
Health Information website
NHS Choices Website
NHS One You website
Seasonal Information
Please click the link below to access the patient information leaflet about Hayfever (Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis)
Hayfever Patient Information
Older People Information
The Silver Line - a free and confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to older people, open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Please click on the link below
http://www.thesilverline.org.uk/
Children's Health Information:
Please click the link below for information when your child is unwell
Leaflet for Parents - When should I worry
Self Harm
Please click the link below for a guide on self harm for parents and carers.
Guide for coping with self harm
Children's Services
Please click the link below for services & activities available for children aged 0-19 within the Harrogate and Knaresborough area.
http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/article/23548/Childrens-centres
Campaign for young people in a terror attack
Please follow the link below to find out about a new campaign aimed at 11-16 year olds, teaching them how to act in the unlikely event of a knife or terror attack.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/act-for-youth
Self referral to Services
Please click the link below to access the North Yorkshire County Council web site.
North Yorkshire - Social care needs assessment
Please click the link below to access details of Age UK services
Age UK Services
Please click the link below to access the Harrogate & Ripon Centres for Voluntary Service new where to turn community directory for the Harrogate District.
Where to Turn Directory
Medication Information:
Medicine Sick Day Rules
When you should stop taking your medication?
When you are unwell with any of the following:
- Vomiting or diarrhoea (unless only minor)
- Fevers, sweats shaking
Then STOP taking the medicines listed here. Restart when you are well (after 24-48 hours of eating and drinking normally). If you are in any doubt, please contact us or your pharmacist.
- ACE Inhibitors: Medicine names ending in 'pril' e.g. lisinopril, perindopril, ramipril
- ARBs: Medicine names ending in 'sartan' e.g. losartan, candesartan, valsartan
- NSAIDs: Anti-inflammatory pain killers e.g. ibuprofen, diclofenac, naproxen
- Diuretics: Sometimes called 'water pills' egg furosemide, spironolactone, indapamide, bendroflumethiazide
- Metformin: A medicine for diabetes
IBD Service – Flare Line
Harrogate Hospital has set up a “Flare Line” which is now active. This will allow prompt access to a specialist clinician and urgent review in the outpatient setting where necessary and is for patients who are going through an active flare up. The flare line is a voicemail service where patients are encouraged to leave their name, hospital number, contact number and a brief summary of their current symptoms for a return call. Patients can leave a voicemail message on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays between 2.30pm and 3.30pm on 01423 555 3223
Outside of these times, if patient’s symptoms require urgent attention they should contact their own GP or if symptoms are severe / life threating to attend local A&E Department.
Harrogate Hospital have developed a web page on the trust internet on which patients will find useful links to Crohn’s Colitis UK & IBD Passport - https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/services/gastroenterology/ibd/
Osteoarthritis Patient Information
Please follow the link below for information regarding osteoarthritis.
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/osteo/
Ear Syringing - Self-Treatment
Please follow the link below for our information leaflet on Self-treatment of ear wax.
Ear Syringing - Self-Treatment leaflet for patients.