Check your eligibility for Pension Credit at gov.uk/pension-credit or call 0800 99 1234

For more Pension Credit information use this link for the PC - A5 Factsheet.pdf

To see the Pension Credit poster and QR Code use this link PC - A4 General poster 1.pdf

All routine blood tests are now by a prebooked appointment only  

Appointments at all of the locations; Corby Outpatients, Isebrook Outpatients, North Northants Council Office (Kettering) and Nene Park Outpatients can now be booked online.

www.kgh.nhs.uk/phlebotomy-department-blood-tests

Please be aware appointments at Kettering General Hospital are reserved for patients with hospital request forms, paediatric and specialist blood tests only. To book an appointment please ring 01536 494411 open  between 8am — 4pm.

Patients with requests generated by their GP are asked to book at one of our other locations. Please bring any blood test forms with you.

If you are unable to book online please:

To book an appointment at any of our blood tests clinics (except North Northants Council Office) please telephone: 01536 494411 between 8am - 4pm (Monday - Friday).

To book an appointment for North Northants Council Office only, please telephone 01536 494411 between 8am - 4pm or telephone 01536 535600 between 9am - 5pm (Monday - Friday).

 Children's Phlebotomy Service (Blood Tests)

All children’s blood tests are now only available as pre-booked appointments.

Please telephone 01536 492694 between 8:00am and 4:00pm (Monday to Friday) to make an appointment for your child’s blood test. This is a central booking point, and the receptionist will ensure that your child is seen at the most suitable phlebotomy location.  We are unable to accommodate children who arrive for a blood test without an appointment.

Glucose Tolerance Test appointments

To make an appointment for a Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT) please telephone 01536 492694 between 9:00am and 4:00pm (Monday - Friday).

• Have you or somone you know had a fall? 
• Are you worried about having a fall?
• Are you concerned about your balance?

Please use the link below to see how to make a falls referral

FMS TEAM POSTER.pdf

We are excited  to announce that from 2^nd September 2024 we will be adding  Enhanced Access to our services to better meet your health care needs. This is currently being met by Weavers Medical Centre in Kettering. 

The aim is to provide you with more flexible options for appointments within Rothwell & Desborough Health Group. 

Our goal is to ensure that you have timely access to the care and support you need  when you need it .  We believe that these changes will make it  easier for you to manage your health and well-being. 

Enhanced Access appointments will run from 6.30pm to 8pm Monday to Friday and 9am – 5pm on Saturdays. This service will be a mixture of face to face and telephone appointments with a clinician. 

We will be extending these appointments to include other clinics in the future.

We will keep you up to date when they will be available. 

This is an appointment service only via our current triage system 

If you have any questions regarding this service please contact reception or complete an online ADMIN form.

Thank you

The Euros have started, research has shown that domestic abuse incidents increase by 26% when England play a football match, they increase by 38% when the team loses and increase by 11% the following day, whether they win or lose. (National Centre for Domestic Violence, 2022)

Euros-2024-poster (002).pdf

Healthy relationships.pdf

Football-Against-Domestic-Abuse- (002).pdf

Is your partner afraid of you.pdf

NDAS Men No Shame.pdf

or visit our Health advice page

We are an Armed Forces vetran fiendly accredited GP Practice.

This means that, as part of the health commitments of the Armed Forces Covenant, we have a dedicated clinician who has a specialist knowledge of military related health conditions and veteran specific health services.  This is important in helping ex-forces to get the best care and treatment.

If you are ex-forces, please let your GP know to help ensure you are getting the best possible care.

For more information please follow this link: https://www.rdhg.co.uk/health-advice

SHARPS BOXES – NEW DISPOSAL PROCEDURE - The Diabetes Centre no longer take these

Patient are to go to the following website / call council  - THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS and sharps bins will be collected from patients home

https://www.northnorthants.gov.uk/bins-recycling-and-street-cleansing

• Bins
• Commercial and Clinical Waste
• Clinical and hygiene waste
• Scroll to bottom of page – request a collection
• Complete form and a collection date will be given

Alternatively patients can call: 01536 410333

The six-week chronic pain course is being run again beginning 27nd February (see general flyer)

A wraparound course is also being trialled in Northampton with our colleagues from Spring as past participants have requested more ongoing support.  This has a different registration procedure and start date, 13th February (spring flyer).

To the information for both flyers please use the links below:

Chronic Pain Course General.pdf

Chronic Pain Course Spring.pdf

Or visit our our Health Advice page for a list of Health and Wellbeing Events available in Northamptonshire.

Use the link below to the Macmillan cancer support page to download a leaflet for info on all of the Macmillan support available in our area from January-June 2024.

The support includes: 

• HOPE course
• Citizens Advice for cancer
• Free yoga 
• Free reiki
• We CAN move (AOR cancer pathway)
• Talking to children about cancer
• Hair & wellbeing service
• Carers course
• Wellbeing walks for cancer
• Breast/prostate/early menopause support groups
• Buddy service

2024-Prospectus-Jan-to-Jun-v4.pdf (wellbeinglaunchpad.com)

 For access to local meetings see the QR Code on this AA Poster 

If you find yourself in crisis or need support with your mental health in the evening and/or at the weekend we are here to listen and help you in your time of need.

Mind Cafés have professional mental health workers who can offer you a safe space. Our aim is to support people to reduce any immediate crisis and to safety plan; drawing on strengths, resilience, and coping mechanisms to manage their mental health and wellbeing.

There is no need to call, just drop in to find a safe place with hope and comfort and find your pathway to recovery.  Click on the link below or download the poster for a timetable and venues.

Depression Advice  

Crisis-Cafes-A4-poster-v11.pdf

We are introducing a new Appointment System starting 11th September 2023.

To find out more information on why we are making these changes and what you will need to do, please visit our Appointment Page in this link

To all patients with Type 2 Diabetes and using one of the following medications: (GLP1-RAs)

Rybelsus tablets 3mgs , 7 mgs or 14 mgs 

Ozempic injections 0.25mgs, 0.5mgs and 1.0 mgs

We have just been informed this morning that due to a global shortage - the alternative GLP1-RAs are no longer available. (Rybelsus)  

The advice is now NOT TO PRESCRIBE any of the above GLP1-RAs until at least Mid 2024 due to the Global Shortage of the medications.  

This is completely out of our control and we may have to reassess your diabetes control at your next planned review and work with a different treatment plan.

Thank you for your patience.  If you have any of the following symptoms; severe uncontrollable thirst, passing urine much more frequently, unintended weight loss please contact the surgery.

We are writing to inform you that our practice will no longer be supporting the issuing of testosterone for the purposes of HRT. This is because testosterone is not licensed for use in the NHS in the UK.

There has been a ten-fold increase in the prescribing of testosterone for women in the UK over the past seven years. This is partly due to the growing awareness of the symptoms of menopause, but it is also due to the increasing availability of testosterone products on the internet.

However, there is limited evidence to support the use of testosterone for HRT. A recent study by the British Menopause Society found that testosterone did not improve symptoms of menopause any more effectively than placebo.

In addition, there is a need for close and regular biochemical monitoring as well as potential risks including increased risk of heart disease, stroke, and cancer.

For these reasons, we have decided to stop issuing testosterone for the purposes of HRT. If you are experiencing symptoms of menopause, we would be happy to discuss other treatment options with you.

Testosterone being issued for other indications will be unaffected by this position.

Thank you for your understanding  

Kind Regards

Dr Anand Pattar

GP Partner

NOTICE FROM THE PARTNERS AT RDGH

Patients will no longer be required to wear a face covering routinely when visiting the surgery but can still choose to do so as a matter of personal choice.

If you are presenting with respiratory symptoms we would like to encourage patients to wear a face covering when entering the building and during their consultation.

For information on Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust waiting times, please follow the link below to the NHS My Planned Care webpage or follow the link on our Appointments page.

https://www.myplannedcare.nhs.uk/mids/kettering/

The Self Care Forum provides links to fact sheets providing selfcare information for a number of health issues.  Go to our Health Advice page for the link and further information.

If you need to book an appointment for a blood test, you can book a test at the surgery by contacting us after 11 o clock.

Appointments for blood tests are also available at:

Kettering Council Offices, please call 01536 410333 to arrange an appointment

Nuffield Diagnostic Centre (Building next to Corby Urgent Care). Up until the 8th of March 2021 this is a walk in service. From the 8th March 2021 you need to book an appointment. We will let you know about details as soon they are available.

Kettering General Hospital are only running a service for children's phlebotomy. Please call 01536 492694 if you need to arrange an appointment for your child.

Kind regards

The RDHG team

We now offer a physiotherapist service at our Desborough surgery, this is available on Wednesdays & Fridays. As with other appointments these are currently being done via telephone in the first instance. Physiotherapy helps to restore movement and function when someone is affected by injury, illness or disability.

The Law around organ donation has changed in England. Any decision is still yours to make. Find out more at www.organdonation.nhs.uk