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Highley Forum: April 2013
Highley Patients’ Group meetings are open to all Highley Surgery patients.
For further information, please contact HPG Chairman Mike Moore on
861431/[email protected], HPG secretary Gay Barker on
861326/[email protected] or Theresa Dolman, Practice Manager on
861572.
Learn all about Highley Surgery on www.highleymedicalcentre.co.uk.
The next HPG meeting takes place on Tuesday 14th May in the
café-bar of the Severn Centre. PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGE.
A REMINDER OF WHAT TO DO IN A MEDICAL EMERGENCY
HIGHLEY SURGERY (Telephone 861572): If you have a minor medical emergency, during
surgery hours your first port of call should be Highley Surgery.
MINOR INJURIES UNITS: Minor Injuries Units will see patients with minor illnesses and
injuries, if their own GP surgeries are closed or cannot deal with the incident.
The Bridgnorth Community Hospital Minor Injuries Unit (Tel: 01746 762641) is open
Monday to Sunday: 8am – 9.30pm.
The Kidderminster Hospital Minor Injury Unit (Tel: 01562 513039) is open 24/7.
If in doubt, telephone the GP surgery or Minor Injury Unit first.
ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY (A&E): The two Accident and Emergency departments in
Shropshire are at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (Tel: 01743 261000) and Princess Royal Hospital,
Telford (Tel: 01952 641222). Examples of situations where going to A&E would be appropriate
include:
 Suspected broken bones
 Drug overdose
 Severe blood loss
 Loss of consciousness
For further advice you will soon be able to dial 111, which will be a helpline for urgent but not
life-threatening health issues.
Until then you should call the local Out of Hours GP service, Shropdoc. (Tel: 08444
06 8888)
WHEN SHOULD YOU DIAL 999?
If you are unable to get the patient to A&E, either yourself or via public transport (for
example by taxi), or suspect that medical attention is required as a matter of urgency (for
example, someone has lost consciousness and remains unconscious), dial 999 for an
ambulance.
Examples of situations when you should dial 999 without delay include:
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Suspected heart attack
Severe asthma attack
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Suspected stroke
Major epileptic fit
Patients are advised that A&E and 999 calls are for genuine emergencies only.
This advice is a summary of previous articles on the HPG page of the Forum.