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We are delighted to announce our intention to merge Granta Medical Practices and Royston Health Centre to create a single practice and patient list across all our sites.  The practices will come together to build on the existing practice strengths, pooling clinical and administrative teams to offer greater resilience and a wider choice of services to our patients.  The aim of this is to provide a more stable model for delivering care within Royston specifically.

  Here at Granta, we are working on reducing the carbon footprint of prescribed inhalers and to optimise patient treatments. If you are asthmatic, aged 18-65, and have had an asthma review in the last 6 months, you will receive a text from us telling you that we are changing your inhaler to a different device but containing the same ingredient. You will also be offered 3 options to help you with this change:- Watch

For the first time, temperatures of 400C have been forecast in the UK and the Met Office has issued the first ever Red warning for exceptional heat. For further information click on the link below: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2022/red-extreme-heat-warning

Heat exhaustion is not usually serious if you can cool down within 30 minutes. If it turns into heat stroke it needs to be treated as an emergency. Preventing heat exhaustion and heat stroke There’s a high risk of heat exhaustion or heat stroke during hot weather and exercise. To help prevent these: Drink plenty of cold drinks, especially when exercising Take cool baths or showers Wear light-coloured, loose clothing Sprinkle water over skin or

Current forecast Friday 8 July to Wednesday 20 July Top ways for staying safe in the heat: LOOK OUT FOR THOSE WHO MAY STRUGGLE to keep themselves cool and hydrated – older people, those with underlying conditions are particularly at risk. STAY COOL INDOORS by closing curtains on rooms that face the sun, and remember that it may be cooler outdoors than indoors. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS and avoid excess alcohol. NEVER LEAVE ANYONE IN