Patient Health and Wellbeing at Thursby Surgery
Here at Thursby Surgery, we are serious about everyone's health and wellbeing, especially our patients!
We offer and promote a number of different services that we feel our patients would benefit from.
Find NHS services near you
Are you in need of a pharmacy, local dentist, A&E or other urgent care services?
Find an NHS service below by clicking the link:
- Pharmacy - Find a pharmacy - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Dentist - Find a dentist - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- A&E - Find Accident and emergency services services - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Other urgent care services - Find Urgent Care services - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Find your NHS number
Your NHS number is a 10 digit number. It is on any letter you receive from the NHS.
You do not need to know your NHS number to use NHS services, but it can be useful to have it.
NHS App
NHS App is a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services on your smartphone, tablet or computer.
You can use the NHS app to:
- Get your NHS COVID Pass – view and share your COVID Pass for places in England that have chosen to use this service and travel abroad
- Order repeat prescriptions – see your available medicines, request a new repeat prescription and choose a pharmacy for your prescriptions to be sent to
- Book appointments – search for, book and cancel appointments at your GP surgery, and see details of your upcoming and past appointments
- Get health advice – search trusted NHS information and advice on hundreds of conditions and treatments, and get instant advice or medical help near you
- View your medical record – securely access your GP medical record, to see information like your allergies and your current and past medicines
- Register your organ donation decision – choose to donate some or all of your organs and check your registered decision
- Find out how the NHS uses your data – choose if data from your health records is shared for research and planning
- View your NHS number – find out what your NHS number is
Download the NHS app on the App Store or Google Play
Click here to access the NHS app on your computer
For more information please click here.
NHS Live Well
To use the NHS links for information and advice on healthy living please click here.
NHS advice about healthy living, including eating a balanced diet, healthy weight, exercise, quitting smoking and drinking less alcohol.
- 5 steps to mental wellbeing - 5 steps to mental wellbeing - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- BMI health weight calculator - BMI calculator | Check your BMI - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Health weight - Healthy weight - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Exercise - Exercise - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Sleep and tiredness - Sleep and tiredness - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Eat well - Eat well - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Alcohol advice - Alcohol advice - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Quit smoking - Quit smoking - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Addiction support - Addiction support - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Sexual health - Sexual health - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Bone health - Bone health - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Pain - Pain - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Healthy teeth and gums - Healthy teeth and gums - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Seasonal health - Seasonal health - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- How to wash your hands - How to wash your hands - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- When your child is too ill for school - Is my child too ill for school? - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
NHS Health A to Z
Your complete guide to conditions, symptoms and treatments, including what to do and when to get help.
To look up information about different conditions and treatments using the NHS Health A-Z please click here.
NHS Medicines A to Z
To find out how your medicine works, how and when to take it, possible side effects and answers to your common questions please click here.
Useful contacts
NHS England
Tel: 0300 311 22 33 (Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, excluding bank holidays)
Email: england.contactus@nhs.net
Health Service Ombudsman
Tel: 0345 015 4033 (open 8.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday)
Email: phso.enquiries@ombudsman.org.uk
www.ombudsman.org.uk
Care Quality Commission
Tel: 03000 616161
www.cqc.org.uk
Monitor
Tel: 020 3747 0000
Email: enquiries@monitor.gov.uk
www.monitor-nhsft.govuk
N-Compass Advocacy Service
Tel: 03450 138 208
Text: 07535 604 542
Email: advocacy@ncompassnorthwest.co.uk
NHS Fylde and Wyre CCG Customer Care Team
Freephone: 0800 032 2424
Telephone: 01772 777952
Textphone: 01772 227005
Email: customer.care@lancashirecsu.nhs.uk
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust/Lancashire Care NHS Trust Patient Relations Team
Tel: 01253 655589/655588
Email: patient.relations@bfwhospitals.nhs.uk
www.bfwh.nhs.uk/contact/pals.asp
Healthwatch Lancashire
Tel: 0300 303 8811
Email: info@healthwatchlancashire.co.uk
www.healthwatchlancashire.co.uk
NHS111
NHS111 is a free service, available seven days a week, 24 hours a day. When you dial 111 you will be directed to the best local service for you.
Pharmacy
To find your nearest local pharmacy, visit www.nhs.uk or text ‘pharmacy’ to 64746.
GP or dentist
If you need to see a dentist outside of normal dental surgery hours or are not currently registered with a dentist, please contact the Dental Access Service on 01253 306378.
GP-led Walk-in Centre (no appointment needed)
Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, FY3 9ES
Telephone: 01253 953953
Open 8am–8pm, 7 days a week
Same-day Health Centre (appointment needed)
Dock Street, Fleetwood, FY7 6HP
Telephone: 0300 123 1144
Open 8am–10pm, 7 days a week
FYI Directory
www.fyidirectory.co.uk
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