East Lindsay PCN and our member practices have previously supported the UK's biggest blood pressure testing and awareness event by teaming up with Nursing and Residential Homes in the area to provide all their staff with the opportunity to have their blood pressure checked and discuss any health and wellbeing opportunities. We also took along a small portable device which uses the fingertips to screen for potential Atrial Fibrillation which is another risk factor for stroke.
Thank you to all of our wonderful staff who have worked hard at all of the pop up blood pressure clinics in the area as part of the Bloodpressureuk #KnowYourNumbers campaig
This afternoon we visited Nightingale House Care Centre in Woodhall Spa.
We would like to thank all the lovely staff who joined us and for taking the time out of their busy day to help support this campaign and to our Care Co-ordinators Jenny and Kirby for all their hard work.
Jennie Goacher our PCN Care Coordinator at our Market Rasen Surgery visited The Orders of St John Care Trust, The Poplars in Market Rasen today.
A big thank you to Jodie and Christine who visited Bramhall Residential Home in Coningsby today.
It was lovely to see such a good turn out for our pop up blood pressure stations.
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Its been a busy day today.
This morning Christine and Debbie visited The Fountains Nursing Home in Tetney.
Then this afternoon Debbie, Jodie and Christine were at Glenholme Thimbleby Court in Horncastle.
While Jenny visited Waterloo House Residential Care Home in Market Rasen.
All the staff have been very welcoming. We picked up some raised blood pressures and a couple of people with abnormal ECGs who have been advised to have a follow up at their GP practice.
Thank you to all who attended.
Another busy day today,
Jodie and Jennie visited Toray Pines care home in Coningsby
While Jo and Debbie headed over to Nettleton Manor Care Home in Caistor.
Thanks again yo everyone who joined us on this very busy day.
Today Debbie and Jenny held the last of our #KnowYourNumbers events, with a pop up blood pressure stations at Tanglewood Care Home in Horncastle in the morning and then they were joined by Christina at The Grove Residential Care Home in West Ashby in the afternoon.
Well done everyone who took part.
