We also have some useful links that may help you get advise and help Keeping an eye on your Blood Pressure : At present you cannot come to the surgery to do a check but you can monitor this at home. If you are able to purchase a Blood pressure monitor you can buy from any Chemists they must be British Hypertension Society approved ones . Remember that you must not share these between households at this time as the virus can remain active on surfaces for 72 hours.Keep a record of your blood pressure readings so that they are ready for your next review which could of course be by phone. Simple advice on home monitoring may be found at: – http://www.bloodpressureuk.org/BloodPressureandyou/Thebasics/ Homemonitoring It is also a useful gateway to the whole site. Hypertension: Again a useful website for advice and support for patients is: http://www.bloodpressureuk.org/Home Diabetes: Diabetes UK for advice https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about us/news/coronavirus Healthy food recipes- https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/diabetes Learn all about managing diabetes well in the learning zone https://learningzone.diabetes.org.uk Public information on domestic abuse The NHS website has advice online for the public on spotting the signs for domestic abuse and domestic violence and where to go for help. The NHS also has a help page for those who have been raped or sexually assaulted. The Home Office have launched a national campaign to raise awareness of the dedicated support available. The campaign will highlight that isolation rules do not apply in the case of domestic abuse and that police response and support services remain available. If you are worried that someone you know is a victim of domestic abuse, you can call the National Domestic Abuse Helpline for free and confidential advice, 24 hours a day on 0808 2000 247. If you believe there is an immediate risk of harm to someone, or it is an emergency, always call 999. Report If you, or someone you know, is a victim of domestic abuse find out how to report domestic abuse. If you are in immediate danger, call 999 and ask for the police. If you are in danger and unable to talk on the phone, call 999 and listen to the questions from the operator and, if you can, respond by coughing or tapping on the handset. Call 999 from a mobile If prompted, press 55 to Make Yourself Heard and this will transfer your call to the police. Pressing 55 only works on mobiles and does not allow police to track your location. Call 999 from a landline If the operator can only hear background noise and cannot decide whether an emergency service is needed, you will be connected to a police call handler. If you replace the handset, the landline may remain connected for 45 seconds in case you pick up again. When 999 calls are made from landlines, information about your location should be automatically available to the call handlers to help provide a response. If you are deaf or can’t verbally communicate You can register with the emergencySMS service. Text REGISTER to 999. You will get a text which tells you what to do next. Do this when it is safe so you can text when you are in danger.
