Annual Reviews – Asthma/COPD/Diabetes/Mental health

Asthma Review

For patients who are due an annual asthma review.

Asthma is a medical condition that requires reviewing annually to ensure your medication is the correct type and dose to control your asthma.

Even if you are well and your condition has not changed since your last review it is important that you book and attend your review.

The surgery will attempt to contact you a maximun 3 times around the month of your review reminding you to make your appointment.

COPD Review

For patients who are due an annual COPD review.

COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmanory Deseise) is a medication condition that requires reviewing annually to ensure your medication is the correct type and dose to control your condition.   This review will be with the Practice Nurse and will be a 30 minute appointment.

Even if you are well and your condition has not changed since your last review it is important that you book and attend your review.

The surgery will attempt to contact you a maximum 3 times around the month of your review reminding you to make your appointment.

If you feel unwell at any time, please contact the surgery – please do not wait untill your review is due.

COPD reviews are normally done during the summer months to ensure there are no cold type viral illnesses that can influance your review. Please rest assured though that this review can be done throughout the year.

Diabetes Review

For patients who are due an annual Diabetes review.

Diabetes is a medical condition that requires reviewing annually to ensure your medication is the correct type and dose to control your condition. This annual review will be with the Practice Nurse.

Even if you are well and your condition has not changed since your last review it is important that you book and attend your review.

The surgery will attempt to contact you a maximum 3 times around the month of your review reminding you to make your appointment.

If you feel unwell at any time, please contact the surgery – please do not wait untill your review is due.

Being a diabetic it is recommended that you also have an annual retinopathy screening check with an optician, you will be sent information from the diabetic retinopathy screening service before you at are due your annual check this information will contain the opticians who take part in the scheme for you to choose where to book an appointment this information will also include the pin number that you will need when booking the appointment.

You should also have an annual foot screening check with the practice nurse.

Mental Health Reviews

For patients who are due an annual asthma review.

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make healthy choices.¹ Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.

Mental and physical health are equally important components of overall health.  For example, depression increases the risk for many types of physical health problems, particularly long-lasting conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. Similarly, the presence of chronic conditions can increase the risk for mental illness.²

People can experience different types of mental illnesses or disorders, and they can often occur at the same time. Mental illnesses can occur over a short period of time or be episodic. This means that the mental illness comes and goes with discrete beginnings and ends. Mental illness can also be ongoing or long-lasting.

There are more than 200 types of mental illness. Some of the main types of mental illness and disorders are listed here.