**NEW WEBSITE FOR LLANSAMLET SURGERY**
January 29, 2024
As from 29-1-2024 the practice has a new website, please use the following link: https://www.llansamletsurgery.wales.nhs.uk/
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Switch to Greener Inhalers with low Carbon Footprint Project 2023
October 16, 2023
Llansamlet Surgery along with all GP practices in Wales is signed up to reducing the environmental impact of commonly used inhalers for asthma and COPD. This process involves using dry powder inhalers (DPIs) as opposed to aerosol gas driven inhalers wherever possible. You will notice these powder inhalers being used more and more over time. They look different and the technique for using them is different. Please help us to reduce the significant carbon footprint of aerosol inhalers by embracing the change. Below is some information that shows how certain aerosol inhalers compare to typical car journeys with just one
Influenza Campaign 2023 – Update
October 16, 2023
Influenza Vaccines Autumn 2023 The practice will be holding clinics for our registered patients starting with the week commencing 18-9-2023 by appointment only. The clinics will continue throughout Autumn 2023 and into next year. Please check below to ensure that you are still eligible for a free influenza vaccine as there have been some changes to the groups. The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) has provided guidance to practices that the following groups are eligible for a free influenza vaccine in the 2023/2024 campaign: Patients aged 65 years of age and over (or who will be 65 by 31-3-2024) Children aged 2-3 years of age (as
- Childhood dental extraction under general anaesthetic remain below pre-pandemic levels
Dental public health experts highlight small increases in childhood dental extractions under general anaesthesia from 2022/23 to 2023/24
- Public Health Wales launches new Primary Care Clusters profiling tool
The tool provides a summary profile, allowing users to visualise key indicators for all clusters within a health board simultaneously. Users can also compare indicator data with health board and Wales-wide averages. Additionally, a brief narrative highlighting key findings from the data is included.
- Better outcomes for vulnerable populations through linked data research
A series of Data Insights reports have been published by Public Health Wales (PHW) as part of the Better Outcomes Through Linked Data (BOLD) programme.
- Short-term cancer survival worsened early in the pandemic, then improved by 2021
Latest official statistics from the Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit of Public Health Wales reveal that the historic improvement in overall one-year cancer survival rates across the whole population of Wales stalled well before the pandemic.