Arlesey Town Youth Drugs in
Arlesey
and Stotfold
Arlesey Town Youth U11’s won the Sporting Award (fair play league) for
their age group across all the Royston Crow U11 Leagues.The award is
based on points awarded by opposition teams on a matchday in relation
to the sporting behaviour of the team during the game. Well done to all
the boys and the supporters, a thoroughly deserved award and proof
that Football can be played in the right spirit. This is the second year
that the club has won an award in this category.
Arlesey Town Youth are still looking to add players to their squads
in a couple age group for next season. If you like to play for the club at
U11’s please contact Alan Slingsby 07827 917352 and Bryan Smith for
the U13’s on 07824 815627.
Arlesey Town
Football Club
require
to manage the money matters of the club
if you are interested please contact:
The Chairman. Manny Cohen
telephone: 07850 395771
email: [email protected]
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Drugs in the area is an important issue, not
because of illegal drug abuse (though there may be some), but because of
the amount of medical drugs wastage both in our towns and nationally.
Larksfield practice has been talking to the Patient Participation Group
(PPG) about this issue. Our GPs want their patients to be as well as
possible and this often means prescribing a variety of drugs, particularly
for those with long term conditions. It is therefore important to order the
correct items especially on repeat prescriptions. If you inadvertently order
medication that you do not need, please give it back when you are collecting
your medication and before you leave the pharmacy. Unopened medicines
that have left the premises cannot be reused.
As well as patients getting items on repeat prescriptions when they do
not need them, medicines wastage is also caused by people not taking their
drugs as they should.
There are two elements to these problems, firstly the massive cost to the
NHS and us as taxpayers of wasted medicines. Also importantly, just as
worrying are the health implications for Larksfield patients when they are not
taking medications as prescribed. This is of great concern to our GPs as it
leads to a large number of emergency admissions.
In Stotfold in one month last year there were an excessive number of drug
returns to the surgery. From one patient alone the surgery had medicines to
the value of over £3000 returned. This included 30 inhalers at £38 each and
a further 25 different inhalers at £6.92 each.
Wasted medicines cost the NHS £300m each year. New research from
the Pharmaceutical Society reveals a need for patients to understand their
medicines better to improve their health and reduce medicines waste.
Studies show that 30% to 50% of people don’t take their medicines as
recommended and over 70% of admissions to hospital for adverse drug
reactions are avoidable. By reducing the amount of medicines being wasted
each year, we could increase the available funding for other desperately
needed health services.
Delegates at the Royal College of Nursing at a recent conference in Liverpool
said it was heart breaking to see piles and piles of medicines going to waste.
They described cases where cupboards full of out of date medicines had been
found in patients homes. Black bin liners full of un-opened boxes have been
found while medicines are also thrown down the toilet or put in the bin.
If you have any questions regarding the medicines that are prescribed
for you, do ask your GP, he or she will be very happy to explain the purpose
and dose frequency to you. Your GP wants you to gain full benefit. But,
if you do have some unwanted medicines they can be taken back to any
chemist or dispensing practice such as Larksfield for safe disposal.
Larksfield Surgery Patient Participation Group
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