Leeds Student Medical Practice

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Leeds Student Medical Practice

• Carrie Ellison
• Practice Manager

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Leeds Student Medical Practice
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• NHS General Practice
• Providing care to the student population of
  Leeds
• Specific services unique to students and young
  adults aged 18 to 24
• International children of overseas students

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Where is Leeds Student Medical Practice? We are
located next to the University of Leeds campus
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Who can register with us? Students (or married
partner or child of a student) who live in
University Accommodation in Leeds OR Private
accommodation in postal areas LS1 to LS7 or LS16
South of the Ring Road If you are in the UK for
more than 6 months you can register as a full NHS
patient, which means that you do not pay for
consultations with our doctors or nurses
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How do you register? uDOWNLOAD a PDF version of
our Registration Pack from our web site vWEB
FORM to request a Registration Pack to be posted
to you wE-MAIL to request a Registration Pack to
be posted to you (lsmp.enquiry_at_nhs.net) xCOME
IN to our reception and ask to
register yON-LINE pre-register, then download
and return a form to complete the registration
process
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How are we different to other practices? We
believe we have a thorough understanding of
todays modern student, and the pressures they
face not only social, financial, and academic
pressures, but also the experience for many of
living away from home for the first time We are
the largest practice in Leeds, and the largest
student-only practice in the UK
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• Vital statistics
• 16 Doctors
• 14 Nursing personnel
• 14 Reception personnel
• Practice Manager
• IT Manager
• Finance Manager
• Data clerks, Secretaries
• Overall 57 specialised personnel, caring for more
  than 35,000 students

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Access We offer more than 1,900 doctor
appointments, and 750 nurse appointments every
week (term-time), with an emergency nurse
facility We provide urgent surgeries every day
for patients who are unable to wait for the next
free booked appointment
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• Services
• We target our services specifically towards our
  student population
• Sexual Health
• Contraception
• Travel Health
• Chronic illness
• Sports Injuries
• Mental Health
• Minor illness management
• Physiotherapy and Podiatry

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• Travel Health
• Specific clinics
• Travellers from the UK
• International travellers to the UK
• Web site information
• Pre-travel advice
• Post-travel screening

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• Chronic illness
• Asthma
• Epilepsy
• International Sickle Cell, Thalassaemia
• Chronic mental health
• Diabetes type 1

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University of Leeds Sickbay Sickbay is a three
bed day unit staffed during surgery hours
term-time by nursing personnel
We provide short term doctor and nursing care for
those students who require close observation or
who are awaiting hospital admission
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Sports injuries We offer weekly sessions with
sports injuries trained doctor, in addition to
in-house Physiotherapist and Podiatrist
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• Mental health
• Short term problems
• Counselling
• Support services
• Medication
• Financial problems
• Malham House - psychiatric service

• Academic work
• Accommodation
• Coping away from home
• Cultural change
• Relationship breakdown

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LSMP web site
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Health advice leaflets on the web site
Over 100 self help leaflets on a range of topics
from How to get a sick note to dealing with
Insect bites stings
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And in-depth information for important illnesses
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• University services
• Close links with departments - sick notes
• Study abroad programmes
• Student welfare committee
• Health fares
• Students union
• Parent talks
• Student talks

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Links with the University We provide specialist
support to many University Departments, this
includes the Medical Dental Schools, Science
Departments, and Language Departments We support
the study-abroad programmes by providing
comprehensive medical and vaccination
requirements, and up-to-date travel health
medicine We advise on policies, i.e. drugs and
alcohol
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Confidentiality All personnel at Leeds Student
Medical Practice adhere strictly to a written
code of conduct for confidentiality Written
consent is obtained from students in all
circumstances before we enter into communication
with their departments, parents, or third parties
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Dental Care We dont provide any dental
facilities, but we do provide a list of dental
surgeries in the locality who are taking NHS
patients. This information is available on our
web sites Health Advice pages see Dentists in
this area Optical Care There is an opticians
practice based on the campus (Vision Opticians on
the ground floor in the Student Union building)
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Meningitis C A National immunisation programme
means most students arrive at University
immunised against Meningitis C, and although we
have seen a reduction in cases of Meningitis over
the last few years, we strongly recommend all new
students receive vaccination against Meningitis
C, prior or on arrival in Leeds You can come to
the practice and receive this injection free of
charge
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Mumps We have seen an increase in outbreaks of
Mumps on Campus in the last few years Mumps is a
childhood illness which can be prevented by
vaccination with a combined Measles/Mumps/Rubella
injection It is a two dose vaccine, given one
month apart, you can come to the practice and
receive this injection free of charge
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I have given you a general overview of Leeds
Student Medical Practice and what we offer our
students. Please visit our web site for more
information Have you any questions?