Long Term Conditions

People Living With Long Term Conditions

At MGS Medical Practice, we aim to provide high quality proactive care to our patients living with long term conditions.

 

Living with diabetes?

Below are some links to relevant pages/ leaflets which you may find useful if you are living with diabetes:

Passport to Safer Use of Insulin

www.npsa.nhs.uk/corporate/news/passport-to-safer-use-of-insulin/?locale=en

 

Diabetes UK Leaflet

www.diabetes.org.uk/Documents/Guide%20to%20diabetes/monitoring/Ten-tips-healthy-feet.0212.pdf

 

Fitness to Drive

http://patient.info/doctor/fitness-to-drive

 

Living with chronic kidney disease?

Below are some links to relevant pages/ leaflets which you may find useful if you are living with chronic kidney disease:

 

Chronic Kidney Disease

www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Kidney-disease-chronic/Pages/living-with.aspx

 

National Kidney Federation

www.kidney.org.uk

 

 

Living with COPD/ asthma?

 

Below are some links to relevant pages/ leaflets which you may find useful if you are living with COPD or asthma:

Asthma UK

www.asthma.org.uk/advice/inhalers-medicines-treatments/inhalers-and-spacers/reliever/

 

British Lung Foundation

www.blf.org.uk/

 

Global Initiative for COPD

www.goldcopd.org/

 

Asthma UK Health Advice

www.asthma.org.uk/advice/

 

Breathe Easy Sheffield Support Group

www.blf.org.uk/support-in-your-area/breathe-easy-sheffield-support-group

 

Itchy Sneezy Wheezy

www.itchysneezywheezy.co.uk

 

Living with coronary heart disease?

Below are some links to relevant pages/ leaflets which you may find useful if you are living with coronary heart disease:

Coronary Heart Disease

www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Coronary-heart-disease/Pages/Introduction.aspx

 

British Heart Foundation

www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/conditions/coronary-heart-disease

 

 

Living with cancer?

 

Below are some links to relevant pages/ leaflets which you may find useful if you are living with cancer:

Macmillan Cancer Support

www.macmillan.org.uk/information-and-support/coping/getting-support/talking-to-us/index.html?gclid=CO_K9dyOw8sCFVTNGwodT_QEGA

 

Cancer Research UK

www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/coping-with-cancer/