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Stopping Smoking - The health and financial benefits (3/2/12)

Quit smoking!
Quit smoking!

This NHS smoking calculator works out the financial and physical costs of smoking cigarettes. Provides information on the health benefits of stopping smoking and advice to stopping smoking...

Smoking Cost Calculator

Snowfall - keep warm, keep well (29/1/12)

Snowfall in Builth Wells
Snowfall in Builth Wells
Photo by Hugh Garner 6/1/10
The Groe, Builth Wells

Builth and Llanwrtyd Medical Practice recommends the following government website which provides useful information on keeping warm this winter:

Keep Warm Keep Well

Builth Wells Community Support - (20/1/12)

BWCS web site
BWCS web site

Just a reminder that Builth Wells Community Support has a useful website and is also on Facebook.

BWCS provide services that help local people to live healthy, independent lives within their community.
BWCS works in partnership with other organisations to offer a range of services to meet identified local needs. This includes help with travel difficulties through Taxi Card or Community Car schemes.

Thank You - (30/12/11)

Thank you
Thank you

A big thank you from Builth & Llanwrtyd Medical Practice to our patients for the generous gifts given this festive season. Your thoughts and kindness are much appreciated.



Seasons Greetings and a Happy and Healthy New Year to all.

Surgery Closing Times for the Festive Season (14/12/11)

Shropdoc Website
Shropdoc Website

Both Surgeries Closed:

Saturday 24/12/11 to Tuesday 27/12/11 (inclusive).

Saturday 31/1/11 to Monday 2/1/12 (inclusive).


"Shropdoc" will provide cover at these times.


Surgery Closed for Powys Wide GP Training (25/11/11)

Training afternoon for Powys GPs
Training event for Powys GPs

As part of a training initiative by Powys Local Health Board, surgeries at Builth and Llanwrtyd will be closed on the afternoon of Tuesday 29th, November.
Surgeries close at 1pm and will open again on Wednesday morning.
All neighboring GP practices will be shut too. This is to allow for a group training session which should lead to improved patient care.

 

If you need to contact a doctor during this time then telephone Shropdoc on:
08444 06 88 88


For medical emergencies dial 999.

QR Codes (9/11/11)

Reception Team
QR code for our location in Builth

We are now starting to use QR Codes (abbreviated from Quick Response code) on our stationary and website.

QR codes are a quick way of transferring information to your mobile device.

A QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response code) is a type of barcode that can store any sort of information but commonly contains data such as contact information, web addresses, emails and sms text.
The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background.

You need a camera phone and an appropriate application such as Qrafter.
Scanning the QR code puts the information directly on your phone for future use.

The bar code on the left will take you to a map showing where Builth Surgery is located.
See our location pages.

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02/03/2012 03:23 PM
Health bodies reject NHS reforms
Physiotherapist leaders have joined the Royal College of GPs in calling for the health bill in England to be scrapped, increasing pressure on the government.
02/03/2012 12:07 AM
Malaria toll 'is twice as high'
The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.
02/03/2012 10:37 AM
Weekend hospital admission fears
Research which suggests that patients are more likely to die in hospital if they are admitted at the weekend is backed up by a major study.
02/03/2012 04:32 PM
Poison arrest nurse loses appeal
A nurse arrested and later freed over the poisoning deaths of patients at Stepping Hill Hospital loses an appeal against her sacking.
02/02/2012 07:03 PM
Brains may be wired for addiction
Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists.
02/03/2012 01:09 PM
PFI hospitals 'get bailout fund'
Seven English NHS hospital trusts with debts caused, in part, by PFI repayments are to have access to a £1.5bn government bailout fund.
02/03/2012 10:46 AM
Record 'legal highs detected'
A record number of potentially dangerous new legal highs were found in Europe last year, say doctors.
02/03/2012 08:58 AM
Legionella Britons die in Spain
Three British men die and three more people remain in hospital after contracting Legionnaires' disease while on holiday in Spain, a tour company says.
02/02/2012 01:12 PM
Watermelon 'is salmonella source'
A salmonella outbreak linked to watermelon has affected 35 people, killing one, in the UK since December, health experts have revealed.
02/03/2012 12:19 AM
Chairman quits troubled NHS trust
The chairman of a hospital trust that closed an emergency department and considered bringing in army medics is to stand down.
02/02/2012 08:37 PM
NHS warns on nappy sack dangers
A Cornish campaign alerting parents to the risks of babies being suffocated by nappy sacks is adopted by the NHS nationally.
02/01/2012 12:14 AM
UK workers 'richer but stressed'
Britons are richer and more stressed than when the Queen came to the throne, a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has found.