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Give the gift of life

Transplants are one of the most miraculous achievements of modern medicine. But they depend entirely on the generosity of donors and their families who are willing to make this life saving gift to others.

Did you know you are more likely to need a transplant than become a donor ?

· A donor can donate a heart, lungs, two kidneys, pancreas, liver and small bowel and can restore the sight of two people by donating their corneas.
· Donors can also give bone and tissue such as skin, heart valves and tendons. Skin grafts have helped people with severe burns and bone is used in orthopaedic surgery.
· Most organ donations come from people who have died while on a ventilator in a hospital intensive care unit. Organs, particularly hearts and lungs, deteriorate very quickly without an oxygen supply and the ventilator is able to keep blood and oxygen circulating after death.
· Traditionally organ donors have come from two groups: road accident and brain haemorrhage patients. Improved road safety and medical intervention mean that fewer in both groups are dying. 
· The age of people who have donated organs after their death has changed in the past decade with more aged over 50 and fewer younger donors. Older donors are less likely to be able to donate as many of their organs as younger people as some organs may become less suitable for transplantation as people age. But organs from people in their 70s and 80s are transplanted successfully.
· The number of people needing a transplant is expected to rise steeply over the next decade due to an ageing population, an increase in kidney failure and scientific advances resulting in more people being suitable for a transplant.
· More women (54%) than men (46%) have signed up on the NHS Organ Donor Register. 

You can find out more about organ donation and join the NHS Organ Donor Register by calling 0845 60 60 400 or visiting the UK Transplant website www.uktransplant.org.uk 

Practice Information

Dr. John P. Spalding
MB, ChB, MRCGP

Dr. Stuart H. Wilkie
MB, ChB, MRCGP, DCH, DMG, DRCOG,
DipOccMed, DFFP, DP(Dermatology)

The Surgery
Hemming Way, Chaddesley Corbett, Worcs. DY10 4SF

Surgery:
Tel: 01562 777 239		 Dispensary:
Tel: 01562 777 844
Fax: 01562 777 196

To see a doctor please make an appointment. Any urgent problems will be seen that day.
If a home visit is required, please ring before 10:30am.

If you need to see a doctor urgently at any time, please ring the surgery - 01562 777 239 - for a doctor is on call at all times !
We share our day-time emergency cover with two neighbouring practices:
    Drs. Phillips & Crick at Belbroughton    &    Drs. Taylor, Hyde, Richards & Evans at Hagley
There is an emergency surgery at Hagley each Saturday morning - 9:00 - 10:00 am.

Kidderminster Hospital MINOR INJURIES UNIT - 01562 513 039
The Accident & Emergency is now a MINOR INJURIES UNIT for such events as cuts, minor burns, scalds, eye problems and splinters, etc. It does, however, remain open 24 hrs per day. 
Advice-line number_  01562 513 039
For all serious symptoms (fits, 'chest pains', poisoning, etc,) ring_ 999

CHADDESLEY SURGERY PATIENT'S GROUP

Many members of the parish may not be aware of the Chaddesley Corbett Patient Participation Group which was set up some years ago in order to represent the interests of all those patients registered with the Surgery.

The group, which comprises a G.P. and patient representatives, meets three or four times a year to liaise with the doctors and medical staff and to put forward and discuss patients' views on ways of improving the service provided. Where relevant, it considers the implications for the patients of NHS and local Primary Care Trust initiatives and directives,

Over the years the group has heard various members of the surgery staff describing their roles and listened to representatives from the Health Authority and the local Primary Care Trust explaining the part they play in the Health Service. Members of the Group have participated in drawing up patient questionnaires and surveys and in discussing implementation of their results – there are now, for example, cushions on the waiting room seats!

On all matters relating to the service provided by the doctors and staff of the Surgery, the Patient Participation Group is there to promote the interests of the patient. If you would like to learn more of its activities on your behalf or have any suggestions or views that you feel should be aired by the Group, please get in touch with either the Secretary, Trish Pardoe, tel: 01562 777446 or the Chairman, Trevor Kingsley-Curry, tel. 01562 777407

Other members of the Group currently are:- Joy Blakeway; Eric Carter; Caroline Dummer; Kate Griffiths; Olive Mason; David Mills; Ian Pardoe and Jasmine Williams.

The Surgery also carries a full range of Information Brochures

 

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