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MESSAGE TO A LOVED ONE

If you have a relative who has been admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead and you would like to send them a message, letter or photograph, please send it by email to: ghnt.messagetoalovedone@nhs.net

Please can letters, messages or photographs be a maximum of one A4 side of paper per day. The Patient Experience Team will try their best to ensure that all patients receive their messages Monday-Friday.

If you do not have access to email and would still like to send your loved one a short message, please telephone 0191 445 6047 or 0191 445 6129 between 10am and 12pm, Monday to Friday.

To make sure we get to the right person we also need you to include:

  • the patient's name
  • the ward number or name
  • either the date of birth or the address of the patient



Coronavirus - please see below for latest information and guidance.

Do not attend the surgery unless you have spoken to a GP or nurse and have a confirmed appointment.

Important Patient Safety Alert regarding hearing aid batteries - https://improvement.nhs.uk/news-alerts/risk-of-harm-to-babies-and-children-from-coin-button-batteries-in-hearing-aids/

 

Advance notification of surgery closures - click here for dates

Children's Immunisation Schedule

Here's a checklist of the vaccines that are routinely offered to everyone in the UK for free on the NHS, and the age at which you should ideally have them.

2 months:

  • Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib, a bacterial infection that can cause severe pneumonia or meningitis in young children) and Hepatitis B given as a 6-in-1 single jab known as DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB
  • Pneumococcal
  • Rotavirus - Oral Dropper
  • Meningitis B

immunisation3 months:

  • 6-in-1 ( Second Dose ) (DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB)
  • Rotavirus ( Second Dose )

4 months:

  • 6-in-1 ( Third Dose ) (DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB)
  • Pneumococcal infection ( Second Dose )
  • Meningitis B ( Second Dose )

Between 12 and 13 months:

  • HiB & Meningitis C (Booster )
  • MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), given as a single jab
  • Pneumococcal infection ( Third Dose )
  • Meningitis B ( Third Dose )

3 years and 4 months, or soon after:

  • MMR ( Booster ) 
  • Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio (DtaP/IPV), given as a pre-school booster

Around 12-13 years:

  • Cervical cancer (HPV) vaccine, which protects against cervical cancer (girls only): two jabs given ( 6 to 24 months apart )

Around 13-18 years:

  • Diphtheria, tetanus and polio booster (Td/IPV), given as a single jab
  • Meningtis ACWY 

Around 19-25 ( First Time Students only ):

  • Meningtis ACWY 

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