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Chronic Pain
Chronic or persistent pain is pain that lasts beyond 12 weeks, or longer than the natural healing time. There is a lot of useful information to provide support and advice on management on the following websites:
- Chronic pain | NHS inform
- Versus Arthritis has a lot of helpful information for patients who suffer from arthritis, exercises that can help joint pain and information of medications used to treat pain and arthritis. Versus Arthritis | A future free from arthritis
- Pain concern. Pain Concern |Pain Concern | Bringing the pain community together
- Understanding Pain in less than five minutes (youtube.com)
- Pain and Opioids SC VD 185N TRD H1N I1A M1A 16×9 (youtube.com)
- Home – Flippin’ Pain (flippinpain.co.uk)
- Pain Toolkit – Pain Self Management by Pete Moore
Functional Neurological Disease
A helpful site to help you understand Functional Neurological Disease (FND):
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) – A Patient’s Guide to FND (neurosymptoms.org)
Contraception
If you would like to discuss options for contraception please arrange an appointment with one of our Practice Nurses or GPs.
The information here is helpful in providing you further information on all of the options available:
Contraception | NHS inform
Please see the links below for further information on Coils and the Contraceptive Implant, both of which can be fitted at Heilendi.
- Coils
- Hormonal Coil: IUS (intrauterine system) | NHS inform
- Non-hormonal / Copper Coil: Copper coil (IUD) | NHS inform
- Implants: Contraceptive implant | NHS inform
Mental Health
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Practice information
Heilendi Practice
Tel: 01856 888270
Shapinsay Surgery
Tel: 01856 711284
Shapinsay Nurse Practitioners
Tel: 01856 711348 OR if urgent: 888000
North Ronaldsay Nurse Pracitioners
Tel: 01857 633226
Out of Hours
Tel: 111