For three months from 30 April, patients will be able to book advance Monday appointments from 7.30am. The early morning slots are aimed at those with work or other commitments that find attending surgery during our normal hours difficult.
The surgery has asked people not to make an early morning appointment if you can come in during normal surgery hours (from 8.30am).
Visitors to the website can keep up with all latest surgery news. You’ll also find links to other websites where a wealth of health and wellbeing related information can be accessed.
The surgery website also reports on a newly formed patient group, and how patient power is making a difference at the surgery after the group contributed ideas that were used to develop a patient survey.
You can now also order repeat prescriptions via the internet and will soon be able to book advance appointments.
Alex Gage Family Optometrist: now open in Crosspool
Optometrist Alex Gage opened his new practice in Crosspool this morning.
Alex said: “We hope to help all members of the family with their vision needs. It is easier if families come together, they only have to remember one appointment and they can get help and support with choosing spectacles as well as advice from us on what suits there needs best.”
A grand launch is planned for Saturday, with entertainment for all the family from 11am.
You’ll notice that there has been a bit of activity in the old Thresher Wine Rack unit recently. As we revealed back in June, a new family optometrist will be opening there in September.
We caught up with Alex Gage, who is opening his new Crosspool practice in September, to find out a bit more about him and his business.
Tell us a bit about the optometrist practices you run in different locations.
We are moving from Broomhill where we had a smaller premises and parking was difficult. We also have branch at Woodseats where I started in 1996.
What are your impressions of Crosspool? Do you live locally?
Crosspool is a lovely place we used to live there when the King’s Head still served beer. We used to sit in there and say “In years to come we can look back and say I remember when all this was fields” but I think the school field is still there, just not the pub.
Why did you decide to open an optometrist in Crosspool?
As I say we lived in Crosspool in a terraced house before my eldest daughter Emma could walk, but wanted to find somewhere with a garden instead of a concrete yard for children to play in. It still has that community feel and with the schools around I think there are lots of families around which we hope to serve well for all there vision needs.
The old off licence unit will open soon as Alex Gage Optometrist
What sort of services will you be offering residents?
We will offer the usual vision services: NHS & Private eye exam, spectacles, contact lenses including Overnight Vision Correction (OVC) where you wear lenses overnight and don’t need to wear them the next day. My wife Sarah started this about 18 months ago and hasn’t looked back.
We’ll sell good quality sunglasses for all the family: you wouldn’t dream of sending your kids out without suncream for their skin but how many make sure their kids protect their eyes from UV as well? We will be providing the choice to help parents and children alike.
We will also be offering Behavioural optometry which I am accredited and a member of BABO. This helps people especially children to understand the world we live and the information their eyes are giving them (more info at www.babo.co.uk).
We are also hoping to provide sports vision to help athletes improve their game, by maximising the efficiency of their vision. I have also been working with a Sheffield-based engineer with hid new putting programme called Break 30 which aims to help golfers get a round with less than 30 puts.
What approach do you have to optometry and what are your plans for the practice in the future?
I think the above gives a good idea of my plans and hope that by attracting families we can help all members of the family with their vision needs. It is easier if families come together, they only have to remember one appointment and they can get help and support with choosing spectacles as well as advice from us on what suits there needs best.
Crosspool’s new optometrist will be opening in early September.
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A campaign launches this week to get the people of Sheffield working together to tackle obesity in the Sheffield after a national survey revealed that people who are overweight often suffer humiliation and embarrassment and have low confidence and low self-esteem, all of which seriously affect their everyday lives.
Experts acknowledge that waist measurement, as well as weight, is an indicator of an individual’s health. With an ‘at risk’ waist measurement of more than 88cm (35in) for women and 102cm (40in) for men, results of the survey show that 45% per cent of people in South Yorkshire and the surrounding area are in danger of developing severe health problems.
The Let’s Beat Obesity Together in Sheffield campaign, run by Slimming World, aims to bring the whole community together to encourage and support each other to lose weight and make Sheffield, and principally Crosspool, a happier and healthier place to live.
Anyone who joins their local Slimming World group between 28 February and 12 March and purchases a 12-week Countdown to take part in the Let’s Beat Obesity Together challenge will get FREE membership and two weeks free attendance in a Pay for 10 get 2 weeks free offer – representing a total saving of £19.90.
As part of the campaign, being run especially to benefit the Crosspool community, members will also have the opportunity to be sponsored to lose their weight, and all the proceeds will go to Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.
For more information about Let’s Beat Obesity Together or the sponsored Slimathon call Emma on 0114 233 5205 or visit www.slimmingworld.com.
Activity Sheffield is the council organisation that develops physical activity sessions for older adults so they can improve their health through exercise.
They have been in touch and asked us to mention a weekly tai chi class that takes place each Monday in Fulwood. Details are below.
Have you never tried tai chi but would like to give it a go? This is the perfect opportunity to try it out in a friendly and relaxed environment.
Tai chi is a slow physical exercise ideal for improving relaxation, balance and overall health. This is a great session for beginners and can really help you improve your strength and balance. You don’t need any specific clothing; just wear something you’re comfortable in and non-marking footwear.
No need to book simply come along to Fulwood Scout Hut, 551 Fulwood Road on a Monday 1:15-2:15pm. Sessions are usually £2 but you can try your first one for free. For more information contact Activity Sheffield on 0114 273 5787.
A new consultant is taking over the Slimming World group in Crosspool.
Emma McGowan will now be running the group, which meets every Wednesday night at 7pm at St Columba’s Church on Manchester Road. Her first meeting is tomorrow night (Thursday 27 October).
Emma said: ‘It’s not long until Christmas and the party season now but there is still easily enough time to lose at least a stone, without starving yourself or going without.’
For more information about the group and the offers available call Emma on 0114 233 5205 or 07941 062363. There is also background information in the Word document below.
A new outdoor gym installed by the council and is now up and running in Lydgate Park.
Outdoor gyms are a new approach to health and fitness. They include much of the same equipment found in an indoor gym, but are specifically designed for outdoor use.
You don’t need any gym experience or special level of fitness to have a go. They are mainly for adults, but children may be able to use some of the apparatus with supervision.
Best of all, there’s no membership to pay!
Lydgate Park can be found at the top of Lydgate Lane, opposite Lydgate Infants School.
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