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FIRST AID TRAINING – 10TH JUNE 2026

Adult First Aid Workshop (includes CPR and using a Defibrillator)

Would you like to feel more confident about your ability to help people, family, friends, work colleagues or the public) in a medical emergency?

Provided by the British Red Cross, we intend to provide three of these interactive workshops each year. The next will be on Wednesday 10th June 2026 from 2 to 3.30pm. It will be held in the New Hayesbank Surgery meeting room. Because of the interactive nature of the workshop and the size of the meeting room, attendance will be restricted to twelve patients.

Please email kmicb.newhayesbanksurgery@nhs.net if you wish to attend using the subject ‘Adult First Aid Workshop’. Places will be allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis. You will be informed if you have been allocated a place or not by Wendy Large, the PPG’s Adult First Aid Champion.

Wednesday 10th June 2026 2-3.30pm

Support for people who may have been affected by infected blood

If you had a blood transfusion or blood products before 1996, there’s a chance you may have been given infected blood. Today, all blood donated in the UK is screened using very vigorous safety standards.

Given the time that has elapsed since the last use of infected blood products, most of those who were directly affected have been identified and started appropriate treatment. However, there may be a small number of patients where this is not the case, and particularly where they are living with asymptomatic hepatitis C.

If you are concerned about a possible hepatitis C infection, you can book a home NHS test online. The tests are free and confidential. To receive a self-testing kit which can be quickly dispatched to your home visit: hepctest.nhs.uk.

HIV testing is also provided to anyone free of charge on the NHS. Home testing and home sampling kits are also available. You can find out more about HIV testing and the HIV testing services search tool on the NHS website.

Since 1991, all blood donated in the UK is screened and distributed by NHS blood and transplant following rigorous safety standards and testing to protect both donors and patients: more details about the safety of blood from donations in England.