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Autumn Newsletter

You can find our latest newsletter here. We hope you enjoy reading it!

Patient Participation Group.

The next Patient Participation Group meeting is to be announced. These meetings are open to all registered patients so please come along if you are free. Your ideas and views are important to us and can help us shape services to our patient's needs.

Appointments not attended

In the month of November a total of 81 patients did not attend their booked appointments (48 with the doctors and 33 with the practice nurse) nor were the appointments cancelled so they could not be offered to patients in need of them. If you no longer need or are unable to attend the appointment you have booked, please call the surgery on 020 7266 1449 to cancel it.

Latest News

Pride in Practice Gold Award

Over the past few months we have been working on and have completed the Pride in Practice quality assurance programme. We are proud to announce that we achieved Gold standard were awarded a plaque by the LGBT foundation.

Pride in Practice

Health News from the BBC and the NHS

BBC Health

Group B Strep: ‘A common bug could have killed my baby’
A mother whose baby got meningitis because of Group B Strep says all pregnant women should be tested.
NHS e-health systems 'risk patient safety'
The use 21 separate electronic record systems in NHS hospitals across England 'could lead to errors'.
Doddie Weir: The rugby legend who won't give in to MND
Three years after being told he has a terminal illness, rugby legend Doddie Weir refuses to give it an inch.
'I was addicted to exercise'
When does something healthy, such as exercise, become an unhealthy obsession? And can apps make things worse?
Briton Audrey Schoeman revived after six-hour cardiac arrest
Audrey Schoeman fell unconscious when she was caught in a snowstorm while hiking in Spain.
Measles deaths 'staggering and tragic'
Global estimates suggest 142,000 people - mostly children - died from the disease in 2018
Long waits 'leave mental health patients in limbo'
NHS leaves patients stuck on 'hidden' waiting lists for months, a BBC investigation shows.
Norovirus closes 1,100 hospital beds in England
Don't go to work or send children to school until 48 hours after symptoms have gone, NHS bosses say.
Once-a-month oral contraceptive pill in tests
Researchers say the prototype pill could ultimately offer women more contraceptive choice and control.
Seizures of illegal diazepam tablets double in a year
Doctors warn people cannot trust the authenticity of drugs bought from rogue online pharmacies or dealers.

NHS Choices Behind the Headlines

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Cancer treatment response may be affected by gut bacteria
"Gut bacteria 'boost' cancer therapy," BBC News reports. The news comes from research into whether people...
Could a blood test in middle age predict dementia risk?
"Tissue inflammation blood test points to dementia risk," is the headline in The Times. Researchers in...
Acid reflux drugs linked to increased stomach cancer risk
"A drug commonly used to treat acid reflux is linked to a more than doubled risk of developing stomach...
Nutrient drink for Alzheimer's has disappointing result in trial
A new study investigating the effects of a nutrient drink for Alzheimer's disease has led to very different...
Marriage may help lower dementia risk
"Marriage and having close friends may help protect against dementia, according to Loughborough University...
Afternoon open heart surgery 'leads to fewer complications'
"Afternoon heart surgery has lower risk of complications, study suggests," says The Guardian. Researchers...
Report calls for better mental health support in the workplace
"Up to 300,000 people with long-term mental health problems have to leave their jobs each year, a report...
Blood-thinning drugs may reduce dementia risk in people with irregular heartbeats
"Common blood thinning drugs halve the risk of dementia for patients who have an irregular heartbeat,"...
New genetic variants associated with breast cancer identified
"Do you have one of the 180 breast cancer genes? One in five women has a variant that raises her risk...

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