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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 July a total of 34 patients did not attend their booked appointments (29 with the doctors and 5 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

Health News from the BBC and the NHS

BBC Health

Stephen Hawking: I'm worried about the future of the NHS
Cambridge professor criticises health secretary and warns about role of private sector in the NHS.
Calories in popular foods must be cut, say health officials
Health officials target pizzas, burgers and ready meals to help tackle child obesity in government drive.
Peanut allergy treatment 'lasts up to four years'
Four years after children in a study took the oral treatment, 70% had no allergic reaction to peanuts.
Newcastle health boss Sir Leonard Fenwick sacked
Longest serving NHS chief executive Sir Leonard Fenwick called it "an orchestrated witch hunt".
Mental health services patchy, says PM
Theresa May says the UK's mental health services are "patchy" and has told Newsbeat she's going to review them.
Time spent frail in old age 'doubles'
More care homes are needed as an ageing population puts pressure on services, researchers suggest.
Maternity 'must improve' at baby-deaths hospital trust
Progress is made at the Shrewsbury and Telford trust but maternity services must improve, the CQC says.
Meningitis jab uptake 'worryingly low'
School-leavers are being urged to be immunised against the highly aggressive strain.
Bowel cancer test: 'No health minister' means NI people must wait
A new screening test for bowel cancer in NI is on hold because there is no Stormont health minister.
Japanese fungus spreading in UK hospitals
More than 200 patients have been infected, but none has died, Public Health England confirms.

NHS Choices Behind the Headlines

C-section mums warned about dangers of 'vaginal seeding'
<h2>What is the issue? </h2> A technique called vaginal seeding, sometimes used for babies born...
Gum disease linked to increased risk of Alzheimer's disease
"Gum disease sufferers 70% more likely to get dementia," The Times reports. A Taiwanese study found that...
Vitamin C injections could play a role in treating blood cancers
"Super-strength vitamin C doses could be a way to fight leukaemia," the Mail Online reports. Research...
'Junk food' may increase cancer risk in 'healthy weight' women
"Women who eat junk food such as burgers or pizza are increasing their risk of cancer even if they're...
People who regularly groom their pubic hair at risk of injuries
"A quarter of Americans are injured and hospitalized by tidying up 'down there'," the Mail Online reports. The...
'Alternative cancer therapies' may increase your risk of death
"Cancer patients who use alternative medicine more than twice as likely to die," is the stark message...
'Fat but fit' people may still be at risk of heart disease
"Concept of being 'fit but fat' is a myth, researchers say," ITV News reports after a Europe-wide study...
Reports that antibacterials in pregnancy are 'harmful' unfounded
"Warning to pregnant women, don't use antibacterial soap! Chemicals in the products can make children...
Gene editing brings pig organ transplant closer
"Gene editing to remove viruses brings transplant organs from pigs a step closer," The Guardian reports...
Vitamin B3 found in Marmite not proven to prevent miscarriage
"Like it or loathe it, but Marmite could help prevent millions of miscarriages and birth defects around...