Whooping cough vaccinations for pregnant women.

There has been an increase in the number of cases of whooping cough, especially in infants less than 3 months old.  

Mothers-to-be can help protect their baby by having the vaccination between week 28 and 38 of pregnancy.  Please ask your midwife for details.

The Summary Care Record

You may have received information in the post regarding the Summary Care Record.

This is likely to be "switched on " for this surgery in the summer 2013.

Please see the further information section of this website for more details.

ORGAN DONATION

More than 10.000 people in the UK currently need an organ transplant.  Of these, 3 a day will die waiting as there are not enough organs available.

Only 31% of us have joined the organ donor register, please help save lives by registering now.

www.organdonation.nhs.uk

RING BACK

We have received a number of complaints from patients who have tried to use the BT "ring back" service when the phone lines are busy and have not recieved their call back.  Please be aware that this is a BT line message and NOT a message on our phone system.  It will not work so please don't use it.