Petersfield Surgery

Telephone:  01708 343113

   

 

(This service is not to be used for requesting repeat medication or contraception)


To find out more information on this service please click HERE.


Alternatively patients are now also able to download the NHS App to use the online consultation service as well as book appointments and order repeat prescriptions - for further information about this please go to: https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/nhs-services/the-nhs-app/ 



Your NHS

The way you access your GP is changing to ensure you get the best possible care safely and quickly. We only want people to attend the practice when they need to, in order to keep you and our staff safe from Coronavirus. This video explains how you can contact your GP practice and the different ways care will be delivered to keep you safe. Your general practice is here for you. Help us help you. 

For more information visit https://www.nhs.uk/health-at-home/. 

Group A streptococcus

 

To reassure parents NHS North East London has prepared some communications materials.  This includes:


 

Your next poo could save your life 

We are supporting a London-wide campaign to encourage more patients to do their free NHS bowel cancer screening home test, which checks if you could have bowel cancer.  

People who are the right age are sent a free NHS FIT (Faecal Immunochemical Test) kit every two years. You use it to collect a small sample of poo and post it back to an NHS lab.

The campaign by NHS London, “Your next poo could save your life”, urges more people to use their kit – a message we wholeheartedly endorse.

Screening can help prevent bowel cancer and find it at an early stage when it’s easier to treat. People who complete their screening are 25% less likely to die of bowel cancer. 

The kits are for people with no symptoms and most people get the all-clear.

If you are aged 56, 58 (on or after 16 May 2022) or 60 to 74 and we have your correct address, you will be sent a kit every 2 years. Please use it. By April 2025, bowel cancer screening kits will be for everyone aged 50 to 74 in England.

To find out more and hear from other Londoners about their experience of bowel cancer screening, visit www.healthylondon.org/bcs

If you have symptoms of bowel cancer which last for three weeks or more, please contact the practice and ask for an appointment.


Extra polio vaccine dose for children in London  

Children aged 1 to 9 years old in London are being offered a dose of polio vaccine. For some children this may be an extra dose on top of their routine vaccinations. In other children it may bring them up to date with their routine vaccinations. 

There are signs the virus may be spreading in London and the number of children vaccinated in London is lower than it should be. Boosting immunity in children should help protect them and reduce the risk of the virus continuing to spread. 

If your child is eligible for an extra dose, the NHS will contact you to ask you to book an appointment for the vaccine.  

Whilst poliovirus is a risk, please ensure your child is up to date with all their other vaccinations, such as the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to ensure protection against any future outbreaks. Find out more: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/nhs-vaccinations-and-when-to-have-them 

Find out more about the polio booster campaign on GOV.UK