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When a parent telephones the practices and asks about Measles/MMR; they will be asked if their child is fully vaccinated with both MMR vaccines

 The child’s immunisation status will be checked via our records. 

If child is fully vaccinated - there is no additional booster and your child has received full protection against measles by receiving both vaccinations

 If child is NOT fully vaccinated and between the ages of 5-11, an appointment will be booked at the practice to have their vaccinations as soon as possible. 

You can also find the borough’s local vaccination clinics here: Vaccines for children and young people aged 4 to 18 - North Central London Integrated Care System (nclhealthandcare.org.uk)

 If child is NOT fully vaccinated and between the ages of 1-4, an appointment will be booked to have their vaccinations as soon as possible at your practice

 If child’s vaccination record is unclear or uncertain, the safest route will be for us to book them an appointment with the nurse to have their vaccinations, as per the Green Book guidance: The Green Book, Chapter 11, pages 6-7 - vaccinations of individuals with unknown or incomplete immunisation status 

Please note that the first MMR vaccine is given at 12 months of age, and the second MMR vaccine is given at 3 years 4 months of age.

Long term conditions (LTCs) are physical health conditions that cannot be cured but can be controlled with lifestyle changes, medication or other treatments. They often have a big impact on person’s life. Over the course of year, our patients, who have already been diagnosed with one of the long term conditions, will receive an invitation from us to have a yearly health check, a discussion appointment and a follow-up appointment. Your clinician, jointly with you, try to identify what is important to you health and wellbeing, set personal goals and decide on actions which will help you to successfully manage your condition. This new approach will launch in October 2023. 

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PCN 1W’s Flu Jab Programme will begin soon dates below). By having the flu vaccination, you will help protect yourself and others from what can be a severe, and sometimes fatal, illness which could lead to hospital treatment. You will also be helping to protect the NHS from coming under pressure this winter. If you are eligible, you will soon be hearing from your registered practice, by text, phone call or letter, about making your appointment for Vaccination at a mutually convenient time. Please try to keep your appointment, if you cannot make it, please let reception know.  

PCN 1W Flu Dates: 

16th September - Everglade Medical Practice 8am - 12pm 

23rd September - Parkview Surgery 8am - 12pm 

23rd September - Watling Burnt Oak 9am - 1pm 

24th September - Watling LR, Stanmoore  9am - 1pm 

30th September - Watling Burnt Oak  9am - 1pm 

1st October - Watling LR, Stanmoore 9am - 1pm

 7th October - Everglade Medical Practice 8am - 12pm 

8th October - Housebound Patients 9am-1pm 

14th October - Parkview Surgery 9am - 1pm 

15th October - Housebound Patients 9am - 1pm

The NHS in North Central London (NCL - Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey) is carrying out a review of musculoskeletal (MSK) healthcare services. We have completed our discovery phase and have developed a Case for Change document setting out the reasons why we need to make changes to the services we provide and detailing proposals for what needs changing.

If you have experience of MSK services as a patient or carer and live in North Central London, we would like to share what we have learnt with you and hear your views via an online engagement forum on 4 July 2023, 4pm to 5pm on Microsoft Teams. Please complete this online survey to receive an invitation https://forms.office.com/e/8WnVPxL42B  (closes 3 July 2023). 

Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions affect the joints, bones, muscles, and include rarer autoimmune diseases as well as back pain. Management of MSK conditions may involving seeing the following healthcare professionals in NHS services: physiotherapists, podiatrists, pain specialists, rheumatologists, orthopaedic surgeons, occupational therapists, hand therapists, and orthotists. 

If you cannot make the engagement forum but would still like to be kept updated with the review work that we are undertaking, please also fill out the form above.

If you have any further enquiries or have trouble accessing the online surveys/forms, please email the MSK Review Team at nclicb.msk@nhs.net.

From 1 July 2023, if you want to make a complaint about GPs, dentists, opticians, and pharmacies in North Central London, you will need to contact North Central London Integrated Care Board instead (NCL ICB) of NHS England.

There are two ways you can make a complaint:

1. You can complain directly to the GP surgery, dental surgery, optician or pharmacy (the provider of the service); or
2. You can complain to NCL ICB as the organisation that paid for the service or care you received. You can do this by:

Telephone: 020 3198 9743

E-mail:nclicb.complaints@nhs.net

Post: North Central London Integrated Care Board

   Complaints Team

      Laycock PDC

      Laycock Street

      London

      N1 1TH

If you have a formal complaint to make, it is always advisable to try and resolve any issues directly with the provider in the first instance. You will still be able to do this after 1 July.

Visit NCL ICB’s website for more information about the changes.

Barnet has been accepted into the UK Network of Age-Friendly Communities - a growing movement led by the World Health Organisation.

An Age-Friendly Community is a place that enables people to age well and live a good later life - somewhere that people can stay living in their homes, take part in activities they value and contribute to their communities for as long as possible.

The Age-Friendly Community initiative in Barnet is being led by Age UK Barnet and supported by Barnet Council.

To kickstart the project, Age UK Barnet is seeking the views of Barnet residents. Age UK is keen to find out what is currently being done well in Barnet and where there is room for improvement. 

The results of this research will help Age UK Barnet to build a strategy to enhance and improve community life in Barnet in areas such as housing, outdoor spaces and social inclusion. 

Take the survey – and win £50!

If you are interested in being involved with the initial research, please complete the survey by the 4 August 2023. Click here or follow the QR code below.

The survey should take around 10 minutes of your time and to thank you for taking part, Barnet residents who complete the survey will have the option of entering a prize draw for a chance to win a £50 gift card.

If you require a paper copy, contact the Age-friendly coordinator Pippa on 07379 331807, or visit your local library.

If you pay for NHS prescribed HRT medicine 3 or more times in 12 months, a HRT Prescription Prepayment Certificate could save you money.

Each item on an NHS prescription usually costs £9.65. You can buy an HRT PPC for a one-off payment of £19.30 (the cost of two single items).

The HRT PPC covers an unlimited number of certain HRT medicines for 12 months. 

Check this Link to check your eligibility: NHS Hormone Replacement Therapy Prescription Prepayment Certificate (HRT PPC) | NHSBSA.

Supporting people with learning disabilities, families, carers and staff to achieve their best health. 

Wednesday 21st June 2023, 11 am - 4 pm 

Church of St Mary Magdalen—Parish Hall 6 Athenaeum Road, Whetstone N20 9AE 

The day is free, open to all and no booking is required! 

Bank Holidays can affect the opening hours of local pharmacies. This document provides the opening hours for pharmacies in London which have been asked to open over the May 2023 Bank Holidays. 

There may be additional pharmacies opening which are not listed. If the pharmacy you would like to visit is not listed here, then you can check their opening hours by searching at www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-pharmacy or by calling NHS 111.

In addition, there will be some pharmacies who normally open who may be closed or closing early on Saturday 29th April 2023, Saturday 6th May 2023 and Saturday 27th May 2023.

If you are unsure please visit www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-pharmacy or call NHS 111.

May Bank Holidays 2023

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For Merton, The Sutton & Merton Out of Hours Pharmacy is close by, but this is located in Sutton and provides longer hours

Monday 13th – Friday 17th March

Do you need help with your digital skills?

• Navigating the internet
• Learning how to use apps and online forms
• Internet safety

Struggling with internet costs?

• Apply for 12 months free interne

Do you need help accessing computers and tablets?

• Visit our many community locations and business

For more details please see this leaflet or visit the website.

NCL has several guides with advice on unusual symptoms that could be cancer related. Please see the following links to direct you to advice regarding Cancer Symptoms and Screening:

Cancer symptoms and screening – North Central London CCG 

Worried about cancer symptoms during the coronavirus pandemic? - YouTube

Over the May bank holiday period our eConsult service will be available for self-help only:

Friday 30th April 2021 (at 6:30pm the platform will revert to self-help and pharmacy options)

Tuesday 4th May 2021 (from 8:00am the eConsult service will be available again)

Thank you.

The NHS vaccination programme will offer every adult the chance to book a covid-19 booster vaccine by the end of the year to protect the nation against the Omicron variant.

As part of the biggest and fastest vaccine programme in health service history, online bookings are available for all those in their 30s and above from today.

The best way to get your vaccine is by booking online at www.nhs.uk or by calling 119 – please do keep checking availability as appointments are loaded onto the system every day. The website and phoneline are understandably very busy and we thank you for your patience when booking.

The national booking service will then open up to everyone aged 18 and over from Wednesday this week.

The NHS is prioritising bookings for boosters and is urging people to book a slot to guarantee their vital jab. Some sites offer walk-in appointments where no appointment is needed. Please check here for clinics with walk-in availability and their opening hours www.happyhealthylives.uk/vaccinationdrop-ins

GP teams have been asked to clinically prioritise their services to free up maximal capacity to support the covid-19 vaccination programme, alongside delivering critical appointments such as cancer, urgent and emergency care. This might mean that for some people, routine appointments are postponed as part of the national mission to roll out boosters.

Scientists are very concerned about the spread of Omicron due to the speed with which it spreads and because two doses do not appear to provide much protection but thankfully, a booster dramatically improves this.That is why the Government has asked the NHS to prioritise boosters over other routine care.

We appreciate your support and understanding – and urge you to come forward for your vaccination as soon as possible.

EMIS Health have received reports from both Patient Access users and people who have never registered for the service, that they have received Covid passport emails purporting to be from Patient Access.

They would like to share the following guidance from Patient Access:

• EMIS Health advise users of Patient Access to check the name and email address of the sender; all emails from Patient Access will come via an email address that ends in @patientaccess.com.
• EMIS Health advise users never to click on any log in links that you receive via email but to visit the site via the address bar of your browser instead so that you know you are on the genuine Patient Access log in page. You can find more information and guidance on our information security page here: https://www.patientaccess.com/security
• EMIS Health strongly advise users to set up their Memorable Word security feature, as well as using biometrics (fingerprint ID) if they use the app.
• Email addresses used to register for Patient Access account are secure. They do not share any data and no data is ever saved or stored on any device you use to access Patient Access.

The highest priority for the NHS remains the safety of staff, patients and visitors. While COVID restrictions will end in many settings in England from 19 July, everyone accessing or visiting healthcare settings must continue to wear a face covering (unless they are exempt) and follow social distancing rules.

Public Health England’s infection prevention control guidelines and hospital visiting guidance are therefore set to remain in place for all staff and visitors and across all health services including hospitals, GP practices, dentists, optometrists and pharmacies to ensure patients and staff are protected.

Read the infection prevention control guidance for further details.

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