Flu clinics availability
Ongoing clinics for the flu are now available at the practice, Child Flu will currently be on Saturday 28th September, between 08:30 and 10:30 and the Adult Flu on Saturday 12th October.
The flu vaccine helps protect against flu, which can be a serious or life-threatening illness. It's offered on the NHS every year in autumn or early winter to people at higher risk of getting seriously ill from flu.
It's offered on the NHS every year in autumn or early winter.
You can get the free NHS flu vaccine if you:
- are aged 65 or over
- have certain long-term health conditions
- are pregnant
- live in a care home
- are the main carer for an older or disabled person, or receive a carer's allowance
- live with someone who has a weakened immune system
For further details regarding the Flu Vaccine follow this link.
RSV Vaccine is now available at the Practice
We are currently offering an RSV Vaccine to the eligible patients with a clinic available at the practice at the date, Saturday 28th September, between 11:00 and 13:00.
The RSV vaccine helps protect against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common virus that can make babies and older adults seriously ill. It's recommended during pregnancy and for adults aged 75 to 79.
RSV is a common cause of coughs and colds. Most people get it several times during their life.
It usually gets better by itself, but in some people (especially babies and older adults) it can cause illnesses such as:
- pneumonia (a lung infection)
- bronchiolitis (a chest infection that affects babies)
For further details regarding the RSV Vaccine follow this link.
Patient Open Session: Wednesday 2 October at 2.0: St Luke’s Church
The Practice and the Thurleigh Road Patient Group would like to invite you to a session to:
- Update you on the changes and improvements taking place in the Practice
- Answer any questions you may have
The session would be a follow up to the very well attended coffee morning at the surgery on 24 April.
It will be held at St Luke’s Church (SW12 8RQ) next to the surgery at 2.00 on Wednesday 2 October.
The session will be chaired by Anna Walker, the Chair of the Thurleigh Road Patient Group. The following plan to attend from the Practice
- Dr Jonathan Christopher, GP Partner
- Tor Godfrey, Advanced Nurse Practitioner
- Neil Lazenby, General Manager
- Monika Shajadee - Practice Manager
- Huma Jagadir, Deputy Practice Manager
- Ezara Thompson - Operations Manager
- Aneesha Dhillon, Physician Associate
- Kamal Mangral, Pharmacist
The session will cover the following:
- Anna Walker will summarise feedback from recent patient surveys and explain the role of the Thurleigh Road Patient Group
- The Practice will talk about the improvements it is making to meet the high demand for appointments particularly the new triage system, why this has been introduced and what it is aiming to achieve
The session will then be opened to questions/ observations from those attending.
If you plan to come to the session, please can you let us know using the Google form with the link below
https://forms.gle/3VBY879BgDXEAjas6
This is so we have some idea of numbers. There are limits on the numbers in the church so it will be on a first come, first served basis. It would also be very helpful to have prior notification of any issues you would like to explore.
Any questions on this email, please contact thurleighroadpatients@gmail.com
Neil Lazenby
Thurleigh Road General Practice Manager
Anna Walker
Chair Thurleigh Road Patients Group