An update on our flu vaccination plans – the vaccines for people aged 50-64 have now arrived with us at JHP. If you are in this age group we are now able to take bookings for our clinic on Saturday 12th December. We will be contacting all eligible patients in the coming days.
We all know what a strange year it’s been, and how many parts of our daily lives have changed. For those of you who haven’t been to the practice recently, we thought it might be useful to show you what a visit to JHP is like at the moment. Yes, a lot has changed – … Continued
You might have seen that more people than ever before are able to get a free NHS flu vaccination this year. The expanded eligibility is designed to reduce the strain the NHS will face over the winter months when the traditional flu season combines with the ongoing pandemic.
A quick update on an enforced change in our blood tests policy. For the next three weeks we will only be able to carry out urgent blood tests, with no capacity for routine tests. This is due to problem with a national NHS supplier and a shortage of chemicals that are needed to process blood … Continued
We have more bookable slots available for flu vaccinations. At the moment, these are for people aged 65 or over, pre-school children and those in at-risk categories. Al eligible patients have been written to.
You may have seen a few updates from me about our first flu clinics for the younger and older members of our community. We’ve had a few queries over the last week from people asking about availability for other groups, so we wanted to give you an update.
Hi, I’m Val Robertson, and I work as a Health Care Assistant at JHP. Each day is normally a combination of my main tasks as an HCA – seeing patients, doing tests or taking samples.
I’d not been here long before the Covid-19 pandemic hit and we had to make some pretty big changes to the way we were working.
If your cervical screening is overdue or would have been coming up soon and you’re yet to get an invitation – don’t worry, you’ve not been forgotten. Please remember too that invitations for routine screening are sent to healthy people without symptoms.
As a team, we’re here to look after you as patients and give you the care you need.
