Westongrove PMS Partnership

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Awarding Organistaions make no requirements for pupils to obtain a sick certificate or letter from a Doctor in support of an application for special consideration. See Clinics & Services - Non NHS Charges for further information.

Dr Liz Green will be starting at Wendover Health Centre 15.02.10. She will be taking over Dr Leeper's list. Dr Green was a Registrar at Bedgrove Surgery so is already familiar with Westongrove. We look forward to her joining the Wendover Team.

Westongrove offer patients the ability to book an appointment with a GP up to 4 weeks in advance. This means that you can book an appointment more than 2 days in ahead. Due to Dr Leeper leaving this facility may at times be temporarily unavailable for Wendover Health Centre. We are also making adjustments to the appointment system following patient feedback and will be adding an update regarding this in the very near future. Many thanks to all those who take the time to give us their opinion.

Westongrove also offer appointments that can be booked for the next 48 hours for those patients who suddenly feel poorly. These appointments will be with the most appropraite memebr of our clinical team.

Are you caring for a relative with a disability or serious illness ? We can provide you with support and information.

Free Prescriptions for Cancer patients from April 1st 2009. If you are diagnosed as having cancer please contact the surgery to obtain an application form to apply for a prescription exemption certificate.

FLU - PLEASE SEE THE SELF HELP INFO SHOWN UNDER BUTTON 1 ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS HOME PAGE

Want to Stop Smoking? Please call reception and ask to be referred to our smoking cessation advisor.

teddy Each appointment booked is for 1 patients ailment. If you have a child / other adult that also requires a discussion with the doctor please book a separate appointment.

The Friends of Bedgrove Surgery hold a monthly coffee morning. Come along and have a cup of tea and a slice of cake, and catch up with friends. Next one is scheduled for Saturday 17th April 2010.

Friends of Bedgrove Surgery : Easter Fayre - Saturday 27th March 2010. Please come along.

Friends of Bedgrove Surgery : Table Top Sale : Saturday 12th June 2010.

Announcements

01 Mar - 31 Mar
Great Daffodil Appeal

Marie Curie is asking everyone to paint the UK yellow this March by making a donation and wearing a daffodil pin for the Great Daffodil Appeal.

01 Mar - 31 Mar
Prostate Cancer Awareness

We want men, the general public, and health professionals, to be more aware of prostate cancer. Our awareness month helps raise vital funds for much needed support and information for men who have been diagnosed and their families.

01 Jan - 31 Mar
Ovarian Cancer Awareness

Ovarian Cancer Action will be raising awareness in a variety of communities throughout March to ensure we are doing everything we can to inform women about the disease and its symptoms

BBC Health

Call to halt NHS medical database

Doctors' leaders urge ministers to halt the development of a medical records database for patients in England.

Social care deal 'dead in water'

Attempts to reach a cross-party deal on funding social care appear to be dead in the water ahead of a key summit.

MP writes to police over hospital

An MP writes to police to ask if there is a basis for a criminal inquiry into activities at Stafford Hospital.

'Problem kids' risk future pain

Children with behavioural problems are twice as likely to suffer chronic pain as adults than others, say researchers.

Illegal cord blood sample warning

Parents, hospitals and private firms are being warned over risky and illegal collections of umbilical cord blood

'London bomb stress' recognised

Psychologists say they have treated hundreds of survivors of the 2005 London bombings for post-traumatic stress disorder.

Patients 'get care in cupboards'

Patients are being treated in mop cupboards, storerooms and kitchens due to wards being full, a survey suggests.

Pharmacy probe over pill refusal

A high street chemist is investigating after a religious employee refused a customer in Sheffield the contraceptive pill.

UK gives SA millions of condoms

The UK donates £1m ($1.5m) to South Africa to buy 42m condoms, as the nation builds up to the football World Cup.

'No proof' IVF aided by acupuncture

There is no evidence acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine boost the chance of IVF success, fertility experts warn.

Yahoo Health

Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening (AP)

This Oct. 2007 family photo provided by Clare Johnson shows Linda Coale holding her son Benjamin in Crownsville, Md. Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot. (AP Photo/Family Photo)

AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.

Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow (AP)

AP - The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.

WHO: over 85M African kids get polio vaccination (AP)

A child is given an oral polio vaccine in Angola camp, southern Khartoum in 2007. A campaign to immunize over 85 million children under five against polio will kick off March 6 in west and central Africa in a bid to halt a year-long epidemic, health bodies said in a joint communique.(AFP/File/Isam al-Haj)

AP - The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio.

Gene test claims to show what diet works best (AP)

AP - Diet not working? Blame your genes. That's the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carb weight loss plan.

Appetite may be partly linked to germs in the gut (AP)

AP - Germs in the gut may help drive appetite, says new research into the link between obesity and bacteria.

Senators: Lift ban on gays donating blood (AP)

AP - The time has come to change a policy that imposes a lifetime ban on donating blood for any man who has had gay sex since 1977, 18 senators said Thursday.

Obese Colon Cancer Survivors Face Poorer Prognosis (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer survivors who are moderately or severely obese face tougher survival odds following treatment compared with their normal-weight peers, a new study reveals.

As You Age, Better Health Means Better Sex (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Better health translates into better sex lives, with healthy people more likely to engage in sex (and good sex at that) and to express an interest in sex, new research finds.

Clinical Trials Update: March 9, 2010 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

Kids Who Get Flu Shots Protect the Unvaccinated (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Children who get a flu shot help prevent flu from spreading in their communities, Canadian researchers say.

WHO Swine Flu

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 90

As of 28 February 2010, worldwide more than 213 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 16455 deaths.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 89

As of 21 February 2010, worldwide more than 213 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 16226 deaths.

Director-General statement following the seventh meeting of the Emergency Committee

The Emergency Committee held its seventh meeting by teleconference on 23 February 2010. The Director-General sought the Committee's views on the determination of the pandemic status.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 88

As of 14 February 2010, worldwide more than 212 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 15921 deaths.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 87

As of 7 February 2010, worldwide more than 212 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 15292 deaths.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 86

As of 31 January 2010, worldwide more than 211 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 15174 deaths.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 85

As of 24 January 2010, worldwide more than 209 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 14711 deaths.

Statement of the World Health Organization on allegations of conflict of interest and 'fake' pandemic

22 January 2010 -- Providing independent advice to Member States is a very important function of the World Health Organization (WHO). We take this work seriously and guard against the influence of any improper interests. The WHO influenza pandemic policies and response have not been improperly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 84

As of 17 January 2010, worldwide more than 209 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 14142 deaths.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 83

As of 10 January 2010, worldwide more than 208 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 13554 deaths.

***URGENT PATIENT INFORMATION ***

*** WEDNESDAY 10TH MARCH 2010 ***

Due to a major incident effecting the BT exchanges in Aylesbury, Luton and Hemel Hempstead, both Bedgrove Surgery and Aston Clinton Surgery have no clinical computer system. We are unable to book appointments, order and print prescriptions, make referrals etc. There are also intermittent problems with our telephone system.

We are assured by BT that they are working on the situation as a priority, and we are trying to provide the best service we can given the circumstances.

Please bear with us during this time.

Thank You

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** NEWS UPDATE **

After patient feedback, we are pleased to announce that all 3 sites now keep their doors open over lunch. This will allow patients to collect / drop off documentation, letters and prescriptions, and to be able to make appointments at the reception desk.

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WHAT IS WESTONGROVE PARTNERSHIP?

Westongrove Partnership comprises Bedgrove Surgery, Aston Clinton Surgery and Wendover Health Centre and was formed in 1998. By working together, rather than as isolated practices, we believe that we can more readily explore potential opportunities, share good practice and develop innovative ways of providing care across the locality.

Each site has a team of GP Partners & Salaried GPs that make up the Doctor team, along with a Nursing team and non--clinical staff. More details can be found under the green tab 'The Team', shown on the left hand menu.

Our aim is to encourage the good health and well-being of our patients by providing the highest standards of healthcare and a diversity of clinics appropriate to the needs of the community. Our highly-skilled, multidisciplinary professional Primary Health Care Team (PHCT) will promote health education and work with patients to achieve a standard of excellence that reflects our commitment to patient care. We endeavour to ensure that the service we provide is always delivered by the most appropriate member of our PHCT.

We use our surgery website as a way of presenting all our patients with an up to date resource for all information relating to our practice. We keep it current with any news, developments & details that are relevant to the practice & our patients.

Aston Clinton Surgery	Bedgrove Surgery	Wendover Health Centre

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