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General Macaulay Spencer

Vaccination against RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)

NHS England are offering vaccination against Respiratory Syncytial Virus to older adults and pregnant women. Leaflets are available at the surgery, and you can find out more about the virus and the vaccination here:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv/

The vaccine is NON-LIVE and therefore cannot cause the person vaccinated to develop the infection, and immuno-suppressed patients can be vaccinated. We are not permitted to vaccinate individuals outside the stated eligible groups.

If you are aged 75 to 79, or your 80th birthday falls before 31st August 2025, you are eligible for this vaccination and will be invited to a vaccination clinic in September.  The vaccine is currently not given at the same time as flu or covid vaccination, so if you are not vaccinated by the time the Covid and flu campaign begins in October, you will be offered vaccination from December/ January. Pregnant patients will be offered vaccination as they become eligible.

Please wait to hear from us, you will be invited to make an appointment for vaccination.

General, Health Admin-Twyford

Free NHS Blood Pressure checks available at Twyford Pharmacy

In collaboration with Twyford Pharmacy we invite eligible patients to book a BP check with the pharmacy team.

 

Why get your blood pressure checked?

  • High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is a condition which can be controlled to reduce your risk of a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular disease.
  • In the UK there are about five million adults (one in every nine) who have high blood pressure without even knowing it, since high blood pressure itself rarely causes symptoms.
  • The British Heart Foundation estimates that high blood pressure causes over 50% of heart attacks and strokes.

 

What does this free NHS blood pressure check involve?

We are offering free NHS blood pressure checks to people aged 40 and over with no appointment necessary.

This involves around 10-15 minutes in the pharmacy consultation room with pharmacy staff.

Following this, you may be invited to take home a blood pressure monitor that measures your blood pressure as you go about your daily life.

Depending on your blood pressure reading you may be referred to your GP. The pharmacy staff will guide you through any necessary steps depending on your blood pressure result.

 

Am I eligible for this service?

We will be inviting patients routinely for these reviews. However, if you meet the criteria below you are welcome to contact the surgery and arrange this appointment.

  • Patients without a diagnosis or hypertension, and
  • Patients aged over 40 with either a recent high blood pressure or no recent blood pressure, or
  • Patients aged 18 to 39 with a recent high blood pressure.
General Macaulay Spencer

MMR Notice

NHS England is currently seeing increased rates of measles infection. Measles can lead to serious complications & the best protection is to have had two doses of MMR (these cover you for life). You can use your NHS app to check whether you have received both these doses. If you would like the surgery to check your immunisation status or to request an invitation to be immunised please email your full name & DOB to hiowicb-hsi.signuptwyford@nhs.net More information can be found at the following sites https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/measles/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/mmr-vaccine/

We are aware that parents may well be receiving communications directly from the NHS advising that their children have not received two doses of MMR.

If you receive a letter regarding your child/children please send your enquiry to the email address as above & we will investigate.