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A Guide to the Spring 2024 Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign

News Date: 04/04/2024

A guide to the spring 2024 COVID-19 vaccination campaign

Spring 2024 booster eligibility: Patients aged 75 years and over, those in care homes, and those aged 6 months and over with a weakened immune system are being offered a spring dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

Timing of the spring booster

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Please update your email address with Poplar Grove Practice

News Date: 02/04/2024

We wanted to make you aware that the Integrated Care Board who fund General Practice have decided to limit the funding for text messaging, affecting the future way we communicate with patients. From the 1^st April 2024, we will predominately communicate to you using emails which will come from…

Retirement Pending... Dr Juliet Sutton

News Date: 22/03/2024

Dr Juliet Sutton, Senior Partner will be retiring on 22^nd May after serving a whopping 31 years with the practice.

Juliet joined Walton Grove Surgery in July 1993. Alongside her hard work, dedication, and commitment to being a general practitioner, she has also helped to train young doctors…

Buckinghamshire - Pump It Up

News Date: 21/03/2024

Pump It Up encourages Buckinghamshire residents to regularly monitor their blood pressure and share their results with their GP practice.

The Buckinghamshire Public Health team joined forces with two PCNs to revise the blood pressure information and results booklet which now all…

Pharmacy First - Launched 31 January 2024

News Date: 31/01/2024

The Pharmacy First scheme was launched by the UK Government and NHS England on 31 January 2024 to give patients quick and accessible care and to ease pressure on GP services.

Patients can now get treatment for seven common conditions directly from their local pharmacy, without the need for…

GP Navigation - NEW for Autumn/Winter 2023

News Date: 11/12/2023

Everyone is aware of the pressures facing NHS services as we prepare for a very challenging winter.

At Poplar Grove we continually look at how we can get the most out of all available appointments. A recent Demand V Capacity Analysis showed that for every appointment available, at least 5 pa…

Primary Care Conversation - Public Engagement

News Date: 30/11/2023

BOB ICB have launched the public engagement around the strategy, the ‘Primary Care Conversation’: which can be found here https://yourvoicebob-icb.uk.engagementhq.com/hub-page/primary-care.

At this initial stage of engagement, the public have been asked share their views, insights and experien…

Type 2 Diabetic & Pre-Diabetic Educational Meeting

News Date: 29/11/2023

Last Wednesday (22nd Nov) we invited a group of Type 2 Diabetic and Pre-Diabetic patients to attend an educational meeting to help empower them with knowledge about Diabetes, which in time we hope will help them self manage their condition better.

Patients were introduced to …

Menopause Programme with Harley Street at Home

News Date: 23/11/2023

Poplar Grove Practice is working with Harley Street at Home to pilot a unique opportunity for our patients to engage in a free menopause programme. Poplar Grove Practice is messaging our patients to see if they wish to sign up and be involved and be contacted by Harley Street at Home.

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Measles cases on the rise

News Date: 17/08/2023

The World Health Organization (WHO) has advised that measles cases are on the rise in Europe and England.

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust school-aged immunisation team, endorsed by BOB ICB and Buckinghamshire Local Authority, are running community vaccination catch-up clinics at R…

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