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PPG Meeting

The next PPG meeting will be held on Monday 6th January 2025, 5:30pm at the surgery.

Please let the chairperson know if you will be attending.

Published on 14th Oct 2024

Change in telephone opening times for Secretary Department

From 11th November the Secretary Query telephone line will be open from 11am-1pm

0121 421 8400 option 2

Published on 14th Oct 2024

PPG Meeting

The next PPG meeting will be held on Monday 7th October 2024, 5:30pm at the surgery.

Please let the chairperson know if you will be attending.

Published on 26th Sep 2024

MacMillan Coffee Morning Friday 27th September 10am-2pm

We are holding a MacMillan Coffee morning on Friday 27th September 2024. 10am-2pm at the surgery.

Everyone is welcome

Published on 26th Sep 2024

RSV Vaccine

RSV vaccine to be offered in the Black Country

Eligible people in the Black Country are being encouraged to come forward for a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine.

RSV is an infectious disease of the airways and lungs. It often causes symptoms similar to a cold, such as a runny nose, cough and fever, and usually gets better by itself. However, for infants and older adults, the virus can lead to more severe illness and hospitalisation.

Following advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), from 1 September 2024 the NHS will invite everyone aged 75 to 79 to come forward for a free vaccine to protect them from RSV.

Pregnant women are also being offered the vaccine from 28 weeks into their pregnancy to help protect their babies from RSV for the first few months after they’re born.

Sally Roberts, Chief Nursing Officer for the NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board, said: “RSV is a major cause of respiratory illness and can be particularly dangerous for infants and the elderly. It can occur all year round, but cases peak each winter leaving thousands of vulnerable people needed hospital care.

“The RSV vaccine is safe and effective and is the best way to protect yourself against infections caused by RSV. This is a new vaccination programme that will protect thousands of people from serious illness each winter, keeping more people out of hospital and from needing to see a GP.

“I would encourage everyone who receives an invite to come forward and get vaccinated as soon as possible.”

Older adults will be offered the RSV vaccination by their GP practice. Pregnant women over 28 weeks will be offered the vaccine by the maternity service they are receiving antenatal care from.

For more information about the RSV vaccination, visit the NHS Black Country ICB website.

Published on 5th Sep 2024