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New Partner

We are pleased to announce that Dr Andrew Herd will be joining us as a partner as of the 1st December.

Patient Forum

We are keen to hear from patients who may be intersted in improving the practice by becoming involved in our patient forum. Please see the patient group page.

Helping the NHS provide better Care.

A modern information system has been developed for NHS England, which will make increased use of information from medical records with the intention of improving health services. For more Information got to http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/records/healthrecords/Pages/care-data.aspx

Military Veterans.

Are you a military veteran? If so you may be eligible for priority NHS healthcare. For more information see

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Militaryhealthcare/Veteranshealthcare/Pages/veterans.aspx

NHS 111

You can call NHS 111 for non-emergency health care or to contact the out of hours service.

East Northamptonshire Patient Engagement Group

See Clinical Commissioning section for details.

Patient Participation Group Meeting

For more information about our Patient Group or to contact the Patient Group Committee see the Patient Group Section of the website.

SMS Text Messages For Results

Please note that we now send SMS text messages to patients for some Pathology results.

Training Days 2017

The practice is closed for training from 12:30pm on the following days:

10^th May

14th June

12^th July

13rd September

11^th October

8^th November

6^th December

Blood Tests at Nene Park

Please note that blood tests at Nene Park can be taken up to 15:30pm.

Vaccination Schedule

Routine childhood immunisations

When to immunise	Diseases protected against	Vaccine given	Site**
Two months old	Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)	DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel)	Thigh
	Pneumococcal disease	PCV (Prevenar 13)	Thigh
	Rotavirus	Rotavirus (Rotarix)	By mouth
Three months old	Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Hib	DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel)	Thigh
	Meningococcal group C disease (MenC)	Men C (NeisVac-C or Menjugate)	Thigh
	Rotavirus	Rotavirus (Rotarix)	By mouth
Four months old	Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Hib	DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel)	Thigh
Four months old	Pneumococcal disease	PCV (Prevenar 13)	Thigh
Between 12 and 13 months old – within a month of the first birthday	Hib/MenC	Hib/MenC (Menitorix)	Upper arm/thigh
	Pneumococcal disease	PCV (Prevenar 13)	Upper arm/thigh
	Measles, mumps and rubella (German measles)	MMR (Priorix or MMR VaxPRO)	Upper arm/thigh
Three years four months old or soon after	Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio	dTaP/IPV (Repevax) or DTaP/IPV(Infanrix-IPV)	Upper arm
Three years four months old or soon after	Measles, mumps and rubella	MMR (Priorix or MMR VaxPRO)(check first dose has been given)	Upper arm
Girls aged 12 to 13 years old	Cervical cancer caused by human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 (and genital warts caused by types 6 and 11)	HPV (Gardasil)	Upper arm
Around 14 years old	Tetanus, diphtheria and polio	Td/IPV (Revaxis), and check MMR status	Upper arm
Around 14 years old	Meningitis C	(Meningitec, Menjugate or NeisVac-C)	Upper arm

Please note

** Where two or more injections are required at once, these should ideally be given in different limbs. Where this is not possible, injections in the same limb should be given 2.5cm apart.

The Meningitis C vaccination will be introduced during the 2013/14 academic year and the vaccine supplied will depend on the brands available at the time of ordering

Immunisations for at-risk children

When to immunise	Diseases protected against	Vaccine given	Site
At birth, 1 month old, 2 months old and 12 months old	Hepatitis B	Hep B	Thigh
At birth	Tuberculosis	BCG	Upper arm (intradermal)