Information

Long Term Conditions

If you have certain long-term conditions (conditions which impact over a long period of time such as diabetes and heart diseases), you will be offered and encouraged to attend a Yearly Health Check to better care for your health. We will work with you to improve your health by considering what matters to you. We will consider your individual needs and preferences as well as best practice for your long-term condition. Our goals are that patients with long term conditions manage their health with confidence, reduce the risk of being admitted to hospital, and have a better quality of life.

If this is for you, we will contact you via text, phone call, or letter to organise your appointments. We will contact patients over the year so please do not worry if you do not hear from us right away.

Who is this for?

Initially, we will cover nine long-term conditions:

• Cardiovascular disease (for example, strokes, health failure, ischaemic heart disease, and peripheral artery disease)
• Diabetes
• Hypertension (High blood pressure)
• Hyperlipidaemia (High cholesterol)
• Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
• Atrial fibrillation
• Chronic kidney disease
• Asthma
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

In the future, we will look to expand this to cover more long-term conditions.

Child Immunisations

Why Vaccines are Important

Vaccination is the most important thing we can do to protect ourselves and our children against ill health. They prevent millions of deaths worldwide every year. Since vaccines were introduced in the UK, diseases like smallpox, polio and tetanus that used to kill or disable millions of people are either gone or are now very rarely seen.  Other diseases like measles and diphtheria have reduced to a very low number of cases each year since vaccines were introduced. These cases are often related to travel. However, if people stop having vaccines, it’s possible for infectious diseases to quickly spread again.

Find out more here: Why Vaccines are Important (sourced from NHS)

Polio

You may have followed the news that polio has been found in sewage in England and a nationwide Polio Vaccination Campaign is being started in its wake. If your child is not up-to-date with their scheduled immunisation we recommend that you get in touch so we can arrange an appointment for them.

Adult Vaccinations and COVID

Pneumococcal and Shingles

We provide patients with pneumococcal and shingles vaccinations. For more information on availability, please see the following NHS websites or ask staff.

• Pneumococcal: Who should have the pneumococcal vaccine? – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• Shingles: Who can have the shingles vaccine? – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

COVID Vaccination

COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake (fully or partially vaccinated):

• Age over 80: 95.1%
• Age 75-79: 91.4%
• Age 70-74 and high risk patients: 86.3%
• Age 65-69: 87.1%
• Age 16-64: 74%
• Learning Disability patients: 80% fully or partially vaccinated
• BAME Patients: 61% fully or partially vaccinated
• Housebound patients: 94%

Influenza Vaccination

Influenza Vaccination Uptake:

• Age 65 and over: 76.1%
• Age 16-64: 32.8%

North Central London CCG has taken a proactive approach to COVID vaccination at all risk and non-risk groups. The practice is currently participating in the second round of housebound vaccination arrangements. If you have recently become housebound, please let us know so we can forward your details to the relevant team.