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Bowel Cancer Awareness Month - April 2025
Do you know the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer:
- Blood in your poo, or bleeding from your bottom
- a change in your bowel habits such as looser poo, needing to poo more often, pain or feeling like you’ve not properly emptied your bowels.
- Persistent pain, or a lump in your tummy
- Bloating when you eat
- Loss of appetite
- Losing weight without trying
If you’ve had any of these symptoms for three weeks or more, or you’re just worried, talk to your GP. They have these conversations every day, so there’s no need to feel embarrassed when talking about your bowels. There can be many common reasons for these symptoms, and most people will not have cancer. But finding it early makes it much more treatable.
For more information see - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer/
Published on 17th Apr 2025
COVID19 Spring & Summer Boosters
The COVID19 spring booster campaign starts in April and will run up to 17 June 2025. If you are eligible, you will receive an invitation either from NHS England or the practice.
The following groups of people are eligible for a Covid19 Spring booster vaccination:
• Anyone aged 75 and over
• Anyone aged 6 months and over with a weakened immune system
• Care home residents
There are mobile Covid vaccination clinics available in Bolton and eligible patients are welcome to pop-by whilst the mobile clinic out and about in the community. You can find out the dates and locations of all mobile clinics on the Bolton GP federation community webpage - https://www.boltongpfed.co.uk/communityhealth/
You can also find walk in vaccination clinics via the NHS website - https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/vaccination-and-booking-services/find-a-walk-in-covid-19-vaccination-site/
If you are unable to use the internet, eligible patients can contact 0161 9470770 or 0800 0924020 where the Care Gateway Team will be able to assist with locating walk in vaccination services.
Published on 17th Apr 2025
Practice Facebook Page
The practice now has a facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/DrJeyamandDrJesudas
We will be sharing important information and any urgent updates/messages on here.
Please visit our page and like and follow.
Published on 19th Dec 2024
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine for pregnant women and 75-79 year olds
What is RSV?
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is an infectious disease of the airways and lungs. RSV infection often causes symptoms similar to a cold, including cough, sore throat, sneezing and runny or blocked nose. It can also make you become wheezy or short of breath and lead to pneumonia and other life-threatening conditions. There is no specific treatment, and most infections will get better by themselves. Every year thousands of older adults need hospital care for RSV, and some of them will die. RSV can be more severe in people with medical conditions such as heart or lung disease or a weakened immune system. RSV infection is common in young children but is most serious for small babies and for older people
From 1st September 2024, NHS England have introduced a RSV vaccine.
Almost all older adults will have had several RSV infections during their life. A single dose of vaccine will help to boost protection as you reach an age group at highest risk of serious RSV infection.
For pregnant women, the vaccine will be offered on or after they are 28 weeks pregnant.
Published on 19th Sep 2024