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Southwark Community ENT Service

This service has now extended to three locations across Southwark, providing expert care for ear, nose and throat conditions.

 

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Parkside Medical Centre
News

News

10 May 2012

If you have been coughing for 3 or more weeks please speak to your doctor

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in England. There are some 33,000 new cases every year. It kills more men and women than any other form of cancer.

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02 May 2012

It is Hay Fever season!

The hay fever season is well under way, with millions of people set to suffer with itchy, streaming eyes, blocked nose, sneezing and other symptoms over the spring and summer months.

If you're a sufferer, NHS Choice offers an online clinic on hay fever and environmental allergies. Doctors specialising in hay fever and other environmental allergies are available to answer your questions on issues such as hay fever triggers, controlling symptoms, treatment options and childhood allergies.

Source: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/online-clinics/Pages/Online-clinic-on-hayfever.aspx 

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18 Apr 2012

Changes to prescription costs

Prescription prepayment certificates (PPC) are available in England and they can save you money.

Prescription costs as of April 1 2012:

• The current prescription charge is £7.65 (£15.30 per pair of elastic hosiery).
• A three monthly PPC is £29.10. This saves you money if you need four or more items in three months.
• A 12 month certificate is £104.00 and saves money if 15 or more items are needed in 12 months.

PPCs are available by 10 monthly direct debit instalment payments. The prescription prepayment certificates allow anyone to obtain all the prescriptions they need for £2 per week.

Find out more about the prescription prepayment certificate.

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11 Apr 2012

Patients miss over 16m appointments each year

Patients miss over 11m GP appointments and 5m practice nurse appointments each year in the UK, a survey suggests. The poll, by Developing Patient Partnerships, found even offering same day appointments was often not enough to solve the problem. London had the worse problem, followed by the North West of England, and the West Midlands. Most of the 329 GP surgeries who took part said missed appointments caused them problems.

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15 Mar 2012

How are we doing?

Parkside recently conducted a survey to get feedback on our performance in the areas of:

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