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Winter vaccinations (flu and Covid-19) campaign in north east London
Our new local webpage for vaccinations plus digital screens, posters and more
Proposed new Moorfields Eye Hospital hub in Stratford
Moorfields Eye Hospital is planning to provide additional eye care at a new site in Stratford from Spring 2023. It is proposed that this new hub will be on Stratford Broadway and will bring together in one place a range of eye services for the local community. Moorfields want to hear views on their proposals by 25 November 2022.
Medicine Safety Week
For one week each year, medicine regulators, safety officers and their healthcare partners across the world simultaneously encourage the reporting of side effects on social media, with the hashtag #MedSafetyWeek.
Support eligible patients to get a medical exemption certificate
Patients with certain medical conditions are only entitled to free NHS prescriptions if they have a medical exemption certificate.
Training courses for professionals who care for children and young people with asthma
Currently, the UK has some of highest death rates in Europe for childhood asthma and outcomes are worse for those living in the most deprived areas.
Covid-19 vaccines allergy pathway
A Covid-19 vaccines allergy pathway has been approved by the NEL Immunisation Board to support vaccination sites to manage individuals with a previous allergic reaction to a vaccine.
Using MS Teams for outbound calls this winter – licences still available
Last year, NHSE announced a time-limited offer for General Practice to use MS Teams to make outbound-only calls independently of existing telephone solutions at no additional cost to practices. We have some remaining licenses available for practices and PCNs wishing to use this functionality to support improved access over the winter period.
GP survey closing soon
A reminder to complete NHSE's GP flu survey - "Supporting the collection of patient ethnicity to inform resource allocation" - by COP Tuesday 1 November.
Seeking your views following the successful launch of the Havering Place based Partnership last week
The Local Government Association are providing support to the Havering Partnership to further develop our relationships, priorities and ways of working. Please do complete the survey which should take about 10 minutes.
Primary care immunisation update webinar series 2022
Immunisers in primary care in London can access FREE immunisation update training across 2022. The series of webinars are designed to support immunisers to fulfil the requirement for annual immunisation updates and are free to access.