Remembrance Day Service – Monday 11th November 2024

On Monday 11th November, Portsdown Group Practice will be holding a short service as we collectively pay our respects to the fallen. Staff will gather at each of the surgery sites just before 11:00am where there will be a short recital during the wreath laying, and the two minute silence will be observed. During this

Watch for measles!

Vaccine rates among young children have dipped to a 10-year low, leaving some unprotected and risking outbreaks of the highly infectious and dangerous virus. By the age of five, almost all children should be double vaccinated.

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) is worried the UK is now seeing a “devastating resurgence” of virtually eliminated life-threatening diseases such as measles, because of low vaccine uptake.

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