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Flu Clnics

Flu vaccinations are still available. Please contact Reception to check if you are eligible.

Out of Hours

LAGANDOC, the local out of hours organisation, looks after the urgent needs of patients from 6.00 pm to 8.00 am weekdays, and throughout weekends and bank holidays. Lagandoc can be contacted on 028 9260 2204.

Evening Surgery

We run an evening surgery on alternate Thursdays. Check our Appointments page for further information.

Appointments

To make an appointment, please telephone the main Reception number (028 9260 3090) between 8.30 am and 6.00 pm.

Repeat Prescription Phone Line

You can order your repeat prescriptions on our new 24 hour Repeat Prescription Phone Line.

Tel 028 9260 4341

NHS Days (MSW)

01 Nov - 01 Dec
Lung Cancer Awareness Month

Lung cancer is known as the “invisible” or “forgotten” disease but lung cancer is a stark reality for more than 37,000 new patients in the UK every year – that’s one every 15 minutes.

BBC Health

Over-the-counter Viagra bid ends

The makers of the anti-impotence drug Viagra have withdrawn an application for the medicine to be available without a prescription.

Heavy drinkers 'lie to doctors'

Almost two in five people who drink to excess lie to their doctor about how much alcohol they really consume, says a survey.

NHS 'struggling' with work laws

Surgery teams in many NHS hospitals are not ready for a possible limit on their working week, a survey finds.

Key NHS reform 'delivered little'

A flagship NHS reform aimed at developing more innovative community services has delivered little, a report says.

Rapid care 'cuts baby's HIV risk'

Rapid drug treatment of babies with HIV dramatically cuts their risk of death and debilitating disease, research shows.

Hospital to bury unclaimed organs

Parents of children whose organs were removed at Liverpool's Alder Hey hospital have until May to reclaim their body parts.

Windpipe transplant breakthrough

Surgeons in Spain claim a major breakthrough by giving a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells.

Deal reached on NHS drug prices

The government has struck a deal on the cost of drugs which should save the NHS in the UK £400m a year.

Nurses warn over needle injuries

Nurses are calling for safer needles to be used after a poll suggested nearly half have been accidentally jabbed.

What a way to go. British toilet habits revealed

Reading, chatting and texting are among the favourite activities of Britons on the toilet, a survey suggests.

Yahoo Health

MedPage Today

Psychiatrists Give Mixed Reviews on ACP Antidepressant Guideline

PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- A practice guideline on the use of second-generation antidepressants, issued here this week by the American College of Physicians, has earned cheers as well as jeers from psychiatrists.

Waxman Takes Gavel from Dingell as Chairman of Powerful House Committee

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) today unseated the longest serving current member of the House, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), an automaker ally, to lead the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee in the next Congress.

ASRM: Ovarian Cancer Risk Increased After In Vitro Fertilization

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- In vitro fertilization is associated with an increased risk of ovarian malignancies, particularly borderline tumors -- but the absolute risk of these uncommon malignancies remains small, a large study showed.

Health Insurers Back Coverage for All Regardless of Current Health

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Organizations representing health insurers have agreed that it is time to offer coverage to all Americans regardless of pre-existing illness or medical history, a move that appeared to be a major policy shift.

Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation Tames Severe OCD

PARIS (MedPage Today) -- Patients with severe, refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) found some relief of symptoms after stimulation of the brain's subthalamic nucleus, a small preliminary study showed.

FDA Device Reviewers Allege Agency Coerces Unsound Judgments

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Some FDA reviewers of devices and diagnostic products have protested to a congressional committee that they have been pressured into approval recommendations that were against their best scientific judgments.

ASRM: Studies Suggest Possible Fertility Risk with Bisphenol A Exposure

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Several new studies suggest that exposure to bisphenol A may reduce fertility in both men and women, but this association needs to be further examined, researchers cautioned.

Recall of Three Little Words Helps Quick Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment

ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- Mild cognitive impairment can be determined in less than five minutes with a three-word memory test and a clock- drawing task, according to researchers here. The words are apple, penny, and table.

Second Suicide Try May Succeed if Psychiatric Disorders Are Present

STOCKHOLM (MedPage Today) -- Following an unsuccessful suicide attempt, patients with psychopathologies are more likely to succeed on a second try than those without such disorders, a long-term cohort study showed.

Obama Taps Daschle for HHS Post in Cabinet

WASHINGTON --Tom Daschle, a former Senator from South Dakota who served as Democratic leader in the Senate, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Daily Mail

Big six fast-food chains pledge to slash fat and salt in historic anti-obesity shift

Six of the country's biggest restaurant chains have pledged to serve more salad and slash levels of fat and salt in their products in an historic shift.

The text nurse: Mobile phone 'diary' allows people with diabetes and asthma to monitor their own health

It may not have a bedside manner to speak of but new mobile phone software can now mimic the work of a nurse.

Bags of stress: Why Christmas shopping is bad for your health

Our wallets will not be the only thing suffering as we buy presents this Christmas. A study has found festive buying increased blood pressure to dangerous levels in 50 per cent of shoppers.

'I felt safer giving birth in Hungary', says mother whose first child died in NHS blunder

A mother whose newborn baby died in a botched hospital delivery today told how she has lost faith in the NHS. Adrienn Both lost her son after doctors at the Royal Free Hospital used the wrong technique during labour.

Scientists are a step closer to creating 'elixir of life'

The secrets of eternal youth are being unlocked by scientists. Experiments show that an enzyme called telomerase could be the key ingredient in an 'elixir of life'.

Teenager lives for record 118 days without a heart before having transplant

A teenager survived for nearly four months without a heart until she was able to have a transplant, American doctors say.

Scrapping fast food ads would reduce childhood obesity by a fifth, finds detailed study

Fewer fast-food adverts could take a bite out of childhood obesity figures, a comprehensive study suggests.

WORLD MEDICAL FIRST: British doctors grow woman's transplant organ from scratch using her own stem cells

A mother of two has become the first person in the world to undergo a whole organ transplant grown from her own stem cells. The British scientists are hailing a new dawn in transplant surgery.

GPs 'waste' £100m NHS fund set aside for local care, study finds

Family doctors are failing to provide improved services for patients, despite being paid tens of millions of pounds to do so, a report claims. Cash handed to thousands of GPs to commission services ends up in practice coffers.

How three cups of green tea a day can help you lose weight - even if you keep eating junk food

Three cups of green tea a day could help keep obesity at bay, scientists claim.

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