In line with national guidance, we are now mostly offering telephone or video appointments.

We are continuing to provide appointments in the practice for certain situations (eg childhood immunisations, urgent blood tests, cervical smears).

This is to reduce footfall in the practice and hence protect our vulnerable patients from contracting COVID-19.

If you need to contact the Practice, please do so by telephone or online. Please do not come to the Practice unless you have already spoken to a member of our team and have been advised that you should do so.

Primary care staff across each borough will be able to access your full medical record without consent during the COVID-19 pandemic but will only do so when this is necessary to provide you with care. They will be required to use a smartcard which confirms their identity, and which limits their access and actions to those appropriate for their role. They will all have been trained to understand their professional and legal responsibilities in providing you with care.

We would like to inform our patients that from 1st February 2020, we will no longer be offering ear syringing at the practice.

Patients who still require this service can attend Soho walk in centre. Alternatively there are plenty of options on Harley Street and nearby for a small fee.

Book an appointment with a nurse now to get your MMR vaccine.

The Flu season will be commencing on 01 October 2020. Flu vaccination will be offered to all eligible patients, if you usually have a flu vaccination please call the Practice today to book your appointment.

This year the flu vaccination will be offered to:

• adults 65 and over
• people with certain medical conditions (including children in at-risk groups from 6 months of age)
• pregnant women
• people living with someone who’s at high risk from Covid-19 (on the NHS shielded patient list)
• children aged 2 and 3 on 31 August 2020
• children in primary school
• children in year 7 (secondary school)
• front-line health or social care workers
• carers

At Maida Vale Medical Centre we are preparing for our biggest flu campaign ever! Clinics will be offered every day in October and patients will be given the chance to book in to clinics themselves.

Further information can be found at NHS Flu Information

Please note that people in the 50-64-year old age group will not be vaccinated until November and December, providing there is sufficient vaccine, and no appointments will be offered for this age group until then. This is to ensure that those who are most at risk are vaccinated first.  If you are 50-64 and you are in one of the other groups which is eligible for the flu vaccination, for example you have a health condition which puts you at risk from the flu, you will be invited earlier.

Maida Vale Medical Centre is a proactive member of St John’s Wood & Maida Vale Primary Care Network (StJW&MV PCN), which consists of the following members

• Maida Vale Medical Practice
• St John’s Wood Medical Practice
• Wellington Health Centre
• Little Venice Medical Centre
• The Randolph Surgery
• Third Floor Medical Centre
• Lanark Medical Centre

Since the NHS was created in 1948, the population has grown and people are living longer. Many people are living with long term conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, or suffer with mental health issues and may need to access their local health services more often.

To meet these needs, practices have begun working together and with community, mental health, social care, pharmacy, hospital and voluntary services in their local areas in primary care networks.

Maida Vale Medical Centre is a proactive member of St John’s Wood & Maida Vale Primary Care Network (StJW&MV PCN), which consists of the following members:

• Maida Vale Medical Practice
• St John’s Wood Medical Practice
• Wellington Health Centre
• Little Venice Medical Centre
• The Randolph Surgery
• Third Floor Medical Centre
• Lanark Medical Centre

The NHS Health Check is a sophisticated check of your heart health. Aimed at adults in England aged 40 to 74, it checks your vascular or circulatory health and works out your risk of developing some of the most disabling – but preventable – illnesses.

You’ll be invited by the Practice for an NHS Health Check every five years if you are between 40 and 74 years old, as long as you don’t have an existing vascular condition.

How the NHS Health Check will help

Once you’ve had your NHS Health Check, you’ll have a good idea of what your risk is of developing heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, kidney disease and certain types of dementia. There are some risk factors for these diseases that can’t be changed; for example, your risk increases with age. But there’s a lot you can do to reduce your risk. You can:

• maintain a healthy weight
• be physically active
• eat a healthy and balanced diet
• stop smoking
• cut down on alcohol

For further information please book an appointment with our Health Care Assistant.