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One of the original GP Partners at Parkway Medical Group, Dr Eccleston, sadly passed away on Monday the 7th April 2025. We would like to send our condolences to his family.

This practice is delighted to be signed up to the Green Impact for Health Toolkit and is actively taking steps to reduce our carbon footprint. The climate emergency is also a health emergency, and health care in the UK contributes 4-5% of the UK’s carbon emissions. We need to enhance the health of today’s population…

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is an infectious disease of the airways. It can make you become wheezy or short of breath and can lead to pneumonia and other life-threatening conditions. The new RSV vaccine will be offered to patients who turn 75 years of age on or after 1st September 2024, or who are already…

The British Medical Association (BMA) is launching collective action this week among GP practices. The motto for the campaign is “Protect your patients, protect your GP practice”. This is NOT industrial action, and NOT about pay – it is to pressurise the government to invest more in primary care and amend the GP contract so…

With the recent media coverage, we understand you might have concerns about your health. The NHS has set up a new online resource for patients and the public to find help and support. Visit: https://nhs.uk/infected-blood-support If you’re worried about a possible hepatitis C infection, you can book a free, confidential home NHS test online. Get…

People sometimes ask the doctor or nurse to prescribe diazepam, or similar drugs like lorazepam temazepam or clonazepam, for fear of flying or to help sleep during flights. Prescribing these drugs is not recommended any more for these reasons: 1. Although plane emergencies are rare, taking Diazepam reduces awareness and reaction times for patients so…