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Changes to the Practice

A Paramedic has joined the team and may visit you at home rather than a GP.

Travel Vaccinations available on the NHS

Welcome to the new website for Regent Medical Practice.

We hope you enjoy having a look around the site and familiarising yourself with some of the online features such as ordering a repeat prescription. Whatever your thoughts, be sure to let us know via our feedback function. Comments and suggestions are always a great way of helping us continue to enhance the way we look after you.

Health News from the BBC and the NHS

BBC Health
  • Urgent polio boosters for London children
    Nearly a million children, aged one to nine, will be offered a jab in the next month after virus found in sewage.
  • 'I've been let down - I shouldn't have stage-4 cancer'
    Caroline Boulton says there have been delays at every stage of her treatment for breast cancer.
  • UK heatwave: Four-day extreme heat warning for parts of UK
    The Met Office says temperatures will be below July's record highs - but this heatwave will last longer.
  • Backlog of longest-wait patients slashed in England
    Thousands waiting more than two years for scans, checks and surgery have finally been treated.
  • Camhs deaths expose child mental health unit pressures
    Chelsea Mooney was 17 when she died in a Camhs unit last year, following a self-harm incident.
  • US doctor issues warning of many undiagnosed polio cases
    The New York State medic says there could be hundreds, or even thousands, of infected people there.
  • Full extent of NHS dentistry shortage revealed by far-reaching BBC research
    Nine in 10 UK dentists are not accepting new adult patients, while eight in 10 are refusing children.
  • NHS demands cannot wait for new prime minister, says health secretary
    The health secretary says hospitals could face "very serious challenges" this autumn and winter.
  • Infected blood scandal victims in line to get £100,000
    The PM wants payments to be made to survivors "as soon as possible", says Downing Street.
  • Archie Battersbee: No parent must go through this again - family
    The 12-year-old's family say they were "stripped of all our rights" in a legal battle with doctors.
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  • Cancer treatment response may be affected by gut bacteria
    "Gut bacteria 'boost' cancer therapy," BBC News reports. The news comes from research into whether people...
  • Could a blood test in middle age predict dementia risk?
    "Tissue inflammation blood test points to dementia risk," is the headline in The Times. Researchers in...
  • Acid reflux drugs linked to increased stomach cancer risk
    "A drug commonly used to treat acid reflux is linked to a more than doubled risk of developing stomach...
  • Nutrient drink for Alzheimer's has disappointing result in trial
    A new study investigating the effects of a nutrient drink for Alzheimer's disease has led to very different...
  • Marriage may help lower dementia risk
    "Marriage and having close friends may help protect against dementia, according to Loughborough University...
  • Afternoon open heart surgery 'leads to fewer complications'
    "Afternoon heart surgery has lower risk of complications, study suggests," says The Guardian. Researchers...
  • Report calls for better mental health support in the workplace
    "Up to 300,000 people with long-term mental health problems have to leave their jobs each year, a report...
  • Blood-thinning drugs may reduce dementia risk in people with irregular heartbeats
    "Common blood thinning drugs halve the risk of dementia for patients who have an irregular heartbeat,"...
  • New genetic variants associated with breast cancer identified
    "Do you have one of the 180 breast cancer genes? One in five women has a variant that raises her risk...
 
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