Horsham Collaborative Primary Care

24/09/2025

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04/09/2025

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20/06/2025

Sussex NHS Lung Cancer Screen

If you are aged 55 to 74, a current or former smoker and registered with be invited by letter for your FREE NHS Lung Health Check.

Think of it as an MOT for your lungs.

Please look out for your letter or text message - it will arrive in a yellow envelope from Lung health checks will take place over the telephone, but you may also be invited to see a Nurse and for a lung scan.

These will be in convenient community locations, so they are local and easy to access. This Is not a self-referral programme and you will be invited for your lung health check by letter.

Most people will find their lungs are working fine. Some people may benefit from further tests or treatment either from their GP or hospital doctors.

When it comes to lung health, spotting problems early can make a huge difference. We have just been notified that the at risk patients at Courtyard surgery,Cowfold Rudgewick and Village surgery Southwater will soon be contacted by the service !

For more information see:
https://sussexlunghealthcheck.nhs.uk/

03/05/2025

SPRING COVID CLINIC UPDATE.

Last big clinic at BOHUNT happened last weekend. Huge thanks to the patients staff and volunteers who make the clinic so friendly and enjoyable.

We now have a few smaller clinics from Courtyard Surgery on the weekends.

4th May
and 24th May

Patients at Courtyard Southwater Cowfold and Rudgwick surgeries have direct booking links sent If elegible.

Other patients are welcome to book via the national booking service.

09/04/2025

1st Spring booster clinic!

Dr Coutroubis Dona and the Horsham Collaborative Primary Care team managed to enable just under 1500 of Horsham and surrounding areas over 75 and most high risk people got their much needed booster vaccination.

Lots of money raised for Horsham Matters

None of this could happen without the fantastic support of the Patients, Families and Carers and the wonderful Staff and Volunteers at the Bohunt vaccination site !

THANK YOU

Next Clinic is this Sunday for eligible patients ~:

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advice that there is a need for High risk groups to have an updated COVID protection in spring 2025.
The spring 2025 programme will cover:
1) Adults aged 75 years and over
2) residents in a care home for older adults
3) individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed, as defined in COVID-19: the green book, chapter 14a; Tables 3 and 4

This includes those who will turn 75 years old by 17 June 2025.

COVID BOOSTER - SPACES AVALIBLE THIS SUNDAY 13th April all day

Book using your booking link or via the NHS booking platform.

https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/vaccination-and-booking-services/book-covid-19-vaccination/

Horsham District Voluntary Sector Support
Rudgwick Medical Centre
Horsham Community Notice Board
Horsham District Wellbeing
Southwater Community Responders
The District Post Horsham
Rudgwick Rants
Southwater Country Park
Rudgwick Recycling
Southwater Village Community Group
Horsham District Council
St Catherine's Hospice, Crawley
Southwater Community Partnership
West Sussex County Times
Horsham District Older Peoples Forum
Horsham Community Notice Board
Horsham Community Group
Billingshurst Village Help & Information
Cowfold Medical Group
Horsham Recommends
Horsham District Wellbeing
Kilnwood Vale Residents Group

01/04/2025

COVID BOOSTER SPACES AVALIBLE THIS SUNDAY

1st Vaccine clinic this SUNDAY 6th April Spaces available please book using your booking link or via the NHS booking platform.

Eligible patients should receive a message from their surgery or the NHS

HIGH RISK GROUPS
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advice that there is a need for High risk groups to have an updated COVID protection in spring 2025.
The spring 2025 programme will cover:

1) Adults aged 75 years and over
2) residents in a care home for older adults
3) individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed, as defined in COVID-19: the green book, chapter 14a; Tables 3 and 4 (SEE PICTURES FOR DETAILS)

This includes those who will turn 75 years old by 17 June 2025. They will be eligible for a vaccination at any point in the campaign. Those who are new residents in an older adult care home or become immunosuppressed by 17 June 2025 are also eligible.

The Surgery teams and Our outstanding group of Volunteers are preparing to welcome our high risk patients in Horsham back to Bohunt school

Looking forward to seeing the team and more patients Sunday

Horsham District Voluntary Sector Support
Rudgwick Medical Centre
Horsham Community Notice Board
Horsham District Wellbeing
Southwater Community Responders
The Rotary Club of Crawley UK
Rudgwick Rants
Southwater Parish Neighbourhood Plan
Rudgwick Community Board
Southwater Parish Church
Horsham District Council
St Catherine's Hospice, Crawley
The District Post Horsham
Southwater Community Partnership
West Sussex County Times
Horsham District Older Peoples Forum
Horsham Community Responders
Billingshurst Village
Cowfold Medical Group
Horsham Recommends
Billingshurst Community Larder
Kilnwood Vale Residents Group

08/03/2025

COVID SPRING BOOSTER 2025 - BOOKING NOW BOHUNT SCHOOL

ELEGIBLE Patients of Courtyard, Southwater, Cowfold and Rudgwick Surgeries will be getting their booking link over THIS weekend.

National booking system opens for rest of Horsham 25 March 2025

HIGH RISK GROUPS

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advice that there is a need for High risk groups to have an updated COVID protection in spring 2025.

The spring 2025 programme will cover:

1) Adults aged 75 years and over
2) residents in a care home for older adults
3) individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed, as defined in COVID-19: the green book, chapter 14a; Tables 3 and 4
(SEE PICTURES orhttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66e7fbf624c4f1826d81bb32/Greenbook-chapter-14a-20240916.pdf Page 24-26)

This includes those who will turn 75 years old by 17 June 2025. They will be eligible for a vaccination at any point in the campaign. Those who are new residents in an older adult care home or become immunosuppressed by 17 June 2025 are also eligible.
The Surgery teams and Our outstanding group of Volunteers are preparing to welcome our high risk patients in Horsham back to Bohunt School

Horsham District Voluntary Sector Support
Rudgwick Medical Centre
Horsham Community Responders
Horsham District Wellbeing
Southwater Community Responders
The Rotary Club of Crawley UK
Rudgwick Rants
Horsham Matters
Southwater Parish Neighbourhood Plan
Rudgwick Community Board
Southwater Parish Church
Horsham District Council
St Catherine's Hospice, Crawley
The District Post Horsham
Southwater Community Partnership
West Sussex County Times
Horsham District Older Peoples Forum
Billingshurst Village
Cowfold Medical Group
Billingshurst Community Larder
Lions Club Horsham
Kilnwood Vale Residents' Association

30/11/2024

Influenza cases and need to vaccinate

As of 26 November 2024, influenza positivity in week 47 increased with a weekly average positivity rate of 6.5% compared with 3.9% in the previous week. Influenza positivity rates were highest in those aged between 5 and 14 years at a weekly average positivity rate of 16.9%. This has increased from 11.5% among those aged between 5 and 14 years in week 46.

If your over 65 or in a high risk groups please get your Flu vaccine

Call your GP SURGERY and get booked in
we have vaccines avalible over the network 8.00-19.30 Monday to Friday and options on Saturday also !

Courtyard Surgery
Cowfold Medical Group
Rudgwick Medical Centre
Village surgery Southwater

09/11/2024

Horsham 10th November Week 6 Covid Vaccinations -
WALK IN appointments 14:00 - 17.15

ELEGIBLE Patients only
+65 year olds
Or
Under 65 in clinical risk groups - Who have been messaged by NHS to get a Covid vaccine - proof of a request send after August 2024 will be required
Or
Nursing home Carers
Domicillary Carers (Visiting care agency worker)
NHS front line workers

PLEASE NOTE:
WE CANT GIVE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING AFTER LIVING WITH OR WORKING WITH HIGH RISK PEOPLE

Update from Week 5 half day – Autumn 2024 Vaccinations Covid and Flu

775 moderna
12 pfizer
410 flu vaccines

£231 for horsham matters

The team and Volunteers were back in action to protect Horsham over 65 year olds and those who are at risk in the winter months from covid and flu.
So much commitment to help in such weather !
Great to see lots of patients and the our familiar faces of our fantastic team

Lots of money to help those people in need in and around the Horsham area with matters
Looking forward to seeing the team and more patients Sunday for another busy clinic!

Horsham District Voluntary Sector Support
Rudgwick Medical Centre
Horsham Matters
Horsham District Wellbeing
Southwater Community Responders
The Rotary Club of Crawley UK
Rudgwick Rants
Southwater Parish Neighbourhood Plan
Rudgwick Community Board
Southwater Parish Church
Southwater Parish Church
Southwater Parish Council
Horsham District Council
St Catherine's Hospice, Crawley
The District Post Horsham
Southwater Community Partnership
West Sussex County Times
Horsham District Older Peoples Forum
Horsham Community Responders
Billingshurst Village
Cowfold Medical Group
Horsham Recommends
Billingshurst Community Larder
surgery horsham
surgery horsham
surgery
Surgery
Club Horsham
Kilnwood Vale Residents Group

24/10/2024

Week 2+3 – Autumn 2024 Vaccinations Cvid and Flu

Next clinic 27th October 2024 for Horsham and crawley at
Bohunt School, Bailey Road, RH12 6AP

Double catchup

The team and Volunteers were back in action to protect Horsham over 65 year olds and those who are at risk in the winter months from covid and flu.

So much commitment to help in such weather !

Great to see lots of patients and the our familiar faces of our fantastic team

2nd week
1758 Pfizer covid vaccines !
1641 also getting their flu vaccinations !
£810 for horsham matters !

3rd week
1800 moderna
30 Pfizer covid vaccines !
1263 also getting their flu vaccinations !
£815 for horsham matters !

Lots of money to help those people in need in and around the Horsham area with matters

Looking forward to seeing the team and more patients Sunday for another busy clinic!

District Voluntary Sector Support
Medical Centre
Matters
District Wellbeing
Community Responders
Rotary Club of Crawley UK
Rants
Parish Neighbourhood Plan
Community Notice Board
Spiritualist Church
Parish Church
Parish Council
Parish Council
Older Person's Forum
District Post Horsham
Beeding Community
Sussex County Times
District Older Peoples Forum
District Council
District Covid19 Vaccination Info Hub
Village Help & Information
Medical Group
Recommends
Community Notice Board

Friends of Horsham Community Fridge
surgery horsham
surgery horsham
surgery
Surgery
Rotary Club of Surrey
(and surrounding areas) Business advertising
Club Horsham
Vale

18/09/2024

Winter Flu and Covid Booster Vaccinations 2024 – Bohunt Horsham RH12 6AP

Pfizer Vaccine (new vaccine for winter 2024)
NEW ELEGIBILITY RULES!

Our amazing team with the support of our volunteers and Bohunt school will be back in action starting Sunday 6th October ! and going on most Sundays till we are all vaccinated!

Patients of Courtyard Southwater Cowfold and Rudgwick :
Over the last 2 weeks we have sent messages to our patients who are eligible for covid and flu vaccinations.

If you think you should be booked (check eligibility criteria below) and have not had a message please call reception after 10Am to discuss

Patients who are housebound we will be in contact in November/December, if you are able to make it to Bohunt with friends and family we are happy to help you get your vaccine there.

Patients Who are not at Courtyard Southwater Cowfold and Rudgwick will be able to book Covid vaccines via the National booking service from the 23rd of September.

ELEGIBLE GROUPS ARE DIFFERENT TO PREVIOUS YEARS please read below (*flu and covid elegibility are different)

Covid vaccinations for:

The groups to be offered a COVID-19 vaccine in autumn/winter 2024/25 are:

NOT Eligible this time for Covid BUT CAN STILL HAVE FLU:
Household contacts of immunosuppressed patients
Unpaid Carers

CAN HAVE BOOSTER:

Residents in a care home for older adults
all adults aged 65 years and over
Paid Carers
Frontline health and social work staff if advised.
Persons aged 6 months to 64 years in a clinical risk group:
-Asthma with frequent hospital attendances or regular use of oral steroids, COPD and lung conditions
- Chronic heart disease and vascular disease
- Chronic kidney disease 3/4/5, nephrotic syndrome or renal transplant
- Chronic liver disease e.g. Cirrhosis, biliary atresia, chronic hepatitis
- Chronic neurological disease Stroke, transient ischaemic attack, cerebral palsy, severe or profound learning disabilities
- Diabetes, including diet-controlled diabetes, current gestational diabetes, and Addison's disease.
- Immunosuppression due to disease or treatment, including patients undergoing chemotherapy leading to immunosuppression, patients undergoing radical radiotherapy, solid organ transplant recipients, bone marrow or stem cell transplant recipients, HIV
- Dysfunction of the spleen or no spleen
- Adults with a Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥40 kg/m².
- Severe mental illness
- Pregnancy All stages (first, second and third trimesters)

Flu Vaccinations for:
aged 2 and 3 years on 31 August 2024
• eligible school aged children (Reception to Year 11)
• those aged 6 months to under 65 years in clinical risk groups
• pregnant women
• all those aged 65 years and over
• those in long-stay residential care homes
• carers, those in receipt of carer’s allowance or main carer of an older or disabled person
• household contacts of immunocompromised individuals
• frontline health and social care staff

Horsham District Voluntary Sector Support
Horsham Matters
Horsham Recommends
Horsham District Wellbeing
Southwater Community Responders
Southwater Community Partnership
Horsham District Council
Rudgwick Rants
Rudgwick Community Board
Southwater Parish Church
Southwater Parish Council
Cowfold Parish Council
Southwater Parish Neighbourhood Plan
Southwater Parish Council Forum
The District Post Horsham
Lower Beeding Parish
West Sussex County Times
Horsham District Council
District Covid19
Billingshurst Community Larder
Cowfold Medical Group
Rudgwick Medical Centre
Horsham Recommends
Horsham Community Responders
Horsham Community Notice Board
Surgery Horsham
Surgery
Surgery
Surgery

01/08/2024

GP Ballot on Collective Action - NOT A STRIKE



Results of the GP non-statutory ballot of BMA GP partners/
contractors are now available: on a turnout of 67.7%,

98.3% of GPs have voted in favour of taking
one or more of the GPC England’s promoted list of Collective Action.

GPs are NOT going on strike.

This was not a formal Trades Union ballot, though had it been,
the legal voting thresholds would have been met.

GP practices will remain open, and no
proposed action will create a breach of either the national or local contracts GP practices
hold.

GPs will now, incrementally, and collectively, start to work in line with their contracts but this is not a big bang approach analogous to withdrawing labour in an official strike:

No patients care will be put at risk, as no precipitate decisions will be taken and local commissioners, who are responsible for ensuring patients can access NHS services, will be informed of all changes in the way GPs and their practice staff are working.

However, it is surely very revealing that NHS England have expressed concern about the impact of General Practitioners simply choosing to do only what they are contracted and appropriately resourced to do; this demonstrates how our goodwill and commitment to doing the best for our patients has been systematically exploited and relied on.

Underlying all these actions is a determination to reverse the current ”constructive dismissal” of General Practice: currently (2024/25) only 6% of the overall NHS budget

General Practice funding is £107.57 per patient a year is just 30p a day, to provide facilities and staff for the essential healthcare for every patient who needs it.

Practices cannot afford to employ and retain the staff
they need. This financial situation is completely unsustainable and is why General Practice cannot look after patients as they deserve: over 1300 NHS GP practices have been lost since 2015.

With a rising registered population, this means the average number of patients per FTE fully qualified GP has risen to 2300, which is unsafe, and is why patients cannot receive the
care they deserve, and GPs want to provide.

PATIENTS PLEASE STAND WITH YOUR GP SURGERY AND SUPPORT YOUR GPS AS WE TRY TO GET THE ABILITY TO BRING BACK REAL GENERAL PRACTICE WE BOTH WANT AND NEED.

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