Torkard Hill Medical Centre

11/09/2025

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Skills for starting school - advice for parents

Tips and activities to support the skills your child needs to start school - from potty training to language learning:

School readiness tips and activities to support the skills your child needs to start school - from potty training to language learning.

11/09/2025

Most women are exclusively looked after by the maternity teams, during their pregnancy, and GPs in Nottinghamshire no longer have direct access to your care notes.

That means we can no longer sign or authorise letters stating you are "fit to fly".

Please contact your midwife or obstetrician, who would be better placed, to make these statements.

11/09/2025

We understand that some of our patients may still have concerns about vaccines.

Across the UK, there has been a worrying decline in vaccine uptake - particularly for babies and children. Sadly, this has led to a rise in diseases that we hardly saw just a few years ago, and as a consequence, some babies and children are becoming extremely unwell and in some cases fatal ☹️.

𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 f𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 💙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢.

Back in 1998, questions were raised about a possible link between the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine and autism. Since then, dozens of high-quality scientific studies, involving hundreds of thousands of children, have found 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐌𝐑 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦.

✅ The evidence is clear: the MMR vaccine is safe, and it protects children and communities from serious illness.

If you have questions or worries, please reach out - we are here to support you with trusted, evidence-based advice.

11/09/2025

Travel Assessment

Our awesome nursing team offer travel advice and NHS immunisations.

If you are travelling abroad please complete and submit the travel form in plenty of time (we recommend AT LEAST 6-8 weeks) before your journey.

(We will not accept forms if you are due to travel less than 6 weeks - you will have to seek advice from a private travel clinic.)

A nurse will assess the form, and then you will receive a telephone travel consultation. We will also book in any vaccinations you require that are available on the NHS. If there are vaccinations you require that are not available on the NHS, you will be notified and advised to seek input from a private clinic or pharmacy.

Find out more: www.torkardhill.co.uk/travel-health

10/09/2025

Su***de can affect every one of us. By raising awareness, reducing the stigma & encouraging action we can help to reduce the instances of su***de around the world.

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10/09/2025

At 8PM on , join us in lighting a candle to show your support for su***de prevention, to remember a loved one & for the survivors of su***de.

10/09/2025

The National Breastfeeding Helpline offers friendly, non-judgemental, independent, evidence based breastfeeding support and information to anyone in the UK who needs it. The helpline is provided by the Breastfeeding Network and the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers.

Find out more at:
https://www.nationalbreastfeedinghelpline.org.uk/get-in-touch/

10/09/2025

Breathe Easy Hucknall is a self help group providing information, support, friendship and social activities.

The group is open to anyone with an interest in lung complaints, including patients, family members, carers, and friends!

10/09/2025

Download the September edition at:

www.torkardhill.co.uk/newsletters--patient-participation-group