Winchmore Hill Practice

26/06/2025

Request for GP appointments for Mounjaro:

Please help us to help you.

💉Soon you might hear on the media that weight loss injections can be prescribed by your GP from June 2025.💉
‼️Whilst this is true the criteria to qualify will be very strict.‼️
Calculations say that there will be 220,000 patients UK wide that will qualify.
📊Statistically that means from approximately 10,000 patients registered only around 30 will qualify and some of those might already be on weight loss medication.📊
📆General practice resources are limited, therefore we would like very much to avoid booking unnecessary appointments for patients that do not qualify for Mounjaro injections, as this would block access to patients that are unwell and need to be seen by a doctor.

❗️The criteria to qualify is as follows:
•BMI of 40 or more (you need your weight and type to find out your BMI) it will be checked at the appointment to confirm is above 40 if it is not above 40 please do not book an appointment
If BMI is above 40 then you will also need to have been diagnosed with four of the following five criteria
1. Diagnosed hypertension
2.Diagnosed sleep apnoea
3.Diagnosed type 2 diabetes
4.Diagnosed cardiovascular disease
5.Diagnosed hypercholesterolemia

❗️If you do not have a BMI above 40 and four of the conditions above your GP will not be able to prescribe you Mounjaro for weight loss. (Based on the current guidance). Hence, we request that appointments are not booked for this purpose.❗️

04/06/2025

17/03/2025

Patient Notice:

The Enfield GP Federation is pleased to announce that a Health and Wellbeing Pop-Up Clinic will be held in collaboration with Vaxi Taxi. The clinic will be aimed at reducing the barriers to accessing GP and NHS services and any attendee will be able to receive basic health checks, such as blood pressure and BMI checks, advice and signposting. Free toiletry, food and clothes goodie bags will also be available for attendees.

The Pop-Up Clinic will be held on the Thursday 27th March 2025 between 12pm and 4pm at the Edmonton Green Library. The full address is:

36-44 South Mall
Edmonton Green
Edmonton
N9 0TN

24/09/2024

Covid and Flu Vaccination Update:

The covid and flu vaccination programme will be starting from the 3rd October. Please do not call the surgery to book an appointment. If you would like to book an appointment you can contact 119. We will also be sending out text messages to patients once we get confirmation of our vaccination delivery dates.

Housebound Patients:

If you are on our housebound register the district nurses will contact you directly to book an appointment for the vaccination. Please do not contact the surgery to find out when this will be as they will arrange the appointment with you directly.

The eligibility for vaccinations is as per below:

For flu vaccinations:

From 1 September 2024:
• pregnant women
• all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2024
• primary school aged children (from Reception to Year 6)
• secondary school aged children (from Year 7 to Year 11)
• all children in clinical risk groups aged from 6 months to less than 18 years

From 3 October 2024:
• those aged 65 years and over
• those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups (as defined by the Green Book, Influenza Chapter 19)
• those in long-stay residential care homes.
• carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person
• close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
• all frontline health care workers, including both clinical and non-clinical staff
• frontline workers in a social care setting without an employer led occupational health scheme
For Covid-19 vaccinations:

From 3 October 2024:
• adults aged 65 years and over
• residents in a care home for older adults
• individuals aged 6 months to 64 years in a clinical risk group (as defined in tables 3 or 4 in the COVID-19 chapter of the Green Book)
• frontline NHS and social care workers


We request you to ensure you come at the time of your appointment to reduce the waiting time in queues. Due to on going renovations we request you do not bring your car and use alternative avenues to visit the surgery.
Alternatively, please find below a list of alternative parking as per below:
• Side Roads have free parking but not between 10.30-11:30
• Fords Grove
• Fords Gove Car Park (Free parking for 45 minutes)
• Green Dragon Lane
• Elm Park Road

Thank you