Nene Valley Hodgson Medical Practice

24/07/2025

We are currently experiencing issues with our phone lines - The phone company have expressed that this is a NATIONAL outage with the company .
It seems we can only call OUT to landline numbers
Mobile numbers are affected
Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause-
Please bare with us whilst we try to resolve this issue
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22/07/2025

Vaccination Event
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21/07/2025

Op COURAGE provides specialist care and support for people who’ve served in the Armed Forces and are struggling with their mental health and wellbeing.

Available across England, visit http://nhs.uk/opcourage for more information.

15/07/2025

❗️❌❌❌Our monthly NHS Staff Training & Development afternoon is on Wednesday 16th July from 2 pm .
The surgery at both sites will be closed in the afternoon
If you require medical attention please contact NHS 111
or for life threatening emergency's 999

10/07/2025

🩺 The Practice's internet issues have now been resolved after 2 hours of input from our IT team. Please bear with us whilst we catch up with the requests received during that time.

10/07/2025

🚨‼️We are currently experiencing a internet outage
We are working hard with our IT team to get this resolved at the moment we are unable to take any requests via online or the telephone

We also are extremely short staffed today.

We apologise for any inconvience

07/07/2025

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cervical-screening-description-in-brief/cervical-screening-helping-you-decide--2

HPV positive and abnormal cells
Around 4 in 100 people have this result.

It means we found high-risk HPV in your sample and abnormal changes to the cells of your cervix. Your results letter will explain this in more detail.

We’ll refer you for a colposcopy. It’s like cervical screening, but it’s done in hospital. A specialist nurse or doctor will look at your cervix using a magnifying lens. This is called a colposcope and it stays outside of the body. If needed, they may take a small tissue sample called a biopsy. You can read more about having a colposcopy on NHS.UK.

Most people who have a colposcopy do not have cervical cancer.
Results for every 100 people who have cervical screening

The NHS records your result on a national database. This means we can compare your regular screening results. We will keep your sample for 10 years.

30/06/2025

During warmer weather, remember to take care of yourself and others to reduce the risk of dehydration, heat exhaustion and other health problems.

Drink plenty, apply sunscreen often and avoid physical exertion and excess alcohol.

Advice available here: https://bit.ly/3NQjJhI

24/06/2025

📢Referral Update - Please Read 📢

We understand that waiting to hear back after being referred can be stressful, and we’re getting more and more requests to chase referrals that have only been sent very recently. We want to reassure you that:

▶️ Once a referral is sent, it goes through a triage process at the hospital or service provider’s end. This can take time depending on the service’s workload and capacity.

▶️ Some services have long wait times, and it may be several weeks before you hear anything.

▶️If you know the service you’ve been referred to, the best thing to do is wait a few weeks, and then contact them directly for an update.

You can check local NHS wait times here:
🔗www.myplannedcare.nhs.uk/east

For Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals, select North West Anglia Foundation Trust.

Please know that we are doing our part to ensure that referrals are sent promptly - delays after we have sent the referral are unfortunately out of our control. Thank you for your understanding and patience. 💙

NVH Medical Practice

23/06/2025

**WEIGHT LOSS INJECTIONS**

We are aware of all the media advertising around GP practices being able to prescribe injections to support with weight loss and we appreciate there is much confusion over this.

As a practice we have been informed we are NOT ABLE to prescribe these injections. This guidance is across ALL practices within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, as per the guidance below.

However if you meet certain criteria we are able to refer you to a weight loss service, who will assess your needs and how best to support you.

In the first phase of the roll-out of weight management medications (between now and April 2026), people with a BMI of 40 or above (or 37.5 for people from South Asian, Chinese, other Asian, Middle Eastern, Black African or African-Caribbean ethnic backgrounds), and with 4 out of the following diagnosed health conditions will be prioritised:

- Type 2 diabetes

- High blood pressure

- Heart diseases

- Obstructive sleep apnoea

- Abnormal blood fats

For more information please visit the link below:

Find out about local weight management services, including how to access weight loss medications like tirzepatide (mounjaro)

19/06/2025

❗️❗️⚠️⚠️☀️☀️🔥🔥As the temperatures continue to linger in the late 20's, we're set to see temperatures reach over 30 degrees this weekend. As enjoyable as the warmer weather can be, high temperatures come with health risks, so it's really important to know how to keep safe and also know what to do if you or a loved one becomes unwell. Useful information on how to keep safe can be found here: ❗️❗️⚠️⚠️☀️☀️🔥🔥

Remember to stay hydrated 🫗🫗🫗

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/seasonal-health/heatwave-how-to-cope-in-hot-weather/

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/heat-exhaustion-heatstroke/

17/06/2025

❌❌❌Our monthly NHS Staff Training & Development afternoon TODAY on TUESDAY 17TH JUNE from 2 pm .
The surgery at both sites will be closed in the afternoon
If you require medical attention please contact NHS 111
or for life threatening emergency's 999

❗️❌❌❌Our monthly NHS Staff Training & Development afternoon TODAY on Thursday 19th September from 2 pm .
The surgery at both sites will be closed in the afternoon
If you require medical attention please contact NHS 111
or for life threatening emergency's 999