2024

ADULT ADHD

News Date: 01/07/2024

Currently the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT) has paused taking new referrals to adult ADHD services in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. If you were already on the waiting list or having annual reviews by the adult ADHD service prior to 5 February 2024 then you will not be affected …

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Surgery Pod

News Date: 15/05/2024

Welcome to our new Surgery Pod.
What is Surgery Pod ? The Surgery Pod allows you to perform checks of your blood pressure, height and weight at your own convenience, any time during surgery opening hours. It gives you greater freedom to monitor your health without having to wait for …
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Blood Pressure Monitors

News Date: 15/05/2024

• From the 21st of May until the 30th May we are not able to loan out Blood pressure monitors, owing to annual servicing/testing.
 
• Please can anyone who has loaned a blood pressure monitor, return it by the 21st of May so that it can be serviced/tested and then loaned out for anoth…
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Please update your email address with Poplar Grove Practice

News Date: 02/04/2024

We wanted to make you aware that the Integrated Care Board who fund General Practice have decided to limit the funding for text messaging, affecting the future way we communicate with patients. From the 1st April 2024, we will predominately communicate to you using emails which will come from…

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Retirement Pending... Dr Juliet Sutton

News Date: 22/03/2024

Dr Juliet Sutton, Senior Partner will be retiring on 22nd May after serving a whopping 31 years with the practice.

Juliet joined Walton Grove Surgery in July 1993. Alongside her hard work, dedication, and commitment to being a general practitioner, she has also helped to train young doctors…

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Buckinghamshire - Pump It Up

News Date: 21/03/2024

Pump It Up encourages Buckinghamshire residents to regularly monitor their blood pressure and share their results with their GP practice.
 
The Buckinghamshire Public Health team joined forces with two PCNs to revise the blood pressure information and results booklet which now all…
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Pharmacy First - Launched 31 January 2024

News Date: 31/01/2024

The Pharmacy First scheme was launched by the UK Government and NHS England on 31 January 2024 to give patients quick and accessible care and to ease pressure on GP services.

Patients can now get treatment for seven common conditions directly from their local pharmacy, without the need for…
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Measles cases on the rise

News Date: 17/08/2023

The World Health Organization (WHO) has advised that measles cases are on the rise in Europe and England.

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust school-aged immunisation team, endorsed by BOB ICB and Buckinghamshire Local Authority, are running community vaccination catch-up clinics at R…
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HRT - Prepayment Certificates

News Date: 13/04/2023

If you pay for NHS prescribed HRT medicine 3 or more times in 12 months, a HRT PPC (Pre-Payment Certificate) could save you money.

Each item on an NHS prescription usually costs £9.65. You can buy a HRT PPC for a one-off payment of £19.30 (the cost of two single items).

The HRT PPC covers an un…

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Kingsbrook Development

News Date: 09/03/2023

On Thursday 26th January 2023, representatives from Poplar Grove and the ICB (Integrated Commissioning Board) met with the residents of Kingsbrook to discuss the proposal for Poplar Grove Practice to provide primary health care services to the residents, from the existing Poplar Grove site. T…

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