Notices & Upcoming Events

New Contraceptive Implant

Service Available

 

We are pleased to announce that we now offer contraceptive implant fitting and removal appointments at Somerford Grove Practice.

 

The contraceptive implant is a highly effective, long-acting form of contraception that works for up to three years.

 

If you would like to discuss whether the implant is right for you, or if you would like to book an appointment for fitting or removal, please speak to a receptionist. Alternatively, you can submit an eConsult through our website and a member of our team will contact you.

Ghost Patients

Dont become a Ghost Patient

Womens Day

Women's Day

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Education sessions (Webinar)

Webinar Dates

20th   January at 19:00- registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c81bd367-ee33-40ad-b8b9-bc726b0f6bbd@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3

17th March at 19:00 - registration link to follow

19th May at 19:00 - registration link to follow

21st July at 19:00 - registration link to follow

15th September at 19:00 - registration link to follow

17th November at 19:00  - registration link to follow

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Together Better - Barton House
Digital Advisor

Digital Advisor (help with setting up your online access account)

We now have Digital Advisors at the surgery. They can assist you in getting access to online services via the practice website and the NHS App. 

The advisors are available in the practice on alternate Thursday mornings between 11:00 am - 12:30 pm in the small waiting area, to the left hand side for reception.

You can give your name to Reception staff, who will add you to the list of the next session, or you can just walk in on the day.

Hackney Caribbean Elderly Oragnisation provide a range of services promoting good health and wellbeing for older people in and around the London Borough of Hackney.  Use the link below for more information about their services, and how to become a member.

Hackney Caribbean Elderly Organisation – Lunch club and support for older Caribbean people from Hackney, London

Visit: 39 Leswin Road Stoke Newington London N16 7NX

Call: 020 7923 3536

Digital Support

Digital Support Sessions

Elderly Organisation

Hackney Caribbean Elderly Organisation

Measles

There is information on measles on the NHS website. This includes advice to parents and carers to check if their child has measles, including photos of the measles rash. The rash looks brown or red on white skin. It may be harder to see on brown and black skin. 

UKHSA are working on getting images of measles on darker skin, but there are some in this guide https://www.blackandbrownskin.co.uk/mindthegap)

Measles is a highly infectious viral illness, so anyone with symptoms is advised to stay at home and phone their GP or NHS 111 for advice, rather than visiting the surgery or A&E, to prevent the illness spreading further. 

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NEW ADVANCED PHARMACY FIRST SCHEME

From 31st January 2024, people across Hackney can pop down to their local pharmacy for help with seven minor conditions which would previously have required a GP appointment.

Earlier this year 75% of people said they wanted to see pharmacies offering more healthcare services such as treating urinary tract infections or sore throats, and now they will be. Almost all pharmacies will offer the new service, giving advice and, if needed, NHS medicines, to treat seven common health conditions – and all without needing to get a GP appointment.

As experts in medicines and managing minor illnesses, pharmacists have been backed by Government and the NHS to provide a new NHS ‘Pharmacy First’ service. Many pharmacies across City and Hackney have signed up to support people in certain age groups seeking help for sore throats, earache in children, sinusitis, infected insect bites, impetigo, shingles, and urinary tract infections in women.

If you have symptoms that suggest you may have one of these conditions, you can now walk into a pharmacy and be offered a consultation with the pharmacist. Under the new service pharmacists can provide advice and, if clinically necessary, will offer an NHS medicine to treat it (NHS prescription charge apply if you normally pay for medicines supplied on prescription). Should the pharmacy team be unable to help, you will be directed to your GP surgery or A&E as appropriate.

By thinking ‘Pharmacy First’, people will find it easier and quicker to get the help they need and bypass the 8am rush to book an appointment with their GP. The new service is part of a wider expansion of healthcare services that will empower pharmacists to use more of their skills and give people more choice about their healthcare. It is also hoped that the service will be expanded to include more conditions in the future. Find the new service at a pharmacy near you using the NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/prescriptions-and-pharmacies/

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Patient Group Meeting

Our next PPG Meeting will be held at the practice on 9th February 2026 at 5pm. If you would like to attend, please email nelondonicb.sgppatients@nhs.net

Opt Out - HIV Testing

From October 2023, everyone who has their blood tested as part of an NHS Health Check (ages 40 -74) will be tested for HIV.

It is important to get diagnosed early as treatment is life saving and free from the NHS.

Your results are confidential.  If you do not want to be tested please let a member of staff know.

If you do not need a blood test as part of your NHS Health Check, but do want to be tested for HIV, please let a member of staff know.

Please click on the link for further infromation  Opt out - HIV Testing for website.pdf

Page last reviewed: 31 July 2026
Page created: 03 June 2021