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If you had a blood transfusion or blood products before 1996, there's a chance you may have been given infected blood. This could mean you were infected with hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV.

Today, all blood donated in the UK is screened using very rigorous safety standards and testing to protect both donors and patients.

Since screening was introduced, the risk of getting an infection from a blood transfusion or blood products is very low.

Click here for more information from NHS Blood and Transplant.

If you had a blood transfusion or blood products before 1996 and you've not been tested for infection, contact your GP surgery to discuss any tests you may need.

You can also get a free home test for hepatitis C.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE BMA

We wish we didn't have to write to you about this, but sadly the situation is getting worse and worse for General Practice in England. Our team does their level best to provide the best possible care for our community. Unfortunately, being able to carry this out is getting harder and harder.

Please see the information below supported by the BMA (British Medical Association).

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻. 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝗶𝘁.

If you have lost your family doctor, you are not alone. Over 10,000 GPs and 1000 practices have been lost over the last decade in England.

You have probably noticed that something is wrong. Look at the difficulty you have in getting an appointment at your local surgery. When you do get through, it may not be an appointment with a GP at all. Have you lost your regular family doctor? You are not alone. Over 10,000 GPs and over 1,000 practices have been lost in the past decade in England.

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻.

We value our patients. We know that most patients value us too, especially when they need us regularly. You know we can deal with most of your health problems, keep you out of hospital, and have your best interests at heart. The problem is with the mismanagement of the NHS.

Your GP is an expert in general medical practice – trained over 10 years to deal with complex problems, spot serious symptoms, and decide when you need specialist help at the hospital.

But did you know that your practice receives just £107.57 per year for each patient, whatever their health needs. That’s less than the cost of an annual TV licence.

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟯𝟬𝗽 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀 – 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲.

We believe general practice deserves a bigger slice of NHS funding so we can train and hire more GPs, deliver the services you require and make it easier for you and your loved ones to get appointments to see your GP and practice team.

GPs want the same things that you do. We believe nobody should struggle to see their family doctor.

General Practice should be as it once was – a familiar family doctor, offering continuity of care in a surgery full of friendly familiar faces within a safe building where you knew you would get the care you needed.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿?

𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀

When candidates from the political parties come knocking on your door, ask them what they will do to save general practice. What will they do so you can see a GP in a modern local surgery?

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲

Your local practice should have a patient participation group (PPG), which you could join to support the practice and influence the way they deliver local services.

𝗚𝗣𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲.