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Choosing the best cataract lens type for you
With around 330,000 cataract surgeries performed each year in the UK, the procedure is perhaps more common than you might think. This means, if you or someone you know is affected by cataracts, it’s vital to choose the right cataract lens type for the operation. Read on as we take a look at all the...
NHS patients
NHS patients You can be treated at any one of our 10 hospitals regardless of location and existing health conditions – as long as it’s safe for us to treat you. It is your choice where you go to be treated in England. Patient choice is a legal right for all NHS patients. If you require...
Changes to our board
Change is in the air at Practice Plus Group with the appointment of a Chief Marketing Officer, Alyson Lockley, and new Chief Financial Officer, Colman Moher. Alyson and Colman will be joining Ross Dowsett, who stepped up to Chief Operating Officer last year having served as Managing Director of Primary Care, and the rest of...
Chance meetings and career changes
January is the time most of us take stock and implement career changes. Throughout the festive season, we have relaxed, spoken to friends and family (at home and remotely) and questioned the real value of what we do. Often there is a hankering for something more fulfilling and emotionally rewarding. The big question is this:...
Hernia surgery ‘worth every penny’ for John
“I had stopped doing what I love doing,” says John, Practice Plus Group hernia repair patient. John Wilson 70, is a semi-retired, active man who works in a café and would think nothing of walking five miles into town and back. However, after some games of badminton last year, he developed groin pain that got...
South West London Patient Engagement Group (PEG)
What is a PEG? What is the purpose of a PEG? What do PEG members do? If you are interested in becoming a patient representative, please complete the form below. Helpful links National Association for Patient Participation website News and blogs
Practice Assist
Practice Assist service Practice Assist offers remote telephone and video consultation services for GP practices. The service gives you extra capacity whilst improving patient access. Your registered patients have a same-day consultation, either by telephone or video. Our GPs have full read-and-write access to your patient’s notes, so they can provide full continuity of care....
Szabolcs Szigethy
Biography Mr Szabolcs Szigethy qualified from Medical School of Szeged, Hungary and was granted his Certificate of Completion of Training by the Hungarian National Specialist Board in 1998 with further specialist training in a Teaching Hospital (Szombathely) and all Hungarian Medical Schools (Debrecen, Pecs, Szeged, Budapest). Mr Szigethy treats a broad spectrum of ear, nose...
It’s the back of the net for Stuart’s hip problems
After a career in professional football, West Ham club ambassador and former player Stuart Slater could hardly walk due to crippling hip pain. Stuart says: “Football takes its wear and tear. In my professional career I had five operations, then my hip started to cause trouble due to arthritis. 18 years ago it became really...
Nurses in their own words
To celebrate International Nurses Day, Practice Plus Group has gathered stories and words of wisdom from nurses around the business who were kind enough to share their thoughts and experiences. Nazia Kauser, Registered Nurse, Ophthalmology Favourite part about your role: “Everything. Working with my colleagues in theatre, as a scrub assistant with the doctor, looking...