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Happy Holidays! (Christmas opening times and other info)

Happy holidays from us all at Mount Pleasant Health Centre! It has been another tough year (if not the toughest) for not only our practice but the whole NHS and beyond and are so very grateful for our patients understanding and support over the last year. The current pressures and workload don’t look like they’ll be letting up anytime soon but we remain committed to providing the best care that we can for all our patients. It is important to note a lot is being prioritised and that routine work is unfortunately being significantly delayed. This year for many of
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Join the COVID-19 vaccine booster comparison study

Comparing COVID-19 Booster Vaccinations (COV-BOOST) www.covboost.org.uk/participate-devon What is the purpose of this research trial? There are now a number of vaccines that have been approved in the UK to prevent COVID-19 and other vaccines that are still in UK clinical trials but which may be approved later in the year. Millions of people have now received their first 2 vaccinations, which we call a “prime-boost” course. There were 2 vaccines used by the NHS to deliver an initial prime-boost during the first part of the NHS immunisation campaign: ChAdOx1-nCov19 (commonly known as the “Oxford vaccine”), and BNT1162b2 (commonly known as
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Coronavirus

Anyone who meets the below criteria is advised not to go to a GP surgery, community pharmacy or hospital. Instead they should call NHS 111, stay indoors and avoid close contact with other people. The advice to the public is to call NHS 111 now if they have been to:   Hubei province in China in the last 14 days, even if you do not have symptoms Iran, lockdown areas in northern Italy or special care zones in South Korea since 19 February, even if you do not have symptoms other parts of mainland China or South Korea, Hong Kong,
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