It is with great sadness that we have to announce that Dr Roger Sinton, a former doctor in the practice who retired in 1985 after many years service has died this week. On retirement from the Ware Road Surgery he moved to the Yorkshire Dales and  after a number of years settled in Northumberland. We last saw him in Hoddesdon eight years ago when he came to the opening of the new surgery. We are aware that many of our patients have been registered with us since the days of Drs. Sinton, Wood, Baxter and Vyas and indeed some may have even been brought into the world by Dr Sinton! We thought therefore that you may like to know that his wife Marion is alive and in good health and if you would like to write to her please send your letter to the surgery and we will forward it to her.

We are pleased to announce that patients can now register with photo ID at the surgery in order to obtain a password which will allow them to order their repeat prescriptions online. please view the Go Online tab at the top of the page for more details

Due to restricted budgets and multiple viruses including influenza, we are currently experiencing unprecedented high demand for appointments. We ask that patients try not to miss their appointments once booked and consider alternative ways to seek health advice where appropriate. For example, your pharmacist may be able to offer advice. We continue to see all patients that consider their problem urgent on the same day. We expect the routine appointment wait to reduce in April

The tower centre is closing on the 21st March 2012. Thank you for feedback on the comments tab. Due to the comment received by a helpful patient we are posting this information. Patients may have noticed that we have started to offer blood testing in the surgery. This will be fully up and running when the tower centre closes and we are pleased to provide this on three mornings a week: Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Blood testing is by appointment only. Please book an appointment the same way you might to see a doctor or nurse.

We are very pleased to welcome Suzie Bouy to the surgery. She started today and we know her knowledge and experience will compliment the surgery aims to deliver excellent health care for our patients. 

Dr Clark will be returning on 24th October from her maternity leave. We look forward to working with her again. I am sure her patients have missed her as much as we have!

You can now go to the Comments tab at the top of our website to leave feedback. Feel free to provide comments or suggestions

We are pleased to announce an information page about Flu and our vaccination programme on our website. Just click the Flu season tab at the top of the page. Contact the surgery now to organise your vaccination.