Swine Flu
The situation with swine flu i continues to change and we urge you to view the HPA website, http://www.hpa.org.uk  , for the latest information We STRONGLY advise all GPs to follow the HPA guidance . Across Tees there has not been any notable developments over the last week. However, PLEASE NOTE that there is a meeting to be held Thursday 14 May, 6.30 – 7.30 pm at Eaglescliffe Medical Centre as a briefing on the current situation and to review the GP cluster planning arrangements. Each cluster has been invited to send a representative – please ensure you are represented. You can follow this link to view the local (Tees) updated protocol for the collection of viral and anti-viral swabs .

Sessional GP Newsletter
The GPC have produced a newsletter for sessional GPs. The aim of this newsletter is to keep salaried and locum GPs (known collectively as sessional GPs) up to date with the wide range of new and ongoing issues affecting them, as well as the hard work that the GPC’s Sessional GPs Subcommittee undertakes behind the scenes on their behalf. To see the newsletter, please click on this link.

MMR Vaccinations for Health Professionals
You will have received information re the recent outbreak of measles on Teesside from Health Protection which stressed the importance of health care workers being immunised and as a consequence may find you receive an increase from patients who are health care workers requesting to be immunised . It is worth noting that there is an obligation under the contract to do vaccinations at the request of the DPH in case of an outbreak.