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Meningitis B outbreak in Kent



  • If you or someone you know has symptoms of meningitis Call 999.

          Read more about meningitis symptoms at http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/meningitis.  

 

  • If you do not have symptoms but think you have been in contact with a confirmed case, call the UKHSA helpline on 0344 225 3861. It is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

  

  • If you are in any of the following 'high risk contact groups' contact your registered GP practice (or 111 out of hours) to obtain cautionary (prophylactic) antibiotics:

All students who live on Canterbury campus

All staff who live or work in affected Halls of Residence

Anyone who attended Club Chemistry on 5th, 6th and 7th March

Close contacts who have been identified by UKHSA

 

 

  • The following groups are eligible for NHS vaccination against meningitis B:

Children born after May1st 2015 receive 3 meningitis B vaccine doses at aged 8weeks+12weeks+12months old. 

You can check the NHS app to see if your child received the full course.

People born before May 1st 2015 are NOT eligible on the NHS currently.

If you believe their course to be incomplete contact the surgery to arrange catch-up doses 

Read more here: https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/menb-vaccine-for-children/.

 

  • The following groups are eligible for NHS vaccination against meningitis A,C,W,Y

NOTE this is a different meningitis type to the strain causing the current outbreak

Since 2015 children aged 13/14 (year 9) have been offered this vaccine

It can be given up until a person reaches 25yo 

People 25years old and older are NOT eligible on the NHS currently

You can check the NHS app to see if your child received the full course.

If you believe your or your child's course to be incomplete contact the surgery to arrange catch-up doses 

 

 

If you want further information on this topic please contact the UKHSA helpline on 0344 225 3861.

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Zero Tolerance Statement

Our staff come to work to care for others, and it is important for all members of the public and our staff to be treated with respect.
We aim to treat our patients courteously at all times and expect our patients to treat our staff in a similar way.

We take seriously any threatening, abusive or violent behaviour against any of our staff or patients. if a patient is violent or abusive, they will be asked to stop. if they persist, we may exercise our rights to take action to have them removed, immediately if necessary from our practice list.

The practice considers threatening behaviour to be:

Attempted or actual aggressive threatening physical actions made towards any member of staff.
The use of aggressive, threatening or abusive language, (including raising of the voice, swearing and cursing, shouting) which threatens or intimidates staff.
In line with the rest of the NHS, and to ensure this is fully observed we have a Zero Tolerance policy in place, whereby any aggressive or violent behaviour towards our staff will not be tolerated under any circumstances.

Anyone giving verbal abuse to members of the staff will be sent a letter from the Practice stating that this behaviour will not be tolerated and may result in the removal from the Practice patient list. There will be no appeal process.

We hope that you will understand and welcome this policy which is in place for the best interest of our hard working staff as well as our patients.

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