Prostate Cancer Symptoms and Tests

The recent sad news regarding Sir Chris Hoy will no doubt trigger a few thoughts amongst men about whether they should get their prostate checked. I have a particular interest in Mens Health and would like to share some information regarding prostate issues, prostate...

Mpox- a new Global Health Emergency. Should we be worried?

The World Health Organisation has recently declared a global health emergency due to the emergence of a new strain of Mpox (previously known as monkeypox*) in the Democratic Republic of Congo – with concern heightened due to evidence of spread to neighbouring...

Polio Alert

Dear Parent/Guardian As you may have seen in the news, the U.K Joint Committee on Vaccination & Immunisation (JCVI), has recommended that all children between the ages of 1 and 10 receive a booster for Polio, due to the identification of a form of vaccine-related...

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

Dear Courtfield Member, Happy New Year! As we start to emerge from the pandemic, it seemed a good time to review the Membership Scheme. The good news is that we will hold monthly fees at their current rates for a further 12 months. However, what has become clear over...

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

Dear Courtfield Patient, Welcome to the Courtfield Christmas Covid newsletter.Since we last wrote, the unwelcome arrival in the past 2 weeks of the highly infectious Omicron variant is necessarily forcing the UK back into more restrictive measures.Although the slope...