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...

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

Dear Courtfield Patient, Welcome to the first Courtfield newsletter of the “new term”. In view of the conflicting news reports about the current state of the pandemic in England, it would seem sensible to start with a review of the most up to date statistics from...