Sep 24, 2021
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...
Apr 28, 2021
Dear Courtfield Patient, The positive news reported in our last Newsletter continues! At Courtfield we have had only one family contract COVID-19 in the past 10 weeks. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital are admitting only 3-4 patients per week. According to the Zoe...
Mar 26, 2021
Dear Courtfield Patient, Many of you are calling us to find out about having covid vaccine. Please take a moment to read the frequently asked questions which were posted on our website two weeks ago: HOW DO I GET A COVID VACCINATION? The UK vaccination policy...
Feb 12, 2021
Dear Courtfield Patient, It is good to be able to start with a number of good news stories. Since our last newsletter, numbers of new daily cases have dropped by over 70%, which in turn has led to a reduction in hospital admissions (down by 22.2% in the past week) and...
Jan 12, 2021
Dear Courtfield Patient, Happy New Year! INTRODUCTION Just when we all thought we knew where we were going, along comes COVID-19’s aggressive little cousin (B117), and sends us back into lockdown! At Courtfield, we are aware of nearly 100 cases in the past 4 weeks,...
Dec 14, 2020
Dear Courtfield Patient, This is a supplement to the newsletter which we hope will be a useful summary of frequently asked questions about the Covid vaccine. Can I choose which vaccine I get? Not currently, we will have to get what we are given based on the...
Dec 8, 2020
Dear Courtfield Patient, INTRODUCTION It is a pleasure to be able to write a newsletter containing such positive news! Since we last wrote, the news of the extraordinary scientific breakthrough of 3 highly effective vaccines, should entitle us to feel realistically...
Nov 12, 2020
Dear Courtfield Patient, INTRODUCTION Since the last newsletter the numbers of COVID-19 positive cases have continued to steadily rise (not “surge”) across the UK, as would be expected at this time of year, due to a combination of the cooler weather, schools and...
Oct 6, 2020
Dear Courtfield Patient, Introduction As predicted in our last newsletter, the combination of relaxation of lockdown, reopening of schools and the arrival of autumn, has led to a progressive rise in cases of COVID-19 in the past 3 weeks. Whilst on the surface this may...
Sep 22, 2020
Dear Courtfield patient, Just to let you know that the Influenza vaccine for our over 65 year old group of patients has now arrived. Please contact reception to make an appointment with either the nurse or Dr Harling. We will be offering a flu clinic at the practice...