Health Campaigns
With so many important health awareness days taking place throughout the year, to help ensure you don’t miss out we’ve created our very own calendar for 2026.
March
NHS Health Checks
We are now offering NHS Health Checks.
If you are eligible, you will receive an invitation to book an appointment at our Health Pod where you can take your blood pressure, height, weight and answer some simple questions. One you have completed this, the information will be sent to your medical records and you will be called by the HCA for the rest of the health check.
You can find out more information about NHS Health checks and why they are important here NHS Health Check - NHS
Do you need help to stop smoking?
StopforLife are working with Newbury Street Practice to provide a Smoking Cessation Clinic, Wednesdays 1500-1830
Who is Eligible?
Any one who is a current tobacco smoker over 12 years old, that lives or works within Oxfordshire and is motivated to stop smoking.
We are currently unable to support quits from those that are exclusively vaping.
What is on offer?
Stop for Life can offer up to 12 weeks of smoking cessation support, this consits of access to free NRT, and Vape Kits, behavoural support and expert advice. This can be delivered in person at the practice, over the phone or via other digital medium – Text/Teams/Zoom etc…
A standard program involved an initial assesment with weekly check ins from the agreed quit date.
How can I refer in?
You can book directly into the service by visiting visit.stopforlifeoxon.org/NewburyStreetPractice .
Email us at referrals.stopforlife@nhs.net
Visit our webiste ww.stopforlifeoxon.org
Call us on 0800 122 3790
World TB Day - 24th March
Are you at risk of TB?
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infection caused by bacteria. It mainly affects the lungs, but it can
affect any part of the body, including lymph nodes (glands), bones and the brain causing
meningitis.
TB is spread when a person with TB in their lungs or throat coughs or sneezes.
Anyone can get TB, but you are most at risk if:
• You have come into contact with a person with infectious TB
• If you have come to the UK from a country where TB is common
• If you have a weakened immune system due to a health condition or medical
treatment e.g. biological therapy or chemotherapy.
• If you are experiencing homelessness, drug and alcohol dependence and/or have had
contact with the criminal justice system
Common symptoms include:
• a cough that lasts more than 3 weeks – you may cough up mucus (phlegm) or mucus
with blood in it.
• a high temperature
• drenching night sweats.
• loss of appetite.
• unexplained weight loss.
• feeling tired or exhausted.
• In children, difficulty gaining weight or growing may indicate TB.
Not every persistent cough, along with a fever, is caused by flu or COVID-19. A cough that
usually has mucus and lasts longer than 3 weeks can be caused by a range of other issues,
including TB.
TB is curable if it's diagnosed early and treated promptly with the right combination of
specific antibiotics.
If you are at risk of active TB, you may also be at risk of latent TB infection (LTIB), where TB
bacteria can live in your body without making you sick. People with latent TB infection have
no symptoms and cannot pass TB on to others. As with active TB, there is treatment
available for LTIB to stop it from becoming active and making you and potentially others
around you unwell.
If you're worried about latent or active TB and think you could be at risk, don't hesitate to talk to your GP
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