Hampstead Group Practice

Following the discovery of type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus in sewage in north and east London, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that a targeted inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) booster dose should be offered to all children between the ages of 1 and 9 in all London boroughs.

This will ensure a high level of protection from paralysis and help reduce further spread of the virus.

Nationally the overall risk of paralytic polio is considered low because most people are protected from this by vaccination.

The NHS in London will contact parents when it’s their child’s turn to come forward for a booster or catch-up polio dose – parents should take up the offer as soon as possible.

The programme will start with the areas affected, where the poliovirus has been detected and vaccination rates are low. This will be followed by rapid rollout across all boroughs.

The practice will be contacting all eligible patients as soon as the programme is up and running. Further details will be provided in due course.

We are committed to providing safe, caring and effective NHS general practice services to all of our patients. We champion the core values of the NHS Constitution. We seek to involve our patients in decisions regarding their treatment and referrals and to help them manage their health and wellbeing as effectively as possible. We are committed to working with colleagues in multi-disciplinary teams and with the wider community to ensure that we are able to provide the best possible care. 

We actively support medical education and research. As a training practice, HGP provides a supportive learning environment for the education and supervision of healthcare professionals at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. In addition, we are involved in a wide range of education and major research programmes.