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Please browse these pages for information on the range of services available at Thornley House Medical Centre and to locate useful health information available on the internet for you and your family.

Remember - you can now access a  some services online including booking and reviewing your appointments and being able to order repeat prescriptions. Many of our patients are also now accessing their GP-held medical records which helps them to take a more active role in their own care.

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UK Health news from the BBC
Hospital cancer care deemed 'unsafe'
A wholesale review is to be carried out into services at a hospital after its cancer care is deemed 'unsafe'.

Hundreds of cancer patients 'failed'
Bosses at an NHS trust failed hundreds of breast cancer patients, an independent report has found.

Stress gene linked to heart attacks
A genetic change that makes people more vulnerable to stress has been linked to a higher risk of death from a heart attack or heart disease.

Lung cancer year survival 'better'
The proportion of lung cancer patients alive a year after diagnosis has improved "significantly", data shows.

Apple-a-day call for all over-50s
If everyone over the age of 50 were to eat an apple a day, 8,500 deaths from heart attacks and strokes could be avoided every year in the UK, say researchers.