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Become a Member of the Foundation Trust
You can become a member if you are over 14 years old and live in one of the nine geographical areas called constituencies that we cover, these are: Elmbridge, Guildford (Lovelace and Send Wards), London Borough of Hounslow, Richmond-upon-Thames, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Windsor and Maidenhead (Sunningdale, Wraysbury and Horton), Woking.
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| Ashford and St Peter’s has recently completed it's consultation period on becoming a Foundation Trust. Hopefully, you had the chance to attend one of our roadshows or read more about the benefits to the hospitals. We have so far received over 8,500 membership requests and will continue to accept new members as we continue our application.
Latest News
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Advice on Swine flu to Patients and Visitors
If you have flu-like symptoms, we would advise that you stay at home to limit contact with others and seek medical advice from the National Pandemic Flu Service.
Anyone who suspects they have swine flu is advised not to go to their GP, walk-in centreor A&E (including the Paediatric A&E service).
Please follow this advice rather than coming to A&E
We would also ask anyone planning to visit a patient who has any flu-like symptoms, to please stay away from the hospital until they feel better and have been free of symptoms for 48 hours. This will help to minimise the risk to patients, staff and other visitors.
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A Statement from our Medical Director:
St Peter’s hospital is seeing increasing numbers of patients presenting at A&E with flu-like symptoms, and most don’t need to come to hospital at all. In order to limit the spread of the illness and to relieve pressure on the department, we would ask those who have flu-like symptoms not to come to A&E unless they are very ill. Similarly we would ask people not to telephone A&E directly for advice. Instead you should seek advice from either the new National Pandemic Flu Line or, if you have other serious underlying health conditions, from your GP ... read more.
National Pandemic Flu Service
The National Pandemic Flu Service has been launched in England to give people with pandemic swine flu symptoms fast access to antivirals and to relieve pressures on GPs and the NHS.
The National Pandemic Flu Service features a new dedicated website and phoneline for people to check their symptoms and get a unique number that will give them access to antivirals if necessary.
People should contact their doctor direct rather than using the National Pandemic Flu Service if:
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they have a serious underlying illness;
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they are pregnant;
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they have a sick child under one year old;
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their condition suddenly gets much worse; or
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if their condition is still getting worse after 7 days (5 for a child).
More Information about Swine Flu
For more information, please visit our Swine Flu information pages.
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