At least 40 local patients have so far received treatment for Latent TB (a sleeping form of Tuberculosis) as part of this programme, too.
Latent TB screening is available to those who:
- are aged 16-35;
- have settled in the UK within the last 5 years;
- have lived in a country where cases of TB are common; for example*:
- Afghanistan
- Cambodia
- East Timor
- India
- Kenya
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Zimbabwe
Local GP practices are offering this test because sleeping TB bacteria can make you very ill, if they ‘wake up’ and become active. When you hear people talking about TB this is usually what they mean. However, these bacteria can sleep in the body for many years without making you ill. So if you fit the screening criteria, whether you feel well or not, please register with your local GP.
The practices listed below offer Latent TB screening for newly registered patients, who meet the criteria:
- Ailsworth Medical Centre, PE5 7AF
- Boroughbury Medical Centre, PE1 2EJ and PE4 6QB
- Bretton Medical Practice, PE3 8DT
- Central Medical Centre, PE1 3BF
- Dogsthorpe Medical Centre, PE1 4QF
- The Grange Medical Centre, PE3 6HA
- Hodgson Medical Centre, PE4 5EG
- Huntly Grove Practice, PE1 2QP
- Minster Medical Practice, PE1 2QP
- New Queen Street Surgery, PE7 1AT
- Old Fletton Medical Practice, PE2 8AY
- Oundle Medical Practice, PE8 4JA
- Park Medical Centre, PE1 2UF
- Parnwell Medical Centre, PE1 4YL
- Thistlemoor Medical Centre, PE1 3HP
- Thomas Walker Surgery, PE1 2QP
- Thorney Medical Practice, PE6 0SD
- Thorpe Road Surgery, PE3 6AP
- Welland Medical Practice, PE1 4SG and PE1 2TP
- Westgate Surgery, PE1 1NW
- Westwood Clinic, PE3 7JW
For more information about latent and active TB, you can visit The Truth about TB website
* Patients who have previously lived in the following countries are encouraged to ask about Latent TB screening at their GP surgery:
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, DR Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Greenland, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
