This is the audio version of the MRP PPG Newsletter - Issue 54, October 2026

This episode's main feature is Lesley Lomas's retirement after 46 years of service with the NHS, including 12 years with Mount Road Practice. Thank you, Lesley. ❤️

The newsletter episode also includes:

• Information on Free virtual sessions for parents being offered by the Families Health and Wellbeing Service.
• Information on the new Newcastle North PCN Instagram account.
• A celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the opening of Kidsgrove Medical Centre.
• Details on the free World Restart a Heart Day event at Northwood Stadium, where you can learn to save a life.
• Mount Road Practice Friends and Family Test results for September.
  

These are the links referenced in the podcast:

The link to the free virtual sessions for parents being offered by the Families Health and Wellbeing Service - https://www.mpft.nhs.uk/services/health-visiting-and-school-nursing/staffordshire-clinics#accordion-11999

Ticket booking (Free) for World Heart Restart Day at Northwood Stadium - https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=V2N9w4vIa0K2gN-BZqhu1-Muw5VvyntBmeceWSKtyJRUQU1DSjhDSFBMT09LVlEwRzZaSFRBR1E1Qy4u&origin=QRCode&route=shorturl

Newcastle North PC Instagram account name: @newcastlenorthpcnltd

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