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Please click on the link below to find out more information on Weight loss medicines. Weight Loss Medicines – FAQs Final 23.06.25

From the 1st of June you will no longer be able to order your prescription via our telephone line 24 hours a day. Our prescription phone lines will only open … [continue] How you order your prescription is changing

Our practice will close on the second Wednesday of each month from 12.30 to allow time for staff to complete compulsory training. Practice Closures 2025

Please use the link below to view our summer 2024 newsletter. Newsletter September 2024

Whooping cough cases are continuing to rise across the UK, If you are pregnant and have not had your vaccination yet please call us or fill in our online consultation … [continue] Whooping cough cases continue to rise

Information for patients, private referrals and surgery abroad  

Regular measles statistics updates issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).   Latest measles statistics published – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

To keep patients up to date with practice news, we have introduced a practice newsletter to be distributed to our patients or you can find it in our waiting rooms. … [continue] Practice Newsletter, Spring 2024

Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK – however, one third of eligible people who received a screening kit in 2022 did not complete it.   … [continue] April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

We will start our Covid spring booster from April 15th 2024, those patients who are eligible will be contacted by the practice nearer the time to book.

Important information for patients currently on hospital waiting lists The NHS has been working hard to address the backlogs built up during the COVID pandemic. As part of these plans, … [continue] Important information for patients currently on hospital waiting lists

Click here to view the latest GP PATIENT SURVEY 2022 for our practice

Please click here to read the latest updates from Public Health England on the COVID-19 vaccination and blood clotting There is a Public Health England leaflet with further information available … [continue] COVID-19 vaccination – latest news and guidance

The practice is currently vaccinating patients in cohorts 1 – 9. These patients are being contacted by us either by telephone, text or letter with the offer of an appointment … [continue] COVID-19 vaccination update (06.04.21)

The practice is currently vaccinating patients in cohorts 1 – 6. These patients are being contacted by us either by telephone, text or letter with the offer of an appointment … [continue] COVID-19 Vaccinations

South Axholme Practice will be closed for mandatory training on the following Wednesday afternoons: 13 January 2021 10 February 2021 10 March 2021 14 April 2021 12 May 2021 9 … [continue] Practice Closures

We are letting you know about a very useful website called Germ Defence which was created by a team of doctors and scientists to give you advice that has been proven to reduce … [continue] Germ defence

From 1 November 2019 changes were made to the system of reporting deaths to the coroner. Due to these changes we would now expect there to be delays in doctors issuing … [continue] Changes in the reporting of deaths to the Coroner’s Office

Local people are being given the opportunity to share their views on plans to change the way urgent healthcare services work in North Lincolnshire. To take part in the survey please … [continue] Urgent care survey

Evening and weekend appointments now available

All incoming and outgoing telephone calls to and from our surgeries are recorded for training, monitoring and dispute resolution purposes.

The surgery now has access to an NHS Chaplain who can see people for support in times of poor health or other crises within their life. You don’t have to … [continue] Chaplaincy Service

From 1st May 2018,  patients can self refer to the North Lincolnshire Council ‘Healthy Lifestyle Service’ which is based in the Central Library in Scunthorpe. They can help with: *Achieving … [continue] Healthy Lifestyle Service

The practice is taking part in an important national project about people at risk of diabetes and diabetes care and treatment in the NHS. The project is called the National Diabetes Audit (NDA). … [continue] National Diabetes Audit

We are working in collaboration with the Isle of Axholme Lions promoting the Message in a Bottle Scheme. Find out more about the Message in a Bottle Scheme here. Bottles … [continue] Message in a Bottle!