Month: July 2025

Turn on notifications for the NHS App to stay up to date with messages about your care. The NHS App is a simple and secure way to receive messages from your trusted healthcare providers. Find out more: http://www.nhs.uk/nhs-app/

📢 Have your say: NHS gluten-free prescriptions in Dorset NHS Dorset is reviewing how gluten-free bread and flour mixes are prescribed. Currently, people with coeliac disease or dermatitis herpetiformis can receive gluten-free bread and flour mixes items on NHS prescription (subject to normal charges). A proposed change could mean these would no longer be available…

💊 Out of medication? Order repeat prescriptions in seconds. With the NHS App, you can: ✔ Order your usual medication anytime ✔ Choose your nominated pharmacy ✔ Track the status of your request No more calling the practice or waiting in queues, just tap and order. 👉 Get the NHS App now: http://www.nhs.uk/nhs-app You may…

🔐 Want to view your medical history? It’s all there in the NHS App. See your vaccinations, medications, allergies, and conditions all in one place. Whether you’re managing a long-term condition or just like to stay informed, your health information is just a tap away. 📲 It’s safe, secure, and easy to use. 👉 Download…

📅 Need to cancel your GP appointment? Skip the call! With the NHS App, you can view or cancel anytime – even outside of surgery hours. ✔ No waiting on hold ✔ Frees up appointments for others ✔ Easy and quick Give it a try today and help us reduce missed appointments. 👉 Download the…

🧪 Waiting for blood test results? There’s an easier way. Check your test results quickly and securely through the NHS App, no need to call the practice. 📲 Just log in, tap ‘View your GP health record’, and see your results as soon as they’re available. Stay informed, stay in control. 👉 Install the NHS…

During the month of June 2025 we did:- Appointments for patients = 2461 Cervical Smear appointments = 67 Prescriptions issues on repeat = 2634 DID NOT ATTEND appointments = 143 – Please if for any reason you cannot attend your appointment please let us know so that the appointment can be used for another patient….

#𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐔𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐘𝐨𝐮 – There are many Apps and Services that can get you the help you need 🤳 Make use of NHS advice online and digital tools. Check out the #𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐭 website for more info: https://staywelldorset.nhs.uk/digital/

Please don’t forget your sunscreen! Sunburn increases your risk of skin cancer. And sunburn does not just happen on holiday – you can burn in the UK, even when it’s cloudy. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer and its main cause is ultraviolet light, which comes from the sun and sunbeds. Melanoma can spread…

If you’ve been off work due to sickness for more than 7 days, you can request a sick note by submitting a triage request. If you’re off work sick for 7 days or less, your employer should not ask for medical evidence that you’ve been ill. Instead, they can ask you to confirm that you’ve…

Don’t rush, look around, hang out… You’re invited to join us to slow right down with some gentle summer sessions in the woods and parks of Boscombe. Here’s a chance to plant things in the ground, get your hands dirty and see and experience the wildlife around you. Hang out with us on some sunny…