Texts have now gone out and letters sent, inviting people in the eligible groups to take up the invitation to book into one of our vaccination clinics.

Clinics will start from 13 April. Please feel free to call if you are eligible and not yet received an invite 

Vaccination will be offered in England in spring 2026 to:
adults aged 75 and over
residents in care homes for older people
individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed

Our clinics will be held on the following dates for those eligible patients 
please call the surgery to book your appointment on 
01288 270342   10am – midday, 2pm – 4pm:

Tuesday 14 April midday – 2pm 
Wednesday 15 April  8am – 8.30am, 1pm – 2pm, 5pm – 6pm
Thursday 16 April  8am – 8.30am, Midday – 2pm, 5pm – 6pm
Friday 17 April 8am – 9am, Midday – 2pm 
Saturday 25 April  8.30am – 12.45pm, 2pm – 5pm

We kindly ask patients to turn up at your given appointment time and not before as this will result in the car park congested. 

Our newsletter is published monthly and can be found here on our website, on our facebook page and printed out in our patient waiting room. It's a great way to keep updated on our practice news & health campaigns.

To read our newsletter for June 2026 please click HERE

Nobody likes an unexpected trip to hospital. That’s why we’re using a new digital tool to help keep you safe and well at home.

This tool uses data to help identify people who might be at risk of becoming seriously unwell. If you’re identified, we’ll get in touch to invite you for a personalised assessment.

Our goal is simple: to support you early, so you can stay where you’re happiest—at home, doing what matters to you.

Want to learn more? Speak to a member of staff or visit:
🔗 https://www.england.nhs.uk/south/our-work/digital-neighbourhoods/

A free chickenpox vaccination will be offered for the first time to children across England on the NHS from January 2026.

• Government to launch chickenpox vaccination programme in England from January 2026, which will protect around half a million children each year
• Eligible children will receive the vaccine during routine GP appointments, which protects against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox
• The rollout will help raise the healthiest generation of children ever, while reducing sick days and time parents take off work

Thousands of children will be protected against chickenpox for the first time in England through a new vaccination programme that will keep kids in school and parents in work while also saving the NHS vital funds.

From January next year, GP practices will offer eligible children a combined vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) - the clinical term for chickenpox - as part of the routine infant vaccination schedule.

It will mean kids miss fewer days in nursery and school while parents will not need to take time off work to care for them. Research shows that chickenpox in childhood results in an estimated £24 million in lost income and productivity every year in the UK. The rollout will also save the NHS £15 million a year in costs for treating the common condition.

The chickenpox vaccine has been safely used for decades and is already part of the routine vaccine schedules in several countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia and Germany.

Chickenpox vaccine - NHS

Free chickenpox vaccination offered for first time to children - GOV.UK