• New Year’s Day – 01st January

• Good Friday – 29th March

• Easter Monday – 01st April

• May Bank Holiday –  06th May

• Spring Bank Holiday – 27th May

• Summer Bank Holiday – 26th August

• Christmas Day – 25th December

• Boxing Day – 26th December

Please contact NHS 111 for medical assistance or for immediate, life threatening emergencies call 999.

We will be offering this vaccination to eligible patients from September 2024. If you believe you are eligible and have not heard from the surgery, please contact us to arrange an appointment.

Patient leaflet with further information

Patient leaflet with further information

Years of underfunding and neglect has left general practice in crisis. The future of General Practice is at stake.

The following report written by our Local Medical Committee highlights serious concerns about the issues facing general practice.

You can help make a difference! Get involved by reading, sharing and talking to your local MPs about the contents of this report: https://nwlmcs.org/news/report-the-financial-challenge-facing-practices-in-lancashire-and-cumbria

If action and serious attention is not given to this pressing issue, there is a very real possibility of mass practice closures and patients finding that access to a GP will worsen significantly.

Children’s Nasal Flu

Children aged 2 & 3yrs on 31 August 2024 are eligible for the Nasal Flu to be administered at the Practice from 01st September 2024. Appointments will be available once we are in receipt of this vaccine. The practice will contact parents to arrange an appointment.

Eligible patients from 01st September 2024

Patients detailed below that are eligible for the flu vaccination from 01st September 2024 will be contacted once we are in receipt of the vaccine, to arrange an appointment.

From 1 September 2024:

• pregnant women
• primary school aged children (from Reception to Year 6) – this will be administered at School by School Immunisation Team.
• secondary school aged children (from Year 7 to Year 11) – this will be administered at School by School Immunisation Team.
• all children in clinical risk groups aged from 6 months to less than 18 years

Eligible patients from October 2024

Appointments are now available from 05th October 2024 onwards. Appointments can be booked online or by contacting the surgery (after 11am when the lines are not as busy).

• those aged 65 years and over
• those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups
• those in long-stay residential care homes
• carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person
• close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
• frontline workers in a social care setting without an employer led occupational health scheme including those working for a registered residential care or nursing home, registered domiciliary care providers, voluntary managed hospice providers and those that are employed by those who receive direct payments (personal budgets) or Personal Health budgets, such as Personal Assistants

If you are unsure if you meet any of these criteria, please do not hesitate to speak to a member of staff for further information.

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Eden Carers

CUMBRIA COUNTY COUNCIL – Cost of Living Leaflet

CUMBRIA COUNTY COUNCIL – Winter Advice for Families with Babies

For more information on the wellbeing service click on the link below:

Wellbeing Service | NHS Physical Health Psychology Cumbria

For future dates and events click on the link below:

North Cumbria Wellbeing Service Events | Eventbrite

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April 2023 – you are no longer required to wear a face mask when visiting the Medical Practice, unless this is your preference – excluding if you have acute respiratory symptoms or to see specific clinical staff. This requirement would be discussed with you if a face to face appointment was being arranged.

For the safety of the staff team, if you do have acute respiratory symptoms, please do not visit the practice and contact us via alternative options. Thank you for your support and understanding.

June 2022 update – You must continue to wear face masks and follow social distancing measures in this practice.
Thank you for keeping our staff and other patients safe from infectious diseases.

From the 19th July we will continue with current Health and Safety measures at the Practice. Please ensure you are aware of requirements whilst visiting the practice to protect both staff and patients. Thank you

New Year, New You.

As well as health benefits you will save money also.