Buckfastleigh Medical Centre

30/12/2025

🤧 Feeling unwell with a cough, sore throat, runny nose or shortness of breath?

🧪 This winter, our practice is part of the Take a Test UK (TATUK) self-swabbing programme. If you develop respiratory symptoms, you can request a free home testing kit.

You can request a kit if:
• You have respiratory symptoms (cough, sore throat, runny nose, shortness of breath)

• Your symptoms started within the last 7 days
How to request your free kit:

🔗 Visit https://takeatestuk.com/ and enter voucher code L83070

📽️ For information and videos about the self-swabbing process please visit: https://takeatestuk.com/phe-home/

📄 For more details about the study and patient info please visit:
https://orchid.phc.ox.ac.uk/surv.../information_for_patients

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas to all of our patients.

If you need medical advice whilst we are closed, please call 111. For emergencies please call 999.

We will reopen from 8am on Monday 29th December!

23/12/2025

18/12/2025

Research opportunity for anyone born with a cleft lip or palate.
Study being carried out by University of Bristol. Contact the study team, details on the video. Thank you

11/12/2025

🌟 Help the UK Health Security Agency Track Winter Bugs From Home 🌟

Ever wondered how the UK keeps an eye on flu and COVID-19 in real time? FluSurvey is a simple online tool that allows people to voluntarily share how they’re feeling each week — whether they’re well or under the weather.

By taking part, you’d be helping UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) understand how respiratory illnesses are spreading in the community, including among people who don’t usually visit their GP when they’re sick. Your weekly update only takes a few minutes and helps build a clearer picture of what’s happening across the country.

🧡 Taking part is completely up to you — there’s no obligation, and you can stop at any time. Every single person who chooses to join helps make the data more accurate and useful.

👩‍💻 FluSurvey was first created during the 2009 swine flu pandemic and is now part of InfluenzaNet, a Europe-wide project monitoring flu-like illnesses through standardised community surveys.

If you’re interested in contributing — in your own time and on your own terms — you can learn more or sign up by clicking below.

Thank you to everyone who chooses to get involved. Your contribution, big or small, truly makes a difference. 💙

Help us monitor the flu and other respiratory infections in the UK today.

09/12/2025

💙 Get the right care, faster 💙

Lots of people still head straight to A&E or call the GP for minor issues — but there are quicker options this winter:

✔️ Pharmacy First – help and treatment for common illnesses
✔️ NHS 111 – online or by phone for urgent advice
✔️ NHS App / GP online – request help without the 8am rush
✔️ Urgent Treatment Centres – for non-life-threatening injuries & illnesses

🛑 A&E and 999 are for life-threatening emergencies only

Choosing the right service means you’re seen faster — and helps keep A&E and GP phone lines free for those who need it most. 💙

Follow four people with four different health concerns as they get the NHS care they need – quickly and easily, without A&E. Get the right care, in the righ...

02/12/2025

What happened in Buckfastleigh in November!

01/12/2025

Please be aware we are currently experiencing a power outage.

We are hopeful to be back online shortly.

11/11/2025

💉 Flu season is here – protect yourself and your loved ones! 💙

Experts are warning that this could be a bad flu season, with cases already rising across the UK. Flu can cause serious illness, especially for older adults, pregnant women, children, and those with long-term health conditions.

💬 Let’s make this simple: Getting your flu jab is one of the best things you can do this season — for you, your family, and your community. It only takes a few minutes, and it can prevent weeks of illness. The flu vaccine saves lives and it helps reduce pressure on our NHS this winter.

If you're eligible, please watch out for your invitation or contact your GP surgery to get booked in for your flu vaccination today. Help keep us all healthier this winter. 💙

Leading flu experts say they will not be surprised if this year's is the worst flu season for a decade.