The Castle Medical Group

30/12/2025

🚨🚨🚨Reception Team update 🚨🚨🚨

Due to staff illness, our Reception team is extremely short-staffed today.

We kindly ask that you only contact us if your call is urgent, to help us manage safely and effectively.

We appreciate your understanding and patience as our team works through these unforeseen circumstances on what is a challenging day.

Many thanks for your support and understanding.

The Castle Medical Group

23/12/2025

Christmas and New Year Opening Hours

Please note that we will be closed over the festive period on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

If you need urgent medical advice whilst the surgery is closed (but it's not an emergency), contact NHS 111 (call 111 or visit 111.nhs.uk)

In a life-threatening emergency, always call 999.

The Castle Medical Group wish all our wonderful patients a very Merry Christmas.

12/12/2025

Attention Patients: Our clinical system is currently down due to technical difficulties. Unfortunately, this is a national problem. As a result, we are unable to make appointments or access patient data at this time. We are actively working on resolving the issue and hope to be back up and running soon. If you already have an appointment, please attend as normal.
Please stay tuned for updates here on Facebook and on our website. We apologise for any inconvenience that this will inevitably cause. Thank you for your understanding and patience.

02/12/2025

This week is Grief Awareness Week, and a chance to recognise how any type of loss can affect our wellbeing.

There’s no right or wrong way to feel — grief affects everyone differently.

If you're finding things difficult, there’s support that can help.

➡️ https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/feelings-symptoms-behaviours/feelings-and-symptoms/grief-bereavement-loss/

18/11/2025

13/11/2025

All Practices in East Lancashire will be closed today from 1pm-6.30pm for Protected Learning Time.
This enables Practices to provide dedicated training to their staff and to discuss and plan ways that will allow them to improve services, meet demand and support the wellbeing of their staff.
For urgent medical matters during this time, that can't wait until the next day, please contact 111.
For all life threatening medical emergencies please contact 999.
If you need help for a mental health crisis, please contact The Crisis Team on 0800 953 0110.
If you have a pre booked appointment with us, this will still go ahead.
Our treatment Room and Dispensary are open as usual.
Thank you for your support and cooperation.

11/11/2025

Remembering the fallen and their families this Armistice Day

10/11/2025

On Thursday 13th November 2025, all Practices in East Lancashire will be closed from 1pm-6.30pm for Protected Learning Time.
This enables Practices to provide dedicated training to their staff and to discuss and plan ways that will allow them to improve services, meet demand and support the wellbeing of their staff.
For urgent medical matters during this time, that can't wait until the next day, please contact 111.
For all life threatening medical emergencies please contact 999.
If you need help for a mental health crisis, please contact The Crisis Team on 0800 953 0110.
Treatment Room and Dispensary are open as usual.
Thank you for your support and cooperation.

07/11/2025

Keeping a well stocked medicine cabinet

As we head into winter, people become more likely to pick up common illnesses such as colds and flu and therefore it is important to be prepared.
There are several items that you can stock up on to help you be prepared this winter such as:
💊Paracetamol
💊Ibuprofen
💊Cold remedies and cough syrups
💊First aid kit
💊Indigestion and diarrhoea treatments

If you are unsure on what medication to include within your medicine cabinet, you can speak to your local pharmacy who will help you pick the most appropriate medication.

03/11/2025

Your pharmacist can provide treatment or some prescription medicine, if needed, for seven common conditions - without you seeing a GP.

Think pharmacy first and get seen by your local community pharmacy team.

29/10/2025

November is Men's Health Awareness Month.

Learn how to cope and live happier, healthier, longer lives with reliable, expert information from Movember. Find out how to have conversations with men who might be struggling, get support, and access resources.

Visit https://uk.movember.com/ for further help, information and support.

Unite to take on mental health, su***de, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.