Alvaston Medical Centre

18/02/2026

**📢 Practice Half Day Closure – Wednesday 18th February**

Dear Patients,

Please note that the practice will be closed from 1:00pm on Wednesday 18th February for mandatory staff training.

This applies to both our clinical and non-clinical teams and includes both Alvaston Surgery and Aston Surgery

If you require urgent medical assistance during this time, please contact NHS 111

The surgery will reopen as normal at 8:00am on Thursday 19th February

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

Kind regards,
Alvaston Medical Centre

11/02/2026

Important Notice – Phone Lines Currently Down

We are currently experiencing technical issues with our phone lines and are unable to receive or make calls at this time.

We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this may cause and understand how frustrating this is. We are working with our service provider to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and will update you as soon as the lines are restored.

If you require urgent medical assistance, please call NHS 111, or in an emergency dial 999.

For non-urgent queries, please use our online consultation service via our website where possible.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

05/02/2026

We sincerely apologise to patients whose appointments have had to be cancelled today due to an unexpectedly high level of staff sickness.

All affected patients have been sent an SMS, and patients can contact the surgery to rebook their appointment.

We’re very sorry for the inconvenience this may cause and would like to thank you for your patience and understanding.

Alvaston Medical Centre

23/01/2026

🌿 Going Paperless! 🌿
From 1st March 2026, Alvaston Medical Centre will no longer accept paper repeat prescriptions.
✅ Order your repeats:
📞 Medicine Order Line: 0115 855 0260 (Mon–Fri, 8am–4pm)
🌐 Online: https://www.alvastonmedicalcentre.nhs.uk

Going paperless not only helps us improve efficiency and reduce errors, it’s also better for the environment 💙

09/01/2026

❄️ Alvaston Dispensary – Update ❄️

Due to the weather and staffing issues, the Alvaston dispensary is closed today.

Sorry for any inconvenience this causes — we’re doing our best to get things back to normal and hope to be open again as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience!

15/12/2025

Dr Warner would love to share something special…
His brass ensemble has recorded a Christmas performance to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society ❤️🧠.

It’s a joyful little video , and at the end there’s a QR code if you’d like to make a donation.
Every bit helps this fantastic cause!

We hope it brings a bit of Christmas cheer to your day — enjoy! 🎵

We are grateful to have worked with Foresters Brass, a band which can trace its roots back to 1902, who have kindly performed and recorded a festive song to ...

09/12/2025

📢 A Notice to New Parents!

19/11/2025

📣 PRACTICE HALF DAY CLOSURE - WEDNESDAY 19th November

Dear Patients,

We are closed in the afternoon of Wednesday 19th of November from 1:30pm onwards for mandatory staff training for both clinical and non-clinical members of our team.

Should you require any urgent healthcare, please contact 111.

The surgery will be back open as usual at 8am on Thursday 20th of November.
Please note that this mandatory closure applies to both the Alvaston Surgery and the Aston Surgery.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Kind regards,
Alvaston Medical Centre

12/11/2025

❗ Important message to patients ❗-

📣 Our junior doctors will be on strike from Friday 14th November - Tuesday 18th November.

Alvaston and Aston surgeries will still both be running as normal and our GPs will still be working, but you may find it harder to receive an appointment. We ask that you respect our staff and be patient with us.

NHS services will be impacted. Due to lack of appointment availability, you may be directed to 111 or 999 in some cases.

We apologise for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.

Alvaston Medical Centre

12/11/2025

Are you following our new Instagram Page? 🧐

🌟We have launched an Instagram page (.medical), that contains all of the new practice information, local events and more.

🌟For those who don't have Instagram, please don't worry - we will still have an active Facebook account and website.

Please note our old Instagram page () is no longer active and is in the process of being taken down.

Why not give us a follow? We would love to see you over there!

11/11/2025

Please note that Alvaston Medical Centre will be taking part in the two minutes silence at 11am today, in honour of Remembrance Day. We ask that you respect this and join us.

We will remember them.

31/10/2025

FAO Patients -

Due to unforeseen staff sickness, we are short on clinicians today. Please note our staff are trying their hardest during this difficult process - we ask that you are patient and respectful when arranging an appointment.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Kind regards,
AMC