The Garth Surgery

26/12/2025

https://tees.communitypharmacy.org.uk/public-information/bank-holiday-opening-hours-2025/

25/12/2025

If you need a pharmacy over the Christmas period please look below;

Local Pharmacy opening hours will be displayed here once they are released from the local NHS England team. NENC ICB_FINAL Christmas notifications 2025-26  

18/12/2025

If you have the NHS App, please turn on notifications to get information quickly

18/12/2025

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17/12/2025

17/12/2025

🎄The festive season can be filled with pressures to be happy and to make everything perfect, but remember, it’s okay to prioritise your needs and feelings

📝If you're feeling down or anxious, the to-do list feels overwhelming or the expectations weigh heavy, take a moment to breathe

💙 Treat yourself with the same kindness and compassion you’d offer to a friend

🤗 Focus on what brings you comfort and peace

🤝 You deserve to enjoy this time in a way that feels right for you

10/12/2025

Polite request - Please cancel your appointment if you cannot or no longer need to attend

We are at capacity with requests but appointments are being wasted by non-attenders.

Thank you

10/12/2025

We’re seeing a rise in flu and respiratory illnesses locally. 😷

To keep our most vulnerable patients safe, our staff will be wearing masks in several wards and departments at James Cook Hospital and the University Hospital of North Tees.

While mask wearing isn’t mandatory for patients and visitors, we would encourage those attending the below areas to consider wearing a mask. These will be provided by our teams.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹:
• Emergency department
• Urgent treatment centre
• Same day emergency care
• Ward 1 (acute assessment unit)
• Ward 4 (renal)
• Ward 9 (respiratory)
• Ward 14 (oncology)
• Ward 31 (medicine short term)
• Ward 33 (haematology)
• Ward 37 (acute medical unit)
• Rheumatology outpatients

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹:
• Urgent treatment centre
• Clinical decisions unit

𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹:
• Urgent treatment centre

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝘀:
• Emergency department
• Emergency assessment unit
• Urgent treatment centre
• Ward 24 and ward 25 (respiratory)
• Ward 38 (haematology)
• Rheumatology unit

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹:
• Urgent treatment centre
• Rheumatology outpatients

For more information, visit our website: https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/patients-visitors/stopping-the-spread-of-flu/

10/12/2025

🙂👇👇👇👇

🎄With the festive season fast approaching, health experts across the North East and North Cumbria are urging everyone to plan ahead and make sure they’ve got the essentials at home🩹

Read the full story➡️ https://ow.ly/VBxa50XG7yy

08/12/2025

Most coughs, colds, fever and sore throats get better without antibiotics.

Not sure what to do when your child is unwell?
📱 Download the Healthier Together app!

It helps you:
✅ Check your child’s symptoms
✅ See easy-to-follow advice with pictures
✅ Use a simple traffic light system (🔴🟠🟢) to know if you need to see a doctor – or if it’s safe to care for them at home.

💡 Learn when antibiotics do and don’t help here https://seriouslyresistant.com/

08/12/2025

Your pharmacist can provide treatment or some prescription medicine, if needed, for seven common conditions - without you seeing a GP. Pharmacies can help you without you having to call us for help for the problems below.

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

https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/pharmacy/find-a-pharmacy/