Bancroft Medical Centre

17/12/2025

🏥Local NHS services are under significant pressure this winter due to rising flu, COVID, RSV and sickness bug cases.

📈Flu levels are expected to peak just before Christmas, with hospital demand already much higher than last year.

👉Help protect yourself and the NHS:

✔Make sure you’re up to date with flu, COVID and RSV vaccinations

✔Stay home if you’re unwell, rest, hydrate and practice good hand hygiene

✔Use your community pharmacist for minor illnesses like sore throats and earaches

✔Use the NHS App and NHS 111 for advice and support

✔Only attend A&E for serious or life-threatening emergencies

NHS staff will be working throughout Christmas and New Year. Getting the right care early helps keep services available for those who need them most.

For winter health advice:

Information on how to keep well this winter

11/12/2025

13/10/2025

29/09/2025

🚭 It’s Stoptober!

Thinking about quitting smoking? There’s no better time than now. 💙
Stoptober is a nationwide campaign that helps thousands of people each year to stop smoking and start living healthier, longer lives.

✨ Did you know? If you can go 28 days smoke-free, you’re 5 times more likely to quit for good!

✅ Free tools and support are available, including the NHS Quit Smoking app, daily encouragement, and expert advice.

Every cigarette you don’t smoke is a positive step towards better health, more energy, and extra money in your pocket. 💰💪

👉 Join the movement this Stoptober and take the first step today: https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking/

We’re here to support you every step of the way. 💙

29/09/2025

🩺 Bancroft Medical Centre invites you to our Patient Participation Group (PPG) Meeting

📅 Wednesday 8th October
🕔 5:00 – 6:00 pm
📍 Courtenay House Surgery

✨ Join us as we:

Share updates on recent changes to our management structure

Talk about our role as a research practice

Review your feedback on the new triage model

Open the floor for any other business

💬 This is your chance to have your say and ensure patients continue to have a strong voice in shaping general practice.
Whether this is your first meeting or you’ve attended before, you are very welcome!

✅ How to confirm your place:

Book online via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bancroft-medical-centre-patient-event-tickets-1669408278099

Or speak to our reception team

16/09/2025

‼️STAFF TRAINING CLOSURE‼️

We are closed today (Tuesday 16th September 2025) between 13:30 and 17:30.

If you require non-urgent medical advice during these hours, please contact 111.

For urgent or life-threatening medical attention or advice, please contact 999.

22/08/2025

‼️We are excited to share an important opportunity for Bancroft patients. Living Well Taking Control is hosting a free webinar on Blood Pressure and Type 2 Diabetes Prevention on Wednesday 10th September 2025, from 12:00pm to 12:40pm.

‼️This webinar is timed to align with Know Your Numbers! Week (organised by Blood Pressure UK), a key time to encourage patients to check their blood pressure and understand its link to health risks, including type 2 diabetes. It’s a chance for eligible patients to learn:
⚫️How managing blood pressure can reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes.
⚫️What the Diabetes Prevention Programme offers, including practical tips on healthy eating, physical activity, stress management, and sleep.
⚫️Inspiring stories and a Q&A with our health coaches.

Patients can register and join the webinar here:
⚫️https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blood-pressure-week-and-diabetes-prevention-tickets-1576657287389?aff=oddtdtcreator

08/08/2025

🏥 You're Invited!
Join Our Patient Participation Group (PPG) Meeting
📅 Date: Thursday, 4th September 2025
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
💻 Location: Online via Microsoft Teams

💬 Your Voice Matters!
Join us to:

Share your views

Ask questions

Help shape and improve our services

This is a great opportunity to work alongside our team to make a positive impact in your local healthcare community.

🔗 Join the Meeting
Click the link below to join the PPG meeting:

Meeting ID: 337 101 319 498 6
Passcode: uP7ZM7BU

25/07/2025

🔈HENRY supports families to provide the best possible start in life for babies and children.

⚫️Parents and carers of children under 5, sign up now for your FREE summer workshop to understand and tackle your little one’s fussy eating behaviours.

https://www.henry.org.uk/fussyeating