Market Harborough & Husbands Bosworth Surgeries

03/12/2025

25/11/2025

🌬️ November is COPD Awareness Month
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease affects millions of people in the UK — but early diagnosis and support can make a big difference.

If you’re experiencing a persistent cough, breathlessness, or frequent chest infections, please get in touch with our team. Our clinicians can offer lung health checks in our breathless clinics, reviews, and personalised management plans.

If you have concerns about your breathing — or if you’re overdue a COPD review — give us a call. Small steps can lead to better breathing. 🌬️

📞 Contact the surgery to book an appointment

25/11/2025

🚨 Important Notice for Our Market Harborough Patients 🚨

Please be aware that Meta AI on WhatsApp is not connected to our practice in any way.
Please make sure you do not use Meta AI to book appointments or ask for advice, as it can generate incorrect or misleading information. Using Meta AI instead of our official channels will result in invalid /unverified appointments.

To ensure your requests reach us safely and correctly, please WhatsApp us on/ give us a call on 01858 464242

When messaging us on WhatsApp via 01858 464242, please look for the NHS logo next to our profile picture to confirm you’re speaking to the official practice account (photo 1).

24/11/2025

We are currently experiencing problems with our WhatsApp service so please wait to contact us another day or give us a call and our patient services team will be happy to help. We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

20/11/2025

UPDATE 📢

You can now cancel your appointment that is over 2 hours away and check details of a booked appointment via our phone line. You can do this without having to sit in the phone queue by calling us and choosing option 6 from the options 📞📲

Reminder that you can also cancel your appointments via our website and your NHS App. 📲💻

20/11/2025

Temperatures are dropping across the country this week.

Cold weather can have a serious impact on health, particularly in older people and those with pre-existing health conditions.

Find out how you can stay well this winter ➡️ http://nhs.uk/staywell

18/11/2025

If you can no longer make your appointment, please cancel it. You can do this via our website, your NHS App, or by calling the surgery. 📞📲

In October 2025, Market Harborough Medical Centre had 619 missed appointments and Husbands Bosworth Medical Centre had 131 missed appointments ❌⏰

📅 Missed GP appointments impact everyone.
If you can’t attend, please let us know. Your appointment helps us care for you—and frees up time for others who need it. Thank you for helping us keep the practice running smoothly.

13/11/2025

What to do when your child has a common illness? 🤒

Illnesses like coughs, sore throats and ear ache are extremely common in young children, but did you know… our children’s ‘super bodies’ are designed to fight off many common illnesses, without the need for antibiotics? 🦸

These common ailments and can be unpleasant for children and their caregivers, but are most often caused by viral infections and do not need to be treated with antibiotics. 💊

Antibiotics rarely speed up recovery for these conditions and have no effect on viruses.

Instead, our children’s ‘super bodies’ get to work, and most children with a normal immune system and up to date immunisations will recover in the same amount of time with or without antibiotics.

Take a look at the usual recovery times for coughs, sore throats, and ear ache:

Super Bodies What to do when your child has a common illness Illnesses like coughs, sore throats and ear ache are extremely common in young children, but did you know… […]

11/11/2025

📢 Update: Change to WhatsApp Service Hours

Please note that from Monday, 17th November, there will be a slight change to our WhatsApp service opening hours.

From this date, urgent requests will be accepted from 8:00am until 10:00am.

We appreciate your cooperation and understanding as we make this adjustment to improve our service.

28/10/2025

25/10/2025

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.