Sunniside Surgery

04/12/2025

📅 Holiday Hours Update!
We’re here for you this Christmas—just with a slightly different schedule. 🎄💚

03/12/2025

🎅🏼🎄❄️🧑🏻‍🎄⛄️🎁

03/12/2025

For some people, symptoms of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) can feel more noticeable or harder to manage during the winter.

But small things can help:

🔵 try some physical activity – anything that gets you moving
🔵 make the most of natural light – getting outside or sitting near windows
🔵 plan for tougher days – shifting stressful tasks or building in more rest

There’s also treatment available if you’re finding things really tough – such as light therapy, talking therapies or medication.

Find out more ➡️ www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/seasonal-affective-disorder-sad/overview/

03/12/2025

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/

03/12/2025

12/11/2025

PATIENT NOTICE

The surgery will be closed today from 1pm, we will reopen again tomorrow the 13th of November at 07:30am.

In an emergency please call 999, for urgent medical advice call 111, and for any minor illnesses please contact your local pharmacy.

Thankyou

09/11/2025

05/11/2025

📆Wednesday 5th November
⏰10am - 13:00
📍Chainbridge

If you are registered at either Sunniside, Whickham, Glenpark, Teams or Chainbridge please contact your surgery to book an appointment :)

05/11/2025

Remember remember our urgent treatment centres! 🎇

We hope you enjoy your bonfire weekend but we also want you to be safe.

If you do need treatment for burns or minor injuries, please visit our urgent treatment centres.

30/10/2025

From October to March we can’t make enough vitamin D from sunlight, so to keep bones and muscles healthy, it’s best to take a daily 10 microgram supplement of vitamin D. You can get vitamin D from most pharmacies and retailers.
➡️ https://www.nhs.uk/condi.../vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-d/

29/10/2025

Perimenopause is one of the three stages of menopause. It’s when menopause symptoms start but your periods haven’t stopped.

For many women, these symptoms can affect daily life – from energy and mood to relationships and work.

They can also start earlier for some, which is why recognising the signs and getting support matters.

Menopause will now be part of routine NHS health checks – offered every 5 years to eligible adults aged 40 to 74 – for the first time. By including tailored questions about menopause, more women will be able to get the support they need to manage their symptoms.

💛 More info on symptoms and treatment options: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/menopause/symptoms/

29/10/2025

If you need the emergency contraceptive pill, you can now get it free from pharmacies across England — without needing an appointment with your GP or at a sexual health clinic.

Pharmacists can provide advice and support. Find your nearest participating pharmacy: https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/sexual-health-services/find-emergency-contraception/