Newent Doctors Practice

16/04/2026

Due to sickness we are very short staffed in reception this afternoon. Please bear with our team as your call may take longer to be answered today.

We thank you for your understanding.

15/04/2026

Join Dr Henry Steer, Consultant in Thoracic Medicine at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals and Dr Jeremy Welch, GP at Mythe Medical Practice as they discuss common signs and symptoms, treatment and advice about lung cancer.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=4215931658657633

10/04/2026

In a monthly review of our Appointment Attendance figures, March has seen the practice complete 97.5% of all booked appointments, out of a total of over 7300. Thank you to all of our patients who arrived on time for their appointments, currently the practice sits at an overall attendance rate of 97.1% for 2026.

09/04/2026

Digital HOPE programme

Digital HOPE is a proven, effective self-management tool that supports patient activation and wellbeing.

Individuals can choose a group-facilitated course or a self-guided course. Self-guided courses are available for:
• Long Term Conditions
• Hip or Knee Pain
• Cancer
For self-guided courses visit:
https://www.h4c.org.uk/hpsw

Group-facilitated courses:

• 5th April – Hope Programme for Hip or Knee Pain

• 29th April – Hope Programme for Long Term Conditions –

• 29th April – Hope Programme for Parents, Carers and
Guardians of Autistic Children

• 13th May - Hope Programme for Hip or Knee Pain

• 20th May - Hope Programme for Carers

• 20th May - Hope Programme for Long COVID

Adults can self-refer and book onto a course using the following link:

https://www.h4c.org.uk/courses-all

Dates and details for our Hope Programme courses are now live. Start your Hope journey with us.

03/04/2026

Our COVID-19 Spring Booster appointments are now available to book. Patients ahould recieve a text with a booking link through either the NHS App or by traditional SMS. If you have not received a message but believe you fall in to one of the below groups, please call our reception team after 11am, Monday-Friday. Please remember that the practice is currently closed for the Bank Holiday and will open again as normal on Tuesday 7th April.

The cohorts we can vaccinate are:
Aged 75 and over
Aged 18-74 and Immunosuppressed

If you are eligible but are unable to attend the practice, please call our reception team to discuss vaccination options.

02/04/2026

02/04/2026

COVID-19 Spring Booster Campaign- SAVE THE DATE

We are currently experiencing some delays in stock and delivery confirmation for the COVID-19 Spring Booster campaign. We ask that patients bear with us as we seek to resolve these issues as quickly as possible, which will allow us to open the clinics for bookings.

Please save the below dates as the planned clinics:
Monday 13th April
Monday 20th April
Thursday 23rd April
Friday 24th April
Thursday 30th April

Once we have confirmation of the vaccine stock and delivery, patients will be messaged with an appointment link to book their vaccination on one of the clinics. We will try and book these by date so as to give the most opportunity to all patients.

The cohorts for the Spring Booster this year are any patients aged 75 and over, any immunosuppressed patients above 18 years old (Under 18's will be offered vaccinations separately at a central site). If you are housebound or unable to attend a clinic, once you have received your invitation please contact reception.

We appreciate and thank you for your patience.

02/04/2026

Our Patient Participation Group (PPG) have released the 4th Newsletter for patient information. If you would like to read this, please go to our website at the below address, or ask for a copy in reception.

31/03/2026

POLITE NOTICE

We no longer take payment by cheque at the practice for private or non-NHS work. Please pay by cash or bank transfer from 1st April 2026.

Please note dispensary remains card only.

Thank you

Newent Doctors Practice

27/03/2026

New NHS Lung Cancer screening for Newent Doctors Practice Patients.

Early detection saves lives.

All 55-74 year olds in Newent will be risk assessed for Lung Cancer.

Patients at higher risk will be contacted by ‘In Health’ who are the specialist screening team and if further questions indicate a higher risk a lung CT scan will be offered.

The specialist team will advise on the results and arrange urgent treatment if indicated.

There is the potential to pick up other issues with the scan - these results will be passed to your GP who will be in touch with you if this is the case.

27/03/2026

We will be joint hosting a Live Event on Wednesday 15th April across the PCN. This event will be looking at Lung Cancer. Please join our panel of Dr Henry Steer and Dr Jeremy Welch at 6pm on the 15th April.

20/03/2026

Digital HOPE programme

Digital HOPE is a proven, effective self-management tool that supports patient activation and wellbeing.
Individuals can choose a group-facilitated course or a self-guided course.
Self-guided courses are available for:
• Long Term Conditions
• Hip or Knee Pain
• Cancer
For self-guided courses visit: https://www.h4c.org.uk/hpsw

Group-facilitated courses:
• 15th April – Hope Programme for Hip or Knee Pain – Register here: https://www.h4c.org.uk/courses-all/msk-150426
• 29th April – Hope Programme for Long Term Conditions – Register here: https://www.h4c.org.uk/courses-all/ltc-290426
• 29th April – Hope Programme for Parents, Carers and Guardians of Autistic Children – Register here: https://www.h4c.org.uk/courses-all/pa-290426
• 13th May - Hope Programme for Hip or Knee Pain – Register here: https://www.h4c.org.uk/courses-all/msk-130526
• 20th May - Hope Programme for Carers – Register here: https://www.h4c.org.uk/courses-all/carers-200526
• 20th May - Hope Programme for Long COVID – Register here: https://www.h4c.org.uk/courses-all/lc-200526

Adults can self-refer and book onto a course using the following link: https://www.h4c.org.uk/courses-all/msk-110326

The Hope Programme is a 6 or 8 week digital self-management course based on positive psychology, mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy, built on 25 years of research evidence.