Kingsthorpe Medical Centre

14/10/2025

STADA wins charity awards 2025 for domestic abuse in health project!!!!!!!

https://charityawards.co.uk/healthcare-and-medical-research-2025-winners-standing-together-against-domestic-abuse/

25/09/2025

successful macmillan cake day

25/09/2025

Today - Macmillan cake morning 10 am till 12

16/09/2025

We are now taking bookings for those who are fall into the Autumn Covid Cohorts:
- residents in a care home for older adults
- all adults aged 75 years and over
- persons aged 18 years and over who are immunosuppressed

Please contact the practice to book into one of our October Clinics.

16/09/2025

📢 Flu Jabs - We’re Now Taking Bookings 💉

Eligible patients are being invited by text message.

✅ You may be eligible if you are:

🔹Aged 65 or over

🔹Pregnant

🔹Aged 18–64 with certain health conditions (e.g. asthma, diabetes, heart disease, weakened immune system)

🔹Aged 2-17 (nasal spray for children)

🔹A carer or living with someone who is immunocompromised

🔹A frontline health or social care worker

📞 If your link expires or you need help, please call the surgery and choose Option 1 to book your appointment.

Stay well this winter 🤗💙

10/09/2025

Some cervical screening results are now being sent through the NHS App.

📱 If your result is normal, you’ll receive it securely in the app.

📩 You’ll still get a letter in the post if you don’t have the app, or if more tests are needed.

Here’s what to do:

1️⃣ Download the NHS App
2️⃣ Turn on notifications

10/09/2025

Today is World Su***de Prevention Day.

If you need urgent help for your mental health, call 111 and select the mental health option. You’ll be directed to the right support.

Find out more Today is World Su***de Prevention Day.

If you need urgent help for your mental health, call 111 and select the mental health option. You’ll be directed to the right support.

Find out more ➡️ https://nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-services/where-to-get-urgent-help-for-mental-health/

12/08/2025

Today is International Youth Day which focuses on the difficulties that some young people are experiencing throughout the world.

Half the children between the age of 6 and 13 lack basic reading and math skills and childhood poverty is still a prevalent problem globally. International Youth Day was created by the UN to help draw awareness to these issues as we strive to find solutions. It’s a day for reflection but also a day for taking action so get involved.

Follow the link below to learn more.

https://desapublications.un.org/un-desa-voice/more-from-undesa/july-2025/youth-localizing-sdgs-2025-international-youth-day

12/08/2025

We are looking forward to welcoming you on Wednesday to our annual picnic at Stanwick Lakes.

Don't forget to bring a blanket, bring your favourite snack to share and be ready for some fun activities.

We can’t wait to see you there!

If you are yet to sign up and would like to join us here is the link:

https://forms.gle/MKL53NQyqfpPaQWcA

12/08/2025

Home Start - Dad Matters in West Northamptonshire

Home-Start is a UK-based charity that provides support to families with young children who are facing challenging times. Trained volunteers and experts offer practical help, friendship, and emotional support to parents, helping them build confidence and strengthen their relationships with their children.
Founded in 1973 by Margaret Harrison in Leicester there are around 180 local, independent Home-Starts operating in 71% of local authority areas across the UK.

Since 2017 Dad Matters is a Home Start support service dedicated to helping new and expectant fathers build strong relationships with their families. They focus on attachment and bonding, mental health, and guiding dads to access services that support them deal with the life changing events that come with parenthood.
In West Northamptonshire Dad Matters offer dads to be and dads with children to age 5 one-on-one support, dad and child play and support groups, and dad outreach programs.
For more information or a personal contact email to:

admin@homestart-northampton.org.uk

01/08/2025

V**e Awareness for Parents & Carers
of Young People In West Northamptonshire

Our specialist youth support service for young people in Northamptonshire delivers early intervention and structured treatment to young people to build understanding and raise awareness of substance related harm. We recognise the correlation between va**ng and young people developing harmful habits and are determined to do something about it.
This parent session is open to any parent or carer, living in West Northamptonshire, concerned about va**ng and young people.
This training is over Teams you should be able to access the training through the Eventbrite link, thank you.

Title: V**e Awareness for Parents & Carers of Young People
Date: Tues, August 19, 2025
Time: 9.00 – 11.00am
Venue: Microsoft Teams Meeting
Closing date for tickets: 12.00pm on 18.08.25
Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1547056029229?aff=oddtdtcreator

Title: V**e Awareness for Parents & Carers of Young People
Date: Thurs, August 21, 2025
Time: 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Venue Microsoft Teams Meeting
Closing date for tickets: 12.00pm on 20.08.25
Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1547317230489?aff=oddtdtcreator

Ngage offers parents & carers in West Northamptonshire, UK an educational workshop on Va**ng Awareness

29/07/2025

Travelling this year and have cancer. We have a new video on the channel ‘Travel and cancer’ presented by Danielle for any patients planning a holiday etc.

Here is the link:

https://youtu.be/C8MLOjNLxSM