Wellington Medical Centre

13/11/2025

12/11/2025

12/11/2025
Wellington Medical Centre
Staff Training Closures
Dear Patients
This is to remind you that the practice will be closed today from 2:00pm until 6:00 pm for staff training and development.
During this time if you need a doctor in an emergency please dial 999 or if you need urgent advice please dial 111. Alternatively, you can ring our usual telephone number where you will also hear advice.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding
WMC

11/11/2025

We currently have a vacancy for a Deputy Practice Manager.

If you would like to apply, please do so on NHS Jobs.

04/11/2025

Spark Somerset - Spark iT🎇

Are working with the community spaces to set up and run free Digital Cafés, hubs and drop ins across the county. Run by their friendly and supportive team of volunteering Digital Champions, they are free to attend and open to people of all ages and abilities.

Your local community spaces within Wellington are:

- The Library every Tuesday from 11am - 12pm

- Best Before Food Bank in The Well Christian Centre, every Tuesday from 3 - 5pm (bookable help call - 07490 196095)

- St John’s Church every Tuesday 10am - 12pm

04/11/2025

Somerset Drug & Alcohol Service - SDAS are starting a new Coffee and Chat on Tuesdays at the Kings Arms Community Hub from 4th November.

04/11/2025

Friends, Families and Traveller’s Resources: Friends, Families and Travellers, in partnership with UKHSA and Roma Support Group, have produced a series of short animations with key information on vaccinations. These resources focus on childhood and maternal vaccination as well as measles and whooping cough.

English - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pmbqSK5jyM&list=PLVcBbVHmO3VWEJ-XwFCbYunpLOoGkGQvW

Polish - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi5BzAwcTPVjYOgGuYGpX3xkIhWGUFM94

Romanian - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi5BzAwcTPVjgM3w4W4vVMaV3s3-oHh9r

Slovak Romanes - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi5BzAwcTPViC-zWznYbgwZLPsF35P1XM

A short animation on childhood and maternal vaccinations and what to expect. This film was co-developed and co-produced with people from Gypsy, Roma and Trav...

04/11/2025

💥 Fireworks aren’t easy for everyone. For many in the armed forces community, they can be triggering. OpCOURAGE has shared practical advice + helplines to help you feel prepared: https://bit.ly/OpCOURAGE_Advice

03/11/2025

We will be closing our 'Flu Line' on our phones on Wednesday 5th November at 11:30am as our Saturday vaccination clinics have now ended.

If you have received an invitation to get the vaccination here but have not yet booked in you can still give us a call on 01823 663551 and please select Option 4 for our Patient Services Team, or submit an online Admin request through our website/your NHS App and we would be happy to make you an appointment during the week

28/10/2025

❗ IMPORTANT REMINDER ABOUT FLU VACCINATIONS ❗

Our final Saturday flu clinic is being held this weekend.

If you have received an invitation from us, but are yet to book your appointment, please do so by either clicking the link in your text message invitation or by telephoning the surgery.

24/10/2025

NHS App Update

We informed you earlier this month that due to technical issues during the transfer of Luson patients to Wellington Medical Centre, historic medical record access had been temporarily suspended.

We want to reassure you that your medical records have not been lost and are still safely stored in our clinical system, the only thing that has been suspended is your access to this information online.

When patients were due to be transferred from Luson surgery to Wellington Medical Centre, we were informed by our system supplier that Luson patients would continue to have NHS app access, but without any historical medical record access. This was to allow us to ensure the records were appropriately safeguarded prior to access being switched back on. Post transfer we identified that some Luson patients had full access to their medical records, without us having safeguarded them. Therefore, to ensure the safety of patients, our Safeguarding Lead GP along with the Management Team, made the decision to temporarily suspend access to historical medical records online. As there is no way of restricting access to specific groups of patients, we have had to suspend this for all patients.

We are aware this has impacted and continues to impact many patients. and we are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused, but the potential risk of this not being safeguarded is one we have a responsibility to take seriously. We are working with our system supplier, the NHS App and other professionals on this and will update you once we have further information.

The NHS app is still available for ordering your prescriptions, contacting the surgery about a health problem or administration query, and viewing results of tests taken after the 30th September.

Thank you for your patience whilst we continue working to find a resolution.

Kind regards
Wellington Medical Centre

23/10/2025

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ‼️

I am writing as Chair of Wellington Medical Centre Patient’s group. At present we are stewarding the Saturday flu clinics and last week was exceptionally busy with car parking availability unable to cope with the amount of patients trying to park, consequently causing problems in Mantle Street . Patients were then having to queue for sometime before they could be vaccinated which was not ideal for the elderly or disabled. We try to be as flexible as possible but so many patients do not keep to their appointment times which causes the problems we had on Saturday. Could I please ask all patients attending the remaining clinics to keep to their appointment time as this will in future be closely monitored. Thank you for your patience.

Veronica Tatnall,

Chair of PPG,

Wellington Medical Centre.