Barcroft Medical Practice

08/06/2026

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04/06/2026

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💬 Your Ideas. Your Health. Your Future. Let's build it together! ✨

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04/06/2026

📢 Help Us Help You – Missed Appointments Matter 📢

Since 26 May 2026, we have had 65 missed appointments (DNAs) at the surgery:

🔹 13 GP appointments
🔹 52 nurse appointments

That’s 65 opportunities where someone else could have been seen, and valuable clinical time was lost.

🚨 Why it matters:

Missed appointments increase waiting times, delay care for others, and put extra pressure on our already busy team it also prevents another patient having an appointment they may need.

✅ If you can’t attend, please let us know in advance – a bit of notice helps us offer your slot to another patient.

💡 Need to cancel?

You can do this quickly by phone, online, or anima.

🙏 Thank you for helping us keep appointments available for everyone who needs them.

01/06/2026

Many minor illnesses and injuries can be cared for at home, with no need to visit your GP.

Find out more about self care here - https://bswtogether.org.uk/yourhealth/self-care/

If you are ever in doubt, use 111.nhs.uk

29/05/2026

🌟 Welcome to Barcroft Medical Practice 🌟

Looking after your health has never been easier 💙

At Barcroft Medical Practice, we’re proud to offer modern, convenient care designed around you. With our use of Anima, accessing GP services is quick, simple, and efficient, no long waits, no unnecessary stress.

✅ Easy online access – Submit your request in working hours, from anywhere
✅ Efficient appointment system – Get the right care, at the right time
✅ Streamlined patient requests – Helping our team respond quickly and effectively

Whether you need a GP appointment, advice, or support, our system ensures your request is handled promptly by the right clinician often on the same day!

💻 Ready to join us? Register with the practice today and experience a better way to manage your healthcare:

👉 https://gp-registration.nhs.uk/J83005/gpregistration/landing

Your health, your time, your care—made simpler with Barcroft Medical Practice.

29/05/2026

28/05/2026

Staying safe in hot weather 🌞😎

What Not To Do During a Heatwave in Europe

A thermometer standing upright in the sand on a sunny beach, showing high temperatures in both Celsius and Fahrenheit. The sea and sky appear in the background, under bright daylight.
Think you’ve experienced heat before?
Then get ready. Here, a mistake can really make you unwell.

Shall we get serious?

🚫 No Open Windows All Day
🧠 Why: Hot air comes in and doesn’t leave — your house becomes an oven.

✅ Instead: Only open windows early in the morning or at night, when the air is cooler.

✅ Curtains Closed All Day
☀️ Why: Direct sunlight heats up furniture, walls, and floors for hours.

✅ Do this: Keep curtains (preferably blackout or light-coloured) closed all day to keep the house cool.

🧴 Sunscreen is Serious Business
Why? The UV index often exceeds 8 in summer — and skin unaccustomed to it suffers more.

✅ Tip: Use SPF 30 or higher and reapply every two hours, even in the shade.

🚿 Cold Showers Can Make It Worse!
💡 Why: Very cold water constricts blood vessels, prompting your body to warm itself up again.

✅ Better: Prefer lukewarm showers or wash your neck, wrists, and feet with cool water.

💨 Fan Directly on Your Body? Better Not!
⚠️ Why: Constant wind can dry out your airways, cause muscle pain, and disturb your sleep.

✅ Tip: Let the fan circulate air around the room, not directly onto your body.

💧 Don’t Rely Only on Your Thirst!
Why? In dry heat, you lose fluids without noticing. When you feel thirsty, dehydration has already begun.

✅ Hydration tip: Drink water regularly throughout the day, even if you don’t feel thirsty.

High temperatures require care.
Don’t put your health or others at risk!

Let’s stay calm and safe.

27/05/2026

Why we use Anima at Barcroft Medical Centre 🏥

To help us care for patients safely and fairly, Anima is now our main way of requesting GP help. We encourage patients to use Anima themselves instead of calling reception wherever possible.

✅ Why use Anima yourself?
• Quick and easy – submit your request during working hours
• Tell us everything once, in your own words
• Faster responses – many issues can be sorted without an appointment
• Fair for everyone – based on clinical need, not who calls first
• Gets you to the right clinician first time

📞 Reception is here to help those who need it most
Our phone lines are very busy. To keep them available for patients who cannot access Anima, we ask that anyone who can use the online system does so.
Using Anima yourself is the quickest and most efficient way to get help.

❓ Why not just book a GP appointment?
GP demand far exceeds available appointments. Anima allows our clinicians to review each request safely and make sure GP appointments are reserved for those who really need them.

📲 If you do need an appointment, we’ll send you a link so you can choose a time that suits you.

💙 Thank you for helping us keep our phone lines free for those who need extra support, and for using Anima where you can.

26/05/2026

🌡️ There is an yellow heat-health alert in place for South West. 🟠

Find out more about staying well in the hot weather 👇

https://bsw.icb.nhs.uk/stay-safe-during-the-heat/