Widcombe Surgery

08/09/2026

📞 PHONE LINES – NOW WORKING ✅

We’re pleased to confirm that our phone lines are now back up and running and you can contact the surgery by telephone as normal.

We apologise for the disruption and would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding while the issue was being resolved.

💙 Thank you from everyone at Widcombe Surgery

07/09/2026

07/09/2026

🚨 URGENT – SURGERY PHONE LINES DOWN 🚨

We are currently experiencing a technical issue with our telephone system and our phone lines are not working.

💻 You can still contact us online through our website for both medical and administrative requests.

We are working to get the problem resolved as quickly as possible and will update this page as soon as our phone lines are back up and running.

🙏 We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

Widcombe Surgery

03/09/2026

📢 Friends and Family Feedback

Thank you to everyone who completed our Friends and Family survey in August. Your feedback helps us recognise what is working well and identify where we need to improve.

We received many positive comments about:

💚 Our caring, friendly and professional staff
💚 Patients feeling listened to and reassured
💚 Efficient appointments and prompt treatment
💚 The helpful support provided by our reception and nursing teams

We also received feedback about appointment delays, short-notice changes and difficulties with online triage and booking.

To help manage demand safely, appointments are released daily. This prevents all available appointments being booked at once and allows us to retain capacity for patients whose needs arise later. Reception staff can assist patients who are unable to complete an online form independently.

We will continue to:

✅ Monitor appointment waiting times
✅ Keep patients informed about significant delays or changes
✅ Review how we communicate with anxious patients, children and those needing additional support
✅ Reinforce the importance of clear, friendly and respectful communication

Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences with us.

27/08/2026

This bank holiday weekend, some NHS services may have different opening hours.

💊 Make sure you order any prescriptions you need in plenty of time

🤧 Pharmacies can help with common illnesses – search ‘find a pharmacy’ online

🩺 Need help from your GP practice? Contact them as normal, and if they’re closed, use NHS 111

🩻 For urgent medical help, use NHS 111 through the NHS App, by going online, or by calling 111

🦷 Need urgent dental treatment? Contact your usual dentist, or use NHS 111

26/08/2026

💉 Flu & COVID Vaccination Invites Are On Their Way!

We have started sending out our Flu & COVID vaccination invitations today 📲

Our main vaccination clinic will be held on Saturday 10th October, with additional smaller clinics available up to 20th October for anyone who can’t make the main date.

📅 Can’t make 10th October? When you open your booking link, simply change the date to see the other available clinics.

☎️ If you receive an invitation but have difficulty using the online booking system, please give the practice a call and we’ll be happy to help.

⚠️ Please only contact the practice to book once you have received your invitation.

Invites are being sent out in batches over the rest of this week, so please don’t worry if yours hasn’t arrived yet.

Please feel free to share this post with friends and family who are registered with the surgery. 💙

25/08/2026

🎓 NEW TO BATH? REGISTER WITH A LOCAL GP 🩺

Moving to Bath for university this September? One of the things worth sorting before term starts is registering with a GP.

Widcombe Surgery is welcoming new student registrations.

📍 Conveniently located in Widcombe, Bath
📱 Easy online registration
💻 Online access to contact the practice
💊 Prescriptions, vaccinations and NHS healthcare when you need it
🏠 Register as soon as you’re living in our practice area

Don’t wait until you’re unwell to find a GP.

👉 Register online with Widcombe Surgery today:
https://gp-registration.nhs.uk/L81020/gpregistration/landing

Already registered with us? Please share this with any students you know who are moving to Bath.

Widcombe Surgery | Your local NHS GP practice

24/08/2026

💉 FLU & COVID VACCINATION UPDATE 2026/27

Our first children’s flu vaccination invitations were sent out this morning, with clinics starting from 14 September.

👧 All children aged 2 or 3 on 31 August 2026 are eligible.

🏫 School-aged children will generally receive their flu vaccination through the school vaccination programme.

📱 Invitations include an online booking link. Please only call the surgery if you have received an invitation and are having difficulty using the booking link – our team will then be happy to book the appointment for you.

💉 Adult Flu & COVID

Our main adult Flu and COVID invitations will be sent later this week, with a large vaccination clinic planned for Saturday 10 October.

Don’t worry if you can’t make this date – further clinic dates will be added in due course.

Please wait until you receive your invitation before trying to book.

Thank you for helping us keep our phone lines available for patients who need them.

19/08/2026

💉 Flu & COVID Vaccinations – Autumn 2026

It’s nearly that time of year again! 🍂

Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll start sending vaccination invitations to eligible patients.

💚 Flu vaccination
Eligible groups include:
• Everyone aged 65+
• Adults with certain long-term health conditions
• Pregnant women
• Children aged 2 or 3 on 31 August 2026

💙 COVID vaccination
Eligibility is more restricted this year. At Widcombe Surgery we will be vaccinating eligible patients aged 19+, including:
• Adults aged 75+
• Adults who meet the specific NHS criteria for immunosuppression, including some people receiving chemotherapy or certain immunosuppressive treatments, transplant patients and people with certain conditions affecting their immune system.

⚠️ Not everyone with a long-term condition or who considers themselves immunosuppressed will be eligible for a COVID vaccination. We will contact patients who meet the NHS criteria.

📱 How to book
If you’re eligible, we’ll send you an invitation containing a link to book your appointment online. If you’d rather speak to us, you can call the surgery to book once you've received your invitation.

👉 Please wait until you receive your invitation before trying to book or contacting the surgery.

Keep an eye on your phone over the next couple of weeks! 📲

Widcombe Surgery

19/08/2026

📱 Follow Widcombe Surgery on WhatsApp!

We’re pleased to launch our new official Widcombe Surgery WhatsApp Channel.

It’s a quick and easy way to keep up to date with:

📢 Practice news and service updates
🕐 Opening and closure information
💉 Vaccination updates
❤️ Health campaigns and useful information

The channel is for information only and cannot be used to contact the Practice for appointments, medical advice or administrative queries.

Following is completely optional and your phone number and personal details are not visible to other followers.

👉 Follow us here:

https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbCvNYLFy7266FCyrU2u

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