Wellington Road Surgery, Newport, TF10 7HG - News

Global IT outage update

To all patients and residents across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. Following the global IT outage on Friday 19 July 2024, we can report that EMIS - the appointment and patient record system - is now up and running for GP practices, community ...

Global IT outage

Response from NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin to global IT outage

Pharmacy First

Pharmacy First is the NHS service for patients to get help from pharmacies with some common minor conditions, making it simpler for everyone to get healthcare advice and treatment more quickly. Expanding on work they have already been doing, ...

Prescription Charges

NHS prescription charges are changing from 1 May 2024   The NHS Prescription charge is £9.90 for each item collected from May 1st 2024. Some items may have more than one charge. e.g. elastic hoisery; a member of the dispensary team ...

Bowel Cancer Screening

Is your bowel cancer screening kit sitting at the back of a drawer? If you're 56 to 74, you should have received your bowel cancer screening kit through the post. That's because the NHS automatically sends a kit every two years to people in that ...

Document Visibility Online

Information about a software issue that prevented documents from being visible to patients.   We understand that some of our patients may have been unable to view certain documents (e.g. letters from the hospital) when using online ...

Dealing with loneliness

Dealing with loneliness Loneliness. It's a part of life. Let's talk about it. We're all affected by loneliness at times in our lives. We can feel lonely in a busy city or rural location, on social media or spending time on our own or with ...

Dr Beresford's Retirement

Dr Beresford will be retiring from the surgery, with his last day being on the 28th March. The surgery would like to thank him for his tireless commitment and wish him a retirement filled with happiness. Dr Ghaffar, who has been working at the ...

Welcoming back Dr Roberts

We're happy to announce that Dr Roberts has returned from maternity leave. She will be working 2 days a week as she integrates back into the team. Due to Dr Roberts working a reduced number of clinics, some of her patients will be ...

Online Medical Records

See you GP health record on the NHS App