NHS App Information 

Hello and welcome to the Kearsley Medical Centre website.  We’ve packed it full of useful information in a very easy to use format with the added benefit of several online functions.

If you’re new to the area, have a look at our opening times, download a registration form and come and see us.

The team are here to provide all patients with a professional and caring healthcare experience in friendly and personal surroundings. With discretion and confidentiality guaranteed your welfare is safe, secure and in good hands.

Urgents will be dealt with in the morning before 12pm.  Any calls taken after 12pm are for emergencies only, so we can complete our routine work.  Appointments are being delivered face-to-face, online and over the telephone.  

For non-urgent issues such as sick notes, test results or medical reports. You will be directed to complete an online consult form, see below.  If any of our patients do not have internet access please telephone the surgery and our receptionists will complete the online consult form on your behalf.

Please be understanding of the situation we are in. We are all working hard, doing the very best we can and more, to try and continue to provide a safe and effective service. This often means that we have to make decisions based on our patients’ needs rather than their wants.  Please be patient with us and our staff.  

• From 1st October 2022 our extended access hours will be Thursday and Friday 6.30am-8am with GP and Nurse appointments available
• If you want to speak to a preferred GP please request a routine telephone or face to face appointment

NHS England urges those unprotected against measles to come forward for their vaccinations

Measles cases are continuing to rise across England, with a number of unvaccinated children and adults requiring hospital as infections take hold. 

This month, millions of parents and carers in England are being contacted by the NHS to book their children in for their missed measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine as part of a major new campaign to protect children from becoming seriously unwell.

NHS figures show almost 3 million children under the age of 16 years are either unprotected or not fully protected and at risk of catching these serious and completely preventable diseases.

Measles is not just a childhood disease and can be serious at any age. If caught during pregnancy it can be very serious causing stillbirth, miscarriage and low birth weight and NHS bosses are also urging young adults to catch up on any missed doses before thinking about starting a family.

Two doses of the safe and effective MMR vaccine are needed for maximum life-long protection, with the first dose given around the child’s first birthday, and the second dose given at around three years and four months old.

However, anyone can catch up at any age on any missed doses and it’s never too late to protect yourself.

If you or your child have not had both dose of the MMR vaccine contact the GP surgery to book an appointment as soon as possible and catch up.