Litchdon Medical Centre

01/02/2026

FREE DROP IN EVENT: 'Under the sea' at Barnstaple Library
Reading for Wellbeing session, 10am to 12pm, Mon 2nd February.

What is Reading for Wellbeing? 📕
Reading for Wellbeing is all about discovering the therapeutic benefits that can be gained from thinking differently about how you access stories to improve your overall wellbeing. Join us to explore how you read and open yourself up to the possibilities this change in mindset can unlock.

Reading for Wellbeing is a programme set up by well-known author Ann Cleeves (creator of 'Vera' and 'Shetland') who has strong links to North Devon. Ann is the inspiration behind 'The Woodyard' initiative, a community project hosted by and through NDVS.

Read more about the programme here: https://thewoodyard.org.uk/reading-for-wellbeing/

01/02/2026

Send a message to let someone know you're thinking of them.

Action for Happiness

30/01/2026

❓How can professionals help Young Carers?

A Young Carer is someone under the age of 18 who helps to care for a family member, relative or friend, and as many as 1 in 5 children and young people are Young Carers in the UK.

Professionals (such as teachers, healthcare workers, social workers, youth workers, and others) can play a vital role in supporting Young Carers. This could be through:

🫶Being observant and recognising the signs that someone might be a Young Carer
🫶Acknowledging their caring role
🫶Asking them what support they would find helpful
🫶Offering regular check-ins
🫶Sign post or refer into Devon Young Carers

Find out more about the many ways professionals can help Young Carers below 👇

29/01/2026

26/01/2026

We’d like to say a big THANK YOU to all the wonderful businesses who donated prizes to our 2025 Christmas raffle🎄 including:

🌟Banburys Department Store Barnstaple
🌟Hocking's Dairy Cream Ices - Official Appledore
🌟Braddicks Leisure Bideford (restaurants including Pier House Westward Ho!)
🌟Air Extreme Barnstaple
🌟SQ Bar and Restaurant
🌟Tesco Extra Barnstaple
🌟Brend Collection Barnstaple

We’ve donated the proceeds from the raffle and from our Christmas jumper day to 3 incredible charities: Children's Hospice South West, ChemoHero, and Kidney Research UK 🙏

25/01/2026

Your pharmacist can provide treatment or some prescription medicine, if needed, for seven common conditions - without you seeing a GP.
Think pharmacy first and get seen by your local community pharmacy team.

22/01/2026

We are inviting eligible patients for this vaccination, but you can also ring us to book an appointment with the treatment room nurse.

21/01/2026

Come along to our Disability Friendship Group meet ups in Barnstaple and Ilfracombe. Fun, friendly, and free! 📣

People of all disabilities are welcome, along with carers. Activities for all abilities, and a great opportunity to meet new people and make friends 🌟

Meet ups take place once a month. More info below ⬇

17/01/2026

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, and the HPV vaccine helps protect young people from the virus that causes most cervical cancers.
If you’re a parent or carer, please look out for the HPV vaccine permission form and return it to the school.
The HPV vaccine protects against more than cervical cancer - it safeguards all young adults, women and men, from ge***al warts and some cancers of the ge***al areas and a**s, as well as some mouth and throat (head and neck) cancers. ♂️♀️
If you have missed it in school you can catch up by having the vaccination in the practice...book an appointment with the practice nurse.
🔗 https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/hpv-vaccine/

15/01/2026

Lost Debit Card 💳

A debit card has been handed in at Litchdon Medical Centre today.

If you think it may be yours, please contact the practice or come to reception and confirm the name on the card so it can be returned to you.