Spital Surgery

24/07/2025

If you have any old school uniform items you would like to donate, drop them into the surgery and they will be passed on to Wirral FUSS (Free UniformS for School) to be used again.

24/07/2025

https://spitalsurgery.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Social-Prescribing-Summer-Special-1.pdf
Click the link for the latest Social Prescribing summer newsletter, which includes free and low-cost summer family activities, school uniform support and food support.
If you want to be referred to one of our Social Prescribers, just ask our reception team.

17/07/2025

Our Primary Care Network, Healthier South Wirral, are hosting an online event Managing Diabetes & Improving My Health. If you'd like to register, click here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-diabetes-improving-my-health-tickets-1497681909909?aff=oddtdtcreator

17/07/2025

If you suspect you or your child have measles, you must let us know by phone before coming in. This is so we can provide an isolation room for you to wait in and allow our doctor to follow the correct PPE and infection control procedures, protecting them and others attending the surgery. Measles is highly infectious and particularly dangerous for vulnerable people.

14/07/2025

https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/mmr-vaccine/
Following the sad death of a young child from measles in the last few days, we'd like to remind everyone of the importance of vaccinating your children against measles with two doses of the MMR vaccine.
Alder Hey hospital is reporting increasing numbers of children very ill with measles and Merseyside has vaccination rates well below the target to ensure herd immunity.
If your child has not yet had their two doses of the MMR vaccine, please call the surgery to arrange an appointment with our nurse.

Find out about the MMR vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella, including who should have it, when it's given and possible side effects.

10/07/2025

We are chuffed to bits with this year’s National GP Patient Survey results. Click the link to view our results. You can also compare us with other practices in the area. https://gp-patient.co.uk/patientexperience/results?code=N85617

10/07/2025

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/seasonal-health/heatwave-how-to-cope-in-hot-weather/
We're expecting another heatwave over the next few days. Please be aware of how the heat can affect you and click the link for tips on staying cool, hydrated and well in the hotter weather.

Find out how to keep cool and safe in a heatwave, and who is most at risk of heat exhaustion and heatstroke.

10/07/2025

We know that many of life’s problems can make us feel unwell. GPs tell us that a lot of people visit them feeling isolated or lonely; stressed out by work, money or housing problems; the stress of managing a long term health condition may be getting them down; they may not know what is making them feel low but they have come to their GP searching for help.

That is where Social Prescribing comes in.

Social Prescribing Link Workers are present in each surgery in Healthier South Wirral to help patients identify and link with sources of support within the community. These non-medical referral options can complement existing medical treatments to improve health and well-being.

Social Prescribing Link Workers are not medical professionals but have been specially trained to work alongside GPs and other clinical roles to ensure people get the care and support they need.

Our team of Social Prescribing Link Workers work in partnership with Citizens Advice Wirral and are here to give our patients a chance to talk; they will be listened to carefully, offered emotional and practical support and will be provided with the advice, information and support they need whatever their worries, questions or concerns.

Some examples of the type of support that can be provided are listed below:

● Being a non-judgemental listening ear; empowering with tools and techniques to balance every day stresses
● Referral into a specialist service for example for money advice (benefits, debt, and budgeting), housing needs, domestic abuse
● Encouragement to address lifestyle issues including healthy eating and physical activity, support to reduce dependency on alcohol, to***co and other substances
● Support to manage a new health diagnosis or to positively manage a long term condition
● Joining a new course in the community where education and learning would be of benefit
● Referral into a specialist service for counselling and other mental health support
● Finding out what is available in the local community to help combat isolation and loneliness
● Finding a support group for a specific condition/health need
● Resolving practical issues around accessing food, fuel, prescriptions

To speak to your Social Prescribing Link Worker please ask a member of our team to make a referral.

Video produced by NHS on Social Prescribing:

This short animation explains what it social prescribing is, how it works and the benefits to individuals' health and wellbeing.Visit TPHC's website to learn...

07/07/2025

Here's the updated timetable for the Living Well service. Living Well are out and about providing routine vaccinations and health checks around Wirral.

27/06/2025

With confirmed cases in Cheshire and Merseyside, and the North West having the third largest number of cases in England, it's really important to get vaccinated against Measles.
If you or your child hasn't had 2 doses of the MMR vaccine, call the surgery to arrange an appointment with our Nurse.

27/06/2025

The Living Well team will be out and about this summer, offering routine vaccinations, health checks and wellbeing conversations. For the timetable, see below.

26/06/2025

We've been getting lots of enquiries about the NHS prescribing weight loss injections. Once a special weight loss prescribing service has been set up for this area, GPs will be able to refer patients to it who meet certain criteria, as in the notice below.