Thursby Surgery

22/07/2025

08/07/2025

PATIENT NOTICE - CLOSED TUESDAY 8TH JULY

Dear Patients,

All GP Practices in East Lancashire will be closed on TUESDAY 8TH JULY from 1pm-6.30pm for Protected Learning Time. This enables practices to provide dedicated training to their staff and to discuss and plan ways that will allow them to improve services, meet demand and support the wellbeing of staff.

For all life-threatening medical emergencies please call 999. If you feel your request is urgent and cannot wait until the following day provisions have been made for urgent triage, please call 111.

For all routine requests for results, appointments, prescriptions, and general queries we will be open as usual on WEDNESDAY 9TH JULY

Team Thursby

04/07/2025

We apologise for any inconvenience you may have experienced over the past week at Thursby Main Site- we have had some significant tree and shrubbery work completed. Highly recommended. landscapes

18/06/2025

Position Statement: Mounjaro (Tirzepatide) for managing overweight and obesity.
Who is eligible?
The first group of people eligible under the national criteria includes individuals who:
• Have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 kg/m² or more (or 37.5 kg/m² for people from minority ethnic family backgrounds)

And have at least four of the following long-term conditions:
• Non-diabetic hyperglycaemia or type two diabetes
• Hypertension (high blood pressure)
• Dyslipidaemia
• Established cardiovascular disease
• Obstructive sleep apnoea (formally diagnosed)

Please refer to the guidance attached for more information.

17/06/2025

♀️ ATTENTION ALL THURSBY LADIES ♀️

🎀 Cervical Cancer is on the rise and can be prevented with regular screening.

🎀 Are you overdue or due your cervical smear screening test?

🎀 Keep putting it off or can't get a convenient appointment time?

♀️ Ladies Cervical Screening Drop in Evening TONIGHT Tuesday 17th June 17.30- 20.00 Thursby Main Site, no appointment necessary

👋 Come on down!

15/06/2025

❤️

11/06/2025

All GP Practices in East Lancashire will be closed on Wednesday 11th June from 1pm-6.30pm for Protected Learning Time. This enables practices to provide dedicated training to their staff and to discuss and plan ways that will allow them to improve services, meet demand and support the wellbeing of staff.

For all life-threatening medical emergencies please call 999. If you feel your request is urgent and cannot wait until the following day provisions have been made for urgent triage, please call 111.

For all routine requests for results, appointments, prescriptions, and general queries we will be open as usual on Thursday 12th June.

Thanks Team Thursby

06/06/2025

To all our patients and colleagues ❤️

21/05/2025

TODAY! WED 21ST MAY
COME ON DOWN FOR 13.00 THURSBY MAIN SITE,

Attention all Thursby patients
Further to our previous correspondence regarding Advance Care Planning information for all our 50+ patients we are holding an Advance Care Planning Event with two presentations from our Clinical Team and guest speaker (1PM and 3PM). Our extended agencies will be on site to answer any of your questions and queries.
It's never to early to start these conversations....❤️

14/05/2025

Wear Green for Mental Health Week 💚 Our Team Thursbys Mental Heath, Wellbeing and Bereavement Event this afternoon included planting a Memory Tree. Thankyou to all those who came, and for our speakers 💚🌳✨️😇❤️💚

13/05/2025

TOMORROW.....
Wednesday 14th May from 2pm
Thursby Main Site
Thursby Wellbeing Event,
Come and speak to our Team about Mental Health, Bereavement Support and general Wellbeing ❤️
Our Memory Tree will be planted at 2pm 🌳😇