Northgate Medical Practice

04/03/2026

04/03/2026

https://www.kmhealthandcare.uk/utc-waiting-times

03/03/2026

Closed for Staff Training from 1.00pm Tuesday 3rd March 2026

Kent & Medway Intergrated Care Board supports Primary Care Networks (PCN) and general practices with education, training and development needs to ensure a fit for purpose multi-disciplinary workforce.
The upcoming training dates are:
2026 Dates
Wednesday 13th May 2026
Wednesday 24th Jun 2026

02/03/2026

Slow moving traffic in Canterbury
We are aware of asignificant increase in travelling times in & around Canterbury itself due to the above. We're asking patients to take these potential delay into account when planning to attend thier upcoming appointments here at the practice.

When planning your journey you may wish to use the following sites to plan your journey
https://www.kenttraffic.info/
https://www.theaa.com/route-planner/traffic-news/Canterbury

11/02/2026

Closed for Staff Training Today from 1.00pm Wednesday 11th February 2026

Kent & Medway Intergrated Care Board supports Primary Care Networks (PCN) and general practices with education, training and development needs to ensure a fit for purpose multi-disciplinary workforce.
The upcoming training dates are:
2026 Dates
Wednesday 11th February 2026
Tuesday 3rd March 2026

20/01/2026

Local Medical Committee - Press release regarding the IT outage on 19.1.26

20/01/2026

Please Be kind:

Due to the significant IT outage all day yesterday we are currently experiencing a backlog of both Clinical and Administrative workloads.

How can you help:

Please allow more time for us to process any requests/emails submitted Friday or Monday as we may not have been able to process them due to the IT outage.

If your query/request is not urgent please try contacting us again tomorrow.

If you need medical assistance please call 111 or if an emergency 999.

If you need non urgent medical advice that cannot wait have you considered using Pharmacy First or Urgent Treatment Centre please check with NHS 111 if you are unsure.

19/01/2026

IT systems are down
IT Network systems in Kent & Medway are currently down which means we have no access to clinical and admin systems. We have liasied with our IT team again who advise that its been reported and is being looked into by the third party provider please bare with us.

If your query/request is not urgent please try contacting us again tomorrow.

If you need medical assistance please call 111 or if an emergency 999.

If you need non urgent medical advice that cannot wait have you considered using Pharmacy First or Urgent Treatment Centre please check with NHS 111 if you are unsure.

07/01/2026

Food Standards Agency - Nestlé recalls several SMA Infant Formula and Follow-On Formula as a precaution because of the possible presence of cereulide (toxin)
Nestlé has taken the precautionary step of recalling several SMA Infant Formula and Follow-On Formula because they may contain cereulide toxin.
The full alert is published on the Food Standards Agency website at the link below. NHS England regions please cascade this safety message to Community Pharmacy. You may have already received this notification via other routes, we are issuing as it has come to our attention that some organisations may not have received this Food Alert.
https://www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/alert/fsa-prin-02-2026
For any enquiries please contact the Food Standards Agency: https://www.food.gov.uk/contact/consumers/find-details
Please note, the products mentioned in the Food Standards Agency alert are regulated under UK Food Law, and includes food for special medical purposes. These products are not regulated by the Medicines and Healthcare products regulatory Agency (MHRA). Food for special medicinal purposes is used to manage the diets of people with certain diseases, disorders or medical conditions. These special foods are intended for people whose nutritional requirements cannot be met by normal foods and they are to be used under the supervision of an appropriate healthcare professional.
Thank you,
Central Alerting System team, MHRA

15/12/2025

Canterbury Safe Haven

12/12/2025

Update - IT systems are back up and running, please bare with us as we try to catch up from the earlier delays.

12/12/2025

IT systems are down
All IT systems are down nationally which means we have no access to clinical and admin systems. We have liasied with our IT team who advise that its been reported throughout the Uk and is being looked into by the third party provider please bare with us.

If your query/request is not urgent please try contacting us again tomorrow.

If you need medical assistance please call 111 or if an emergency 999.

If you need non urgent medical advice that cannot wait have you considered using Pharmacy First or Urgent Treatment Centre please check with NHS 111 if you are unsure.