Brynderwen & Minster Surgeries

18/03/2026

We understand many parents will be worried and anxious about the Meningitis B outbreak in Kent at the moment.

If you are unsure if your child or you have received the MenB booster, our practice staff can check the records we hold for you. Unfortunately, if your child missed the MenB vaccine as part of their infant vaccines schedule, practices cannot give it to patients over the age of 2 years old.

✅However, we can vaccinate children up to 2 years for MenB if they haven't already had it.

💉We can also offer MenACWY immunisation to patients aged between 14 - 24 (up to their 25th birthday) if they missed this booster vaccine in secondary school or are home-schooled.

💊You can also get the MenB vaccine administered privately should you wish (children and adults) but we are unable to provide a private service. We do not hold a list of private services but if you search on the internet for 'private MenB vaccine Wales' a list of pharmacy and private health providers can be found, and these will be chargeable.

Please call the surgery to book your child in for their MenB vaccine if they are under 2 years old, or the MenACWY vaccine if you or your child is aged between 14 - 24 years old.

12/03/2026

We will be utilising this new service from next week, what a fantastic service to have on our doorstep!! Wellness Pharmacy & OSM Clinics

🚨 New UTI Drop-In Service at Wellness Pharmacy🚨

We’re pleased to announce our new NHS Wales UTI drop-in service at Wellness Pharmacy, Newport Road, Old St Mellons, Cardiff.

If you think you may have a urinary tract infection (UTI), our pharmacy team can help quickly and conveniently — without needing to wait for a GP appointment.

🕘 How the service works:
• Pick up a sample bottle and pack from the pharmacy
• Drop your urine sample off between 9am – 11am
• Our pharmacist will review your sample
• 2pm – 4pm: We’ll contact you for a telephone or face-to-face consultation and provide treatment and advice if needed

✅ Who can use this service?
• Females aged 16–64

Patients over 64 may still be seen but will need to book a face-to-face consultation.

📍 Wellness Pharmacy, Newport Road, Old St Mellons, Cardiff CF3 5UN
📞 02920 777026

No appointment needed — just drop in and speak to our team.

09/03/2026

Unfortunately we are short on routine GP appointments for today due to staff shortages, there are still prebookable and emergency appointments available for those who are in clinical need.
Please be patient with the reception team who are doing their upmost to manage this situation.

04/03/2026

Please can we ask that you take two minutes to complete our patient survey? It is completely anonymous.

It would be really helpful and much appreciated if you let has have your opinions and thoughts to help us improve your experiences as patients.

We will collate all responses by 31st March 2026 and publish the findings soon after.

Thank you in advance for your continued to support and help in making your practice a better place for you.

29/01/2026

The surgery is incredibly busy this afternoon and the phone queue is at capacity. Please be patient with the team who are working as hard as possible to deal with everyone waiting.

26/01/2026

26/01/2026

Healthy Lives community even for Black and Asian women

Venue: Cardiff City Stadium
Date: Sunday 1st February
Time: 10:00am – 3:00pm

This free, women-focused, family-friendly event will offer a range of informative, interactive and engaging workshops, including:

• Screening awareness
• Pelvic floor exercises
• Gynaecological examinations

There will also be BBC Wales recorded panel discussions focusing on menopause, pelvic health and cancer awareness.

To make it a true community celebration, the day will also include fun activities such as a bouncy castle, soft play, henna artist and pom-pom making, ensuring there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

Posters attached in Somali,Welsh, English, Urdu & Arabic🍂

24/01/2026

“I wouldn't be here without them”

The Seibiant Sanctuary is a non-clinical, trauma-informed space, which acts as an appropriate alternative to the Emergency Unit for those in mental health crisis.

The facility is run by Platfform and funded by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

It offers a safe alternative space in the community for those experiencing crisis or requiring urgent mental health support, and runs between 5pm and 1am.

One individual who used the service, fed back: “I feel 10 times younger and much better in spirit than I was when I came in.”

Others spoke of their experiences with the Sanctuary team: “I wouldn't be here without them.” “I felt able to open up."

The service runs 365 days a year, 7 days a week and offers telephone support or a face-to-face appointment the same evening.

22/01/2026

UPDATE ON CLINICAL SYSTEMS MIGRATION

Unfortunately we have hit some hiccups today and have not been able to book any appointments in advance today,. As it stands at the moment, it is unlikely that we will be able to tomorrow.

We have the technical support team on site and are trying to iron this out as quickly as possible but to avoid disappointment for our patients we recommend ringing/calling into the surgery to book a routine appointment in advance with nurses, doctors or pharmacist from Monday onwards.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause, we understand it will be frustrating and are doing our best to get everything running smoothly.

Thank you for being patient with clinical and admin teams today, it is much appreciated. May we please ask for the same tomorrow.

If we are able to book in advance quicker than we anticipate, we will update you.

Thank you🙏

22/01/2026

Unfortunately the new system is not currently up and running as planned, this means we are still unable to process prescriptions at the moment. We have a whole team of people on site working extremely hard to get the system live so please bear with us.

22/01/2026

PATIENT NOTICE

We are going live today with our new clinical systems.

Please be patient with our reception team and our clinical team as we familiarise ourselves with the system.

Things may take a little longer to deal with over the next week or two but we will be working very hard to minimise any disruption or delays for patients.

Your understanding is much appreciated during this time ❤️

21/01/2026

WE ARE RECRUITING!

We are recruiting for a new salaried GP, six sessions per week.

The job advert and how to apply can be found on GP Wales, LMC, and CAVGP.
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