Brynderwen & Minster Surgeries

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.
🩺💊

13/01/2026

Here is a snapshot of our activity data for December 2025, This data also includes the number of missed appointments which is 235 appointments over the month.
😩It is simply not good enough to just not show up. We are doing everything we can to improve appointment systems and make getting an appointment easier but you share that responsibility by cancelling when you no longer need the appointment or cannot attend for whatever reason.
📞Please remember to cancel your appointment if you do not need it. If you receive a text message reminder for your appointment, you can respond to it to cancel your appointment up to 10 minutes before it is due. We have also added the option to cancel appointments via the phone line by pressing option 1.
Thank you.

13/01/2026

Update***Thank you for your patience we are back up and running as normal ! Thankfully 😊

😩With typical timing we have an issue with our computers this morning impacting booking appointments and accessing records, we are hoping to be back online quickly so please bear with us.

09/01/2026

It is with great sadness that we announce the retirement of our senior partner, Dr Neil Jones on 31st March 2026.

Dr Jones joined the practice in 1991 after qualifying as a doctor in 1987. He joined the practice as a partner and worked full time right up until two years ago when he reduced gradually to part time in a bid to get used to working less! Needless to say he has enjoyed his freedom a bit more than we liked and reluctantly made the decision to retire fully, much to the joy of his family ❤️

Having committed his entire working career to the practice, Dr Jones has worked with many colleagues, some of which have now long retired, welcomed and help train new clinical staff and students, and built strong and family-like relations with the non-clinical team, several of whom have worked with him for many years. Throughout his 35 years with the practice he has served the community tirelessly, building up a wonderful rapport with countless patients and families, who we know adore him! Some have been his patients for as long as he has been in practice (we think there is a Dr Jones fan-club out there somewhere!).

Although this will be a great loss for the practice and patients alike, and we understand that for some this will be a very sad time, Dr Jones has thoroughly earned his retirement and we wish him all the love, luck, health and happiness for the next chapter in his life. The practice invites you all to share your well wishes with us so that they can be shared with Dr Jones.

Further details on future plans will follow but for now the light shines on Dr Jones❤️