Carlisle Central Practice

28/08/2025

Our PCN team will be at Houghton Hall on 22nd October. Please feel free to call in and see them.

21/08/2025

14/08/2025

Due to sickness we have limited appointments today and we are now full. Please be patient with the call handlers who are doing their best to triage your calls.

17/07/2025

Did you know you can now access services like the NHS Pharmacy Contraceptive Service from the comfort of your own home?

Learn more at https://www.chemist-4-u.com/clinic/contraception?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=sms&utm_campaign=ssp

07/07/2025

Across England, access to Tirzepatide (also called Mounjaro®) medication is being phased and prioritised to ensure patients with the greatest clinical need can receive it.

Cohort 1 – will start in the summer of 2025 in response to the requirement of NICE to make this drug available in “Primary Care Settings”. GPs should not directly prescribe tirzepatide for weight loss. The ICB is in the process of commissioning community/primary care weight loss prescribing services so that GPs have somewhere to refer eligible patients in line with the NICA TA1026 and NHS England Commissioning Guidance. As soon as these are available we will update you, we are looking to implement these as soon as possible.
The FAQs describe eligibility but for clarity the national roll out set by NHS England mean access this year is only for people with at least 4 of the 5 health conditions listed below plus a BMI of at least 40 (BMI to be adjusted for ethnicity*).
The following weight-related health conditions will be used to define those who are eligible first:

- type 2 diabetes mellitus
- high blood pressure
- heart disease
- obstructive sleep apnoea (when your breathing stops and starts -while you sleep)
- abnormal blood fats (dyslipidaemia)

See below here for more information.

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24/06/2025

You may be aware that the NHS has announced that General Practice is now able to prescribe Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) for eligible people to help with weight management.
Please note that initially, eligibility for Mounjaro will be for people at highest clinical risk, based on national criteria. These include a body mass index of 40 or more – PLUS at least four of the following health problems: high blood pressure; high cholesterol or fat levels in your blood; sleep apnoea; heart disease; and type 2 diabetes.

Information about this, including frequently asked questions, can be found on the North East and North Cumbria's Integrated Care Board's website at:
https://www.northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk/here-to-help-you/health-advice-and-support/weight-loss-drugs-information-for-patients

Please do not contact us (despite the advice on the NHS website) unless you consider yourself to be eligible based on the advertised criteria.
Further information about achieving a healthy weight is available here: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-weight/

Thank you

Advice for patients including not using unregulated weight loss drugs that are used and bought without professional healthcare advice.

18/06/2025

Our Primary Care Network Frailty Care Co-ordinators are conducting another Blood Pressure event at Morton Manor on 26th June. Please feel free to go along and see them, staff will also be offering healthy eating and living well advice.

17/06/2025

Due to demand all our appointments have been booked for today. Please use the local pharmacy minor ailment scheme where possible.

19/05/2025

****Update****
Our system is back up and running. Thank you for your patience.

Our EMIS system, which we use to access your records and book appointments, is currently down. This is a national issue and Emis are working to fix the problem. Please be patient with reception staff during this time. Thank you

15/05/2025

We are closed from 1pm today for staff training. If you have an urgent medical concern after this time please call 111.
We will re-open at 8am tomorrow, 16th May. Thank you

06/05/2025

Cleaner required for Warwick Road surgery.
12.5 hours per week
Please call the surgery for more information and an application form.

25/04/2025

Had a recent visit to hospital and need a fit note, please see below, these can be obtained from hospital before you are discharged. Thank you