Forest Health Care

06/10/2025

🌿 Feeling low or anxious? Let nature support your wellbeing. 🌿
We’re excited to offer Nature on Prescription, a FREE 6-week course designed to help you reconnect with the natural world and improve your mental and physical health. 🌳💚
📅 Starts: Wednesday 15th October 2025
🕚 Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
📍 Location: Forest Health Care
👥 In partnership with Forest Green PCN & Wilde Earth Journeys
Over 6 weeks, you’ll learn practical skills to help manage stress and anxiety through time in nature — a proven way to boost wellbeing. 🌼
🔗 Places are limited – get in touch to chat with a facilitator and find out if it’s right for you.
📧 Contact us: hello@wildeearthjourneys.org
Self-Refer yourself here:
https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSdajaDNoc4Mtn.../viewform

02/10/2025

For anyone attending the flu clinics at Cinderford or Ruardean, to help prevent congestion in the limited spaced car parks, we would be grateful if where possible, you could walk to the surgery. Thank you for your cooperation.

02/10/2025

For any patients who have not yet booked a flu vaccination, we have additional appointments added to Saturday 4th Oct clinic, for all adults from 18+. Please use your existing booking link to book an appointment or contact reception.

01/10/2025

We would like to introduce our new GP, Dr. Georgina Blakey MRCGP, to our patients:

Hello! I qualified from the University of Leeds in 2017 and have worked in the South West since then. I live with my husband in the Forest of Dean and enjoy walking in the countryside with family, baking and sewing. I enjoy all areas of general practice and am very much looking forward to starting work at Forest Health.

We are lucky to have Georgina join our team and wish her well in her new role.

26/09/2025

🚐This month the NHS Bus will be visiting communities across the county offering free advice, support, and resources for unpaid carers.

🚏The next stop in the Forest of Dean is Cinderford on Monday 29 September.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑So, if you're an unpaid carer then come along and visit them at Cinderford Tesco between 9:30 and 3:00pm.

17/09/2025

Our Reception team are currently under huge pressure.
We kindly ask that you do not phone up for your blood results.

If you wish to check your results please use the NHS app, here you will be able to see all blood results and hospital letters and upcoming appointments. Checking results using the app will ensure the phone lines stay clear for medical emergencies to get through.

For more information www.foresthealthcentre.nhs.uk/practice-information/online-services-nhs-app/
Download now
- App Store (IPhone) - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nhs-app/id1388411277?ls=1
- Google Play (Android) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nhs.online.nhsonline
Find more information: https://www.nhs.uk/apps-library/nhs-app/

Thank you for helping us to help you.

15/09/2025

Please use the booking link you have recently been sent to book an appointment

Pregnant women are eligible for a free respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine to protect their babies from serious lung infections.

You can get your vaccine from 28 weeks of pregnancy. Talk to your GP or maternity service to schedule yours.

Read more: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv/

12/09/2025

Text invites have recently been sent with a self booking link.

Please contact the surgery if you are unable to book using the link to book your child in.

💙 Hey parents of little ones 💙

Flu season’s coming — and there’s a super easy way to help protect your 2 or 3-year-old. The free nasal spray flu vaccine is now available at your GP surgery. No needles, just a quick spray up the nose.

Why bother?

✨ Helps stop flu spreading at nursery and home
✨ Keeps your child from getting really poorly
✨ Safe, simple, and over in seconds

📞 Just give your GP surgery a ring and book it in. Let’s keep our kids happy, healthy and full of energy this winter! ❄️👶

11/09/2025

For any patients visiting the Westbury surgery today, please allow extra time for diversion due to road closure. This is expected to continue throughout the day.
Thank you.

06/09/2025

📵 Do you have a hidden phone for safety?

A government Emergency Alert test will take place at 3:00pm on Sunday 7 September 2025.
✅ The alert will:
• Sound loudly (even if the phone is on silent)
• Vibrate
• Display a warning on screen

⚠️ This could expose a hidden phone.
To protect your safety, we recommend:
🔕 Turn the phone off before 3:00pm
⚙️ Or disable alerts in phone settings

05/09/2025

Please note, there are planned works on Rodley Road, scheduled to take place from JCT. A48 to O/S No.2 from 09/09/25 to 11/09/25, under a Road Closure. A traffic light system will be in place. Traffic delays are expected. Please allow extra travel time for appointments at Westbury Surgery.
Thank you.

02/09/2025

Westbury surgery power is now back on for this afternoon's appointments. Please only attend Westbury surgery if you have an appointment booked for the afternoon. All morning appointments remain re-directed to Cinderford.
Thank you for your cooperation.