Park and St Francis Surgery

23/12/2025

🎄 Christmas & New Year Opening Hours

St Francis Surgery 🎄

Opening hours:
🕗 Wednesday 24th December: 08:00 – 18:30

Closed:
❌ 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th December 2025

🕗 Open:
✅ Monday 29th – Wednesday 31st December 2025 : 08:00 – 18:30

Closed:
❌ Thursday 1st January 2026

📌 Please note:
• Park Surgery will be closed for the week between Christmas and New Year.

📌• Our Rapid Health online consultation service will not be available on the days we are closed.

• All patient care and repeat prescription requests should be directed to St Francis Surgery during this time.

🩺 Need medical advice?
• Visit “When Should I Worry?” or Patient.co.uk
• Call NHS 111 for out-of-hours medical help
• In a medical emergency, please call 999

Thank you for your understanding, and we wish all our patients a safe and healthy festive period 🎅✨

Healthcare information and symptom checker for patients and professionals. Book your GP appointment or order your medication online with Patient.

21/11/2025

We are all set up for our Testicular Cancer Awareness Day today

St Francis Surgery

21/11/2025

Dear Patients

Today is Testicular cancer awareness day today !!

If you like to donate please use the link

Thank you for this matter

Park & St Francis surgery

Thanks for visiting my fundraising page. In the last 50 years, Cancer Research UK’s work has helped double cancer survival in the UK. But we need to go further, faster. Donate today to help bring about a world where everybody lives longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer.

19/11/2025

Dear Patients

This Friday is testicular cancer awareness day.
We have set up a Just Giving Page with one of team leads called (Jane) If you would like to donate to the page. Please follow the link.

Thanks for visiting my fundraising page. In the last 50 years, Cancer Research UK’s work has helped double cancer survival in the UK. But we need to go further, faster. Donate today to help bring about a world where everybody lives longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer.

Thanks for visiting my fundraising page. In the last 50 years, Cancer Research UK’s work has helped double cancer survival in the UK. But we need to go further, faster. Donate today to help bring about a world where everybody lives longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer.

18/11/2025

Surgery Closed
Tuesday 18th November 2025 the surgery will be closed - Our Doctors, Nurses and Triage Team will be attending a training session in the afternoon. PARK & ST FRANCIS SURGERY WILL BE CLOSED FROM 1PM.
If you need medical help please visit the “when should I worry?” or “patient.co.uk” websites. Alternatively use the Out of Hours service by dialling 111 or visit your local pharmacy
If you have a medical emergency please dial 999
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
St Francis Dental Practice will remain open as normal.

Healthcare information and symptom checker for patients and professionals. Book your GP appointment or order your medication online with Patient.

09/11/2025

09/11/2025

Your pharmacist can provide treatment or some prescription medicine, if needed, for seven common conditions - without you seeing a GP.

Think pharmacy first and get seen by your local community pharmacy team.

30/10/2025

From today women can get the emergency contraceptive pill for free from pharmacies, without needing a GP appointment.

➡️ https://england.nhs.uk/2025/10/free-morning-after-pill-women-high-street-pharmacies-nhs-expansion/

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30/10/2025

29/10/2025

Make sure you are up to date with the HPV vaccination. The vaccine helps protect against human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause some cancers later in life.

Find more information at www.GetVaccinatedNow.co.uk

29/10/2025

Dr Mark Rickenbach is retiring from the GP partnership and moving to a GP locum role from November. Welcome to Dr Naomi Drummond will take over his list of patients. Over 33yrs he has been a dedicated local GP and also led initiatives such as the introduction of teaching, research, counselling and the local healthwalks. Alongside this he is a visiting university professor, has been an associate dean in education and published the poetry book “Healthcare Heros”
Mark says “It has been a real privilege to help support so many people locally. Some I have known from delightful baby checks to adulthood, others from being parents to grandparents, sharing both joyful and tough times. I have been proud to be part of a real team at Park and St Francis surgery who strive to provide the very best care, in the face of all the dramatic changes in healthcare”

16/10/2025

Walk-In Vaccination Clinic — Monday 20th October
We’ll be holding a walk-in clinic for flu and COVID-19 vaccines at St Francis between 6:00pm and 7:00pm.

If you’re eligible for either vaccine, please come along — no appointment needed!
Protect yourself and others this winter. 💪✨