Grangewood Surgery

22/09/2025

15/09/2025

Attending regular cervical smears is essential to pick up cervical cancer early. Doing this simple test can save lives. If you are overdue contact the surgery to book yours today.

14/07/2025

Last week we received the results of our Patient Satisfaction Survey. Thank you to all of those who completed the questionnaires. Some of the highlights for us include:
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79% of patients found it easy to get through on the phone (compared to 53% nationally)
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99% find the reception and administrative team at this GP practice helpful (compared to 83% nationally)
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96% describe their experience of contacting their GP practice as good (compared to 70% nationally)
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82% felt they waited about the right amount of time for their last general practice appointment (compared to 76% nationally)
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95% say the healthcare professional they saw or spoke to was good at listening to them during their last general practice appointment (compared to 87% nationally)
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100% had confidence and trust in the healthcare professional they saw or spoke to during their last general practice appointment (compared to 93% nationally)
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**** 97% describe their overall experience of this GP practice as good (compared to 75% nationally) ****
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These results are a massive achievement and put us amongst the best performing practices in Sunderland!! (full results can be found at https://gp-patient.co.uk/patientexperience/results?code=A89028)
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We want to say a huge thank you to all the staff at Grangewood Surgery who achieved these results and also to all of those who filled in our feedback forms.
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Rest assured we will not be stopping in our attempts to improve even further, thank you for your ongoing support.
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Grangewood Surgery

See how your GP practice is doing: explore the results of The GP Patient Survey, an independent patient experience survey run by Ipsos on behalf of NHS England.

23/06/2025

From 23.6.25 (today) the weight loss injection Mounjaro will be available for a small number of patients through the NHS. Please DO NOT contact us about this immediately as the pathway has not been set up.

We will update this page when the pathway is in place.

‼️Please note‼️ ONLY patients with a BMI of 40+ AND at least 4 of the following conditions will be eligible:
high blood pressure;
high cholesterol;
heart disease;
sleep apnea;
type 2 diabetes.

23/06/2025

***Mounjaro***
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We are aware of the information in the press around Mounjaro (Tirzepatide) now being being available from your GP for weight loss.
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Unfortunately this information is somewhat misleading. Whilst it is available, there are very specific criteria which make patients eligible. Our current estimates are that

11/04/2025

Hi everyone,
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Unfortunately we are having technical errors with our phones today and are unable to receive calls. This is an issue which is out of our control but we are working tirelessly to resolve it.
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We apologise for any inconvenience.
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Dr Newman

28/03/2025

Did you know?
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The NHS is struggling under ever increasing costs. One of these costs which continues to escalate is that of SMS messaging. We use these important messages to contact you about appointments, results and for many other reasons. However, every text message we send comes at a cost!
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But there is an alternative! By clicking on this link and downloading the NHS app, this allows us to contact you via the app instead which is FREE:
https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-app/
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If you already have the app, please ensure you turn on notifications as otherwise the messages will automatically revert back to SMS which will cost the NHS money.
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This is just one simple step you can take towards supporting your NHS and Grangewood Surgery.
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Thank you for your support.

Download the NHS App, or open the NHS website in a web browser, to set up and log in to your NHS account. Owned and run by the NHS, your NHS account is a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services online.

14/01/2025

Currently there is a big outbreak of flu across the region. We still have flu vaccinations left over. If you have received a message to say you are eligible and haven’t had your flu vaccine yet please contact us and arrange it.
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Make sure you protect yourselves and others.
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Grangewood Surgery

31/07/2024

As you will likely have seen in the press, due to repeated funding cuts general practice is in crisis. We continue to do our best to offer the best care and service we can possibly provide however this is becoming increasingly difficult given the conditions we are being forced to work under. Please watch and share this short video explaining the pressures we are experiencing.
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We would like to ask that in the coming months, if it is required, that you continue to support Grangewood Surgery in the same way you always have done in the past. Ultimately it is your best interests we have at heart.
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Thank you as always for your ongoing support.
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Grangewood Surgery

31/07/2024

If you’re aged 54-74 and registered with a GP in England, the NHS will send you a testing kit.

Catching bowel cancer early reduces your chances of getting seriously ill or dying.

So put it by the loo. Don’t put it off.

Find out more 👉 www.nhs.uk/bowel

19/07/2024

**** High Priority ****
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We are sorry to inform you that there there is a national network issue occurring at present. This means we have no access to any medical records or appointment data. Unfortunately due to the complexity of work we undertake we are unable to see the majority of patients safely without this information.
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This means we are having to CANCEL most of our appointments today and we will endeavor to rebook them as soon as possible.
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We apologise for the inconvenience however please can we ask that people are respectful to our reception staff whilst they ring around. We understand there will be a lot of disappointment however this is due to circumstances which are out of our control.
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We will obviously continue to see emergency presentations where we can. If patients can share this post it will help us spread the message to make as many people as possible aware.
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Thank you for your ongoing support,
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Grangewood Surgery