Burbage Surgery

26/03/2026

SPRING COVID BOOSTERS
We are holding afternoon clinics for these on Monday 20th and Monday 27th April. If you are over 75 or immunosuppressed you are eligible and will be invited. Please book your appointment online if you can, or by calling the surgery.
Thank you 🤩

29/01/2026

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This Saturday we are joined at Marlborough Common parkrun by Marlborough Common 5k Your Way, Move Against Cancer for their monthly visit!

They've been visiting once a month since February 2022.

Anyone living with or beyond cancer - including family, friends and health care professionals, are welcome to join them to run, walk, jog, volunteer or just cheer at parkrun.

After parkrun, we go back to Marlborough Golf Club for refreshments and a chat!

Any questions? Lyndel, one of our core team members is part of the 5KYW team. Email her at marlboroughcommon@parkrun.com.

26/01/2026

The next 5K Your Way is on Saturday 31st Jan on Marlborough Common. Do join if you can.
Please meet Lyndel at about 8.45 - she'll be wearing blue! Any questions, please contact the surgery and Emily will explain all...

21/01/2026

💚 Date change for Amesbury Carer Café! 💚

Please note: the Amesbury Carer Café will now be held on 3rd Wednesday of the month.

The group is all about connecting, having fun, and looking after your wellbeing. Enjoy free refreshments and a cake while taking a well-earned break in our Carer Café. All unpaid Carers are welcome!

At our Amesbury Carer Café you also have the option to bring the person you care for, so that they can join in with games, Tai Chi, and gentle seated exercise at the Age UK Wiltshire Fitness & Friendship Club (£6 per session, but Carers go free).

📅 When: 21st January, 18th February, 18th March 2026
🕑 Time: 2pm - 4pm
📍 Where: Community Room, Bowman Centre, Shears Drive, Amesbury, SP4 7XT

💚 Everyone is welcome - whether you’re joining on your own or bringing someone with you.
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For more information if you plan on bringing the person you care for, visit our website 👉 carerstogetherwiltshire.org.uk/events

Age UK Wiltshire - Let’s change how we age

21/01/2026

💙 Calling all unpaid Carers - this one’s for you 💙

You spend so much time caring for others, but your wellbeing matters too. Take a moment just for you and enjoy some well-deserved rest and relaxation. ✨

We’re offering FREE hair and beauty treatments at Wiltshire College’s Chippenham Campus, provided by their friendly Hair and Beauty students, for unpaid Carers.

💆‍♀️ Treatments include wash and blow dries, manicures, pedicures, express facials, and more
📅 11th February 2026
⏰ Appointments available at 10am, 11am, 1pm, and 2pm

You're welcome to bring along the person you care for - there will be a separate waiting area with free refreshments, supported by Health and Social Care students. If you do plan to bring someone with you, please let the college know when you book.

To book, contact Aspire Academy, Chippenham Campus:
📞 01249 465224 (leave a message)
📧 aspireacademychippenham@wiltshire.ac.uk

This is your chance to pause, unwind, and look after your own wellbeing - because you deserve it. 🌿

Wiltshire College & University Centre

23/12/2025

It's nearly here!!!🎄☃️🥂🎉🎅

We want to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a healthy 2026!!

Massive thanks to everyone for the wonderful festive goodies you have brought in for us, and also to those of you who have generously contributed to the Surgery donations account.

Thank you for your patience over the last few days when we have been crazy busy & please do remember to pick up any medication you will need by lunchtime tomorrow... 💊

With best wishes from us all here at the Surgery 😍

07/11/2025

04/11/2025

An HM Armed Forces Veteran Card is a way to prove that you served in the UK armed forces. The card can make it quicker and easier to apply for support as a Veteran. You’ll get your Veteran Card in your service leavers’ pack within 6 weeks of leaving the armed forces.

If you left the armed forces before December 2018, you need to apply for a Veteran Card - https://www.gov.uk/veteran-card/apply

If you’ve already got your card, you can get a digital version of your Veteran Card on your phone - https://www.gov.uk/veteran-card/get-digital

Who can get a Veteran Card?

You can get a card if you were in the regulars or reserves for the:
Royal Navy
British Army
Royal Air Force
Royal Marines

You may also be able to get a card if you served in:
the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
the Merchant Navy - and you sailed in support of the UK armed forces
another group in the UK armed forces

Veteran Card: apply, get a digital version, request a replacement, what you can get when you use it to prove you served in the UK armed forces.

07/10/2025

Vaccine reminder:

Everyone 65 or over is eligible for a flu jab. If you have not yet had one or booked in, please contact the surgery.
We can also give the flu jab to those of you who are:
• In a clinical risk group,
• Carers
• Frontline healthcare workers and
• Close contacts of immunosuppressed individuals.

We are only allowed to give Covid jabs to those who are over 75 or immunosuppressed. We have arranged Covid clinics on Mondays 20th, 27th Oct and 3rd Nov. If you are eligible you can book these online or please contact us.

Please let the surgery know if you do not want either vaccine so we can record this.

Thank you 🤩

22/09/2025

https://wiltshirefamilyhubs.org.uk/family-help/

We believe that the best time to get help is really early. Just think how much easier it is to pull up a tiny w**d than it is to wait until it’s grown into a tree. We’re here for every family who thinks they might need some extra help with getting things back on track.

We offer one-to-one support for families. We’re here for every family who thinks they might need some extra help with getting things back on track.

11/09/2025

Covid/flu update

From the 1st October, everyone 65 or over is eligible for a flu jab, and those between 65 and 75 should already have received an invite. If not please contact the surgery or go online to book yourselves into a flu appointment with one of the nurses..
As per the poster, we can also give the flu jab to those of you who are:
• In a clinical risk group,
• Carers
• Frontline healthcare workers and
• Close contacts of immunosuppressed individuals.
Again, please contact the surgery or book online if you are eligible. We will continue to send out invitations and reminders

The eligibility rules for the Covid jabs have changed and only those who are over 75 or immunosuppressed will be able to have the vaccine.

We have scheduled joint flu and covid clinics on all the Mondays in October for all those over 75 - you can book these online or please contact us.

Please let the surgery know if you do not want either vaccine so we can record this.

27/08/2025

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that can be transmitted to humans when they are bitten by an infected tick.

• ‘be tick aware’ and remember that you could be exposed to ticks whenever you spend time outdoors, including when in your garden or the local park
• ticks mainly attach to animals, but sometimes they may bite you or your family. It is important to remember that bites can occur on any part of the body and more than one tick can be attached at a time
• you can reduce the chance of tick bites by walking on clearly defined paths, using insect repellent and performing regular tick checks
• some tick bites can result in infection, so it is important to remove ticks safely and as quickly as possible
• the safest way to remove a tick is by using a pair of fine-tipped tweezers or a tick removal tool
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/lyme-disease/