Friarwood Surgery

24/11/2025

Pop Up Covid Vaccination Clinics.💉

There is a Pop up Vaccination clinic this week for those aged 75 and over and immunosuppressed.

📆Wednesday 26 November

🏘 St Giles Church, Market Place, Pontefract

⏰️ 10.00 am until 12.30 pm

Please see the posters for more information.

18/11/2025

If you are eligible for your flu vaccination and haven't booked in yet, here's why you should 👍💉

Flu Season has started early in the UK 🤧

Are you ill? If not, you probably know someone who is - or at the very least someone who has just recoveredIf you are eligible for your flu vaccination and haven't booked in yet, here's why you should 👍💉

Flu Season has started early in the UK 🤧

Are you ill? If not, you probably know someone who is - or at the very least someone who has just recovered.

Coughs and colds, it seems, are rampant at the moment.

And, if the anecdotes of people I know are anything to go by, the bug going round seems to be a particularly nasty one.

Sore throat? Streaming nose? Sinus pressure? Headache?

Contact the surgery and book your jab now!

18/11/2025

For those still wanting a Covid vaccine... See the posters below for details

09/11/2025

We’re proud to be a Veteran Friendly Accredited GP practice and to support our veteran community this Remembrance Day.

We know that this Remembrance Day is likely to be particularly challenging for the many veterans in our community and we want you to know that we are trained and committed to effectively identifying and supporting your health needs.

As a Veteran Friendly Accredited practice, our team:

recognises the importance of identifying veteran patients within our community
understands the unique health needs that veterans may have
strives to provide veterans with the very best care and support
knows about the specialist veteran healthcare services that exist
undertakes regular training and development to ensure we’re able to deliver the very best care to veterans in our community and meet the health commitments of the Armed Forces Covenant

If you’re a veteran patient, please do let us know that you have served so that we can make sure you receive the most appropriate and best care, if and when you ever need it.

You can learn more about the accreditation and how it supports veteran patients, here: rcgp.org.uk/veterans

08/11/2025

We’re proud to be a Veteran Friendly Accredited GP practice and to support our veteran community this Remembrance Day.

We know that this Remembrance Day is likely to be particularly challenging for the many veterans in our community and we want you to know that we are trained and committed to effectively identifying and supporting your health needs.

As a Veteran Friendly Accredited practice, our team:

recognises the importance of identifying veteran patients within our community
understands the unique health needs that veterans may have
strives to provide veterans with the very best care and support
knows about the specialist veteran healthcare services that exist
undertakes regular training and development to ensure we’re able to deliver the very best care to veterans in our community and meet the health commitments of the Armed Forces Covenant

If you’re a veteran patient, please do let us know that you have served so that we can make sure you receive the most appropriate and best care, if and when you ever need it.

You can learn more about the accreditation and how it supports veteran patients, here: rcgp.org.uk/veterans

07/11/2025

Saturday and Sundays
🤒 Feel unwell today?
👩‍⚕️ Call GP Care Wakefield between 9am and 5pm Saturdays and 9am and 1pm Sundays
📲 Phone our practice number as usual & your call will be diverted to GP Care Wakefield.
✅ Advice & face-to-face appointment if you need one.

28/10/2025

🚭28th October🚭

Congratulations! You have done the best thing you can for your health by quitting smoking - and after 28 days of being smoke free, you're now 5 times more likely to quit for good 🎉 To keep on track as a non-smoker, have look at some tips on how to stay quit here: https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking/staying-smoke-free/

25/10/2025

25/10/2025

25/10/2025