Canford Heath Group Practice

07/01/2026

01/01/2026

The practice is closed for New Years Day. Please contact 111 for medical assistance.

26/12/2025

The practice is closed today for Boxing Day. Please contact 111 if you require medical assistance.

25/12/2025

The Practice is Closed on these bank holidays. If you require urgent medical attention please telephone 111.

24/12/2025

Flu levels are on the rise, but there are still plenty of options for people to have their flu vaccination including walk in clinics running in the community. People can also visit their local pharmacy or contact their GP. Find out more here:

Flu (influenza) is an illness that can be serious and can affect your nose, throat and sometimes the lungs. You can catch flu all year round, but it's especially common in winter, which is why it's also known as seasonal flu. Healthy individuals usually recover within two to seven days, but for some...

23/12/2025

The Medicines Team has worked on shared objectives with system pharmacy and medical leaders to reduce overprescribing, unplanned admissions, and improved medicines spending. This work has achieved £7m of efficiencies and resulted in 24,000 people having a person-centred review resulting in an observed drop in admissions for frail patients. The Only Order What You Need campaign was so successful it won a national award, and the Dorset Communications Team made the assets available so that over 70 other areas across the country are benefiting from using these resources. For more information, please go to: https://ourdorset.org.uk/media/project/only-order-what-you-need/

22/12/2025

The Dorset Oral Health Programme has been co-designed with Public Health and a university partner to transform oral health in Dorset. The work has been recognised nationally, and the team are now co-authors developing the Chief Dental Officer England National Framework for Improving Oral Health in rural and coastal areas. Mobile dental vans have bene rolled out supporting vulnerable communities including people experiencing homelessness and victims of domestic violence.

Dorset residents can also access urgent care via 111 with 26,000 appointments accessed since March this year. This is just the start of a journey to change the dental landscape in Dorset for the better.

For more information, please go to

If you are suffering from dental or facial pain If you have broken or badly moved teeth after an accident If you have bleeding from the mouth you can't stop If you have gum or mouth infections Get dental help - NHS 111 Call NHS 111 Did you know? Urgent dental

17/12/2025

A BIG THANK YOU to the members of our Patient Participation Group (PPG) seen here for our end of year soiree meeting, for their hard work throughout the year in supporting the practice with projects, ideas, scrutiny and helping us stay connected with our community. If you would like to help support the practice and join our team of "critical friends", then please do get in touch! (Photo used with permission by those appearing.)

15/12/2025

www.staywelldorset.nhs.uk/vaccinations/flu/

12/12/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjTp6pn0t-g

Follow four people with four different health concerns as they get the NHS care they need – quickly and easily, without A&E. Get the right care, in the righ...

10/12/2025

We've been working hard to try to reduce the number of patients who did not attend (DNA) their appointment with us over the last few months. In July we had a high of 4.5% DNA rate but this has been dropping over the last few months to October's new record low of 3.28%. We've crept up a bit in November however with 4.03% DNA rates. Please do remember to contact us to cancel your appointment to help free up slots for other patients.

09/12/2025

It's Digital Champion day!
Howard will be holding a drop in session Today - 9.30am to 11.30am to help anyone wishing to:
** Get onto the NHS App
** Use of the NHS App
** Use the eConsult system
** Discuss Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD)
And anything else digital you may wish to discuss.
Do drop in and see him.