Stonebridge Surgery

28/01/2026

📝Surgery Stats
📆December 2025

❌Appointment DNA's- 114 - this is a small decrease from November but still far too many!

All appointments are in such HIGH demand at present
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE - If you do not require an appointment you have booked - CANCEL! ❌

As a surgery team we have provided:

1589 - appointments with a GP🩺
1275- appointments with a Practice Nurse/HCA👩‍⚕️
133 - appointments with the Advanced Nurse Practitioner👩‍⚕️🩺
201- telephone calls/nursing home/housebound patients🏡
244 - Phlebotomy appointments💉🩸
113- appointments with our Clinical Pharmacist 💊
57 - appointments with our in house physio🦵
4,068 - prescription requests processed💊
3,489 - blood/test results actioned📝
27- new patients registered 👍
263- onward referrals completed 📋

24/12/2025

Please see below - we hope they may offer some support to people who may be in need this Christmas 🎄

23/12/2025

🎄All the staff at the surgery would like to wish our patients a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We have been touched by all the well wishes, cards and gifts we have received and would once again like to thank you all for your continuing kindness and generosity.

Our surgery opening times over Christmas are as follows:

Wednesday 24th Dec (Christmas Eve) 08.00-18.30pm
Thursday 25th Dec (Christmas Day) CLOSED
Friday 26th Dec (Boxing Day) CLOSED

Monday 29th Dec 08.00-18.30pm
Tuesday 30th Dec 08.00-18.30pm
Wednesday 31st Dec 08.00-18.30pm
Thursday 1st January (New Years Day) CLOSED
Friday 2nd January 08.00-18.30pm

From Monday 5th January usual surgery opening hours resume.

For medical assistance when the surgery is closed - 111 via telephone/online can be used to have your medical query triaged.

The NHS website provides self care information for minor ailments.

Please use 999 for medical emergencies only🎄

23/12/2025

📝Surgery Stats
📆November 2025

❌Appointment DNA's- 124 - THIS IS ANOTHER INCREASE FROM OCTOBER!
All appointments are in such HIGH demand at present
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE - If you do not require an appointment you have booked - CANCEL! ❌

As a surgery team we have provided:

1600 - appointments with a GP🩺
1251- appointments with a Practice Nurse/HCA👩‍⚕️
225 - appointments with the Advanced Nurse Practitioner👩‍⚕️🩺
221- telephone calls/nursing home/housebound patients🏡
359 - Phlebotomy appointments💉🩸
173- appointments with our Clinical Pharmacist 💊
74 - appointments with our in house physio🦵
3,642 - prescription requests processed💊
3,760 - blood/test results actioned📝
20- new patients registered 👍
392- onward referrals completed 📋
48- home visits/visits to the community hospital🏡

18/12/2025

As the flu season is upon us and we are seeing a rise in the amount of flu cases locally, please follow the link below to self manage your symptoms.

If you do need to attend the surgery to see a clinician in person and you are symptomatic, please ensure you use the hand gel on arrival and wear a mask to protect others💙

NHS information about flu, including symptoms, how to treat it yourself and when to get help.

12/12/2025

‼️URGENT ANNOUCEMENT‼️

There is a national outage with WiFi which is severely affecting our computer systems.

We are unable to access surgery emails, complete EPS prescriptions and referrals.

We have been made aware that people are working to resolve this as soon as possible.

If you query or concern can wait until next week we would very much appreciate you calling us back then.

Please be aware our staff are trying our best to maintain the highest level of care they can throughout this outage - please be kind.

Please share to ensure this reaches everyone it possibly can ‼️

21/11/2025

‼️The GP Partners would like to make the following statement regarding todays sudden temporary closure of the WARD at Longridge Community Hospital‼️

Stonebridge surgery GP's and staff are extremely concerned and disappointed at the sudden closure and loss of of this valuable service to our patients and the local community.

We would like to point out also that we have not been invited to or involved in any of the discussions about this closure.

Yours sincerely,

Dr's Taylor, Mason and Wareing

20/11/2025

The surgery would like to express their thanks to all their patients and staff that contributed during our Children in Need PJ days - the surgery raised £109.14 💛

20/11/2025

📝Surgery Stats
📆October 2025

❌Appointment DNA's- 118 - we are continuing to see mostly nurse appointments being missed. These appointments are in such HIGH demand at present ❌

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE - If you do not require an appointment you have booked - CANCEL!

As a surgery team we have provided:

1962 - appointments with a GP🩺
1830 - appointments with a Practice Nurse/HCA👩‍⚕️
192 - appointments with the Advanced Nurse Practitioner👩‍⚕️🩺
138- telephone calls/nursing home/housebound patients🏡
294 - Phlebotomy appointments💉🩸
193- appointments with our Clinical Pharmacist 💊
80 - appointments with our in house physio🦵
4,053 - prescription requests processed💊
4,351 - blood/test results actioned📝
20- new patients registered 👍
392- onward referrals completed 📋
157- home visits/visits to the community hospital🏡

13/11/2025

The surgery staff team are wearing pjs/loungewear to raise money and awareness of Children in Need - Pudsey ears are also available to buy at the surgery for £2.50 a pair - please feel free to pop in and donate towards this incredible charity 💛

06/11/2025

Please see below information for anyone who may be interested in attending a local wellbeing group🧑🏼‍🤝‍👩🏻🌲

31/10/2025

We have had a beautiful heart shaped picture that looks like it has come loose from a set of keys found at the surgery - it is of a woman and child - we can obviously not show the picture but the owner will know it is theirs - please share 💛