Berry Lane Medical Centre

07/05/2026

🌻🦠 COVID-19 Spring Booster Vaccinations – VERY Limited Appointments Remaining

If you are eligible for a COVID-19 Spring Booster vaccination and have not yet booked your appointment, please contact the practice as soon as possible.

We now have VERY limited appointments remaining today and tomorrow only. After these clinics, there will be no further COVID booster clinics available at the practice.

You are eligible if you are:
• Aged 75 years or over (by 30 June 2026)

Please do not miss out — book now while appointments are still available.

📞 Contact Reception: 01772 376777

05/05/2026

📅 April 2026 Activity Report

❌ Did Not Attend Appointments

A total of 171 appointments were missed during April.

This equates to:
57 hours of GP/clinician time lost
Approximately 7 full working days (based on 8-hour days)
Nearly 1.5 working weeks of clinical capacity

👩‍⚕️ Appointment Activity

GP Face-to-Face Appointments: 1,481
GP Telephone Consultations: 446
Nurse Appointments: 1,774
Emergency On-the-Day Appointments: 770
GP Home Visits: 65
Nursing Home Visits/Calls: 167
Minor Operations: 22
Mental Health Appointments: 29

🗂️ Administrative Activity

Medication Requests Processed: 4,602
Referrals/Emails Sent or Actioned: 879
New Patient Registrations: 144
Reception Calls Answered: 11,283
Lab Results Handled: 1,390

01/05/2026

We are currently experiencing IT, internet, and self check-in issues, which may cause us to operate slower than usual.

Please bear with us while we work to resolve this.

If your enquiry is not urgent, we kindly ask that you call us back next week.

Thank you

23/04/2026

🌻🦠COVID-19 Spring Booster Vaccinations – Limited Appointments Remaining

If you are eligible for a COVID-19 spring booster vaccination and haven’t yet booked in, please contact the practice as soon as possible ,we now have limited appointments left.

You are eligible if you are:
• Aged 75 years or over (by 30 June 2026)
• Aged 6 months or over with a weakened immune system

Please don’t miss out , book now while appointments are still available.

📞 Contact reception 01772 376777

16/03/2026

📢 Important Notice
We are currently experiencing significant staff shortages due to illness, so our phone lines are extremely busy and limited today.

If your query is not urgent and can safely wait, we kindly ask that you contact us later in the week.

For prescription requests, please order via:
NHS App
Email: lscicb-gp.prescriptions.berrylanemedicalcentre@nhs.net
Our website: https://www.berrylanemedicalcentre.co.uk/prescriptions

This will help us prioritise patients with urgent medical needs.

Thank you for your patience and understanding. 💙

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12/03/2026

📢Spring COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign.

If we have a mobile number or an email address for you, we are in the process of inviting eligible patient for their Spring COVID-19 booster vaccination.

Those who may be eligible include:

Adults aged 75 years and over.
Individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed.

Appointments will be available at the practice starting mid April. If you wish to book and have been sent a link, please use this or you can call the surgery on 01772 376777 to book.

The COVID-19 vaccine helps reduce the risk of serious illness and hospitalisation, particularly for those most at risk.

09/03/2026

‼️Early Closure Notice‼️

We’ll be closing tomorrow Tuesday 10th March at 12:30pm for some important staff training.

This helps us keep learning and improving so we can provide you with the best possible care 💙

We’ll be back open as normal at 8:00am on Wednesday 11th
March.

👉 For medical advice, please call NHS 111
🚨 In an emergency, always dial 999

Thank you for your understanding and support! 🙏

02/03/2026

📅 February 2026 Statistics

❌ Missed Appointments
• 141 missed appointments- which is 47 hours of clinical time lost!

👩‍⚕️ Appointment Activity
• 1,658 GP face-to-face appointments
• 563 Emergency surgery appointments
• 485 Telephone consultations (GP/Nurse Practitioner)
• 722 Nurse appointments
• 61 Home/community hospital visits
• 139 Nursing home visits
• 179 First Contact Physio appointments
• 15 Mental Health Practitioner appointments
• 18 Minor operations performed

🗂️ Administrative Activity

• 4,452 Medication requests processed
• 395 Referrals made
• 129 New patients registered
• 10,813 Reception calls answered
• 1,536 Lab results handled
• 4,160 Letters/documents managed

17/02/2026

💛 Sharing on behalf of Minerva Health Centre / Community Roots

If you’re aged 16–25 and living with ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, this drop-in session is a chance to meet others in a supportive space and help shape a new support group.

📅 Wednesday 4th March
🕒 3:30pm–5pm
📍 Community Roots, Minerva Health Centre, Preston PR1 6SB

☕ Refreshments provided
👩‍⚕️ Clinicians from the service will be there
⚠️ Under-18s must be accompanied by an adult

📞 Call 01772 695365 to register or feel free to turn up on the day.

12/02/2026

💜 Sharing for anyone who may need this 💜

The Phoenix Clinic is a specialised inclusive clinic for our trans community in Preston.

🗓️ Thursday evenings
📍 Fatima Health Centre

📞 0300 1234 154
🌐 www.lancashiresexualhealth.nhs.uk

10/02/2026

📢 Early Closure Notice

We’ll be closing today ( Tuesday 10th February) at 12:30pm for some important staff training.

This helps us keep learning and improving so we can provide you with the best possible care 💙

We’ll be back open as normal at 8:00am on Wednesday 11th
February.

👉 For medical advice, please call NHS 111
🚨 In an emergency, always dial 999
Thank you for your understanding and support! 🙏