Scorton Medical Centre

27/08/2025

URGENT NOTICE: We have another power cut. Although Northern Power Grid planned this one, they didn't think to tell us about it so we've been unable to plan at all for it.

We are doing our best to protect fridge medications and we're hopeful that this will be a short outage. It will undoubtedly have a severe impact on our service for the rest of the day, however and there will be a delay with issuing medications in dispensary for at least the rest of the week.

Thank you once again for being understanding with our staff as we recover.

26/08/2025

22/08/2025

Good news! Our power was restored this evening at 10pm. Internet and phone lines are also back on. Thank you to everyone for your understanding today 🙂

Tuesday will not be business as usual, however. We haven't been able to order medications or process prescription requests all day and we have had to move all our vaccines and medicines that need to be refrigerated off site. It may well be that some of these have to be disposed of because of the fridges being off.

All of this, the likely further outages as the power line faults are repaired and the generator removed and the bank holiday weekend combined are likely to mean there will be continued disruption for the coming week.

Please bear with us as we get back to normal.

22/08/2025

URGENT NOTICE

We currently have no telephone or internet at the practice. We can't make or receive calls, prescribe or access records.

If you have sent us an e-consult it will come through once we have internet again but until then we can't see it.

This is due to an issue with our electrical supply. Northern power grid are currently working on it and expect to have restored this at some point today.

Thanks you for bearing with us. Unfortunately this issue is completely beyond our control.

04/08/2025

🤧Autumn 2025 Flu and Covid Vaccinations 💉

As per previous years we will be offering Flu and COVID-19 Vaccinations to the following eligible patients.

Flu Vaccinations will be offered from the 1st September to -
* Pregnant Ladies,
* 2-3 year olds
* Children who are clinically at risk

Flu Vaccinations will be offered from October to -
* Those aged 65 years and older
* Under 65 who are in a clinically at risk

COVID-19 will be offered to - Those aged 75 years and over and Immunosuppressed patients aged 6 months and over.

We will contact eligible patients closer to the time to invite you to book into clinics.

01/08/2025

Free holiday activities and meals for families this summer:

FEAST is here this summer holiday, with a fantastic range of activities to keep your children active, fed and having fun during the school holidays. Everyone across North Yorkshire can get involved, with free places and a free meal for children and young people receiving benefits-related free school meals.

From arts and crafts to sports and beyond, there's something for everyone to dive into.

If your child is eligible for benefits-related free school meals or is made eligible by exception (see the FEAST FAQs for details), you should have received a voucher from their school. This will enable you to book school holiday activities that are part of the FEAST programme for free, using the online platform HolidayActivities.
Ready to unleash the summer fun? Head over to the FEAST website now to discover all the incredible activities waiting for your child, and learn how to claim your free place.

FEAST offers children and young people in North Yorkshire a range of holiday activities, with free places and a free meal for eligible families.

21/07/2025

We are finding that we have lots of patients who are obtaining medication privately that we haven't been informed about. This can be dangerous (for example, some HRT/contraceptive medications do not work when taken in conjunction with weight loss injections).

Please make sure we are aware if you are taking any medication prescribed by a private provider.

If you are being prescribed weight loss injections and are taking HRT or hormonal contraception (mini pill, combined pill, depo injection, implant or hormonal coil) then it is very important to discuss this with your private prescriber.

The best way to inform us of your private medication is to send an e-consult via our website.

16/07/2025

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We are finding that we have lots of patients who are obtaining medication privately that we haven't been informed about. This can be dangerous (for example, some HRT/contraceptive medications do not work when taken in conjunction with weight loss injections).

Please make sure we are aware if you are taking any medication prescribed by a private provider.

If you are being prescribed weight loss injections and are taking HRT or hormonal contraception (mini pill, combined pill, depo injection, implant or hormonal coil) then it is very important to discuss this with your private prescriber.

The best way to inform us of your private medication is to send an e-consult via our website.

15/07/2025

We Are Recruiting:😀

Are you or someone you know a qualified dispenser, if so, we are looking for an additional member of staff to join our team. Please take a look at our latest job advertisement which is now live.

Scorton Medical Centre

10/07/2025

For help and support with your health and wellbeing, please follow the link below.

MECC link - Online signposting tool, providing sources of general information and advice around healthy lifestyle topics, brief interventions and motivation for change and well as a number of key links to further information and support services. Let’s make a difference in Yorkshire and the Humber...

10/07/2025