Windermere Medical Centre

24/12/2025

🎄🎄The practice will be closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, re-opening at 8am on Monday 29th December
St Helens Rota will be taking over our calls and offering appointments from 12 noon on Christmas Eve.
NHS111 and St Helens Rota Out Of Hours services will be available whilst the surgery is closed. Please attend A&E for emergencies only
We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our patients a peaceful Christmas.🎄🎄

11/12/2025

The surgery will be CLOSED all day: Thursday 25th, Friday 26th December and Thursday 1st January.
*PRESCRIPTIONS* Please allow at least 48 hours for your prescription request to be processed (excluding weekends). With Christmas and New Year approaching, we kindly remind you to check your pharmacy’s Christmas and New Year opening hours and wait time to avoid any disruption to your medication supply.

10/12/2025

There is currently an increased amount of Influenza (flu) cases in the area.

Please avoid attending the practice in person if you have a flu like illness.

How to avoid spreading the flu
Flu is very infectious and easily spread to other people. You're more likely to give it to others in the first 5 days.

Flu is spread by germs from coughs and sneezes, which can live on hands and surfaces for 24 hours.

To reduce the risk of spreading flu:

wash your hands often with warm water and soap
cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze (if you do not have a tissue, cough or sneeze into the bend of your elbow, not into your hand)
bin used tissues as quickly as possible
Try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people if you have a high temperature or you do not feel well enough to do your normal activities.

Antibiotics do not work for viral infections such as flu. GPs do not recommend antibiotics for flu because they will not relieve your symptoms or speed up your recovery.

For more information please visit:

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

04/12/2025

We are currently experiencing issues with our telephones. Our IT service is working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. If your request is not urgent please submit an online consultation via our website.

01/12/2025

We have had a key handed in to reception. If this may be yours please call in and provide a description to the receptionist.

27/11/2025

📢 Important Patient Notice 📢

Windermere Medical Centre will be closed for GP & staff training from 1:00 PM today Thursday 27th November and will reopen at 8:00 AM Friday 28th November.

During this time:
🔹 For emergencies, St Helens Rota will provide out-of-hours cover.
🔹 You can also contact NHS 111 for medical advice and assistance.

Thank you for your understanding as we continue to improve our services.

Windermere Medical Centre

17/11/2025

We are currently experiencing issues with our telephones. Our IT service is working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

22/10/2025

📢 Important Patient Notice 📢

Windermere Medical Centre will be closed for GP & staff training from 1:00 PM today Wednesday 22nd October and will reopen at 8:00 AM Thursday 23rd October.

During this time:
🔹 For emergencies, St Helens Rota will provide out-of-hours cover.
🔹 You can also contact NHS 111 for medical advice and assistance.

Thank you for your understanding as we continue to improve our services.

Windermere Medical Centre

02/10/2025

A walking stick has been left at our reception. If you think this may be yours please call in to reception with the description.
Thank you

26/09/2025

24/09/2025

📢 Important Patient Notice 📢

Windermere Medical Centre will be closed for GP & staff training from 1:00 PM today Wednesday 24th September and will reopen at 8:00 AM Thursday 25th September.

During this time:
🔹 For emergencies, St Helens Rota will provide out-of-hours cover.
🔹 You can also contact NHS 111 for medical advice and assistance.

Thank you for your understanding as we continue to improve our services.

Windermere Medical Centre

01/09/2025

FLU SEASON STARTS SOON.

THIS WEEK WE WILL BE SENDING SELF-BOOK LINKS TO PREBOOK YOUR FLU VACCINATION APPOINTMENT.

FLU ELIGIBILTY CAN BE FOUND BELOW.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO USE THE BOOKING LINK, OR DO NOT RECEIVE A TEXT MESSAGE BUT BELEIVE YOU ARE ELIGIBLE, PLEASE CONTACT THE SURGERY AFTER 10AM TO SPEAK TO A RECEPTIONIST.

From September 2025:

Vaccinated at the surgery
●pregnant women
●all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2025 (nasal FLU vaccination)
●all children in clinical risk groups aged from 6 months to less than 18 years (nasal FLU vaccination)

Vaccinated in school
●primary school aged children (from Reception to Year 6)
●secondary school aged children (from Year 7 to Year 11)

From October 2025:

●those aged 65 years and over
●those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups (as defined by the Green Book, Influenza chapter 19 )
●those in long-stay residential care homes
carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person
●close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
●frontline workers in a social care setting without an employer led occupational health scheme including those working for a registered residential care or nursing home, registered domiciliary care providers, voluntary managed hospice providers and those that are employed by those who receive direct payments (personal budgets) or Personal Health budgets, such as Personal Assistants