Buttercross Health Centre & Ilchester Surgery

16/10/2025

01/10/2025

🎉 Exciting Update! 🎉
In September 2025, out of our 8100 registered patients, here's what we've accomplished.

29/09/2025

If you need a little extra support with your mental health, please give us a call or visit our website: https://openmentalhealth.org.uk/

You don’t need a doctor or other healthcare professional to refer you to Open Mental Health. You can ask for the support you need simply by calling Mindline Somerset any time of the day or night, seven days a week, locally on 01823 276892 or freephone 0800 138 1692.

For more information about how easy it is to self-refer, check out our blog https://bit.ly/self-refer-to-omh

19/09/2025

💉 Flu & COVID-19 Vaccines – Autumn 2025 💉
Protect yourself and others this winter. Here’s who’s eligible:

Flu vaccine:
✅ Pregnant women
✅ Children aged 2–3 (on 31 Aug 2025)
✅ Children (6 months–17 yrs) with long-term health conditions
✅ Adults 65+
✅ Adults 18–64 with certain health conditions
✅ Care home residents, carers, people living with immunocompromised individuals

COVID-19 autumn booster:
✅ Care home residents (older adults)
✅ Adults 75+
✅ Anyone 6 months+ who is immunosuppressed

📅 COVID boosters run 1 Oct–31 Jan
➡️ Book by contacting us

It’s quick, free and protects you through the winter.

16/09/2025

https://www.symphonyhealthcareservices.com/blog/2025/08/29/quarterly-newsletter-quarter-2-2025-26/

Read our quarterly newsletter to hear updates and key information regarding the organisation and our surgeries - Quarter 2, 2025/26

27/08/2025

Thank you to those patients who provided their valued feedback during our engagement period. Although this engagement period has now ended, we, as always, encourage our patients to feedback on our services and patients can continue to do so using our normal contact details which can be found on our website https://buttercrosshc.nhs.uk/

06/08/2025

🎉 Exciting Update! 🎉
In July 2025, out of our 8000 registered patients, here's what we've accomplished.

29/07/2025

Dear Buttercross & Ilchester Surgery patients,

We wish to inform you that practices within the South Somerset West Primary Care Network (Buttercross & Ilchester Surgery, Crewkerne Health Centre: Middle Path & West One, Hamdon Medical Centre and Martock & South Petherton Medical Centre) are proposing to combine their contracts. We encourage you to visit our website for information on this proposal. https://buttercrosshc.nhs.uk/sswpcn-proposal/

Click the link below to provide feedback online: https://forms.gle/LaCASv5AsaP3xQCS6

With best wishes,
Buttercross Health Centre & Ilchester Surgery

17/07/2025

🎉 Exciting Update! 🎉
In June 2025, out of our 7997 registered patients, here's what we've accomplished.