Millfield Medical Centre

14/10/2025

📌 A Reminder About Our Community Guidelines 🌟

Thank you to everyone who’s part of our practice Facebook community. To maintain a positive and respectful space for all, please remember our key guidelines:

✅ Respect and Courtesy
We expect all members to engage kindly and respectfully. Personal attacks or disrespectful language will not be tolerated.

🙅‍♂️ Privacy Matters
Please avoid sharing personal medical details here. For individual medical concerns, contact the practice directly.

🚫 No Medical Advice or Urgent Requests
This page is for information and updates only. For appointments, prescriptions, or urgent medical matters, please use the appropriate practice channels or call NHS 111.

By sticking to these guidelines, we ensure the page remains a helpful and supportive resource for everyone.

Thank you for your ongoing cooperation and for being a valued part of our community.

17/06/2025

We will be closed for training Wednesday 18th July form 12:00 noon. We will reopen on Thursday the normal time. Ig you need an medial help when we are closed then please contact 111

13/06/2025

From July, younger women (aged 25 to 49) who test negative for HPV, meaning they are at very low risk of cervical cancer over the next 10 years, will safely be invited at 5-year intervals rather than 3, in line with major clinical evidence

14/05/2025

We will be closed from 12 noon today for essential training and back open on Thursday morning. If you need medical assistance when we are closed please contact 111.

12/05/2025

Healthwatch Sunderland, after hearing from local carers of people with dementia, that once their loved one received their diagnosis, they felt lost and didn’t know where to turn for local support. With local partners they have produced a document,
‘Support available in Sunderland for people experiencing memory difficulties or dementia and their carers’.

This document is now available on their website.

Support available in Sunderland for people experiencing memory difficulties or dementia and their carers

08/05/2025

VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) is celebrated to mark the end of World War II in Europe. It commemorates May 8, 1945, when the Allies formally accepted N**i Germany's unconditional surrender, bringing nearly six years of brutal warfare in Europe to an end.

We support this event and will be joining in the national 2 minute silence from 12 noon

01/05/2025

Did you know that breast screening is the best way to detect breast cancers early, when they are more easily treatable and before any signs or symptoms appear. So even if you feel fit and healthy, it’s really important that you still attend when invited.

Having a mammogram is nothing to worry about. It’s quick and easy and only takes 10 minutes and the friendly staff are on hand if you do have any concerns. So if you’re a women aged between 50-71, look out for your invitation letter coming through the post (every 3 years) and please, don’t ignore it, it could save your life.

For more information visit https://www.gatesheadhealth.nhs.uk/services/breast-screening/

And if you’ve missed your appointment or need to change it for whatever reason, don’t worry, just contact your local screening centre to book another appointment at a date and time to suit you.
Tel: 0191 445 2554

The Gateshead Breast Screening Service covers Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Durham and Chester-le-Street.

14/04/2025

The practice has been informed we have spent over £8000 in the last 12 months on texts to patients. We are trying to reduce that figure to help in cost cutting exercises. The reminder texts to patients regarding their appointments have now been changed :-

They will only now receive 1 text – 24 hours prior to their appointment.

(If their appointment is booked on the day – they will receive a text if the time of the appointment is more than 90 minutes in advance)

We hope you understand why this is happening.

09/04/2025

We will be closed from 12 noon for essential training and reopen tomorrow Thursday 10th April at 8am. If you need medical attention that cannot wait then please contact 111 when we are closed. Thank you

08/04/2025

Little one not well 🤧
See the following information on how to improve the health and wellbeing of babies, children and young people.

https://www.facebook.com/NorthEastandNorthCumbriaNHS/videos/959823779669133

31/03/2025

Did you know?
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The NHS is struggling under ever increasing costs. One of these costs which continues to escalate is that of SMS messaging. We use these important messages to contact you about appointments, results and for many other reasons. However, every text message we send comes at a cost!
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But there is an alternative! By clicking on this link and downloading the NHS app, this allows us to contact you via the app instead which is FREE:
https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-app/
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If you already have the app, please ensure you turn on notifications as otherwise the messages will automatically revert back to SMS which will cost the NHS money.
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This is just one simple step you can take towards supporting your NHS and Millfield Medical Group
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Thank you for your support.

Download the NHS App, or open the NHS website in a web browser, to set up and log in to your NHS account. Owned and run by the NHS, your NHS account is a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services online.

28/03/2025

Childhood immunisations are one more way to keep them safe. You want to do what is best for your child. You know about the importance of car seats, stair gates, and other ways to keep them safe. But, did you know that one of the best ways to protect them is to make sure they have all of their vaccinations?