Kingswood Medical Group

26/08/2025

KMG are pleased to announce that we are now collaborating with the All Yours Period Box service. This partnership supports our efforts towards achieving the Greener Practice Awards.

This is a free online service, and we encourage you to take advantage of it.
We also provide free boxes, at both surgery receptions, for patients who request them.

Posters regarding this initiative have been placed in both reception areas and in the toilets at Kingswood.

Find out how you can support All Yours as it works within local communities to tackle period inequity, improve period education and promote better menstrual health.

21/08/2025

Over 100,000 people in England have now been tested for hepatitis C through the confidential NHS home testing service.

If untreated, it can damage your liver and sometimes lead to life-threatening conditions. If you’re worried you may be at risk you can order a free test online.

➡️ http://hepctest.nhs.uk

21/08/2025

With the bank holiday approaching, make sure you order your repeat prescription in advance.

To find out how to do this, visit https://nhs.uk/nhs-services/prescriptions/how-to-order-a-repeat-prescription/

21/08/2025

GREENER PRACTICE

At our surgeries, we are committed to promoting greener practices to reduce our environmental impact and contribute to a more sustainable future.
We’ve introduced a range of initiatives including reducing single-use plastics, improving energy efficiency throughout the building, and increasing our reliance on digital communication to minimise paper waste.
We are also working closely with suppliers to choose more sustainable products and encouraging patients to make eco-friendly choices, such as using electronic prescriptions and recycling inhalers.
Through ongoing staff training and community engagement, we aim to embed sustainability into every aspect of our service, making environmentally conscious healthcare the norm.

15/08/2025

PLEASE NOTE: WEDNESDAY 20TH AUGUST 2025
Our computer systems at Kingwood Surgery will be unavailable for approximately 30 minutes between 1pm and 1.30pm due to an urgent upgrade. Carfax will not be affected.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your patience during this time.

15/08/2025

AUGUST IS PSORIASIS AWARENESS MONTH

We are the leading national charity and membership organisation for people affected by psoriasis in the UK. We help people whose lives are affected by psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis by funding research, providing information and raising awareness.

13/08/2025

DIAZEPAM FOR FEAR OF FLYING

Based on current national guidelines, KMG will no longer prescribe benzodiazepines or sedatives (such as diazepam) to patients for fear of flying.
For more on this, please visit gov.uk website on controlled drugs:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/controlled-drugs–7

For more information, please visit https://www.kingswoodmedicalgroup.nhs.uk/

NHS 111 When the Surgery is closed between the hours of 6.30pm and 8.00am and weekends plus Bank Holidays, please call NHS111 by dialling 111.

25/07/2025

Our dietitian, Hannah, has put together the information you can see here on the benefits of Whole Food Plant Based Nutrition. She has outlined the health benefits and planetary benefits of adapting this diet to our every day life. If you have time please spend 5 minutes reading through this.

24/07/2025

When guilt becomes your coping mechanism… it’s hard to know where you end and people-pleasing begins.

You say sorry before you speak.
You feel selfish for setting a boundary.
You call your pain "too sensitive."
You’d rather break than be seen as a disappointment.

If this hits… it’s not just you.
Guilt isn’t always a feeling—it’s what we were taught to survive.

📌 We made this post to name what often goes unnoticed.
For anyone unlearning guilt that never belonged to them.

👇 Drop your thoughts in the comments—what’s one guilt habit you’re trying to unlearn?
Let’s talk it out. You never know who it might help.
👀 And follow along. There’s more coming.

24/07/2025

Resident doctors are due to take part in industrial action across BSW over the coming days.

Patients with appointments scheduled for the strike days will be contacted if their visit needs to be rearranged. Unless told otherwise, patients should attend as normal.

https://bsw.icb.nhs.uk/public-urged-to-support-local-nhs-as-latest-strikes-likely-to-cause-disruption/

24/07/2025

A must read for all parents

For the first time, Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP), MI5, and the National Crime Agency (NCA) are jointly calling on parents and carers to support their children to be safer online during the summer break. In an unprecedented move, the three agencies have delivered a public warning to parents that....

22/07/2025

REMINDER:
There are 2 ways of ordering your prescription/s.

Easiest way to order is via the NHS app. https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-app/

If you are unable to use the NHS app, please call us on our Ordering Line which will be available from 9.30am - 3.30pm, Mon to Fri. The number is 01793 685065. Prescriptions can only be actioned via this number.
We kindly request that you do not call the main surgery numbers for ordering your prescription/s and appreciate your cooperation.

We also strongly advise that you order your prescription/s 7 days before you need it, to allow time to get the prescription/s signed and dispensed by the pharmacy.

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.