The Hollies Medical Practice

19/03/2026

19/03/2026

Social prescribing is available to support your health and wellbeing in Tamworth, Staffordshire – helping with issues such as loneliness, money worries, housing, caring responsibilities or getting more active.

Working with a Social Prescribing Link Worker can help you:

feel less isolated and more connected to your community
improve your mood and confidence
become more physically active
better manage long‑term health conditions and day‑to‑day stress
You can self‑refer directly to the local NHS Social Prescribing Link Worker service run by Community Together CIC by visiting:
https://www.communitytogethercic.org.uk/nhs-social-prescribing-link-workers/

Our practice team can also refer you, so please mention social prescribing if you feel you might benefit.

10/03/2026

No Smoking Day Wednesday 11th March 2026

10/03/2026

10/03/2026

BEAT is a national Heart Failure awareness campaign. https://beathf.org.uk/

BEAT is used to raise awareness of Heart Failure and its symptoms across the UK to improve early diagnosis, treatment and patient quality of life.

Patient who are eligible will be invited to attend.

09/03/2026

A huge amount of medicines are wasted unnecessarily in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent each year.

We need your help to reduce this. Find out why it’s important to

02/03/2026

No smoking day, Wednesday 11th March 2026

02/03/2026

Earache, sore throat, UTI? If needed, your pharmacist can now provide some prescription medicine without seeing a GP.

Think pharmacy first. https://staffsstokeics.org.uk/pharmacy-first/

02/03/2026

Did you know 1 in 5 children with measles need a hospital visit?
After 2 doses of the MMR/MMRV around 99% of people will be protected against measles.
Contact your GP practice to book your vaccine. 👉 https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/mmrv-vaccine/

28/01/2026

Routine NHS Cervical Screening Programme invitations start at age 25.

When you’re invited, please book an appointment at your earliest convenience. It’s important even if you’ve had the HPV vaccine. Cervical screening helps detect changes early, before they can develop into cancer.

If you think you may be overdue, please contact the practice today to book.

12/01/2026

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, and the HPV vaccine helps protect young people from the virus that causes most cervical cancers.

If you’re a parent or carer, please look out for the HPV vaccine permission form and return it to the school.

The HPV vaccine protects against more than cervical cancer - it safeguards all young adults, women and men, from ge***al warts and some cancers of the ge***al areas and a**s, as well as some mouth and throat (head and neck) cancers. ♂️♀️

🔗 https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/hpv-vaccine/