Thatcham Medical Practice

07/01/2026

HPV Vaccination Catch-Up Campaign

NHS England has launched a catch-up campaign for the HPV vaccine for people who did not receive it at school.

If you missed your HPV vaccination at age 12 or 13, you may still be eligible to receive it free on the NHS.

Who is eligible?

All girls aged up to 24 years (until their 25th birthday)

Boys born on or after 1 September 2006, up to their 25th birthday

The HPV catch-up programme gives students and young adults who were previously offered the vaccine another opportunity to receive protection against HPV-related cancers and diseases.

We will be contacting eligible patients over the next few weeks.

31/12/2025

New Year’s Eve is one of the busiest nights of the year for ambulance services across the country.

If you're out celebrating, we want you to have a fantastic night, but please enjoy the festivities safely.

If you’re drinking alcohol, make sure you have something to eat beforehand, stay hydrated with water or soft drinks, and plan your journey home. Don't end your night in the back of an ambulance!

Please save 999 for life-threatening emergencies. If it’s urgent, but not life-threatening, NHS 111 can help find the right care for you.

30/12/2025

17/12/2025

From today (17 December) until 7am 22 December some services may be affected due to strike action by resident doctors.

Please continue to attend your GP appointments unless you are contacted and told otherwise.

15/12/2025

Thatcham Medical Practice was honoured to be shortlisted as a finalist at the General Practice Awards on Friday 5th December. While we did not ultimately receive an award, it was a significant achievement to be recognised at a national level. The event provided a valuable opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the exceptional work being delivered by GP practices across the country.

10/12/2025

Getting fast, reliable dental care when you need it shouldn’t be difficult — especially when you’re in pain. To help make this easier for patients, BOB ICB (Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West) has now rolled out the Government’s new Urgent Dental Care Scheme, offering both urgen...

10/12/2025

Improving Appointments Availability
We have been listening to your feedback and reviewed our appointment data.
Here is how we have used your comments and data to make real improvements.

You Told Us…
💬It can be hard to get through on the phone
💬You want to get a GP appointment sooner
💬You’d like more face-to-face appointments for complex health needs
💬You want better continuity and to see someone who knows your history
💬You want to see the right person for your problem

What We’ve Done…
Increased the number of same-day urgent face-to-face appointments by 25%🩺
Added extra appointments on our busiest days📅
Made a wider range of clinicians available through Anima👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️
Promoted Pharmacy First and other local services when appropriate💊
Improved access for our red patients, who have more complex or urgent needs🔴
Reduced incoming phone calls by 40% compared to 2024, as more patients now use Anima to get through more easily☎️⬇️
Increased signposting to Pharmacy First, Minor Injury Units and dental services, helping us keep more GP appointments available for those who need them most🏥

Thank you for your feedback.

We’re committed to improving your access and your care.

Improving Appointment Availability

We are always working on ways to improve our appointment availability by looking at the data. The most recent data was collected from 1st July-September 30th 2025.
We thought is was very interesting so we wanted to share this with our patients by displaying it in the waiting room. We will analyse this to improve our services over the winter months.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding as we work to provide the best possible care for all our patients.

09/12/2025

It was a pleasure to help some more patients today set up their Anima or NHS accounts. We now have 14,643 patients signed up to Anima.

We will run these help sessions again in the new year, date to be confirmed.