The Friarsgate Practice

21/11/2025

As World AMR Awareness Week wraps up, we want to say thank you to our patients for helping us protect antibiotics. 🙌
Every time you use antibiotics responsibly, you’re helping to save lives — now and in the future. 💙
Let’s continue to spread the word and keep antibiotics working!

20/11/2025

Small actions make a BIG difference! 🌿
Here’s how you can fight antimicrobial resistance:
✅ Take antibiotics exactly as prescribed
✅ Don’t share or save leftover antibiotics
✅ Keep vaccinations up to date
✅ Practice good hand hygiene 🧼
Protect yourself. Protect your community. Protect the future. 💙

19/11/2025

19/11/2025

Did you know? 🤔
⚠️ Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health.
🚫 Taking antibiotics when you don’t need them puts everyone at risk.
Use antibiotics wisely — only when prescribed by a healthcare professional. 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️
Let’s keep these life-saving medicines working for generations to come. 💪

18/11/2025

🌍 It’s World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week!
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) happens when germs like bacteria and viruses change — making medicines like antibiotics less effective. 💊
When antibiotics stop working, common infections can become harder to treat.
Together, we can protect antibiotics for the future. 💙

17/11/2025

ADHD medication monitoring 💊

We now have an option to complete your ADHD medication monitoring review by using the kiosk in reception. Pop into our Weeke surgery if you have been asked to complete a review and the results will be automatically assigned to your medical records.

17/11/2025

🌟 Protect Your Child This Winter – Get their Flu Vaccine booked!

Flu can be serious for young children — but the child flu vaccine offers strong protection.
👶 Available for children aged 2–3 (by 31 August 2025) at the GP surgery.
🏫 Offered in schools for children in Reception to Year 11 and at the surgery for children in an at risk group.
💨 Most children get the nasal spray – quick, painless, and needle-free.

Help keep your child, your family, and your community safe this winter 🦠

Contact the surgery to book their flu vaccine today! 💉

16/11/2025

Calling All Knitters! Help Welcome Our Christmas Newborns!

This Christmas, we would love to provide our babies born at Wi******er Hospital with a festive knitted hat to celebrate their special arrival.

We are looking for medium to large baby hats (34–38 cm circumference). These hats are essential for keeping newborns’ heads warm immediately after birth, and your generous donations make a real difference to the families we care for.

If you, or someone you know, enjoys knitting and would like to donate a Christmas-themed baby hat, our maternity team would be incredibly grateful.

Please share this post or tag a friend who might be interested in helping us spread some Christmas cheer to our newest arrivals.

If you have any donations then please either:

Post to:
Christmas Hat Appeal
Labour ward
Royal Hampshire County Hospital
Wi******er
SO22 5DG

or drop them in to the labour ward at RHCH Wi******er.
Thank you and we look forward to receiving your donations!

14/11/2025

👄 Wessex Cancer Alliance are raising awareness of mouth and throat cancers this month and encouraging people to ‘open wide’ and check for symptoms.

Incidence of mouth and throat cancers have almost doubled in the last ten years and fewer people are having regular check-ups with a dentist. With less than 20% of people able to name a symptom of mouth and throat cancers, the campaign aims to improve awareness of the key signs to look out for.

Mouth cancer • an ulcer which doesn’t heal • red and white patches in the mouth • unusual lumps or swellings in the mouth

Throat Cancer • difficulty swallowing or chewing • a persistent sore throat or ear pain • an unexplained lump in your neck • hoarseness or other changes to the voice

Please contact your GP surgery or dentist if you experience any of these symptoms for three weeks or more.
The Mouth Cancer Foundation have a useful self-examination guide on their website: https://www.mouthcancerfoundation.org/self-examination/

Visit the Cancer Matters Wessex webpage today for more information, support and tips about how you can reduce your risk of mouth and throat cancers: https://cancermatterswessex.nhs.uk/mouth-and-throat-cancers/.

13/11/2025

The UK Government’s Best Start in Life website is now live and full of trusted guidance from pregnancy up to starting school.

✨ What you’ll find:
• Week-by-week pregnancy info
• Feeding support (breastfeeding and formula)
• Baby & toddler development tips
• Childcare support checker
• Links to local family hubs and services
Whether you’re expecting, juggling toddler life, or preparing for school, this resource can help you feel supported and informed.

👉 Explore here: beststartinlife.gov.uk

12/11/2025

📣 Looking to lose weight and improve your health?
If you’re living with obesity and either diabetes or high blood pressure, you may be eligible for the NHS Digital Weight Management Programme.

👉 A FREE 12-week online plan
👉 Designed by health experts
👉 Tailored support you can access on your phone, tablet, or computer.

You don’t need to come into the surgery — simply contact us online via Patient Triage, or speak to your pharmacist.

Find out if you’re eligible today! https://www.england.nhs.uk/digital-weight-management/

11/11/2025

🌟 Welcome to the team, Grace! 🌟

We’re delighted to introduce our new Practice Nurse, Grace, who recently joined our nursing team.
Grace qualified in 2022 and brings experience and enthusiasm in travel health and wound care. She is passionate about supporting patients and providing high-quality, compassionate care.
Please join us in giving Grace a warm welcome – you’ll be seeing her in clinic soon! 💙