News and important notices

The Friarsgate Practice will be closed on Monday 31st August 2020 for the Summer Bank Holiday. If you require urgent medical attention while the practice is closed please call 111. Tesco Pharmacy Easton Lane will be open between 9am- 6pm on Monday 31st August.

Winchester City Primary Care Network brings together three GP practices to serve a population of over 60,000 patient’s with an expanding multi- disciplinary team. For more information please visit: https://www.winchestercitypcn.co.uk/index.htm

As you will have seen on the news, people who are obese or overweight are more likely to end up hospitalised with Covid 19 than those of a normal weight. You will probably also know that it increases your risk of diabetes, heart disease and many forms of cancer. Now is a really good time […]

Please see the link below for the most up to date advice for shielding patients. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/plans-to-ease-guidance-for-over-2-million-shielding https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-reopening/y

To reduce pressure on hospitals as much as possible over the Bank Holiday weekend, the government have asked we remain open on Bank Holiday Friday 8th May. If you have a same day urgent medical need which could be dealt with by a GP rather than 111 please contact the surgery as normal on Friday.

Boots Weeke – Open Friday 10th April 10am- 5pm & Monday 13th April 2pm- 5pm Boots High Street – Open Friday 10th April 10:30am- 4:30pm & Monday 13th April 10:30am- 4:30pm Springvale Pharmacy – Open Sunday 12th April 3pm- 5pm St Pauls Pharmacy – Open Monday 13th April 2pm- 5pm          

To reduce pressure on hospitals as much as possible over the Bank Holiday weekend, the government have asked we remain open on Good Friday and Easter Monday. If you have a same day urgent medical need which could be dealt with by a GP rather than 111 please contact the surgery as normal on those […]

With universities and colleges closed the practice appreciates that many young people will be returning to the Winchester area for the foreseeable future and will be concerned about medical care while they are here. At this time the practice will not be open for routine matters such as new patient registrations. If you are unwell […]

Friarsgate Social Prescribing leaflet Social Prescribing is a way of connecting patients and local people with community based sources of support, such as exercise classes, art, reading and gardening, and more! Your GP can use social prescribing as a nonmedical referral option, working in conjunction with your existing treatments to improve your health and wellbeing. […]

Patient Partner Have you tried our new automated appointment booking service? The Friarsgate Practice is always looking at ways to help make booking, cancelling and reviewing appointment details easier for our patients when calling the practice.The new patient partner automated booking system allows patients to contact the practice 24 hours a day 7 days a […]

The Friarsgate Back & Joint pain clinic has now been running Since October 2018 and below is a link to a case study of this service by the Royal College of Chiropractors   https://rcc-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/First-Contact-Practitioner-Competencies_Pages-version_Web.pdf      

Social Prescribing is a way of connecting patients and local people with community based sources of support, such as exercise classes, art, reading and gardening, and more! Your GP can use social prescribing as a nonmedical referral option, working in conjunction with your existing treatments to improve your health and wellbeing. Social prescribing clinics run […]