News and important notices

Easter Opening Hours

The Friarsgate Practice will be closed for the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. The practice will close at 6:30Pm on Thursday 6th April and will reopen at 8am on Tuesday 11th April. If you have a medical issue that will not wait until the practice reopens please call 111 for medical emergency’s in this time please […]

Female focussed: Evening talks on women’s health and the menopause

Sessions in 2023 with specialist speakers and question and answer sessions. Chaired by Dr Helen Thomas 7th February Women’s continence: Why incontinence is not normal. 14th March Menopause and sex: Vaginal health, libido and HRT. 18th April Menopause…what?! An introduction to the menopause and exploring symptoms. These will all be held at main Friarsgate Weeke. […]

Christmas Opening Hours

The Practice will close for the Christmas Holiday at 6:30pm on Friday 23rd December and will reopen at 8am on Wednesday 28th December. The Practice will close for the New Year Bank Holiday on Friday 30th December at 6:30pm and reopen at 8am on Tuesday 3rd January 2023. If you have a medical issue while […]

Urgent practice update

Due to current unprecedented demand for urgent care, we would ask that you only contact the surgery if you have an urgent problem. Please see the following information supporting this difficult decision : https://www.hantsiowhealthandcare.org.uk/news-and-events/news/urgent-plea-communities-amid-significant-pressures-hampshire-and-isle-wight-nhs-services We are committed to providing safe, responsive and appropriate care for all our patients with urgent problems at this time. Parents of […]

Winter pressures and routine appointments

Due to the current Winter pressures coupled with the well publicised Strep A outbreak and also rapidly rising Influenza cases GP practices have been asked to prioritise urgent care. We have therefore taken the decision temporarily suspend the booking of routine appointments until after Christmas to ensure urgent cases can be seen quickly. Routine appointments […]

NHS Winter Pressures

On top of our usual winter pressures , we are seeing a high number of calls related to concerns around strep A infection/scarlet fever. Information on Strep A can be found on our website, Facebook page and our Instagram. We may need to temporarily delay routine appointments to ensure urgent cases can be seen quickly. […]

Group A Strep (GAS) Information

GAS is a common bacteria which causes a range of infections including Scarlett Fever. These infections are usually mild. Parents should trust their judgement when their child is poorly.  Contact 111 or your GP if your child is poorly and getting worse. If you would like advice regarding symptoms please see links below for NHS […]

Online patient access changes

The NHS wants to give people better ways to see their personal health information online. We know that people want to be able to access their health records and so in the future, you will  be able to view new entries as they are added. It can help you see test results faster. It also […]

Help us to help you with the NHS App or patient online access for repeat prescriptions

Over the past few years general practice has been extremely lucky to see some innovations come into play that help both the patient and the practice.  One of the most important of these innovations has been the NHS App and the updated versions of patient online access.  These allow amongst other things patients to book […]

Winchester City Primary Care Network Enhanced Access Service

From the 1st October 2022, Winchester City Primary Care Network (PCN) will take over the operational delivery of the Badger Farm Surgery evening and weekend Primary Care service. Due to a national change in contracting and expectation around service provision the PHL Appointments+ service will cease, and the new Winchester City PCN Enhanced Access service […]

Bank Holiday – Monday 19th September

Due to the bank holiday on Monday 19th September the surgery will be closed. If you had an appointment booked, and you have not already heard from us, please could you call us on 01962 871730, option 3, to rearrange your appointment.   The Friarsgate Practice

Econsult is changing!

Due to staff sickness or holiday the online consultation service will not now be available until Thursday 8th September 2022. From Thursday 8th September we will be switching to the new ‘Patient triage’ online consultation service.  This service will still be accessible through the NHS App and our website. The only difference our patients should […]