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  Important Information About our Online Consultation Tool We are pleased to be able to offer an online consultation tool as part of our service. They can be a convenient way for you to contact us about your health and can often save you time. However, we want to remind you that online queries are…

Booked appointments: 4,394 Did Not Attend (DNA): 77 It’s great to see DNA numbers continuing to stay low – thank you to everyone for attending or letting us know if you can’t make it. This helps us offer appointments to others who need them.

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Everyone eligible aged between 16 years and 25 years are being invited into the surgery to catch up on their missed HPV vaccine from when they were in school. The HPV vaccination is given to boys and girls in year 8 at school, but some people may have missed it at the time. If you…

Biddulph Valley Surgery is happy to announce that we are now a Gambling Harms accredited GP practice. This means that the GPs at this practice are trained to provide you with support and details on how to access treatment relating to gambling concerns. If you or anyone you know is affected by gambling, you can…

A big thank you to all our patients who attended their appointments in June. We’re pleased to share that 4,901 appointments were attended and we’ve seen a positive drop in missed appointments (DNAs) with only 93 this month! 👏 Reducing DNAs helps us offer more appointments to those who need them most. Your continued support…

23 June 2025: From today (23 June 2025), following approval by NICE, tirzepatide (Mounjaro®) will be available in the NHS for eligible patients who meet the strict, nationally-set, criteria. The current criteria is that patients are those with a BMI of 40 or higher, and with four or more of the qualifying comorbidities (hypertension, dyslipidaemia,…

The NHS Cervical Screening Programme saves thousands of lives every year by detecting abnormal cells in the cervix that could develop into cancer, if left untreated. How often people need to have cervical screening is changing in England from 1st July 2025. Improvements in HPV testing enables the NHS to now offer a more personalised…

Please see the month of Mays booked and did not attend appointment’s

Weight Management Services and Pregnancy / Contraception Women taking medicines for weight loss and diabetes should continue to use effective contraception while taking these medicines, and in some cases for up to two months between stopping the medicine and trying to become pregnant. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has warned that prescribed medication,…

Please see the latest PPG Newsletter where you will find lots of information

Weight-management services update – Mounjaro We are receiving a significant number of enquiries about the availability of the Mounjaro weight-loss drug which has been approved by NHS England for eligible patients. NHS England has set the criteria for eligibility for the drug; this is a national policy which all NHS prescribers, such as GPs and…

“We are working with researchers from Keele University on a study called BADGER. The study is investigating a process called Advice and Guidance, which your GP has used to talk to a specialist about your condition. The researchers are interested to talk to you about Advice and Guidance, even if you have not heard about…

In February, we had 4,596 appointments booked, but 122 were missed. If you can no longer make your appointment, please remember to cancel, so we can offer the slot to someone else who needs it. Thank you for helping us reduce missed appointments!

What is a PCN: Leek and Biddulph PCN are a group of Five GP practices which include Biddulph Doctors, Biddulph Valley, Leek Health Centre, Moorland Medical Centre, and Park Medical Centre, all working together to focus on local patient care in our community. Since the NHS was created in 1948, the population has grown, and…

Please see our did not attend figures for the month of November. Booked Appointments – 5162 Did Not Attend – 251 If you cannot attend your appointment or need to cancel it for any reason, please contact your practice. This would save lots of valuable clinical hours so that we can see as many patients…

Please see the link below for Leek & Biddulph PCN Newsletter.

We are looking for adults with Down’s syndrome (also referred to as Down syndrome) to come together to talk about Health, Social Care, Education, Housing and Employment in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. We want to hear what adults with Down’s syndrome think works and what changes they would like to see. This group will meet every…

Please see our did not attend figures for the month of September 2024. Booked Appointments – 5182 Did Not Attend – 172 If you cannot attend your appointment or need to cancel it for any reason, please contact your practice. This would save lots of valuable clinical hours so that we can see as many…

Please see our did not attend figures for the month of August 2024. Booked Appointments – 4593 Did Not Attend – 133 If you cannot attend your appointment or need to cancel it for any reason, please contact your practice. This would save lots of valuable clinical hours so that we can see as many…