Month: December 2025

We offer home visits to patients who are housebound or who are acutely unwell, preventing them from being able to come into the practice. We cover a wide area and we have a system for assessing when a home visit is appropriate. It is always safer for a patient to come to the practice where…

For some years we have been are pleased to offer the provision of blister packs for the convenience and safety of patients who find it difficult to manage their own medication. This is intended as a service for our most vulnerable patients. This service has expanded and we are now providing weekly blister packs of…

For some years we  have been are pleased to offer a complementary prescription delivery service for the convenience of patients who would find it difficult to access the practice to collect their own medication. Originally this was intended as a service only for our housebound and isolated, vulnerable patients. This services was expanded since the…

We will be closed on Christmas day and Boxing Day and on New Year Day. Our medication deliveries to our dispensary from suppliers will also be affected by holidays. Please take this into account when ordering your prescriptions and allow a few extra days when placing your order.   Thank you

Patient Feedback In November, 85 patients were randomly surveyed following their appointments. There were 50 responses. Our score of 95th percentile means that The Croft Surgery practice scored above 95% of all practices! Thank you again to our patients who gave helpful comments that we can use to improve our services.

The North Cumbria NHS Work Well Service, part of the NENC ICB Health and Growth Programme, is a new initiative delivered by Cumbria Health in partnership with local support organisations. The service is designed to help people who are finding it difficult to remain in work, or who are off sick due to a physical…

Dr Hewson will be leaving the practice at the end of the year and we will all miss working with her. We are sure that our patients will join the staff in wishing her well in her new position and I’m sure we’ll be in touch with her regularly. We now welcome Dr Jane Baxter…

“To the patients and staff of The Croft Surgery, I wish to thank you all for your support during my time as a GP at Kirkbride. It has been a privilege and pleasure to work in the area in which my Grandma was born and brought up. To allow more time to support my family,…