Month: March 2026

We cannot offer a ring pessary or contraceptive implant service at the practice presently. Please contact the Solway Clinic, using this link to book appointments.  

Our Patient Participation Group have been hard at work organising a community health and well-being event.   Everyone is welcome at Kirkbampton Village Hall on Saturday 18h April 2026 between 10am and 3pm.   There will be exhibitions and presentations by local health and well-being service providers.   Practice staff will be available and it’s…

Thanks to some generous donations by the families and friends of former patients, we will soon have a self-check in screen, so that patients with an appointment do not have to queue at reception to let us know when they have arrived! Patients will be offered two simple methods of confirming they have arrived for…

Thanks to some generous donations by the families and friends of former patients, we have been able to purchase an additional medication storage fridge. This makes it much easier to retrieve chilled medication when patients come to collect their items, and has freed up space in our dispensary fridge. We are very grateful for the…

Just a reminder about our appointment system. We are lucky to be able to offer emergency GP appointments when a patient needs urgent medical attention on the day. If you need to be seen urgently, (an “on the day” appointment), you will be given an appointment with the duty doctor and booked into the soonest…

Please note that between 1300 and 1400 each day, practice staff are engaged in team meetings and administrative work, as well as preparing for afternoon clinics. These are vital tasks to ensure high quality patient care. For this reason, we politely request that patients do not contact the practice between these times for routine non-urgent…

All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice. The average pay for GPs working in Kirkbride Surgery in the last financial year was £48,704 before tax and National Insurance. This is for 5 part time GPs who worked…

Please note that between 1300 and 1400 each day, practice staff are engaged in team meetings and administrative work, as well as preparing for afternoon clinics. These are vital tasks to ensure high quality patient care. For this reason, we politely request that patients do not contact the practice between these times for routine non-urgent…