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Please note the below event has been cancelled. This is due to be held in the Autumn.   Bromsgrove & District Primary Care Network  PPG are holding a Prostate Cancer … [continue] CANCELLED – Prostate Cancer Awareness Talk (16 June 2025)

From April 2025, St Johns Surgery will plan your annual reviews and/or blood test monitoring to coincide with your BIRTHDAY month. This new system is designed to be simpler for … [continue] Annual Medical Reviews are moving to Birth Month from April 2025

Download Smear Saturdays                                                

Your Health Bus is coming… October and November locations, dates and times.

St Johns Surgery provide blood tests and ECGs for patients if requested by a practice GP. For capacity reasons, St Johns Surgery are unable to undertake blood tests or ECGs … [continue] Blood Tests and ECGs

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 … [continue] GP Earnings

NHS England has put in place the ‘Informed Choice Programme’ for PSA testing in the absence of a national prostate cancer screening programme. St Johns Surgery is engaging with this … [continue] Informed Choice Programme for PSA Testing

This time of year can be tricky for families with a child or young person with additional needs. Christmas brings heightened excitement, changes to routine and the possibility of sensory … [continue] Coping with Christmas for child or young person with additional needs

The cost of heating our homes is going to soar this winter so new ‘warm hubs’ are springing up where people can go and get cosy – here are the … [continue] All the ‘warm hubs’ you can go to in Bromsgrove this winter

Today marks the launch of our new surgery website! It has been designed to be user friendly for all our patients and is mobile friendly so you can use it … [continue] New St Johns Surgery website is LIVE

Preventing heart disease in children and young adults Child-Parent Screening for Inherited High Cholesterol We are taking part in a pilot screening project looking for cases of Familial hypercholesterolaemia (inherited … [continue] Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Pilot

HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) causes nearly all cervical cancers. It’s a virus that is generally sexually transmitted and there are many different types of HPV. There are low risk and high … [continue] HPV and Cervical Screening

This year, Mental Health Awareness Week will run from 9th to 15th May. This annual event, which focuses on improving good mental health across the nation, is hosted by the Mental … [continue] Mental Health Awareness Week – 9th to 15th May 2022

Inhalers make a large contribution to the NHS’s carbon footprint. Dry powder inhalers contribute less to global warming than the MDI propellant inhalers and so we will discuss changing where … [continue] Inhalers

Annual update on St Johns Surgery – “GP Average Earnings” on page here

Android and Apple app to help guide parents and carers on common childhood conditions (up to age 11) See here

See here for update to the turnaround time and process for collecting prescriptions