News
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ADHD Referrals, right to choose and private providers
Published: 12 June 2025
ADHD Medication & Right to Choose: Important Information from Highfield Surgery We're receiving an increasing number of queries regarding ADHD medication and the NHS...
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GP practices improve access by embracing technology and increasing appointments
Published: 9 June 2025
Around 3 in 4 patients find it easy to contact a GP, up more than 10% since last summer as the NHS drives to improve...
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Newsletter – May 2025
Published: 23 May 2025
Proposed changes to our appointment system for GP appointment requests As we begin to collate feedback on the proposed changes, we will update the following...
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Proposed changes to our appointment system – Feedback responses
Published: 29 April 2025
As we begin to collate feedback on the proposed changes, we will update this page frequently with any answers to questions or concerns that our...
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Practice newsletter – April 2025
Published: 16 April 2025
New appointment system from 1st of July 2025 Please see our post about our new appointment system from 1st of July Changes to appointment system Blood...
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Proposed changes to our appointment system 1st July 2025
Published: 15 April 2025
🧑⚕️Important proposed changes to our appointment system🧑⚕️ From 1st July 2025, Highfield Surgery are proposing to move to a Total Triage Model for all GP...
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Frontline NHS staff facing rise in physical violence
Published: 28 March 2025
1 in 7 NHS staff (14.38%) experienced physical violence from patients, their relatives or other members of the public in 2024, according to the latest...
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NHS still under strain despite fall in winter virus cases
Published: 28 March 2025
The worst of the winter pressures are over for the NHS according to England’s top doctor, after norovirus cases in hospitals dropped for the 4th...
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Practice newsletter – March 2025
Published: 27 February 2025
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, 1st–31st March Feeling bloated? Need to wee more? Feeling full? Unexplained tummy pain? Raising awareness of ovarian cancer is vital in...
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Waiting list falls as NHS staff treated record numbers last year
Published: 17 February 2025
NHS staff delivered a record 18 million treatments in 2024, as the waiting list fell in December for the fourth month in a row. The...
