Category: Forest

The following dates have been released by SNEE ICB for necessary GP Training and Education in 2025, the practice will close at 12:30pm on these dates Thursday 22nd May 2025 Tuesday 15th July 2025 Thursday 25th September 2025 Tuesday 25th November 2025 On these dates emergency cover is provided by NHS 111 Additionally we will… Continue reading Updated for 2025 – Practice Closure for Training and Education.

If you’re an Armed Forces Veteran please let us know, you can do this via livechat, submit a administrative eConsult or pop in to see us, we can add this to your medical record so you can access veteran specific health services for health conditions relating to your service.

Please treat our staff and patients with the same respect you would expect to receive. Physical violence, racial, sexual and verbal abuse of our staff will not be tolerated and may lead to prosecution.

If you have a general enquiry you would like answered you can use the “Chat live with us” function found at the bottom right of our website. Please note, this is not for medical advice and is not manned by clinical staff.

To get surgery updates as they happen please follow us on Facebook. Please be aware of our “House Rules” which can be found below. Just click – “Swan & Forest Surgery” to go to our Facebook page or alternatively please click the Facebook icon below.

The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is an NHS service. It gives you the chance to change how your GP sends your prescription to the place you choose to get your medicines or appliances from. What does this mean for you?  If you collect your repeat prescriptions from your GP you will not have to visit… Continue reading The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS)

From 25th May 2018 a new data privacy law will be introduced in the UK. As a result, we’ve produced some new privacy notices which detail how the NHS uses and protects your information. The practice handles medical records according to the laws on data protection and confidentiality.  We share medical records with health professionals… Continue reading Data-Sharing and General Data Protection Regulations

We may use your contact mobile number to contact you via text message service for appointment reminders and cancellations, health campaigns, surveys and surgery updates. If you do not wish to receive these messages please inform a member of reception and we shall opt you out of this service.