Practice News

10th Dec 2025

Pharmacy opening hours for New Year.

The nearest pharmacies open during the bank holidays are:

Seahouses Chemist 10am-1pm New Year

27th Nov 2025

DISPENSARY CLOSING TIME

The dispensary closes at 6pm and you are therefore unable to collect medication after this time.  This is detailed in the Prescriptions/Dispensing part of the website.   

27th Nov 2025

GP RETIREMENT - DR SAUL MILLER

Dr Miller retires from the practice today (31st December).   He would like to thank everyone for their good wishes and kind thoughts.  

The remaining partners at Wooler will be Dr Liz Batley and Dr Vikki Long.   

For continuity of care, patients who currently have Dr Miller as their usual GP will be able to choose one of the other GP's in the practice to take over their care;  Dr Batley, Dr Long, Dr Cockill, Dr Foley or Dr Brien.

It goes without saying that Saul is going to be a huge miss to both the team and his patients and we are pleased that he has agreed to come back as a locum GP when we need extra cover so we don’t lose him altogether.  

We would like to wish him and Emma all the very best of luck for the future and here's to a very long and very happy retirement.   

24th Nov 2025

HEALTH AND WELLBEING CLINIC

Due to unforeseen circumstances, there will be no H&WB clinics in the near future.   The Network are going out to advert in the next couple of weeks but it is unlikely that anyone will be in post and running clinics until February.   We are extremely sorry as we know there are many patients who attended the clinic but it is out of our control.   

7th May 2025

Continuity of Care

Patients with ongoing problems have better outcomes when looked after by the same GP. We therefore encourage patients to stick to being cared for by the same GP where practicable. Our staff will try to help our patients achieve this goal. Sometimes this may mean being asked to wait a day or two to see your regular GP if the problem is not urgent even though there might be sooner appointments with other GPs.

27th Jan 2023

SURGERY CLOSED LAST THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH

We will be closed on the last Thursday of each month between 1pm and 4pm for staff meetings and training.  You will not be able to collect medication during this time

If you need non urgent medical advice please call 111.  In an emergency dial 999.

If you need to speak to a doctor urgently which can't wait until we resume surgery at 4pm, a mobile number will be available on our answering machine.

 

 

Page last reviewed: 31 December 2025
Page created: 03 January 2023