We are recruiting two administration assistants!

Due to our ongoing expansion, we are recruiting two new administration assistants to come and join our incredible team

Applications close 30th October 2026

Find out more information & apply here

Patient Education Event discussing Symptoms of BPH (Enlarged Prostate)

Mr Kaba will be hosting a patient education event on BPH (enlarged prostate) at The Warwickshire Golf & Country Club on Wednesday 4th November

Aimed specifically at patients and members of the public, the event will discuss the symptoms of BPH and the treatment options available in an informative and accessible way. This is a patient education event and not a clinical talk for healthcare professionals. 

Attendance is free, with a complimentary buffet for all attendees.

World Menopause Day 2026

World Menopause Day 2026; Chronic Pain at Midlife

18 October marks World Menopause Day, organised by the International Menopause Society. 

This year’s theme is Chronic Pain at Midlife.

Chronic pain — pain lasting or recurring for more than three months — is common during and after the menopause transition. It is often underestimated and has sometimes been dismissed. This year’s campaign focuses on better recognition and evidence-based care.

Key facts

•  Women are up to 70% more likely than men to experience chronic pain

•  Almost 3 in 4 women experience joint or muscle pain during perimenopause

•  Migraine is a leading cause of disability in women aged 15–49

•  Fibromyalgia is around three times more common in women than in men

Pain at midlife is real and has physical causes, even when tests appear normal. It can involve more than one type of pain at the same time.

“Women’s pain has too often been dismissed through gendered stereotypes, and labelled ‘emotional’ rather than properly investigated and treated. Chronic pain at midlife should be recognized as a key component of menopause care.”

— Professor Rossella Nappi, IMS President

What can help:

Many women find improvement with a combination of approaches:

•  Regular movement, especially strength-based exercise

•  Better sleep and stress management

•  Physiotherapy

•  Talking therapies (such as CBT)

•  Appropriate medication

•  For some, carefully considered menopausal hormone therapy

Lifestyle changes often work gradually. Discussing a personalised plan with a healthcare professional is recommended rather than accepting ongoing pain as inevitable.

How St Wulfstan Surgery can support you:

If joint pain, muscle aches, migraine, pelvic pain, or other chronic discomfort is affecting your sleep, work, exercise, or daily life, please contact the surgery to arrange an appointment.

Bringing notes about your symptoms and any questions you have can help make the consultation more useful. We are here to listen and support appropriate next steps.

Useful resources

•  Campaign website: www.worldmenopauseday.com [worldmenopauseday.com]

•  IMS World Menopause Day 2026 page: imsociety.org/education/world-menopause-day-2026 [imsociety.org]

•  Factsheet (PDF): WMD26-Factsheet.pdf [imsociety.org]

#WorldMenopauseDay #WorldMenopauseDay2026 #ChronicPainAtMidlife

St Wulfstan Celebrates National Workplace Recognition

We are delighted to share that St Wulfstan Surgery is Great Place To Work® Certified, the first NHS GP surgery to receive this certification.

We have also been ranked 41st nationally in the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women™ and recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in Healthcare™ 2026.

These achievements celebrate the people behind your care: our incredible team, whose kindness, dedication and support for one another make St Wulfstan such a special place to work.

Recognition shaped by staff feedback

Great Place To Work’s recognition draws on confidential employee feedback about their experience at work. The healthcare assessment considers areas including wellbeing, work-life balance, job satisfaction and whether colleagues feel supported and able to speak openly.

That makes this recognition particularly meaningful to us. It reflects the experiences of the people who welcome our patients, answer calls, organise care and support our community every day.

Why this matters to our patients

We believe that caring for our patients begins with caring for our team. Creating a workplace where colleagues feel valued, respected and supported helps us work together towards our shared purpose: delivering thoughtful, compassionate care.

We are especially proud to be recognised among the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women™. We want St Wulfstan to be a place where everyone has the opportunity to contribute, develop and thrive.

Thank you to our team and our patients

To every member of our team: thank you. These achievements belong to you and recognise the care you show both to our patients and to each other.

And to our patients: thank you for the trust, kindness and mutual respect you bring to the practice. You are an important part of the community we are proud to serve.

We will continue listening, learning and building on what makes St Wulfstan a great place to work.

View our Great Place To Work profile.

STOPTOBER 2026

Stoptober 2026: make this your month to quit

Planning on quitting smoking? Stoptober is the perfect time to make a change. This October, thousands of people in the UK will stop smoking. Why not join them?

Your goal is to reach 28 days smoke free. If you can do that, you’re 5 times more likely to quit for good.

There are a few options for you to get help to stop smoking, you can sign up to the NHS Better Health Quit Smoking service here: Quit smoking - Better Health - NHS

Alternatively, our local PCN are also running a Quit Smoking service, more details on this below:

You can self-refer to this service:

here

The Happiness Habits course - starting Monday 12th October

A course being run by one of our own patients following their enrollment to the Recovery and Wellbeing Academy earlier this year.

find out more & sign up here

Mina wins 'GP or PCN Pharmacist of the Year' Award!

We are delighted to share that our clinical pharmacist, Mina has won the ‘GP or PCN Pharmacist of the Year’ Award!

This is a fantastic achievement and a wonderful recognition of the hard work, dedication and contribution Mina makes to the practice and to our patients.

The award was given by none other than Anton Du Beke! Congratulations Mina, this is a great accomplishment!

We are hiring - operations assistant!

apply here

St Wulfstan Surgery - Nationally Leading Patient Satisfaction Scores in 2026

The National GP Patient Survey 2026 results have been released.

We are extremely proud to announce that 91% of respondents rated their overall experience as "Very Good". This is the highest proportion of ‘very good’ responses achieved by any GP practice in England serving more than 10,000 patients.

Other results in that survey include:
🩺 100% felt their needs were met during their last general practice appointment.
🤝 100% had confidence and trust in the healthcare professional they saw or spoke to.
👂 99% said their healthcare professional was good at listening to them.
⏱️ 96% felt they waited about the right amount of time for their appointment, compared with 69% nationally.
🤝 96% described their experience of contacting the practice as good, compared with 73% nationally.
☎️ 94% found it easy to get through by phone, compared with 57% nationally.
🙌 99% found our reception and administrative teams helpful.
😀 86% said they usually get to see or speak to their preferred healthcare professional, compared with 42% nationally.

We wish to thank all of our patients who responded to the survey, and hats off to our incredible staff who show dedication, compassion and care in everything that they do.

And thanks to all of our patients. Outstanding results like this are only possible through the fantastic relationship that exists between the practice, patients and staff, all working together with mutual respect to make this fabulous service possible.

It remains a pleasure and honour to serve you all!