Autumn Covid Winter Vaccine 2026 Guidelines
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.
Harbury Community Drop In at Harbury Village Hall, Friday 16th October 10am-2:30pm
Our local PCN are hosting a free event on Friday 16th October at Harbury Village Hall, 10am until 2:30pm.
This is open to all patients registered at Harbury, Southam, St Wulfstan, Kineton, and Fenny Compton surgeries!
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:
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.
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!
FOOTPATH CLOSED FROM 26/09/2026
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!
Warwickshire East PCN Smoking Cessation Service
Our local PCN has a smoking cessation service, with dedicated Stop Smoking Adviser, Katie Cherrie
The service offers personalised support, regular follow-up, access to stop smoking aids, nicotine replacement therapy (where appropriate), and vape starter kits for eligible patients, helping you successfully quit smoking.
Patients can be referred by our reception team in the surgery, or you can self-refer using the QR code or online form featured on the poster.
The service appreciates that some patients may find it difficult to attend standard appointment times. Where needed, they can offer flexible appointments and will do their best to accommodate individual patient circumstances.
NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening available to men turning 65
All men are invited for AAA screening during the year they turn 65
The screening appointment is quick, painless and helps identify abdominal aortic aneurysms before they become life-threatening.
Awareness of the screening remains a challenge nationally. Around 84% of men report that they had never heard of AAA screening before receiving their invitation.
If you are over 65 and have missed your original screening appointment, screening may still be available to you
Why awareness matters
An abdominal aortic aneurysm can develop without symptoms and may go undetected until it becomes life-threatening. Screening allows aneurysms to be identified early so that they can be monitored or treated where necessary.
Please return hospital equipment you no longer need!
Got a pair of crutches in the loft because you didn’t know what else to do with them?
You can return equipment you no longer need! This helps our local social care and NHS.
You can contact Medequip to request a collection:
Call 02476 858453 or
Understanding the Military Mindset: Healing and Recovery for Veterans and Families
This course is designed to support veterans as they transition into civilian life, while also welcoming immediate family members and carers who play a vital role in that journey
Course starting date: 22nd September 2026
10:00am - 1:00pm, Online
To register for this course please book online: https://www.recoveryandwellbeing.co.uk/
Or contact: 0300 303 2626 or Recovery.academy@covwarkpt.nhs.uk
Upper Lighthorne's First Flower & Produce Show
Please contact allotments.upperlighthorne@gmail.com for a schedule