North Curry Health Centre

North Curry Health Centre is a friendly, rural, dispensing practice serving just over 4,100 patients. We serve a wide area of approximately 85 Km^2, from Curland to Burrowbridge and Fivehead to Henlade.

Our Practice has excellent facilities in pleasant surroundings and we aim to offer the population we serve a comprehensive medical service with an emphasis on continuity of care.  We hold specialist clinics for patients with long term conditions such as diabetes, asthma and coronary heart disease. We also undertake minor surgery, coil fittings and contraceptive implants. We are approved by Health Education England as a training practice to provide specialist training to doctors.

We will be holding Flu and Covid Vaccination clinics at the Surgery in October and early November.  You will be contacted if you are eligible. 

Please be aware the Covid eligibility criteria has changed this Autumn/Winter and is now in line with the Spring vaccination programme.  

• Adults aged 75 years and over
• Individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosupressed (as detailed in the Green Book)
• residents in a care home for older adults

In line with JCVI advice Frontline health and social care workers and staff working in carehomes for older patients will NOT be eligible for Covid vaccination under the National programme for Autumn 2025.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-the-green-book-chapter-14a

FLU vaccinations

Flu vaccination criteria remains unchanged and is eligible for all patients aged 65 years and older.  

• Pregnant women
• all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31st August 2025
• Children in clinical risk groups  (6 months to 18 years) (as detailed in the Green Book)
• Primary school children (from reception to year 6)
• Adults in clinical risk groups (18 years to under 65)  (as detailed in the Green Book)
• those in long stay residentail care homes
• carers in receipt of carers allowance, or those who are a mian carer of an elderly or disabled person.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/influenza-the-green-book-chapter-19

Bank holidays: Closed

Dispensary is open from 9:00 - 13:00 and 14:00 - 18:30 

Monday: 8:00 - 18:30

Tuesday: 8:00 - 18:30

Wednesday: 8:00 - 18:30

Thursday: 8:00 - 18:30

Friday: 8:00 - 18:30

Saturday & Sunday: Closed

The last thursday of every month we are closed for staff training from 13:00 to 16:30

WE NEED THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF OUR REGISTERED PATIENTS

Would you like to have a say about the services provided by North Curry Health Centre and the local NHS Service?

We are seeking to increase the members of the Patient Reference Group within the registered patient list which we can contact on an ongoing basis. This would enable the Health Centre to survey the views and opinions of its patients and have a collated collective opinion available when representing its Patient List.

By providing your e-mail details we can add them to a contact list that will mean we can contact you via email every now and again to seek your views and opinions.