The Burnham Surgery

Patients can now get treatment for seven common conditions directly from their local pharmacy, without the need for a GP appointment or prescription.

Sore throat, Earache, Sinusitis, Infected Insect Bite, Shingles, Uncomplicated Urine infection in women, Impetigo - there are age and other stipulations to be considered prior to using the pharmacy.

Pharmacy First - getting the most from your pharmacist (patient.info)

Local Pharmacies as well as larger providers support this service 

We have sent text messages, emails invites to our patients - if you have or have not heard pop to surgery to book an appointment

When you get your letter from the government

You can contact the surgery to book an appointment, where possible this could be done using Anima or pop into the surgery, calling on the phone line will delay patients getting a doctors appointment. 

For the first time since December 2020, when Covid vaccines were first introduced, people under 75 and those with most clinical risk factors, such as diabetes or heart disease, will no longer be eligible for an NHS Covid booster vaccination. In addition, frontline health and social care workers are no longer eligible for a booster dose. This is in accordance with the latest JCVI guidance, which can be found in Chapter 14a of the Green Book.

New Eligibility Criteria for Covid Seasonal Vaccine:

• Residents in a care home for older adults (all residents regardless of age)
• All adults aged 75 years and over (including those due to turn 75 years of age on or before 31 January 2026)
• Persons aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed, as defined in the specific ‘Immunosuppression’ subsection of tables 3 and 4 only of the COVID-19 chapter of the Green Book.

COVID-19 vaccine - NHS

Flu vaccination eligible cohorts from 1 September 2025:

• pregnant women
• all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2025
• primary school aged children (from Reception to Year 6)
• secondary school aged children (from Year 7 to Year 11)
• all children in clinical risk groups aged from 6 months to less than 18 years

Flu vaccination eligible cohorts from 1 October 2025:

• those aged 65 years and over
• those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups
• those in long-stay residential care homes
• carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person
• close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
• frontline health and social care workers

Surgery will be vaccinating with a Nasal Spray children aged 2-3 years

See below for more information on Seasonal Influennza

Flu vaccine - NHS

Staff can only make an appointment if your medical screen has identifed you as needing the vaccine(s). If your screen dose not state this they will need to gain advice from the clinical team - please explain to them why you feel you require the vaccines and reception will send a message to a team member who will contact you at on a later day.

We will not be providing Saturday Clinics.

Home schooled children are vaccinated by the Children's Immunisation Team please call

0300 55 55 055  option 6 then option 1 and they will arrange a clinic near