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We are getting closer and closer to that time of year when the leafs start to fall, birds emigrate, Santa's grotto appears in the shops and of course our flu jabs arrive. This year we have flu jab clinics on three Saturdays in October - the 8th, 15th and 22nd. We have nearly filled all our appointment slots on Saturday the 8th but still have plenty of availability on the 15th and 22nd. We recommend a flu jab to everyone over 65 years of age and those people with conditions that flu would make more dangerous for example people with diabetes, asthma or other long term conditions. To book an appointment dial 0844 815 1340 option 1 or click here to make an appointment view our online booking system. You know it makes sense!

We are very pleased to welcome Dr Harding back from maternity leave. Today was her first day and despite not being able to get her SmartCard to work first thing got on very well. Dr Harding will be working 3 full days a week. As with most doctors starting or returning from a break; the computer system can be problematic but patients are easy!

This is Dr Firths last week at the practice. He was a trainee at the practice and then joined the practice as a salaried doctor in 2005. He is moving to become a partner in a practice at Thorne, near Doncaster. Dr Firth lives in North Lincolnshire and currently he commutes 80 miles a day but his new practice is only 13 miles away. Dr Firth will be missed by all the doctors and staff at the surgery - he gets on with seeing patients with no fuss or bother and the staff love it when he is the on-call doctor because he just knuckles down and gets on with things. At the weekend we went Go-Karting and then out for a meal for a 'leaving do' for Dr Firth. Dr Firth was the fastest from the surgery - in 30 minutes he did 54 laps with his best lap being 41.30 seconds, Dr Walsh was second fastest doing 51 laps with a best lap of 43.04 seconds. I was nearly last doing 27 laps with a best lap of 53 seconds. But I do claim that I had the slowest Kart and retired before the end feeling awfully