{"id":5322,"date":"2025-11-28T09:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/?p=5322"},"modified":"2025-10-30T18:06:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:06:25","slug":"willingham-medical-practice-december-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/willingham-medical-practice-december-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Willingham Medical Practice \u2013 December 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5322\" class=\"elementor elementor-5322\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a0796fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"a0796fe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-224ab12\" data-id=\"224ab12\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac5ecc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac5ecc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Christmas 2025 \u2013 Surgery Opening Hours<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e12f3d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"e12f3d6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7d0933\" data-id=\"d7d0933\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c7eaf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c7eaf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Please note that we will be <strong>CLOSED<\/strong> at the weekends in addition to the bank holidays on <strong>Thursday 25<sup>th<\/sup> December<\/strong>, <strong>Friday 26<sup>th<\/sup> December<\/strong> and <strong>Thursday 1st January<\/strong>. Normal opening hours on all other days during the holiday period.<\/p><p>Please plan ahead and make sure you have enough medication. The last date for ordering repeat prescriptions in time for the Christmas holidays is <strong>Thursday 18<sup>th<\/sup> December<\/strong>. The last date for collection before Christmas is <strong>Wednesday 24th December<\/strong> by 4pm at Longstanton Surgery and 6pm at Willingham.<\/p><p>The last date for ordering repeat medication before New Year will be <strong>Wednesday 24<sup>th<\/sup> December<\/strong>. The last date for collection before the New Year is <strong>Wednesday 31<sup>st<\/sup> December<\/strong> by 4pm at Longstanton Surgery and 6pm at Willingham.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cee5598 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"cee5598\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f37e372\" data-id=\"f37e372\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1749c1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1749c1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Important Patient Update<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-abb1b38 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"abb1b38\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c74de9a\" data-id=\"c74de9a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bab096b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bab096b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">As from 1st October 2025, all GP practices in the UK must follow new requirements set out in the GP contract. We are required to make changes to the way our booking system currently operates. This means there are changes to how you will access appointments at the Willingham Medical Practice and the Longstanton Branch Surgery. Please visit our website for further information: <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.willinghammedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.willinghammedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><style>@font-face<br \/>\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";<br \/>\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;<br \/>\tmso-font-charset:0;<br \/>\tmso-generic-font-family:roman;<br \/>\tmso-font-pitch:variable;<br \/>\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face<br \/>\t{font-family:\"Arial Narrow\";<br \/>\tpanose-1:2 11 6 6 2 2 2 3 2 4;<br \/>\tmso-font-charset:0;<br \/>\tmso-generic-font-family:swiss;<br \/>\tmso-font-pitch:variable;<br \/>\tmso-font-signature:647 2048 0 0 159 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal<br \/>\t{mso-style-unhide:no;<br \/>\tmso-style-qformat:yes;<br \/>\tmso-style-parent:\"\";<br \/>\tmargin:0cm;<br \/>\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br \/>\tfont-size:12.0pt;<br \/>\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;<br \/>\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New 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elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5ac347 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5ac347\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Willingham-Dec-.png?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5324 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Willingham-Dec--300x152.png?resize=300%2C152&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9af9052 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"9af9052\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10c3e18\" data-id=\"10c3e18\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-086eb1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"086eb1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">New Surgery Opening Times<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cd6e64 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"2cd6e64\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf6c41d\" data-id=\"bf6c41d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba0b82d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba0b82d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"356\"><p><strong>Willingham Medical Practice<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"356\"><p><strong>Longstanton Branch Surgery<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"178\"><p>Monday<\/p><\/td><td width=\"178\"><p>8am \u2013 6.30pm<\/p><\/td><td width=\"178\"><p>Monday<\/p><\/td><td width=\"178\"><p>8am \u2013 6pm<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"178\"><p>Tuesday<\/p><\/td><td width=\"178\"><p>8am \u2013 6.30pm<\/p><\/td><td width=\"178\"><p>Tuesday<\/p><\/td><td width=\"178\"><p>8am \u2013 1pm<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"178\"><p>Wednesday<\/p><\/td><td width=\"178\"><p>8am \u2013 6.30pm<\/p><\/td><td width=\"178\"><p>Wednesday<\/p><\/td><td width=\"178\"><p>8am \u2013 1pm<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"178\"><p>Thursday<\/p><\/td><td width=\"178\"><p>8am \u2013 6.30pm<\/p><\/td><td width=\"178\"><p>Thursday<\/p><\/td><td width=\"178\"><p>8am \u2013 1pm<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"178\"><p>Friday<\/p><\/td><td width=\"178\"><p>8am \u2013 6.30pm<\/p><\/td><td width=\"178\"><p>Friday<\/p><\/td><td width=\"178\"><p>8am \u2013 1pm<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc6d9ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"bc6d9ce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53228ca\" data-id=\"53228ca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aaa985 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7aaa985\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Zero Tolerance<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7377f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7377f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sadly, we have noticed an increase in rude and abusive behaviour from our patients and, in some instances, this has been directly targeted towards individual members of our staff. We all aim to be polite, helpful and sensitive to our patients\u2019 individual needs and circumstances and we respectfully remind patients that very often our staff are working under immense pressure.<\/p><p>The Practice takes it very seriously if any member of staff is treated in an abusive or violent way. Aggressive behaviour will not be tolerated and may result in you being removed from the Practice list and, in extreme cases, the police being contacted.<\/p><p>We ask you to treat your GPs and our staff courteously at all times.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-634b457 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"634b457\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a23663\" data-id=\"1a23663\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd9623c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bd9623c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vaccinations<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f95c9c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"f95c9c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-218f5c8\" data-id=\"218f5c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-180dfad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"180dfad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>The <strong>Pneumococcal Vaccine<\/strong> is available year-round for everyone who is aged 65 years and over.<\/li><li>The <strong>RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) Vaccine<\/strong> is available year-round for everyone who is aged between 75 and 79 years of age and for all pregnant women who are over 28 weeks.<\/li><li>The <strong>Shingles Vaccine <\/strong>is available year-round for everyone who is aged between 70 and 79 years of age and has never received a shingles vaccine, for individuals who reach the age of 65 or 70 years of age during the period 01\/09\/23 and 31\/08\/2028 (these individuals should be vaccinated on or after (but not before) their 65th or 70th birthday), individuals who are aged 50 years and above and meet the definition of severe immunosuppression and for those who are aged between 18 and 49 years and receiving a stem cell transplant. <em>Please note, when booking your second (booster) shingles vaccination, that this cannot be administered any sooner (even by one day) than six calendar months after the first vaccination was given.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce457e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"ce457e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f4d76b\" data-id=\"0f4d76b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1dba1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1dba1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>All staff at the Willingham and Longstanton Surgeries wish our patients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy &amp; Healthy 2026<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5adae9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5adae9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>WILLINGHAM &amp; LONGSTANTON SURGERIES<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Willingham 01954 260230\u00a0 Longstanton 01954 207600\u00a0 Dispensary 01954 207602<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willinghammedicalpractice.nhs.net\">www.willinghammedicalpractice.nhs.net<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Community (District) Nurses: 0330 726 0077\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Health Visitors:\u00a0 0300 029 5050<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><em>A&amp;E\u00a0 is not an alternative to a GP appointment<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>When the surgery is closed please call 111 for medical assistance, or 999 for a life threatening emergency<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>For urgent mental health support, please call 111 and select option 2<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas 2025 \u2013 Surgery Opening Hours Please note that we will be CLOSED at the weekends in addition to the bank holidays on Thursday 25th December, Friday 26th December and Thursday 1st January. Normal opening hours on all other days during the holiday period. Please plan ahead and make sure you have enough medication. The last date for ordering repeat prescriptions in time for the Christmas holidays is Thursday 18th December. The last date for collection before Christmas is Wednesday 24th December by 4pm at Longstanton Surgery and 6pm at Willingham. The last date for ordering repeat medication before New Year will be Wednesday 24th December. The last date for collection before the New Year is Wednesday 31st December by 4pm at Longstanton Surgery and 6pm at Willingham. Important Patient Update As from 1st October 2025, all GP practices in the UK must follow new requirements set out in the GP contract. We are required to make changes to the way our booking system currently operates. This means there are changes to how you will access appointments at the Willingham Medical Practice and the Longstanton Branch Surgery. Please visit our website for further information: https:\/\/www.willinghammedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/ New Surgery Opening Times Willingham Medical Practice Longstanton Branch Surgery Monday 8am \u2013 6.30pm Monday 8am \u2013 6pm Tuesday 8am \u2013 6.30pm Tuesday 8am \u2013 1pm Wednesday 8am \u2013 6.30pm Wednesday 8am \u2013 1pm Thursday 8am \u2013 6.30pm Thursday 8am \u2013 1pm Friday 8am \u2013 6.30pm Friday 8am \u2013 1pm Zero Tolerance Sadly, we have noticed an increase in rude and abusive behaviour from our patients and, in some instances, this has been directly targeted towards individual members of our staff. We all aim to be polite, helpful and sensitive to our patients\u2019 individual needs and circumstances and we respectfully remind patients that very often our staff are working under immense pressure. The Practice takes it very seriously if any member of staff is treated in an abusive or violent way. Aggressive behaviour will not be tolerated and may result in you being removed from the Practice list and, in extreme cases, the police being contacted. We ask you to treat your GPs and our staff courteously at all times. Vaccinations The Pneumococcal Vaccine is available year-round for everyone who is aged 65 years and over. The RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) Vaccine is available year-round for everyone who is aged between 75 and 79 years of age and for all pregnant women who are over 28 weeks. The Shingles Vaccine is available year-round for everyone who is aged between 70 and 79 years of age and has never received a shingles vaccine, for individuals who reach the age of 65 or 70 years of age during the period 01\/09\/23 and 31\/08\/2028 (these individuals should be vaccinated on or after (but not before) their 65th or 70th birthday), individuals who are aged 50 years and above and meet the definition of severe immunosuppression and for those who are aged between 18 and 49 years and receiving a stem cell transplant. Please note, when booking your second (booster) shingles vaccination, that this cannot be administered any sooner (even by one day) than six calendar months after the first vaccination was given. All staff at the Willingham and Longstanton Surgeries wish our patients A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy &amp; Healthy 2026 WILLINGHAM &amp; LONGSTANTON SURGERIES Willingham 01954 260230\u00a0 Longstanton 01954 207600\u00a0 Dispensary 01954 207602 Website: www.willinghammedicalpractice.nhs.net Community (District) Nurses: 0330 726 0077\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Health Visitors:\u00a0 0300 029 5050 A&amp;E\u00a0 is not an alternative to a GP appointment When the surgery is closed please call 111 for medical assistance, or 999 for a life threatening emergency For urgent mental health support, please call 111 and select option 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9Tb23-1nQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5322"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5331,"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5322\/revisions\/5331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.overvillage.co.uk\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}