We are pleased to have a MIND Enhanced Recovery Worker based at Birchwood Medical Practice. They are based at the Surgery on Mondays and Wednesdays and can be pre-booked with reception. MIND, the Mental Health Charity, have Enhanced Recovery Workers that can assist patients with low level anxiety or depression, bereavement, social isolation, loneliness, gender … Continued

Although everyone at Birchwood is very sorry that Dr Ashworth is leaving the practice, we are delighted to announce that Dr Alice Rudge and Dr Divya Jacob will soon be joining us. At a time when it is not easy to recruit GP’s, we are thrilled that both Alice and Divya will be coming to … Continued

A message from Dr Ashworth: “Dear Patients, I would like to inform you all that I will be leaving the Birchwood team at the end of October. I have been a Partner at the practice for over 6 years, and it has been a privilege to look after our wonderful community in North Walsham. It … Continued

All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g., average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice. The average pay for GPs working in Birchwood Medical Practice in the last financial year was £85,985 before tax and National Insurance. This is for 5 full-time GPs and 1 … Continued

Dr John Luck will be retiring at the end of August this year after more than 20 years caring for patients at Birchwood. John has seen many changes over his time with us and is leaving with many happy memories. He considers it a great honour to have been involved in the care of so … Continued

All GP Practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average pay) for GPs working to deliver GP services to patients at each practice. The average pay for GPs working at Birchwood Medical Practice in the last financial year was £92,896 before tax and National Insurance. This is for 5 full time GPs, 1 … Continued

Local GP practices and NHS vaccination clinics are awaiting further clinical and operational guidance from NHS England BEFORE we can implement the changes to eligibility for booster vaccinations following recent national announcements.  Please note: Until we have the new clinical guidance in place we can only currently provide booster vaccinations to those who had their … Continued

Here are our final Movember offerings for 2021! Well done to Dr Davidson, Dr Pinch, Wayne our Practice Manager, Tony our Business Manager and Max our administrator. They have all been fantastic sports and helped to raise money for a great cause. You can still donate by following the link belowhttp://uk.movember.com/donate/details?teamId=2403694Your donation funds medical research, … Continued

Please do not contact the surgery to request a Covid booster vaccination. We will contact patients to invite them to a clinic at Rossi’s Leisure Centre when they become eligible.

The surgery will close on the first Tuesday of each month between 12:00 and 14:00 for staff training. We apologise for any inconvenience at this time.

From 17th May 2021, people in England who have been fully vaccination against COVID-19 can demonstrate their vaccination status for international travel. A full course is currently two doses of any approved vaccine. Vaccine status will be available from: The NHS App, which you can download from app stores The NHS website (from 17th May … Continued

Please find the link below for Norfolk and Waveney Pharmacy opening times over Easter 2021

As with all health care providers General practice started its biggest journey of change that I have encountered in my career  For what was required of us all to change our normal way of working pre-covid times would have incurred meetings and training to learn new consultation skills and  technology education to support the delivery of … Continued

We are pleased to announce that we now have an experienced physiotherapist – Angela Waite – working at Birchwood on two days each week. Angela will be dealing with all new physiotherapy patient enquiries, so initial consultations are likely to take place with her rather than a GP.

All GP Practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average pay) for GPs working to deliver GP services to patients at each practice. The average pay for GPs working at Birchwood Medical Practice in the last financial year was £81,529 before tax and National Insurance. This is for 4 full time GPs, 3 … Continued