Important Surgery Information

🛑 IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ 🛑

🛑 IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ 🛑

We kindly ask that you wear a mask if you have a cough, cold, flu symptoms, or any respiratory illness.

We are seeing a significant rise in respiratory illnesses this winter. To help protect our staff and other patients — and to ensure our healthcare professionals remain available for appointments — please:

😷 Wear a mask when entering the surgery if you have any respiratory symptoms.

Masks are available at reception if you do not have one.

Thank you for helping us keep everyone safe this winter.

Important Update to Prescription Collection Process – Effective 1st June 2026

Important Update to Prescription Collection Process – Effective 1st June 2026

We apologise, but due to changes in the way the Practice is funded, with effect from 1st June 2026, we will no longer be sending text message notifications to confirm when prescriptions are ready for collection.

Please use the guidance below to help you determine when your medication will be available. Prescription requests take 72 hours (3 working days) from the time of ordering to be processed.

Over a Bank Holiday period, please allow an extra day for your prescription to be processed.


Collection from Humshaugh Surgery
Order on Monday before 12pm → Collect on Thursday
Order on Tuesday before 12pm → Collect on Friday
Order on Wednesday before 12pm → Collect on Monday
Order on Thursday before 12pm → Collect on Tuesday
Order on Friday before 12pm → Collect on Wednesday

Orders placed after 12pm will be processed on the next working day, with collection available 72 hours later.

Collection from Wark Surgery

(Our delivery days to the Wark Surgery are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)

Order on Monday before 12pm → Collect Friday after 10am
Order on Tuesday before 12pm → Collect Friday after 10am
Order on Wednesday before 12pm → Collect Monday after 10am
Order on Thursday before 12pm → Collect Wednesday after 10am
Order on Friday before 12pm → Collect Wednesday after 10am

Orders placed after 12pm will be processed on the next working day, with collection available 72 hours later.


Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Obesity Injections, Tirzepatide (Mounjaro)

Obesity Injections, Tirzepatide (Mounjaro)

 

A pathway is being developed in our ICB area (North East and North Cumbria) for the delivery of weight loss injections. We currently do not have a contract for delivering this at Humshaugh & Wark Medical Group. As soon as we are in a position to offer the treatment we will update this notice.

To be eligible for the NHS injection a patient must have a BMI ≥40 and 4 out of the following 5 conditions.:

  • Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease – IHD, CVA/TIA, PAD, HF
  • Hypertension – On treatment
  • High Cholesterol – On Lipid Lowering Therapy (or LDL >=4.1 or HDL <1.0 for men or HDL <1.3 women or fasting triglycerides >=1.7)
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) – Meets criteria for CPAP or equivalent
  • Diabetes Type 2

Phased Primary Care Cohorts (2025–2028)

The programme will develop over the coming years as follows:

  • Cohort I (2025-26 ):  4 or more of the comorbidities listed above and BMI ≥40
  • Cohort II (2026-27):  4 or more comorbidities listed above and BMI 35-39.9
  • Cohort III (2026-2028):  3 or more comorbidities listed above and BMI ≥40


Page created: 15 September 2026