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Do you have a lung condition? Do you have to stop for breath? Does this prevent you from doing your normal activities? Speak to your Health Care Professional to find … [continue] Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Need help downloading the NHS App or just general advice on how to use the App? Call in to one of our support sessions, delivered by our Digital Champion Volunteers … [continue] NHS App Support

Practice Training Dates 2025-2026 The Practice will be closed from 12 noon on the following dates. If you need to see a GP urgently please call 111 who will triage your … [continue] Practice Training Dates 2025-2026

Please note that our prescription line option 4 has now new opening hours – This line is now open Monday – Friday 10am-12 noon    

Please see our latest Patient Newsletter   Homestead Newsletter October 2024

Please see our latest Summer Newsletter  

Homestead PPG Brew, Briefings & Cakes Monday 10th June 2024 1pm-3pm   On the same day as the NHS App Help and Support session at the surgery, the PPG have … [continue] Homestead PPG – Brew Briefings & Cakes

Do you need any help or support with using or signing up to the NHS app to order your prescriptions, book appointments or view your online record? Come and join … [continue] NHS app help and support 10th June 2024

From 1st July 2024 We will no longer be accepting paper requests for prescriptions We understand that this transition may require some adjustment, which is why we are providing alternative … [continue] Prescription ordering changes from 1st July 2024

Tomorrow (Tuesday) 23.4.24 we go LIVE with our new telephony system. Unfortunately this will mean that our lines will be down for at the maximum of 30 mins. Please bare … [continue] New Telephone system

The Practice will be closed from 12 noon on the following dates for essential staff training. All calls after 12 noon will be redirected to GP Care Wakefield for our … [continue] Practice Training Dates 2024/2025

Do you need help using the NHS App? Do you need extra support with setting this up on your smartphone or tablet? Come along and meet our digital team on … [continue] NHS app support

See our latest newsletter Homestead Newsletter Spring 2024

After listening to our patients and understanding that is often difficult for some people to call at 8am for an appointment, we are trialling a change to our appointment system. … [continue] ***** Appointment Booking Changes ***** from 1st March 2024

The Practice will be closed from 12 noon on the following dates. If you need to see a GP urgently please call the surgery who will direct you to GP … [continue] Practice Training days 2024/2025

On behalf of all staff at Homestead, we would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year

COVID-19 vaccination clinics are taking place at Balne Lane Community Centre, Balne Lane, Wakefield, WF2 0DP 3rd January 202410am to 2.30pm 10th January 2024 10am to 2.30pm No appointment needed … [continue] COVID -19 Autumn 2023 Vaccinations walk in clinic Balne Lane

Please see our latest patient newsletter   Winter newsletter 2023 24

Appointments are still available on evenings and weekends if you need one; that’s the message from local GP surgeries as children head back to school across Wakefield. Simply call your … [continue] Child feeling unwell when your GP surgery is closed?

Huge congratulations to our newest Practice Nurse Natalie Bogg Natalie started with the Practice back in 2005 as a receptionist. Over the years she had trained to become a Healthcare … [continue] New Practice Nurse Natalie Bogg

Join us on Monday 16th October for our Homestead Coffee Morning where we will be joined by Age UK who will be willing to offer support and advice about the … [continue] Coffee Morning

Our appointments are now open to book for your seasonal FLU vaccination. This year we will be sending out booking links to allow patients to book into these appointments directly. … [continue] FLU Campaign 2023

We are having issues with our phone lines, we working on having a temporary measure in place until this is resolved. We apologies for an inconvenience caused

There have recently been a small number of confirmed measles cases in West Yorkshire. Measles spreads easily and in rare cases can lead to serious illness including ear infections, pneumonia … [continue] Measles

Please see our latest patient summer newsletter   Summer newsletter 2023 NEW

  We’re encouraging anyone who hasn’t had a first or second dose of the Covid vaccine to come forward before the offer ends for many people on 30 June.   … [continue] COVID -19 Vaccines 1st and 2nd

HOMESTEAD COFFEE MORNING After discussion with our PPG Members we have made the decision to go back to Coffee Mornings rather than evenings. Therefore our next date will be; Monday … [continue] Coffee Morning July 2023

With summer just around the corner why not join us for our Coffee Morning in the Afternoon for June and July!! If you are a patient and would like to … [continue] Coffee Morning (Afternoon) June