Watership Down Health

07/09/2026

19/08/2026

🍂 Autumn Vaccination Clinics 2026

We will be holding vaccination clinics across Watership Down Health this autumn 2026.

If you are eligible for a flu vaccination, you will receive an invitation by SMS via the NHS App or by email over the coming weeks.

If you have not received your invitation by mid-September, please contact the practice to book an appointment.

As our telephone lines are busiest during the morning, your assistance in calling after 2pm would be appreciated.

We look forward to welcoming you to one of our clinics;

Flu Vaccination Clinics

Children aged 2–3 years and pregnant women:
• Saturday 19th September 2026
• From 8.30am
• Available at Overton Surgery and Kingsclere Health Centre

Adults aged 65 years and over, and those aged 18–64 years in an eligible at-risk group:
• Saturday 3rd October 2026
• Saturday 10th October 2026
• Available at Overton Surgery and Kingsclere Health Centre

Additional flu clinics will be held at Oakley Surgery from mid-October.

COVID-19 & Flu Vaccination Clinics
Adults aged 75 years and over:
• Saturday 3rd October 2026
• Saturday 10th October 2026
• Available at Overton Surgery and Kingsclere Health Centre

Please note that once our capacity is full then patients will need to book through 119 where many community pharmacies are also offering flu and covid vaccinations.

We are unable to give flu vaccine to the Over 65 – 74 yrs and covid and flu
to the Over 75s until after the 1st October 2026.

We ask that patients book only one eligible appointment at either Watership Down Health or a Community Pharmacy.

Thank you
Watership Down Health 🩵

15/07/2026

Do you want to join the MAMA study?

The MAMA study is designed to find out whether it is better for women who have inflammatory arthritis and are pregnant to temporarily stop, or continue taking biological medicines.

To find out if you are eligible to take part in this study, please visit

The National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) is a multidisciplinary research unit based at the University of Oxford. Our work involves running randomised con

15/07/2026

Our Scarecrow is helping us promote a very important message:

If you’re 50 to 74, the NHS will send you a testing kit. Catching bowel cancer early reduces your chances of getting seriously ill from it.

So, don’t just leave it in the back of a drawer - send it back today. Find out more: nhs.uk/bowel

23/06/2026

02/06/2026

01/06/2026

Know your skin: Be smart about skin cancer

More people die of melanoma per year in the UK than in Australia. Yet nearly 9 in 10 of cases of melanoma are preventable and increasing numbers of people are being diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer. There are now over 20,000 new cases each year in the UK.

We want to encourage everyone to be sun-safe and to find out more about sunscreens and skin safety, click here. We are encouraging anyone who has noticed changes in their moles or lesions to contact their GP. Many of these moles or lesions do NOT end up being anything serious, however, it is always important to be diagnosed early as early stage melanomas are generally curable.

https://melanomafocus.org/about-us/may-is-melanoma-awareness-month/