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Practice closed for staff training

To help our team learn and grow, we’ll be closed from 12:30pm on Thursday 30th April 2026 for staff training.

If you’re not feeling well and need to speak to a medical professional, contact NHS 111 by calling 111 from your telephone or visiting 111.nhs.uk. You can also call the practice to use our out of hours service. In an emergency always call 999.

We’ll be back open as normal on Friday 1st May 2026.

Practice closed for bank holiday

We’ll be closed on Monday 4th May 2026 for early May bank holiday.

If you’re not feeling well and need to speak to a medical professional, contact NHS 111 by calling 111 from your telephone or visiting 111.nhs.uk. In an emergency always call 999.

We’ll be back open as normal on Tuesday 5th May 2026.

Meningitis B

You may have seen reports of an outbreak of Meningitis among university students in Kent. It is reported that this is an outbreak of Meningitis B.

We have not received instruction from NHS England to offer Meningitis B outside of the normal vaccination programme at this time. We will be contacting eligible patients who are missing other Meningitis vaccinations (ACWY) to invite them in for vaccination. 

The University GP Service Christmas closure 2025

The University GP Service will be closed on Wednesday 24th December 2025 until Monday 5th January 2025.

If you’re feeling unwell and need to speak to a medical professional, don’t worry, you can still get help! The Robert Darbishire Practice will be open over the Christmas and New Year period, excluding bank holidays. Scroll down to see The Robert Darbishire Practice’s Christmas opening hours.

There will be no changes to the way you contact us for support. Continue to use the same online forms or telephone number during our opening hours to get the help you need.

We know that illness doesn’t care about festive holidays. If you become unwell when both the University GP Service and the Robert Darbishire Practice are closed, please contact NHS 111 by calling 111 or visiting 111.nhs.uk. In an emergency, always call 999.

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