Looking forward to our Awards & Celebration Evening

We are excited for our Awards & Celebration Evening tomorrow. We are also extremely grateful to our sponsors for the event; Menlo Park, PAM Group, Bevan Brittan and Green Machine. We will post more following the event!  

Leadership Development Day

As an organisation we pride ourselves on our leadership. This week, leadership teams from our practices came together for a development afternoon where they shared best practice and collaborated for the benefit of our patients and service provision.

New research room at Ilchester Surgery

The Symphony research team are delighted to announce the completion of a new research room. NHS research is fundamental to improving patient care, innovation, and access to new treatments. The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is the primary body funding and supporting research within the NHS. Katherine Foster, Lead Research Nurse for Symphony, said “the new… Read more »

Patient feedback

Our latest patient feedback is in! Great to see so many responses again and that over 91% were positive. Please continue to submit reviews to help us to continue to improve our services. To submit reviews via the NHS website visit https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-gp

Vaccination clinics in full swing!

Practices across Symphony Healthcare Services have been running vaccination clinics for flu, and for some, Covid as well since the start of October. The SSW PCN practices (Buttercross, Crewkerne, Hamdon, & Martock and South Petherton) held a joint clinic to vaccinate patients from all four practices. Exmoor Medical Centre have received support from a member… Read more »

Pharmacy Technician Day 2025

It was Pharmacy Technician Day 2025 this week (21st October). The day honours the vital contributions of pharmacy technicians to patient care and the healthcare system, but most patients are not aware of who they are, or what they do! Meet the Medicines Management Technicians (Pharmacy Technicians in GP Practices) • Medicines Management Technicians (also… Read more »

Warwick House Medical Centre rated Good by CQC

We are so pleased to announce that Warwick House Medical Centre has been rated Good by the CQC following an inspection on 17 September 2025! Well done to everyone at Warwick House 👏 Access the full report here

New Peri Operative outreach clinic

Thursday 18 September saw Somerset’s first Peri-Operative Outreach Clinic, evolving from the peri-operative work at Somerset FT (SFT), and held in collaboration with South Somerset West (SSW) Primary Care Network (PCN), at Martock Surgery. This is part of work being done across the county to support the NHS 10 Year Plan. The Peri-Operative Outreach Clinic… Read more »

Changes to the Symphony Medical Leadership Team

With Dr Berge Balian stepping down as Medical Director from 1st September, Dr Kelsey Boddington will become the Medical Director for Symphony, and she will be supported by Dr Iain Phillips and Dr Patrick Fahy-Browne as Deputy Medical Directors. Dr Boddington will provide clinical leadership and oversight for the Symphony, acting as a key advisor… Read more »