Welcome to Greensands Medical Practice
The doctors and staff welcome you to Greensands Medical Practice. We provide a wide range of general medical services from our two premises in Potton and Gamlingay.
Both sites have easy wheelchair access.
Please explore our website to find out more about us and what we can offer.
CLOSURE TUESDAY 30th APRIL
Please note the surgery will be closed on the afternoon of the 30th April for staff training.
If you need medical assistance during this time please call 111
Announcement
We wish to inform our patients that Dr Sivatharan Vedavanam will be leaving Greensands Medical Practice on 30th June 2019.
We will have a message book in the Reception foyer from 1st May 2019, for any farwell messages.
Building Works
At Gamlingay Surgery
In March the builders will move into Gamlingay Surgery and start some long awaited work. We will change some of the internal configurations and create a new consulting room and upgrade some of the existing rooms as well. We all hope that the work will be done within a month and the builders understand that we will still have to function as normal as possible, but some disruption will of course be unavoidable. We may have to ask some patients to attend Potton Surgery for necessary services if we run out of space on busy days, many apologies for that. In the end however it will be worthwhile and we are all looking forward to being in a better place for it!
Surgery Opening Times
Please note, to access healthcare services when the surgery is closed call 111.
Surgery doors will close at 1800h
Potton
Monday 0830 - 1230 1400 - 1830
Tuesday 0830 - 1230 1400 - 1830
Wednesday 0830 - 1230 1400 - 1830
Thursday 0830 - 1230 CLOSED
Friday 0830 - 1230 1400 - 1830
Weekends CLOSED CLOSED
Gamlingay
Monday 0830 - 1230 1400 - 1830
Tuesday 0830 - 1230 1400 - 1830
Wednesday 0830 - 1230 CLOSED
Thursday 0830 - 1230 1400 - 1830
Friday 0830 - 1230 1400 - 1830
Weekends CLOSED CLOSED
Appointments with a GP or Practice Nurse are now available in the evenings and weekends for patients registered at this practice, these are called ‘Extended Access’ appointments. We are working with other practices in Bedfordshire to provide these additional appointments to increase access to healthcare at times that are convenient to patients.
When you call to make an appointment we may offer you an ‘Extended Access’ appointment, this appointment could be held at another practice and with a GP or Practice Nurse from another practice. Our reception team will confirm all of the details at the time of booking and if you are registered to receive text message alerts, you will receive a text message to confirm the date, time and location of your appointment.
A NEW Community Transport Service is available NOW....
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
General Data Protection Regulations
The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) is a new law that determines how your personal data is processed and kept safe, and the legal rights that you have in relation to your own data.
Please see the following documentation for further information.
General Data Protection Regulations for Young People
Third Party Access and Collection
Notification - Change of Details
Patient Online
For information on our Patient Online services (including access to view a summary of your medical record and/or your detailed coded record) and to download an application form for an online account click here
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Patient Transport Schemes
A number of car schemes are available for Greensands Medical Practice patients who would otherwise be unable to get to medical appointments or visit patients in hospitals. Our Patient Transport Scheme leaflet, put together by our Patient Participation Group, gives basic details of volunteer and community organised schemes. It also gives information about the Free NHS transport service available to eligible patients and how you could reclaim transport costs incurred for essential visits to hospital.
Please click here for a copy of the leaflet
Changes to the Out of Hours Service
To access Healthcare Services when we are closed please call 111
The Patient will either be given telephone advice, a face to face appointment or a home visit.
If a patient requires a face to face appointment, they will be allocated an appointment at one of the locations listed below:-
- Biggleswade Hospital, Potton Road, Biggleswade
- Bedford Hospital, Kempston Road, Bedford
- Town Centre GP Surgery, Luton
- Leighton Buzzard Health Centre
- Priory Gardens Surgery, Dunstable
- Highlands, Flitwick
Surgery News & Information
IT / Electronic Patient Records Statement of Intent
Changes to the appointment system - Telephone Triage explained
Support for patients aged 60 years and above living in Potton
Please click here for additional surgery news & Information
End of life care and advance care planning information
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How will Brexit affect health services in the UK?
The NHS has no contingency plan for a no deal Brexit
How much does Boris owe the NHS?
The privatisation plans for the next two years
Allyson Pollock's TED talk on the privatisation of the NHS