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.
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Staff Training
The surgery will be closed on Thursday 19th April from 1400h for essential staff training. In an emergency please call 111
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Retirement announcement
We wish to inform our patients that Dr Diana Taine and Dr Laurence Drake will be retiring from Greensands Medical Practice on 30th June 2018, after nearly 30 years and 26 years' service at the Practice respectively.
We will have message books in the Reception foyers in Potton and Gamlingay from 1st May 2018, for any farewell messages.
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
Increase in NHS Prescription Charges
The Government has decided that NHS prescription charges will increase to £8.60 per item from 1 April 2017. Pre-payment certificates will not be affected by this change.
Please click here for more information
Changes to the Out of Hours Service
With effect from 30th March 2017
On 30th March 2017, the new Integrated Urgent Care Service will take over in Bedfordshire and Luton which incorporates NHS 111 and the Out of Hours Service. The new Service will be run by Herts Urgent Care.
NHS 111 is available for patients who need medical advice in a non-life threatening situation out of hours.
Patients can access the new Out of Hours Service by telephoning 111Monday to Friday between 6.30pm-8.00am and 24 hours during the weekend and on Bank Holidays.
Patients will speak with a Clinical Advisor who will assess the patient, both clinically and socially. 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
PLEASE NOTE: The current Out of Hours telephone number
0345 6010244 will not be in use from 30th March 2017.
Surgery News & Information
Patient Newsletter - April 2017 - May 2017
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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Allyson Pollock's TED talk on the privatisation of the NHS