Rushden Medical Centre - Doctors surgery opening times and what to do when we are closed

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New Partner

We are pleased to announce that Dr Andrew Herd will be joining us as a partner as of the 1st December.

Patient Forum

We are keen to hear from patients who may be intersted in improving the practice by becoming involved in our patient forum. Please see the patient group page.

Helping the NHS provide better Care.

A modern information system has been developed for NHS England, which will make increased use of information from medical records with the intention of improving health services. For more Information got to http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/records/healthrecords/Pages/care-data.aspx

Military Veterans.

Are you a military veteran? If so you may be eligible for priority NHS healthcare. For more information see

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Militaryhealthcare/Veteranshealthcare/Pages/veterans.aspx

NHS 111

You can call NHS 111 for non-emergency health care or to contact the out of hours service.

East Northamptonshire Patient Engagement Group

See Clinical Commissioning section for details.

Patient Participation Group Meeting

For more information about our Patient Group or to contact the Patient Group Committee see the Patient Group Section of the website.

SMS Text Messages For Results

Please note that we now send SMS text messages to patients for some Pathology results.

Training Days 2017

The practice is closed for training from 12:30pm on the following days:

10^th May

14th June

12^th July

13rd September

11^th October

8^th November

6^th December

Blood Tests at Nene Park

Please note that blood tests at Nene Park can be taken up to 15:30pm.

Opening Times

When We Are Closed

red_clock NHS Northamptonshire Out of Hours service offers patients registered with our practice an emergency service when our practice is closed. For urgent advice and treatment, call the OOH service on 111.

NHS 111

In the case of urgent need when the practice is closed you can call the NHS 111 service to speak to a triage nurse. Your needs will be assessed and advice offered or arrangements made for you to see a doctor. To use it just call 111.

Find out about the new 111 service here

Please do not ask to see a doctor out of hours unless you genuinely cannot wait until the surgery re-opens.

Call 999 in an emergency. Amongst other things, severe chest pains, shortness of breath, disturbance of consciousness, or uncontrolled bleeding, constitute an emergency. More information on the action required in some emergency situations is here.