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From 1 June to 30th June – we celebrate Pride month

Pride

East Barnwell Health Centre is proud to support the LGBTQ+ community this Pride Month. As a practice that has signed up to the `pride in practice award` we embrace this period of diversity and inclusivity. If you are a patient and wish us to record your preferred sexual orientation please let us know by completing…

Urgent & Emergency Care in Cambridge

Urgent and emergency care poster

Help shape the future of urgent and emergency care in Cambridge. The best healthcare happens when we listen to the people who use it. That is why we want to hear from you. Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) is developing long term plans for healthcare at Addenbrooke’s, including how it can improve urgent…

Dedicated Prescription email

From Monday 3rd February a new dedicated email will come into use at the surgery for prescription requests. If you need to order repeat prescriptions you can: – Request through the NHS App – Request online through the website – Email the prescription team on cpicb.prescriptions.eastbarnwellhealthcentre@nhs.net – Hand you repeat request into the surgery -…

Shared care

Private consultants may ask GPs to enter into shared care arrangements for the prescription of certain drugs. As with any shared care agreement, a GP prescriber has no contractual obligation to accept an arrangement that they feel uncomfortable with. Shared care by definition requires ongoing input from secondary care when needed and we would advise…

New telephony system

Our new telephone system is now live! The new telephone system provides the following improved experience for our patients: – Option to receive a call back when you get to the front of the call queue, meaning you do not need to say on hold waiting to be answered. – Options to be directed to…