Latest Communications

Easter Closure

HAPPY EASTER

We would like to wish all of our patients a happy and healthy Easter.

The medical unit will be open until 6pm on Thursday 17th April. We are then closed from Good Friday through to Easter Monday reopening Tuesday 22nd April.

If you require medical assistance during this time, please go to the "opening hours" page and "where to get help when we are closed."

 

VACANCY - MEDICAL SECRETARY

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Medical Secretary Team on a Part-Time basis for 28 hours per week for a fixed term until 31st December. The working pattern is Monday to Wednesday but there is some flexibility to change this.

We are looking for someone who:

Has experience of working in general practice and has experience of the secretarial role.

Is friendly, polite and confident.

Can communicate effectively and has good interpersonal skills.

Has good attention to detail.

Is a team player.

Has the ability to work accurately under pressure.

Main duties

Providing an efficient audio and copy typing service for GPs and health professionals which includes the typing of letters, reports, patient referrals, minutes, etc. in an accurate and quality manner.

Liaising with clinicians, administration staff, secondary care clinicians and their secretaries, patients, and other external organisations

Actioning all incoming email and all administrative queries as necessary and ensuring referrals are processed efficiently

Monitor daily tasks ensuring the workload is prioritised throughout the day

Supporting all clinical staff with general administrative tasks as requested

About us

Measham Medical Unit is a friendly, forward thinking and supportive GP practice based on the outskirts of North West Leicestershire, providing services to patients in North West Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Warwickshire.

We have a comprehensive mutli-disciplinary team including GPs, Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technician, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Paramedic,

Physicians Associates, First Contact Practitioner, Practice Nurses, Health Care Assistants and a Mental Health Facilitator.

The Partners are friendly and supportive and are supported by a well-established and cohesive Management Team, including a dedicated Office Manager.

Although we are a large practice, we have a friendly and informal atmosphere that encourages collaborative care for our patients and a nice working environment for our team.

Our in-house dispensary provides dispensing services to around half of our patient population and operates a delivery service.

We are proud to have our own patient transport operated solely for our patients and supported by a local charity.

We encourage early applications as we will close the vacancy if we receive a large number of applications.

You can apply via indeed, NHS jobs or by emailing your CV to measham.doctors@nhs.net, 

Closing date is Sunday 30th March. 

Staff training March
CAR

CARS

Friends and Family Feb 25

Friends and Family January 2025

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during January 2025. 

The results are now in and out of the 562 responses we received, 513 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly.  Thank you.

STAFF TRAINING FEB

PLT FEB 2025

Health and wellbeing roadshow

Cervical Screening

Helping women and anyone with a cervix to understand how cervical screening can help to detect and prevent cervical cancer.

We know that for many cervical screening isn’t always an easy process, but our screening nurses are highly experienced and can help to make the quick lifesaving procedure comfortable for you. Currently 1 in 4 women do not attend their screening appointment, whatever the reason we’re here to support women to get their cervical screening when invited.

Cervical screenings are estimated to save 5,000 lives a year in the UK, so it’s important to remember that however you get screened it’s the best way to prevent cervical cancer. If it helps you to book and come along to your first or overdue screening there are lots of things that can be done to help make you feel comfortable such as playing music, reading a book, meditating, or bringing along a friend for support our nurses will help with anything else that helps to make you feel at ease.

Do the one thing that will help to detect cervical cancer - screening takes less than ten minutes, and it could save your life.

Friends and Family October

Friends and Family October 2024

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during October 2024. 

The results are now in and out of the 717 responses we received, 691 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly.  Thank you.

 

DNA October

DNA October

October DNA

Thank you to those patients who attended their appointment in October. Sadly, 72 patients failed to attend their appointment with a GP and 201 failed to attend their appointment with our other clinicians and nursing team. This equates to 43 hours of wasted clinical time and prevented other patients being able to secure an appointment. This is despite reminder texts being sent out for every pre booked appointment 48 hours in advance.
 
If you cannot attend your booked appointment, please let us know in good time so we can offer it to someone else. You can call the surgery, email us at measham.doctors@nhs.net or complete an online form by clicking here https://accurx.nhs.uk/patient-initiated/c82017

Friends and family September 2024

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during September 2024. The results are now in and out of the 740 responses we received, 713 were graded as Very Good or Good. We will continue to publish this data monthly. Thank you.

Friends and Family Sept 2024

Friends and Family September 2024

FLU VACCINATIONS 2024/2025

We are very pleased to annouce our Flu Campaign for 2024/2025

In true MMU tradition, a clinic will be held on Saturday 5th October.

12.30-3.00 will be a drop in clinic - please be aware this clinic is expected to be very busy so please book an appointment if you can attend through the week. 

Eligibility categories for a free flu vaccination at Measham Medical Unit

If you are:

65 or over

Or have:

Diabetes.

Heart problems.

A weak immune system.

Kidney Disease

Liver Disease

No Spleen

Carers

Respiratory Disease including COPD & Asthma requiring continuous use of steroid inhalers.

Morbid Obesity – Adults with a BMI of >40 kg/m2

Chronic Neurological Disease including Stroke, Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA), Cerebral Palsy, severe or profound and multiple learning disabilities. Down’s Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neurone Disease.

Household contacts of immunocompromised individuals.

Healthcare and social workers in direct contact with patients/clients.

Pregnant

Please ensure you check you meet the eligibility criteria before attending the drop in clinic. 

Invites will start to be sent out to eligible patients from next week (9th September) alternatively you can call us on 01530 270667 to make an appointment however we would ask you to only call after 11am as our phone lines are very busy in the mornings. If you haven't received an invite and you think you are eligible, please don't hesitate to contact us or attend the drop in clinic 

Can patients be aware that at times, the clinics are very busy and you may have to queue for a short while.

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Friends and family August 2024

Friends and Family Test Response August 2024

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during August 2024.  The results are now in and out of the 677 responses we received, 641 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly. 

Thank you.

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RSV Vaccine

RSV Vaccine

From 1 September 2024, those who turn 75 and those age 75 to 79 will be eligible for a free vaccine to protect them from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

RSV is an infectious disease of the airways and lungs. RSV infection often causes symptoms similar to a cold, including:

  • cough
  • sore throat
  • sneezing
  • a runny or blocked nose

It can also make you become wheezy or short of breath and lead to pneumonia and other life-threatening conditions. There is no specific treatment, and most infections will get better by themselves. Every year thousands of older adults need hospital care for RSV, and some of them will die. RSV can be more severe in people with medical conditions such as heart or lung disease or a weakened immune system.

RSV infection is common in young children but is most serious for small babies and for older people.

We will contacting eligible patients in the next week or so to offer them an appointment. 

You can find out more information about RSV and the vaccination by clicking here 

Friends and Family July 2024

Friends and Family Test Response July 2024

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during July 2024. 

The results are now in and out of the 752 responses we received, 703 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly. 

Thank you.

2024 GP Patient Survey Results

Thank you to all our patients who took the time to complete the GP Patient Survey. We are delighted that the we are one of the top 20 highest rated GP surgeries in Leicestershire. You can read more about the results here. The best and worst GPs in Leicester and Leicestershire according to patients - Leicestershire Live (leicestermercury.co.uk)
 
What is the GP Patient Survey 2024?
 
The GP Patient Survey covers GP practice services and asks patients about your last contact, your last appointment and overall experience. The survey data was collected between 2nd January and 25 March 2024 with the results being published in July.
 
Thank you again to the patients who completed the survey.

F&F June 2024

Friends and Family Test Response June 2024

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during June 2024.  The results are now in and out of the 593 responses we received, 548 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly.  Thank you.

 

Friends and Family Results May 2024

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during May 2024. 

The results are now in and out of the 612 responses we received, 582 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly. 

Thank you.

Friends and Family
FF April 2024

Friends and Family data April 2024

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during April 2024.

The results are now in and out of the 312 responses we received, 286 were graded as Very Good or Good. We will continue to publish this data monthly.

March DNA

Did Not Attend

Non NHS Work - revised pricing

Please be advised of our revised prices for Non NHS work. Prices can be seen by clicking here 

We will also be asking patients to pay upfront before any Non NHS work is carried out. This is due to the amount of Non NHS work that is requested and subsequently never collected or paid for. 

F&F March 2024

Friends and Family March 2024

Friends and Family March 2024

The results are in! 

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during March 2024.  The results are now in and out of the 643 responses we received, 606 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly.  Thank you.

Park run revised date

Join us at Conkers Parkrun Saturday 13th April

**Please note date changed from Saturday 6th April to Saturday 13th April** Join us at Conkers Parkrun on Saturday 13th April for a steady walk around the 5k course.

DNA Jan 2024

Missed appointments January 2024

Thank you to all patients who attend their appointments or cancel them in advance.

As you can see from the figures, patients who "did not attend" which we refer to as a "DNA" is a real problem. We do send out reminder texts to patients 48 hours before any prebooked appointment to allow for the appointment to be cancelled or rescheduled if no longer needed or convenient. 

 

Friends and Family Feb 2024

Friends and Family - February 2024

The results are in! 

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during February 2024.  The results are now in and out of the 798 responses we received, 752 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly.  Thank you.

Active practice Cert

We are very proud to announce we have been awarded Active Practice status by the Royal College of General Practitioners.

The team headed up by our practice champion Luke Barnett have worked really hard to achieve this status and you may have seen some of our team out on a short walk for our "walk your break" initiative. 

What is an Active Practice?

The Active Practices Charter is an initiative by The Royal College of GPs and Sport England to inspire GP practices to commit to increasing activity and reducing sedentary behaviour in both staff and patients.

We are all aware of the benefits of being more active so to prove to patients that we really do mean what we say, we took the steps to become accredited.  Luke, who works in our reception team, has really encouraged us all to get out walking and has been instrumental in achieving this accreditation.

If you would like to find out any further information about any of the Active Together groups that are available in our area, please call into the surgery to check out our notice board and/or ask to speak with Luke.  Luke works Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday.

More information can be found at  https://www.active-together.org/letsgetmoving

Friends and Family

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during January 2024.  The results are now in and out of the 545 responses we received, 517 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly.

Friends and Family - January 2024

Thank you to all those that provided feedback based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit during January 2024.  The results are now in and out of the 545 responses we received, 517 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly.

C Card

WE ARE PROUD TO BE A C CARD VENUE