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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

We will be closed from 4pm on Wednesday 24th December 2025 re-opening on Monday 29th December 2025 at 7.30am.  From 4pm until 6.30pm on Wednesday 24th December cover will be provided by DHU by calling 0300 323 0671.  

We will also be closed at 4pm on Wednesday 31st December 2025, re-opening on Friday 2nd January 2026 at 7.30am.  From 4pm until 6.30pm on Wednesday 31st December cover will be provided by DHU by calling 0300 323 0671.  

At all other times if you require urgent medical attention please call 999 or alternatively, call 111.

You may also wish to attend either: Loughborough Urgent Treatment Centre, Loughborough Hospital Way, Loughborough, LE11 5JY. Where to find help when we are closed can be found further down this page. 

The surgery closes each day at 6pm, DHU (Derbyshire Health United) then provide telephone cover from 6pm-6.30pm Monday to Friday. If you require medical assistance between 6.00-6.30pm Monday to Friday please call 0300 323 0671. After 6.30, please call 111 or follow the information below

Where to get help when we are closed 

Pharmacy first – your local pharmacist can offer help and advice on a range of conditions. They can also offer prescriptions for the following conditions:

We have 2 late night pharmacies in the local area.

Ashby Pharmacy

17 The Green

Ashby De La Zouch

Leicestershire

LE65 1JU

01530 411222

Open 9 am to 9pm Monday to Saturday

Tesco Pharmacy

Resolution Road

Ashby De La Zouch

Leicestershire

LE65 1TE

0121 5191392

Open 9am to 9pm Monday – Saturday, 10am-4pm Sunday

NHS 111 – helpline open 24 hours a day 7 days a week

Local Urgent Care /Walk in Centres.

Loughborough NHS Urgent Treatment Centre
Loughborough Hospital
Hospital Way
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 5JY

01509 568800 

Open 24 hours a day 7 days a week

Swadlincote Urgent Care Centre

Civic Way
Swadlincote
Derbyshire
DE11 0AE

01283 818000

Opening times:

Monday to Friday: 6.30pm-10.00pm, Saturday and Sunday and bank holidays 9am to 10.00pm

For Emergencies

Queen's Hospital Burton Accident and Emergency Department
Belvedere Road
Burton on Trent
Staffordshire
DE13 0RB

01283 566333

Open 24 hours a day 7 days a week

Leicester Royal Infirmary Accident and Emergency Department

Infirmary Square
 Leicester 
 LE1 5WW 

0300 303 1573

Open 24 hours a day 7 days a week

Central Access Point Mental Health Support 

0808 800 3302

Anyone needing mental health support for themselves or others can call this service, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Vitaminds NHS LLR Talking Therapies 

Self referral via website https://www.vitahealthgroup.co.uk/make-a-referral/self-referral/nhs-mental-health-self-referral/leicester-leicestershire-rutland-nhs-mental-health-self-referral/ 

Or by calling 0330 094 5595. 

VitaMinds is not an emergency service and is not able to offer urgent help for crisis situations.

If you are thinking of hurting yourself, or suicide feels like the only option, please contact your GP or visit your local Accident and Emergency Department.

If you think you are struggling to keep yourself safe, or are seeking help for a medical emergency, call 999.

VitaMinds will respond to your self-referral within 72 hours.

Urgent Dental Care - Measham Medical Unit (meashamdoctors.co.uk)

Please see below the pharmacies withe Leicestershire and Derby who will be open on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day. 

Swadlincote and Burton 

Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland 

Christmas Day 

Boxing Day 

New Years Day 

Derby 

Christmas Day

Boxing Day 

New Years Day 

WE’RE HIRING! MEDICAL SECRETARY

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Medical Secretary to join our busy team on a Part-Time basis for 25 hours per week. The working pattern is currently Monday to Wednesday but there may be 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 of the job 

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 

To apply, please send a copy of your CV, with a covering letter to Tracy Parker, Practice Manager at Measham Medical Unit, High Street, Measham, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE12 7HR, or measham.doctors@nhs.net 

Closing Date: 4^th January 2026 

November Did Not Attend (DNA) Data:

Thank you to all the patients that attend their appointments each week, unfortunately in November 2025, there were 211 appointments that patients did not attend - that is 38 hours and 13 minutes of clinical time wasted

If you need to cancel or reschedule your appointment:
 - For appointments booked via rapid health, reschedule or cancel your appointment from your confirmation email
- Call us on 01530 270667 to cancel or reschedule your appointment

- Email us on at measham.doctors@nhs.net
- Submit an admin request via RapidHealth

Reminder texts are sent out 48 hours prior to pre-booked appointments.

Thank you to all those that provided feedback to our friends and family questionnaire.  This is based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit in November 2025. 

Out of the 643 responses we received, 607 (94.4%) were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly and 6 monthly.  Thank you.

Please order your prescriptions early to allow for the Christmas closures. Our dispensary will close at 4pm on Christmas Eve (Wednesday 24th December) and reopen on Monday 29th December. 

You can order your prescription 2 weeks early on the NHS app

Dispenser Vacancy

Thank you to all those that provided feedback to our friends and family questionnaire.  This is based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit in October 2025. 

Out of the 579 responses we received, 547 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly and 6 monthly.  Thank you.

WE’RE HIRING! SHUTTLE BUS DRIVER (BANK STAFF) 

Do you enjoy driving and helping people? Join our team as a Shuttle Bus Driver supporting patients to and from the surgery.

What You’ll Do:

· Transport patients safely and on time

· Offer friendly support for those with limited mobility

· Keep the shuttle clean and road-ready

· Work flexible hours to cover holidays or absences

What We’re Looking For:

· Full, clean UK driving licence including D1

· Experience driving larger vehicles (minibuses a plus)

· Friendly, patient and reliable

· Good communication skills

Bank Hours | Competitive Pay | Supportive Team

Training provided – make a difference in your community!

Interested? Contact us via email at: measham.doctors@nhs.net

Thank you to all those that provided feedback to our friends and family questionnaire.  This is based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit in September 2025. 

Out of the 286 responses we received, 258 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly and 6 monthly.  Thank you.

Thank you to all those that provided feedback to our friends and family questionnaire.  This is based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit in August 2025. 

Out of the 326 responses we received, 310 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly and 6 monthly.  Thank you.

Thank you to all those that provided feedback to our friends and family questionnaire.  This is based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit in July 2025. 

Out of the 349 responses we received, 309 were graded as Very Good or Good. 

We will continue to publish this data monthly and 6 monthly.  Thank you.

Thank you to all those that provided feedback in the last 6 months based on your last face to face visit or telephone conversation with a member of the team at Measham Medical Unit between January to June 2025. 

Out of the 1991 responses we received, 1835 were graded as Very Good or Good.  We will continue to publish this data monthly and 6 monthly.  Thank you.

Due to retirement, we have an exciting opportunity to join our Dispensary Team as a Dispenser.  We are looking for a staff member for 25 hours per week to be worked Monday to Friday, from 8am - 6.30pm. Shift patterns tend to be either 5 hours worked in the morning, 5 hours worked in the afternoon or a full day. 

We currently dispense to around half of our patient population, both in the practice and also via our delivery service.

We're looking for a high-performing and pleasant team player with good communication and interpersonal skills, initiative, attention to detail, potential to improve, and pride in themselves and their excellent work.

As a dispenser, as well as providing quick, accurate and efficient dispensing of medications you will also

· gather medications

· check dispensed medications

· answer patient and clinician queries

· order and re-order stock

· collect NHS prescription charges

· hand out dispensed medications to patients

· work and liaise with our dispensing team

Experience in pharmacy is essential as is NVQ level 2 in dispensing.

To apply, please send a copy of your CV, with a covering letter to Laura Cure, Dispensary Manager at Measham Medical Unit, High Street, Measham, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE12 7HR, or measham.doctors@nhs.net

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Expected hours: 25 per week

Benefits:

· Company events

· Company pension

· On-site parking

Schedule:

· Monday to Friday

You may have seen in the news that GPs are now able to prescribe weight loss injections. However, our local Integrated Care Board (ICB)—which determines what can be prescribed in Leicestershire—has not yet signed up to this initiative. It is unlikely to be available before August.

We kindly ask that you do not book an appointment to discuss this at this time, as we are currently unable to offer any support until the scheme is formally approved.

Please be aware, the patient toilet located near reception will be out of order from Friday 27th June to Monday 7th July to allow for upgrades. There is another toilet located at the far end of the building however this is not an accessible toilet. We thank you in advance for your patience whilst works go ahead to create a more accessible space.

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."

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.

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 Charlotte Mather 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.  Charlotte, 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 Charlotte.  Charlotte works Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

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