Enhanced Access

From the 1 October 2022, our Primary Care Network has been providing ‘Enhanced Access’ services, with the goal to provide patients with more access to a variety of primary care services. This is in line with all GP surgeries across Buckinghamshire.

This means you can now book an appointment in a practice local to you:

• Up until 20:00, Monday to Friday
• For selected hours on a Saturday (your registered practice can confirm which practices are open, and their opening hours on this day)

Arc Bucks PCN has sought the views of local patients about what and how additional hours could best provide the services they need and we will continue to listen to feedback to make sure we are getting things right.

 

Services

The services that are available during these extra hours include:

• Dressing Clinics (Please note that we ask patients to request a dressing from their registered practice and bring it with them to their appointment)
• Pharmacy Clinics – Our pharmacy team offers medication review appointments
• NHS Health Checks – including blood pressure measurement, weight & height measurement, cholesterol measurement and HbA1c diabetic measurement through point of care testing (finger prick test), and a lifestyle questionnaire

You will be able to see or speak to a number of clinicians, including nurses, pharmacists and social prescribers. You may be offered one of these options when you contact us about an appointment.