Old Leake Medical Centre

16/07/2026

Huge thank you to Grandma's Pudding Co for another delicious buffet today 😋

The food is always incredibly fresh, tasty and varied.
It's always a big hit with our food oriented staff 😆

Although we have to close for important and necessary training once a month, we think it's really important for our hard working staff to have the chance to get all together, catch up, take a breath and enjoy some good food 😊

The surgery is open again at 8am tomorrow (Dispensary 9am)

03/07/2026

🌞 Reminder 🌞

During the month of June we had a total of 42 prescriptions ordered, completed and then not collected.

This is time wasted that could have been spent on other prescriptions.

Unfortunately that figure isn't a one off and is a regular occurrence.
This has a negative impact on the workload for our Dispensary staff.

The same applies to the PS24 (automated prescription machine). We are having large volumes of medications not collected after the 4 days allowed, which are both taking up valuable space in the machine and creating extra work to remove them.

We appreciate that sometimes life happens and things get forgotten. However, we would be grateful if you are ordering medication, you try to collect on time or at least communicate with us if you are having problems.

Thank you for your understanding and to those patients who order and collect on time 😊

23/06/2026

18/06/2026

The HPV vaccine is saving lives.

New research by Queen Mary University of London and Cancer Research UK shows deaths have fallen sharply since school-age girls began being offered it in 2008, and around 200 lives have been saved in England so far thanks to the vaccine.

The vaccine protects against high-risk HPV, a virus that can lead to cervical cancer and some other cancers.

Both girls and boys can get protection from high-risk HPV by having the HPV vaccination in their teenage years. It not only protects against cervical cancer, but other types of cancer too.

You can help protect your child by giving consent for them to have their vaccination when invited.

And remember: cervical screening is still important, even if you’ve had the HPV vaccine.

Learn more: https://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2026/06/18/new-data-shows-the-hpv-vaccine-is-saving-lives-from-cervical-cancer/

04/06/2026

🌻 PPG Appreciation Week 🌻

We would like to say a massive thank you to our Patient Participation Group (PPG).

Our PPG members volunteer their time to support the practice.
They provide valuable feedback from other patients helping to ensure that the patient voice is heard and acted on where possible.

The ongoing hard work, enthusiasm and input from the group is vital in helping the surgery to improve and develop the services we provide.

Huge thank you to every member of our PPG – you are appreciated 💜

01/06/2026

📱✨ FREE Digital Drop-In – Old Leake ✨💻

We’re pleased to be bringing a FREE digital support session to the community – and we’d love you to help spread the word 😊

📍 Old Leake Community Centre
Furlongs Lane, Old Leake, Boston, PE22 9NX

🗓 Wednesday 24th June
⏰ 10:00am – 12:00 noon

Come along for friendly, one-to-one support with anything digital 👩‍💻👨‍💻

We can help with:
📱 GP services & prescriptions
💻 Online banking & staying safe
🛒 Grocery shopping online
🔐 Device safety & updates
✉️ Checking suspicious emails
🚌 Bus passes and more!
👉 No appointment needed – just drop in and have a chat 💬

💡 Funded by Quickline Communications, supporting digital skills while bringing better broadband to rural communities across Lincolnshire 🌍

Please share with anyone who might benefit 💙

Leake and Wrangle Borough Councillors Callum Butler and John Baxter Old Leake Medical Centre Old Leake Community Hub Old Leake Community Centre

01/05/2026

📢 DNA Appointments 📢

During the month of April we had a total of 144 missed appointments.
These are outlined below 👇🏼

🛑 28 Nurse Appointments
🛑 32 GP Appointments
🛑 25 Blood Tests
🛑 36 HCA Appointments
🛑 23 Other Services - MSK, Physio, Mental Health and Midwife.

We understand that things happen and people sometimes forget or are unable to attend.
However, repeatedly missing appointments without telling us has a serious impact on access for other patients and on practice workload.

By cancelling in good time, you help us offer that appointment to another patient and support safer, more timely care for everyone.

Thank you 😊

28/04/2026

📢 EDIT 📢

The phone line has continued to have intermittent issues all day.
BT have us on the highest priority, however they are not coming out until tomorrow morning!!

Hopefully we will have a working phone line in the morning but we are unsure so please be patient with us. Unfortunately it is fully out of our control 😏

📢 EDIT END 📢

Tuesday 28th AM 👇🏼

We are currently experiencing a problem with our phone line.

BT came out over the weekend and the fault was supposed to have been fixed but currently we are unable to accept or make calls.

However this fault appears to be intermittent so the line might start working again soon 🤞🏼

We are in contact with the company to get the problem rectified as soon as possible.

We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience. Particularly if this issue persists throughout the morning 🙏🏼

21/04/2026

🌼 Practice Managers Day 🌼

Today is the very first National Practice Managers Day (we know, they have a day for everything these days!)

However, we wanted to take this opportunity to celebrate our wonderful manager, Sarah 🥰

She works incredibly hard and really is the glue that holds us all together.

If Practice Managers were flowers, we would definitely pick you 😁

In a world of ever growing and changing workloads, she always gives OLMC her absolute everything - sometimes more than she should!

So we want to take this opportunity to say thank you Sarah for all of your hard work. You are appreciated and we would all be lost without you 🤩