Bentham Medical Practice

05/06/2026

MEET THE TEAM FRIDAY
Happy Friday! Here at Bentham Medical Practice we thought it would be good to do a series of Friday posts to help you meet the team! For the first week we have out new Practice Manager Emma Spence. Here are the quick fire questions to learn a little bit more about her.
1. Name: Emma Spence
2. Job title: Practice Manager
3. How long at the practice? Almost 8 weeks
4. Favourite part of your job? The staff – everyone is really friendly, helpful and cares passionately about the patients, the community and their role. They all give 130% all day, every day.
5. What does your role involve? A Practice Manager’s role is very varied but is basically the job of enabling people to do their work in the best environment possible with the best support possible. It involves ensuring that the practice is well maintained, the staff are engaged and happy in their roles, and the practice is compliant in health and safety and employment law. More than that though, it is about being aware of the ‘face’ of the practice and its role in the community, providing a link for patients to communicate with the practice and ensuring that their voices are heard. It’s challenging, no two days are the same and I love it!
6. Tea or coffee? Both – in vast quantities! Decaf doctor, I promise….
7. Fun fact / hobby: I love trail running and last year raised over £1,000 for Guide Dogs UK doing the Great North Run.
8. Favourite wellbeing trick: Being outdoors. We are so fortunate to live in a beautiful part of the country. Whatever problems or concerns I have are lessened when I am out in the fresh air with my little dog on a walk, come rain or shine. Also Try the three-minute rule: Even if you don’t feel like going out, give it three minutes. If you want to turn back after three minutes, that’s fine but nine times out of ten I bet you will carry on.

03/06/2026

Abi is with us next Monday with the NHS app drop in sessions! Feel free to come along if you need any help getting set up!

01/06/2026

We know that Bentham and our surrounding areas has the most amazing volunteers. You are all wonderful and our local communities would not be the same without your help! ⭐

It's National Volunteers Week 🥳. Thank you to every single one of you who support our patients and community groups across the Western Dales 💕

01/06/2026

Many of our patients use our anticoagulant service and come to the surgery for their INR blood tests. Our local ICB have created a questionnaire for these patients to have their say - They are having a review of these services in the community. To make sure our services are not taken away from our rural area, if you have INR's performed in the surgery and are able to take part in this survey the link is provided below.
The first question asks what area you are from, as we are part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria team, please select SOUTH CUMBRIA for question 1 to keep in line with our primary care network.
We have not been given any other format for this survey, so if you think that a friend or family member would like to have their say, please pass this on, let them know, help if you can. Thankyou for your support as patients. It is important to us that you have your say in the services we provide in rural locations.

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the organisation responsible for planning health and care services in the region.

28/05/2026

DRUG RECALL ALERT

Some cartons of Ramipril 2.5mg Capsules, manufactured by Crescent Pharma Limited, may contain blister strips of Ramipril 10 mg Capsules and are being recalled at the pharmacy level as a precautionary measure.

If you were prescribed Ramipril 2.5 mg Capsules, and received a Crescent pack with batch number GR155023, please check the blister strips inside (the batch number and expiry date information can be found on outer carton, see the images.

• if the carton contains blister strips that are labelled as Ramipril 2.5 mg Capsules, you do not need to take further action and may continue to take the capsules
• if the carton contains a blister strip that is labelled as Ramipril 10 mg capsules, do not take the medicine, contact your pharmacy
• if you are unsure or have any questions, please seek advice from your pharmacy or other healthcare professionals responsible for your care
• if you believe you have taken the Ramipril 10 mg Capsules and are currently experiencing any side effects such as feeling lightheaded, fainting being fatigued, then please seek immediate medical advice (Please take the leaflet that came with your medicine and any remaining capsules with you to your pharmacy or GP practice)

Both strengths are used to treat high blood pressure, heart failure and kidney disease.

Any possible impact of taking a higher dose of ramipril should be assessed by your healthcare professional to determine whether any examination or tests are needed.

For reference the description of the products from the Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) are as follows:
Ramipril 2.5 mg Capsules: Capsules are light grey and light green capsules, marked with “R” on the cap and “2.5” on the body.
Ramipril 10 mg Capsules: Capsules are light grey and dark green capsules, marked with “R” on the cap and “10” on the body.

Patients who experience adverse reactions or have any questions about the medication should seek medical attention. Any suspected adverse reactions should also be reported via the MHRA Yellow Card scheme.

22/05/2026

Handy leaflet holder here in the surgery... free to a good home! Could this be of use to you? please let us know if you would like to take

14/05/2026

12/05/2026

The Dementia Friendly Breakfast Club will be saying goodbye to our founder Jonathan next week on the 21st May. Our breakfast club is from 10am to 12noon and we plan to give Jonathan a good send off. We are super sad that he is leaving and would like to invite anyone who has been part of the club these last 10 years of Jonathan's reign to say their goodbyes.... On a plus note he is being replaced by Kim, who has learnt a lot from Jonathan over 5 years and cannot wait to takeover the mischief

08/05/2026

We have Abi our Digital Lead from the Western Dales Primary Care Network - PCN in with us on Monday. Feel free to drop in between the hours of 10am -12 noon!

16/04/2026

Western Dales Primary Care Network - PCN encompassing Sedbergh, Lunesdale and Bentham surgeries