Oakside Surgery

25/08/2026

Dewerstone Medical Group - new page

As we progress with our exciting practice merger, please follow and support our new joint page.

Further communications including relevant patient updates around the merge will also be posted on the new page, via the link below, alongside our usual patient communication pathways.

Thank you

Dewerstone Medical Group
Practice Management Team

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We are a two-site GP practice supporting 15,700 patients, committed to delivering consistent, high-quality, patient-centred primary and community care. 🩺

24/08/2026

Please see below details for Livewell's Children, Young People and Families Neurodiversity Wellbeing Team.

The team was created two and a half years ago to support children and young people (aged 0-18), their families and carers who are on, or have been on a neurodiversity pathway within Livewell Southwest or University Hospitals Plymouth.

They provide a telephone advice line, workshops, drop-ins, peer support groups, and consultations.

Please follow the link to their page below

CYPFS Neurodiversity Wellbeing Team Plymouth

21/08/2026

Our Medical Receptionist/Administrator role is available to apply for via the NHS Jobs link below 👇

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19/08/2026

Our Dewerstone (Budshead Medical Practice & Oakside Surgery) receptionist vacancy is also now live on NHS Jobs!

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17/08/2026

Dewerstone Medical Group (Oakside Surgery & Budshead Medical Practice) are recruiting!

Please see the link below for more information and details on how to apply via Indeed

The roles will also be available on NHS Jobs in the next few days.

Dewerstone Medical Group

13/08/2026

💉 Flu Vaccination Update 2026/27

Please note that due to an increasing number of patients choosing to use community pharmacies and local vaccination centres we have seen a fall in demand at the surgery so that for the 2026/27 season Dewerstone Medical Group (Budshead Medical Practice & Oakside Surgery) will not be providing any routine NHS flu vaccinations this year, except for eligible children aged 2 and 3 years old.

Eligible adults should arrange their flu vaccination through a participating community pharmacy or another NHS provider. [gov.uk], [england.nhs.uk]

Parents and carers of eligible 2 and 3 year olds will be contacted with details of how to book.

Thank you for your understanding.

NHS England

02/08/2026

🌼 Supporting People Living with a Life-Limiting Illness 🌼

If you are living with a life-limiting illness, or becoming increasingly frail, Marie Curie is here to support you.

We work in partnership with Elm, Budshead, Oakside, Southway and Friary Surgeries to provide extra support for people who may be facing changes in their health, are finding things more difficult, or simply need someone to talk things through with.

Our role is to get to know you, understand what matters most to you, and help make sure you have the right support in place. This might include managing symptoms, planning ahead, understanding your healthcare options, or supporting those closest to you.

If you think you could benefit from support, please speak to a member of staff at your GP surgery.

👋 Meet The Team

Hi, I'm Lee
I have worked with Marie Curie for over 10 years and am passionate about improving access to care, reducing barriers, and supporting new ways of delivering healthcare.
I am a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner with Marie Curie, working in partnership with Elm, Budshead, Oakside, Southway and Friary Surgeries. Alongside my colleague Kirsty, I support people living with life-limiting illnesses across the local community.
My role is to help people remain independent in their own homes for as long as possible by coordinating personalised care, supporting advance care planning where appropriate, and working with colleagues across health and social care to ensure people receive the right support at the right time.

Hello, I'm Kirsty, a Senior Healthcare Assistant with Marie Curie, working in partnership with Elm, Budshead, Oakside, Southway and Friary Surgeries in Plymouth.
I work with Lee supporting people living with life-limiting illnesses, and no two days are ever the same. One day I may be visiting a housebound patient, while the next I could be supporting someone and their family during the final hours of life.
A key part of my role is helping people remain independent at home for as long as possible. I take the time to get to know people, understand what matters most to them, and connect them with the right support, services and information.
For me, every patient is a person first. By understanding the whole person, not just their health conditions, we can work together to find practical ways to support independence, wellbeing and quality of life.
If you see me out and about in the community, please come and say hello.

18/06/2026

🚩 Our clinical systems and access to the internet are currently down. We have limited access to our telephone system. 🚩

This has been reported to our local IT system who are investigating. We are hoping we will be back up and running ASAP. Please bare with us 🙏🏼

01/06/2026

📌 Patient Notice - Half Day Closure

Date: Tuesday 2nd June

The practice will be closed from 1.00pm tomorrow for essential staff training.

The practice will reopen as usual at 8.00am on Wednesday 3rd June 2026.

💊 Please utilise your local pharmacy for minor ailments.

If you need to contact a GP with an urgent medical need that cannot wait until the practice reopens, please contact us and your call will be transferred to the out of hours service.

If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, please call 999.

22/05/2026

Important Update: Blood Tests For Clinical Specialists 💉

With immediate effect Oakside Surgery is stopping the facility of taking bloods on behalf of hospital colleagues.

If a consultant or specialist in hospital or other community service, such as mental health services, asks a patient to have a blood test this will need to be performed either directly by the requesting clinician, within the outpatient phlebotomy service in Derriford Hospital, or by using the Community Phlebotomy Hub at Windsor House, near B&Q on Tavistock Road, Derriford, Plymouth.

This will include blood tests requested before or after surgical procedures, chemotherapy or medication changes if the tests are requested by a clinician outside of the Surgery.

This decision has not been taken lightly and is based on concerns of ongoing patient safety and continuity of care. For many years Oakside Surgery has been asking Derriford Hospital to update their IT systems to allow results of blood tests to be sent to the requesting clinician regardless of where the blood test is physically taken.

Currently results of all blood tests taken in this surgery are returned to the GPs even if they did not ask for the test. This is both confusing and unsafe as the reason for the test being requested is not always clear, nor is it clear that the results are being actioned by the specialist clinician who requested them.

In many situations test results are abnormal, leading to significant clinician concern and administrative effort to check the hospital teams are aware and are actioning the results of tests they originally requested.

Until such time that the Derriford Hospital IT systems can be updated Oakside Surgery will signpost any patient who has been advised for a blood test by a specialist clinician back to the specialist service.

Whilst we appreciate that this will be inconvenient, please be assured that we are taking this step to ensure both patient safety and continuity of your care.