From 1st April 2025 the Smoking Cessation Service and the Tier 2 Weight Management Service will be taken over by Choose You.

Choose Well. Choose You.

Ready to quit smoking, lose weight, or simply feeling healthier, but not sure where to start?

Choose You is a free-to-access local service designed to help you build healthy habits. If you live or work in Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire, or Milton Keynes, Choose You can support you in making lasting changes with expert guidance and flexible support options. If other challenges are affecting your wellbeing, we can also signpost you towards the right support. Find out if you’re eligible and get started today.

COVID-19 Vaccinations

Spring Boosters 2025

COVID-19 Spring Booster vaccinations will be offered to:

• People aged 75 years and over
• People with a weakened immune system
• People living in a care home for older adults

We will be running COVID-19 Spring Booster vaccination clinics at Newport Pagnell Medical Centre on:

Saturday 5^th April 08:00-12:30

Saturday 12^th April 08:00-12:30

More clinics may be announced in May

We will start sending invitations soon. This will be an SMS text message with an online booking link, or a letter.

Our nurses will be going out to vaccinate our patients who are in care homes for older adults. We will also arrange visits for eligible patients on our housebound register. If you are registered as housebound but are able to attend one of our vaccination clinics at the medical centre, please contact us.

For further information, visit:

www.nhs.uk/conditions/covid-19/covid-19-vaccination/getting-a-booster-dose-of-the-covid-19-vaccine/

Advanced Urology Practitioner and a Specialist Women’s Health Physiotherapist for male or female patients with urinary symptoms, including prostate assessment and female urinary incontinence. 

This clinic is available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and an appointment can be made for you by your GP, Practice Nurse or Health Visitor.

Click here for an information leaflet:

We are able to treat minor injuries in the surgery for our registered patients. The aim is to help our patients to get the care they need as close to home as possible and reduce the demand on our vital urgent care services.

What types of Injuries can be treated at the surgery? 

• Sprains to hands, arms, legs and feet
• Minor bruises
• Minor burns – scalds and blisters
• Lacerations and minor head injuries – bump to your head, cuts, wounds and scratches

We have blood clinic appointments every day Monday to Friday and we also offer early morning appointments from 7.30am.

These appointments are available in the following clinics:

• Phlebotomist blood clinics
• Health Care Assistant clinics
• You do not need to fast for any blood test, unless your doctor requests you to have a FASTING GLUCOSE. In that case you need to have water only for the preceding 8 hours to your appointment time. Any regular medication can be taken with water.
• If your GP has specified that you need a routine blood test this will be booked for 6-8 weeks time.

• Asthma
• Cardiac Monitoring
• COPD
• Diabetes
• Prostate Assessment Clinic (BPH)

Clinics are held at the Medical Centre by visiting consultants in the following:

• General Surgery
• Colorectal
• Urology

Referrals – one of our practice nurse team usually works alongside the consultant. Your doctor will make a referral and our Medical Secretary Team will arrange your appointment.

Practice Nursing Clinic

The practice nursing clinic is open Monday to Friday from 8.00-6.30 and alternate Saturday mornings.  You can make an appointment with reception and come to the clinic to discuss any concerns you may have or to access the following nursing care:

• Cervical smears
• Dressings
• Lifestyle advice including weight reduction and increasing your exercise levels in order to reduce the chances of your developing long-term illnesses and increase your health.
• Contraception
• Sexual health advice
• Support to help you stop smoking
• Pre-operative advice
• Suture removals
• ECG’s
• Blood pressure monitoring and advice

Healthcare Assistant Clinics

You can make an appointment with reception for the following care:

• Blood tests
• Dressings
• Support to help you stop smoking
• Pre diabetic clinic care
• ECG’s
• Flu injections
• Pneumovax injections
• Vitamin B12 injections
• Suture or clip removal
• Blood pressure checks
• Urine testing
• Health promotion
• Injections

If you require travel vaccinations, please complete a travel questionnaire, available below, print and post to NPMC for the attention of the Practice Nurse Team or attach to an email and send to blmkicb.npmcmail@nhs.net at least 6 weeks before travel if possible.  This service is for NPMC NHS patients only.   Not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS..

If you need information about vaccinations for particular destinations, please click on the appropriate region below where you will find information about countries and vaccinations required.

Africa

Central Asia

East Asia

Australasia & Pacific

Caribbean

Central America

Europe & Russia

Middle East

North America

South America & Antarctica

Social Prescribing

Are you 18+ and experiencing:

• Social isolation?  
• Mental Health difficulties?
• Homelessness?   
• Long term conditions?
• Housing issues?  
• Bereavement? 
• Employment issues?    
• Cost of Living difficulties/finance issues?

We run regular drop-in sessions which will be advertised by the practice.

We can discuss your worries and issues to hopefully support you moving forward.

This can be an informal chat or if you prefer more privacy, we can arrange an appointment in Newport Pagnell Medical Centre or Kingfisher surgery.

ShinyMind

Used by clinicians and now prescribed by clinicians, ShinyMind is a mental health and wellbeing app that has been co-designed with NHS staff and is now available to you as a wellbeing prescription, to help you live better with your condition and feel happier.

Sign up for your FREE access to ShinyMind here.

Hear what our clinicians have to say about ShinyMind:

• Dr Tayo Kufeji
• Dr Asha Chandola

Mind BLMK

Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing.

Working closely with a range of partners, they offer a number of activities from their wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes.

Their aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.  For more information visit their website

MK Adult MH Pathways

Mental Health

It is important to look after your mental wellbeing while staying at home. Visit Every Mind Matters for practical advice and to get your personalised Mind Plan:

Milton Keynes Recovery and Wellbeing College – Mental Health Training

They offer co-produced and co-delivered psychoeducational health and wellbeing courses for people using mental health services, their carers, their families, and members of the public in Milton Keynes.  Please click here for more information and to access a timetable of current training sessions. 

Milton Keynes Talking Therapies Service (IAPT)

This service provides NHS talking therapies for common mental health problems like stress, anxiety and depression. Click HERE for information.

Shout – a new confidential support service for 11-25 year olds

New service from 20^th February 2023, for people aged 11 to 25 living in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes. They can text the word REFLECT to 85258 to be connected to a trained Shout Volunteer.

The service is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and can help with issues such as anxiety, stress, loneliness, depression and suicidal thoughts. The conversation, which takes place entirely by text message, aims to help the person texting reach a calmer place with a plan to move forward. It will also signpost them to further support available locally.

Sarah Breton, Associate Director for Children and Maternity Commissioning at Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board, said: “We heard from young people that they often find it much easier to communicate via text rather than over the phone, so we’re pleased to be able to provide people aged 11 to 25 across Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes mental health support via Mental Health Innovations’ text messaging support service.

“The service can help with a range of issues, including anxiety, bullying, depression, loneliness, suicidal thoughts, and more. It’s free, anonymous and won’t show up on your phone bill.

“If you are struggling to cope and need to talk, text REFLECT to 85258 and you’ll be connected with a trained Shout Volunteer.”

Reflect FAQs – click here

Mind BLMK and CNWL launch Young Person’s Sanctuary in Milton Keynes

Mental Health Crisis Support for 14-17yrs

Mind BLMK is delighted to be working collaboratively with CAMHS and Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) in Milton Keynes to provide crisis services for young people in need of mental health support. 

The sanctuary is launching at CAMHS Eaglestone Health Centre, Standing Way, Milton Keynes MK6 5AZ on Wednesday 24 January, where it will then operate every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between 5pm and 10pm, as well as on Saturdays between 4pm and 10pm.

Mind’s Young Person’s Sanctuaries are safe, non-judgemental spaces where young people can come if they find themselves in crisis or mental distress in the evenings. There is no need to call ahead or book an appointment. If you are aged 14-17, simply drop in and you will be met by a trained youth mental health professional who will listen carefully and help identify ways to address the problems you are facing. The teams will also be able to refer and signpost to other services if required.

For more information about the Milton Keynes Young Person’s Sanctuaries, please visit the Mind website.

Chat Health Promotion – School Nurses

ChatHealth is an award-winning messaging service for young people aged 11-19 years, available Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm (automatic bounce backs respond to incoming messages out of hours).

As our lives have changed over the last few months due to the coronavirus, it’s more important than ever for young people to have easy access to support, particularly in the absence of face to face contact.  

The text number for this service is 07480 635517   Or visit www.chathealth.nhs.uk  to start a chat. 

For more information about ChatHealth, our organisation or for further general health advice and support for service users visit our website www.mkchildrenshealth.cnwl.nhs.uk