Belford Medical Practice

Coronavirus emergency

Entry to our surgeries

To enter the surgery in both Belford and Seahouses patients will have to use the buzzer system and answer a series of questions before they will be allowed to enter the building, please be patient with our staff as the phones are still being manned during this time.

Face Mask Exemption Info

The Government have asked us to wear face coverings on public transport. There are some exemptions to this, see our attached document.

Local help

Thank you

The team at the Surgery want to thank all of you, our patients, for your patience when contacting the surgery and collecting medications over the last few weeks as you have helped to keep all our staff safe and well. We are very aware that the government advice we are following might be affecting whether you think you should be contacting us at the surgery for non-Corona virus related issues.

We do not want you to delay contacting us for help with other potentially serious problems and are here for telephone and video consultations. If we need to see you in the surgery we will make a plan with you to do this as safely as possible for you, our staff and ourselves. You can access an appointment by telephone or using the e-consult facility via our website.

With the recent announcement by the government of an extension of the national lockdown for a further 3 weeks, we are also very aware that social isolation may be putting increased stress on some families. If you or your family are feeling more unsafe due to the current situation please contact us for advice as we are here to support you.

Look after yourselves.

The Team at Belford Medical Practice

We have been working hard with our primary care network to ensure that whatever challenges we may face in the coming months we can continue to provide you, our patients, continued access to essential healthcare from your local practice. Although testing for healthcare workers is now available and will reduce the number of staff who are isolating when a household member has symptoms there remains the risk of healthcare workers being too unwell to attend work if they contract the virus. We are concerned there is a risk that this may mean some practices are left without GPs available to care for their patients for short periods of time.

Therefore in order to ensure that our patients always have access to a General Practitioner we have taken the temporary step of activating access for every GP across the North of Northumberland in each of our practices. Although we have made this access available immediately this will only be used when a GP is working to support a practice and only to access the records of those patients who need their input. This may include but is not limited to consultations (telephone or face to face), issuing medications and reviewing test results.

If you have any concerns or wish to discuss this further please speak to our practice manager.

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Please note Boots the Chemist at Seahouses are now requesting 4 working days notice.

Medication ordered on a Monday will be ready for collection on a Thursday
Tuesdays orders can be collected Friday
Thursdays orders can be collected Mondays
Fridays orders can be collected Tuesday.

We would like to make patients aware that our Contract with NHS England allow the practice to prescribe to all our patients but only allows us to dispense to patients who live more than a mile from a local chemist. If the local chemists are closed, we are permitted to dispense as an emergency measure to any patient who needs medication urgently.

Welcome to Belford Medical Practice

Where the team work together to provide the highest quality healthcare at the same time meeting ever changing needs of its patients and the community.

We are a 3 Partner 2 Salaried teaching/dispensing practice, which is involved in the training of qualified doctors who wish to gain experience in General Practice. We also have 3rd Year and final year medical students visiting the practice as part of their undergraduate training(for more information click here) . We are a research Practice. We also have a Nurse Practitioner working two days a week.

Our main surgery is located at Belford, and we operate a branch surgery at Seahouses Health Centre.