The Hereward Practice

The Hereward Practice Welcome! We cannot answer medical questions on Facebook. Welcome to The Hereward Practice! About Lakeside Healthcare!

Our close-knit team of GPs, nurses, allied health professionals, administrative and reception staff, are dedicated to providing the best possible healthcare services for our community. Our team works collaboratively to provide healthcare services at The Hereward Practice. We are fortunate to have a close-knit team of GPs, nurses, allied health professionals, administrative and reception staff, who

are all dedicated to providing the best possible service for our community. Patients are at the heart of what we do and we couldn’t do it without our extensive team. We are lucky to have so many experienced and long serving colleagues, plus newer staff who are committed to a career in Primary Care. We have an experienced management team who deal with the daily running of our practices and our patient service advisors are there to help whether you have a medical concern or administrative query. They are very busy so if your enquiry can wait until after 11am each day then that would be appreciated and should save you time either waiting on the telephone or in our reception areas. We engage regularly with patients through our Patient Participation Group, taking their views into account where possible when making changes and listening to their views, issues and ideas. We also have productive working relationships with the Integrated Care Board and Care Quality Commission and make improvements as and where we can. As well as our daily work in surgeries we also work in the local community, making home visits, providing healthcare for residents in local care homes and offer advice and support on lifestyle and non-clinical issues with our Personalised Care Team of care coordinators and social prescribers. We are busier than ever so thank you for your understanding while we continue recruit, train and develop our team and working practices to see as many patients as we can safely. The Hereward Practice is a part of Lakeside Healthcare, a large GP partnership that provides NHS care for around 170,000 patients across Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Northamptonshire. We are made up of eight GP practices across 14 sites that are all part of their local communities. We work together as practices to provide resilience, sharing learning and professional back-office support services. Our most important asset is our people, who provide care for our patients and help run our surgeries smoothly. We employ over 500 clinical and non-clinical staff and we invest in training and developing to ensure that we retain and attract good quality staff who want to stay with us and be part of our team. We also host a clinical research team who run high quality clinical trials and studies to support the development of new medications and preventative treatment for long-term conditions. We are proud of what we do and strive to demonstrate our values of Caring, Respect, Quality and Teamwork in everything we do. For further information please visit our website.

22/04/2026

Until Sunday 24 May 2026, we are asking all of our patients to tell us about their experiences using our services to help us better understand what is important to you so we can provide the best care possible.

Please take a moment to complete our short Patient Survey about your experiences. To fill out the survey online, visit: https://ow.ly/UWTj50YI5I5.

If you prefer a paper copy, feel free to ask for one at reception. And if you need any assistance with the survey, don't hesitate to contact our practice.

Thank you for helping us improve our services! 🌟

It's National Practice Managers' Day, so we'd like to take a moment to celebrate Tracey and everything that she does!
21/04/2026

It's National Practice Managers' Day, so we'd like to take a moment to celebrate Tracey and everything that she does!

Lakeside Healthcare Research has been named as one of the top recruitment sites in the region. If you would like to get ...
20/04/2026

Lakeside Healthcare Research has been named as one of the top recruitment sites in the region. If you would like to get involved in clinical trials, or simply find out more about their work, please follow their page.

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Lakeside Healthcare Research has been named the second top recruiter for clinical studies in the East Midlands region.

The East Midlands RRDN (Regional Research Delivery Network) Research Support for Wider Care Settings, supports GP and dental practices with the delivery of clinical research.

Lakeside was second in the list of top performing sites for research recruitment in the East Midlands, with a total of 526 participants being signed up from our practices in Corby, Stamford, Bourne, Oundle and Kettering.

The accolade comes at an exciting time for the central Research Department, based at Cottingham Road Corby. It has appointed new Research Partners and has ambitious plans to develop the scope and reach of its clinical studies. It is currently recruiting for studies in Covid, COPD, asthma, cardiovascular events, unexplained cough and C-diff.

The Research Site Initiative (RSI) Scheme Recognition Awards said: ‘Being a research active Practice for patients for patients and staff also means:

· Gaining access to new treatments/ technologies

· Being empowered to take a more active role in their own care

· Increasing knowledge in health conditions

· Gaining a sense of accomplishment and achievement in supporting medical research for a condition they care about.

· Opportunities to widen knowledge and skill set, supporting continuous professional development and adding interesting elements to roles

They continued: ‘Whilst recruitment from GP Practices in the East Midlands has decreased this year compared to last year, we are still the third highest recruiting RRDN in the country. This is a great achievement and shows the outstanding work and dedication of our GP practices here in the East Midlands, who are committed to providing these valuable opportunities to their patients and staff. A huge well done and congratulations to everyone who has supported in contributing to this achievement.’

Dr Funto Ogundapo, GP Partner at Oundle Medical Practice and GP Research Champion Northamptonshire ICB said: ‘This is great news and a collaborative effort from all our GP practices and Research Hub to get the word out to patients on the Commercial and NIHR Clinical research (academic and commercial research) that is available for them to participate in! Lakeside Healthcare stands for excellence in clinical research and is supportive of our patients getting the best care under the NHS.’

For more information about the Research team and current studies visit: https://www.lakesidehealthcaregroup.co.uk/research

18/04/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended our Covid and RSV vaccination clinic today and thank you for your patience whilst we faced some delays.
Unfortunately we were too busy to remember to take a team picture but thank you to all our lovely team members who gave up their Saturday morning to get everyone vaccinated 💪🏻

17/04/2026

If you’re feeling overwhelmed or struggling with stress, support is available.

NHS Talking Therapies can help you learn practical ways to manage conditions like OCD, social anxiety and PTSD.

You can find out more or refer yourself here: nhs.uk/talk.

16/04/2026

Your feedback matters to us! Whether it's positive or negative, we want to hear from you to better understand your needs and provide the best possible care. Please take a moment to complete our short Patient Survey about your experiences.

To fill out the survey online, visit: https://ow.ly/UWTj50YI5I5.

If you prefer a paper copy, feel free to ask for one at reception. And if you need any assistance with the survey, don't hesitate to contact our practice.

Thank you for helping us improve our services! 🌟

06/04/2026

If you need urgent medical help but you're not sure where to go, use 111 to get assessed and directed to the right place for you. Call, go online or use the NHS App.

➡️ nhs.uk/111

Address

Exeter Street
Bourne
PE109XR

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 6:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 6:30pm
Thursday 8am - 6:30pm
Friday 8am - 6:30pm

Telephone

+441778393399

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