West Street Surgery - Dunstable

15/05/2026

14/05/2026

Supporting Your Mobility & Wellbeing
West Street Surgery and Priory Gardens Surgery are proud to be working in collaboration to support patients with concerns relating to mobility, movement, and overall wellbeing.

As part of this partnership, we are excited to introduce GaitSmart as part of our intervention programme, helping our community stay mobile, active, and independent for longer.

GaitSmart is an innovative, non-invasive assessment that analyses the way you walk to help identify:

✔️ Joint and mobility concerns
✔️ Early signs of musculoskeletal issues
✔️ Balance and movement problems
✔️ Opportunities to improve mobility and wellbeing

The assessment is quick, painless, and provides valuable insights that can support personalised care and treatment planning.
If you would like to learn more about how a consultation may benefit you, please complete the survey linked below
https://s.surveyplanet.com/1dg85m8u

West Street Surgery and Priory Gardens Surgery are now able to offer GaitSmart appointments to registered patients and patients registered elsewhere. If you experience stiffness, pain or difficulty walking, have a new joint and want to get the most out of it, or are simply not as steady as you'd lik...

14/05/2026

Is your new joint working as well as it could? The results for our patients following the GaitSmart programme have been excellent. We are now looking to help patients that have had hip and knee replacements. Let us ensure that you are getting the most out of your new joint. Interested in signing up for the GaitSmart programme contact us using our online contact us form.

13/05/2026

🧬 You’re a hero. It’s in your DNA. 🧬

Last December, West Street Surgery sent invitations to parents asking if they would like their children to take part in an important research study through the D-CYPHR project.

Together with the NHS and NIHR BioResource, this nationwide study aims to help researchers better understand and develop treatments for conditions affecting children and young people — from mental health to diabetes and many other illnesses.

Taking part is simple — all that’s needed is a small saliva sample.

If you would like your child to participate, you can:
✅ Contact West Street Surgery directly
✅ Or Complete the consent form online via the D-CYPHR website, https://www.bioresource.nihr.ac.uk/d-cyphr/

By taking part, you could help shape the future of healthcare for millions of people.

You can help pioneer new treatments for millions of people by helping us unlock the power hiding in your DNA. Together with the NHS, NIHR BioResource is creating a nationwide movement for ages 0 - 15 to help health research - everything from better understanding mental health to combatting diabetes....

24/04/2026

Please support our local Walking Football Groups at the Walking Football Festival in May. West Street Surgery is so grateful for the amazing support for our patients and their carers.

22/04/2026

West Street Surgery is delighted to announce a new partnership with Active Lifestyles, Leisure Services, Central Bedfordshire Council — the first collaboration of its kind.

The West Street Surgery partnership reflects the NHS vision for neighbourhood working by bringing care closer to where people live and supporting healthier, more resilient communities.

Over the next few weeks we will be finalising our programme and will update our patients as soon as we have more information.

We are also excited to announce that we are the first GP practice in Central Bedfordshire to install a Boditrax scanner. Boditrax uses a medically approved body analyser to scan the entire body, enabling you to monitor your weight, body water, fat mass, visceral fat, muscle mass, and metabolic rate.

It creates personal profiles for each individual and a detailed report on all of the above. It provides an individual health score and metabolic age to help you manage weight loss, increase energy or fitness levels, boost wellbeing and aid professional training.

The scanner is located in reception but won't be up and running until next week. Keen to find out more visit https://boditrax.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/categories/360000018125-Online-Training

22/04/2026

The Bedfordshire Continence Service are holding a "Continence Awareness" event at the Rufus Centre in Flitwick on Thursday 25th June between 10:00 and 16:00.

13/04/2026

From 1 April 2026, BLMK will join a new single organisation serving 3.5 million people across Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough called NHS Central East Integrated Care Board (ICB).

Practice Manager, Emma Debbage was invited by Dr Diana Hodgins MBE and founder of GaitSmart to share how West Street Surgery is using this new AI technology with Stevenage MP, Kevin Bonavia.

It was a great opportunity to showcase the impact of innovative approaches in primary care and introduce GaitSmart with a live demonstration on how easy and quick the assessment is. We also explored how this technology supports the NHS 10-Year Plan by offering a practical, digital solution for prevention within the community.

I was able to share how we have successfully integrated GaitSmart into West Street Surgery. The programme has been instrumental in supporting our older patients, helping to reduce frailty and the risk of falls. To date, over 140 of our patients have completed the GaitSmart programme, and we continue to see excellent outcomes. It was fantastic to be able to highlight these results and demonstrate the real difference this approach is making in primary care.

Interested in finding out if you are walking well. Contact the Practice and ask to be referred for a GaitSmart appointment.

23/03/2026

We have launched our new Instagram account. https://www.instagram.com/weststreetsurgery2026/
It would be great if you could follow us.

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