Cobbs Garden Surgery

Cobbs Garden Surgery Welcome to Cobbs Garden Surgery. We are a medical centre dedicated to delivering high quality NHS

We have a new Virtual Friend joining Cobbs and we wanted to update you!‘Florence’, or ‘Flo’ as it is referred to, combin...
07/08/2025

We have a new Virtual Friend joining Cobbs and we wanted to update you!

‘Florence’, or ‘Flo’ as it is referred to, combines blood pressure monitoring for our clinicians to manage, with the convenience of patients using their own mobile phone.

Florence sends text reminders to patients, prompting them to check their blood pressure. Once you have taken your blood pressure, you can text the readings to Florence. She will collate all the information provided and this be accessed by our clinicians.

What do you need to do?

Nothing yet!

You may, or may not be called up for your blood pressure reading, but if you are, Florence will be in touch by your mobile.

Those without mobile phones will still be included in our blood pressure monitoring so don’t worry if you’re not up and running with text messages.

If you have any concerns or questions, please do get in touch with the team and ask to speak to me. I can talk you through any issues.

Checking your blood pressure is essential and easy. Pop down to the pharmacy, come and use our machine in the waiting room or for your own convenience, these monitors are cheap to buy for your own home.

The image attached is what your text may look like.

Thanks for your support.

Debbie Murphy
Practice Manager

***KEYS FOUND***A set of keys have been found on Long Lane. Please get in touch if these are yours. There is a car key...
24/07/2025

***KEYS FOUND***

A set of keys have been found on Long Lane. Please get in touch if these are yours. There is a car key/fob also attached (not photographed) so please let us know the car model should you wish to retrieve them!
They are safe with us for the time being.

Thanks

15/07/2025

***PATIENTS PLEASE BE AWARE***

If arriving for appointments by car, you will need to give yourself 10 mins extra time to arrive.

Work is commencing on Long Lane/ West St tomorrow, with a 3-way traffic control and it will take you longer to make your journey.

It looks like this work could continue for up to 50 weeks, with distruption to our surgery car park.

Please consider this when attending for appointments.

Thank you for your support.

Cobbs Garden Surgery

15/07/2025

PROTECTED LEARNING TIME TODAY

On 15 July 2025 between 1.30pm and 6.30pm the practice will be closed except if you have a prebooked appointment. All practice telephone calls will be covered by the 111 service. This is similar to all practices across Milton Keynes to allow for staff training.

During this time if you need medical help please call 111 and if you need emergency assistance, please call 999.

Thank you,

Your Cobbs Garden Surgery Team

Our PPG are inviting you to take part in a 2-minute survey, and we would be grateful if you could submit a response abou...
11/07/2025

Our PPG are inviting you to take part in a 2-minute survey, and we would be grateful if you could submit a response about our surgery before 31/08/25.

Please see the link below, or alternatively use the QR code. We also have paper copies that are available at reception.

https://forms.microsoft.com/e/3p9P8YfuZX

Thank you!

You may know that NHS England have now approved the use of Tirzepatide (also known as Mounjaro® or ‘the weight loss drug...
09/07/2025

You may know that NHS England have now approved the use of Tirzepatide (also known as Mounjaro® or ‘the weight loss drug’), from primary care from the 23rd of June 2025.

We thought it would be useful let you know about the criteria for this, before you contact the surgery. In the first two years of entry, NHS England will only be offering this to a very small number of people. This is to allow safe entry of this repurposed medicine into the health system.

To be eligible you must have a BMI of 40 or higher and at least four of these additional conditions, already diagnosed by your GP or another medical professional.

These are:-
Hypertension
Dyslipidaemia
Obstructive sleep apnoea
Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD)
Type 2 diabetes mellitus

You will need to be referred by our team here to be authorised for the treatment, so if you are eligible please contact us if you would like further information.

If you aren’t eligible and enquiring, you may be disappointed and waste an appointment but we will keep you updated about any changes to the criteria as much as we can.

Thank you for your support.

Cobbs Garden Surgery

04/07/2025

Please can you help? 👀

One of our members of staff has received significant damage to their car whilst parked at the surgery on Wednesday 2 July 2025. Someone saw a grey Audi drive into a purple Fiat 500 car between 1145 and 1230.

Please could the owner of this car, or further witnesses come forward with any information? Please speak to reception if you have any details.

Thank you.

Cobbs Garden Surgery team

18/06/2025

PROTECTED LEARNING TIME TODAY

On 18 June 2025 between 1.30pm and 6.30pm the practice will be closed except if you have a prebooked appointment. Unfortunately we have limited appointments today. All practice telephone calls will be covered by the 111 service. This is similar to all practices across Milton Keynes to allow for staff training.

During this time if you need medical help please call 111 and if you need emergency assistance, please call 999.

Thank you,

Your Cobbs Garden Surgery Team

We are excited to announce that we have a new vacancy here at Cobbs. We are offering a great opportunity to learn all a...
11/06/2025

We are excited to announce that we have a new vacancy here at Cobbs.

We are offering a great opportunity to learn all about primary care in a 35-hr week post, where you will be working across the different teams and getting to experience how a surgery works.

Our surgery has a great family-feel so if you enjoy a supportive work environment where staff are put first this will be the ideal opportunity for you. We offer an NHS pension, Employee Assist Programme (including 24hr free counselling), a salary of £12.42p/hr + (depending on experience) and 25 days holiday.

Duties include- patient contact in reception, dealing with requests, managing medical letters, post, scanning, coding, dealing with prescriptions, referrals to secondary care, liaising with GPs, nurses and other members of the team and outside agencies.

The job will be challenging and busy so if enjoy being active and engaged in your work, we would love to hear from you.
Ideally you would have some medical experience, but we are willing to train the right person for our team.

If interested, please send your CV and covering letter to Debbie.Murphy18@nhs.net before the 30th June 2025.

22/05/2025

PROTECTED LEARNING TIME TODAY

On 22 May 2025 between 1.30pm and 6.30pm the practice will be closed except if you have a prebooked appointment. All practice telephone calls will be covered by the 111 service. This is similar to all practices across Milton Keynes to allow for staff training.

During this time if you need medical help please call 111 and if you need emergency assistance, please call 999.

Thank you,

Your Cobbs Garden Surgery Team

08/05/2025

Please note :

We will be observing a 2 minute silence today at 12 noon to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

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30/04/2025

PROTECTED LEARNING TIME TODAY

On 30 April 2025 between 1.30pm and 6.30pm the practice will be closed except if you have a prebooked appointment. All practice telephone calls will be covered by the 111 service. This is similar to all practices across Milton Keynes to allow for staff training.

During this time if you need medical help please call 111 and if you need emergency assistance, please call 999.

Thank you,

Your Cobbs Garden Surgery Team

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Olney
MK465QG

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