Peacock Surgery

31/07/2025

We are recruiting!

Peacock Surgery is looking to recruit an experienced Practice Nurse.

Closing date: 17 August 2025

To apply or ask questions- please send CV and a covering letter to susan.wray1@nhs.net

Job summary
Ideally, we are looking for a minimum of 30 hours a week. Salary will depend on experience.

The successful candidate will be NMC registered and be comfortable working within your own competencies and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC.
In addition, you will ideally have experience of working within a GP practice setting and have the ability to always prioritise and manage your own workload and promoting safety with excellent patient care.
We would like applicants to provide details of any training courses done post registration e.g. Diabetes, asthma, contraception, cytology.

Pay: Based on Experience

Location: this role will primarily be based at our Elsenham Branch

Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:

Assist in routine tasks such as cytology, wound care, removal of sutures, urinalysis, travel clinic, contraception reviews, routine and childhood immunisations, and chaperoning.

Request pathology tests (urine culture, swabs, blood tests).

Long term Condition Management

Clinical Tasks:
Follow agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate.

Maintain and clean equipment used by nurses and GPs.

Maintain GP and nurses' rooms, stock and rotate items as required.

Maintain accurate records of mandatory checks.

Order vaccinations to maintain stock levels.

Support and mentor junior nursing team members and participate in the surgery’s ethos of supporting nurses in training.

Participate in administrative systems in the practice.

Attend and participate in practice meetings.

Undertake home visits if required

Perform any other delegated duties appropriate to the post.

17/07/2025

Dear Neighbours in Elsenham

On Saturday 26th July 2025, the GP Partners are hosting a Summer Party for our staff, in the garden at our Elsenham Branch. The last 12 months post-merger has been rather stressful 😣, and it’s a token of thanks to our amazing team.

Our event will start at 4pm, and will involve live music between 7pm and 10pm (the band will sound check before 7pm). Approximately 50 staff members will be in attendance.
We apologise in advance for the noise – we intend to finish the event at 11pm (with some tidying up to happen after 11pm, and the next morning).
We thank you for your support and understanding.

Teresa Buglass, Practice Manager - on behalf of the GP Partners

28/04/2025

🚨We are recruiting! 🚨If you like working in an awesome team, and like working with the public- please get in touch!

1. Receptionist

We have a variety of shifts available Monday to Friday, mornings and afternoons. This role will require working over both branches. No NHS experience required

2. Phlebotomist

2 roles available, each covering roughly 2.5 days - working Mon-Fri - predominantly from Stansted branch. NHS experience preferred, but not essential. Phlebotomy experience not essential- it is remarkable how quickly our nursing team can teach this skill!

To apply or enquire, please send and email to susan.wray1@nhs.net. Closing date 9 May 2025

23/04/2025

**UPDATE 24/4/2025 @13:10 - Phone line for pharmacy is now working 😊

Peacock Pharmacy are currently experiencing technical difficulties with their phone lines. Our phone company and BT are working on this.

If you need to contact the phamacy please email peacock.pharmacy@nhs.net

If you are waiting to collect medication and usually get a text, please wait to receive the text informing you your prescription is ready, the texting system is working as usual.

We apologise for any inconvenience and will keep you updated. Thank you 😊

17/04/2025

⬇️Patients - please read for some important context on the BBC article below ⬇️

To manage patient expectations and in the interest of transparency:

The ‘Advice and Guidance’ (A&G) pathway is not new. GPs have been using it for some time, when clinically appropriate.
In this year’s GMS contract, surgeries are awarded £20 per A&G referral. This fee is new.
It means that instead of a patient being referred to Secondary Care for specialist input, a ‘remote’ assessment’ is done, and the GP receiving advice and guidance back on how to manage the patient in Primary Care. Perhaps requesting more tests or initiating treatment usually started under specialist care and specialist supervision. All the follow up care therefore falls to GPs. The £20 fee does not cover this additional workload for GPs… not even almost. It is assumed that A&G responses will be written and overseen by consultants.
There is no clarity on the financial incentives received by hospitals to delay/reject referrals from GPs. Perhaps I’m being cynical.

Can GPs just bypass A&G and refer patients to hospital?
In some cases, yes - but not for long (we suspect). We believe that very soon we will be unable to make referrals to several specialities unless A&G has been sought. This is already the case for some specialties at some hospitals.

Time will tell what the effect on patient outcomes will be.

Please understand 3 things:
1. Your GP cannot just refer a patient to hospital because the patient wants a referral. Sometimes, not even if the GP believes a referral is clinically indicated.
2. If you see glowing reports in the media depicting a huge reduction in waiting lists for hospital appointments, it’s because the work as moved back into your GP Surgery. Work that we do not have capacity for.
3. There’s a cap on how many A&G referrals GP Surgeries can do… when the 80 million ‘additional’ investment runs out… presumably we return to business as usual.

Yes, the A&G service has been useful, and it will continue to be - not all patients require specialist input. But many do… and now it is becoming harder to obtain. GPs are being stripped of their autonomy to decide what is best for their patients, and patients are being removed from conversations about their own health.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/patients

GPs will work more closely with specialists to support patients closer to home, the government says.

26/03/2025

We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our telephone system. We are in contact with our provider and are working hard to resolve this issue. Many thanks

17/03/2025

🚨availability this afternoon 🚨
We are planning our next dermatology assessment clinics - if you have a lump, bump, mole or similar that concerns you, please call the surgery to register your interest. We have some availability in an assessment clinic this afternoon at Stansted Branch - please call asap book an appointment. These will be available on a first come first serve basis. Once the appointments are full, we will be keeping a list of patients for future clinics. This is for Peacock Surgery patients only.
** this clinic is for assessment only. If any intervention is needed, this will be arranged for a later date**

13/03/2025

South Uttlesford Primary Care Network is looking for a full time Clinical Pharmacist (Maternity Cover, Fixed Term for one year)

The role will involve working with Peacock Surgery and Angel Lane Surgery patients.

Immediate start preferred.

Please email susan.wray1@nhs.net to apply or if further information is required

12/03/2025

If you're an uttlesford resident, or just fancy hearing more about what Social prescribing can offer you, then please pop along to this coffee morning on Wednesday 19th at Takeley Old School community hub, between 9am and 1pm. It will be running alongside the Uttlesford social outreach service. https://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/article/8451/Social-outreach-service

Free tea, coffee and cake available 😀

28/02/2025

We Are Recruiting! 📣

We are looking for a medical secretary to join our amazing surgery team. This role is crucial in supporting our clinicians in the timely ex*****on of clinical referrals for our patients.

This is a high pressure role, and will be predominantly based at our Stansted branch.

Previous NHS or private medical sector experience is preferred, but not essential.

Hours negotiable (approx. 30 hours per week). Rate of pay will be dependant on experience.

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter to susan.wray1@nhs.net

Closing date for applications is Wednesday 12th March 2025.

17/01/2025

Please see important update on our website regarding changes to our antibiotic prescribing policy.

Please read this entire notice please, as it affects all patients Antibiotic resistant infections are rising in the UK which means some common infections are becoming harder to treat as they do not…

24/12/2024

We would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and all the best health and happiness for 2025!

The surgery will be closed on Christmas day and Boxing day, we will re-open at 8am on Friday 27th December.

Should you need medical assistance over the festive period please call 111. Please only call 999 in cases of absolute emergency.

Pharmacies will be operating at limited hours, please see closest opening times below:

Peacock Pharmacy - open 8am to 12pm on Christmas day. Closed Boxing day and New Year's day.

Williamsons Chemist - are closed Christmas, Boxing and New Year's days.

Yogi Pharmacy - are closed Christmas, Boxing and New Year's days.

Boots, Bishop's Stortford - open 10am to 4pm on Boxing day and New Year's day. Closed on Christmas day.

For a full list of pharmacies open in the Hertfordshire and West Essex area over Christmas please follow the link below.