Danetre Medical Practice

IMMEDIATE CHANGES TO OUR BLOOD TAKING SERVICE

Due to ongoing financial and resource pressures, the practice has had to carefully review the services we are able to provide safely and sustainably within primary care. As a result, we are no longer able to carry out blood tests requested by secondary care providers (e.g. hospitals) and will only undertake those requested by our own clinicians. We appreciate that this change may be frustrating and may cause inconvenience for some patients, and we are sorry for any disruption this may cause. 

This decision has not been taken lightly. It reflects increasing demand on general practice services and the need to ensure we can continue to prioritise the care we are commissioned to provide for our patients. This approach has been adopted by a number of practices locally facing similar pressures. 

We recognise that this will require patients to make alternative arrangements and we would encourage you to make these as soon as possible to reduce any potential impact on your care. You can arrange appointments with the blood taking unit at Northampton General Hospital (NGH) by calling 01604 544190  or you can go online and arrange appointments at both NGH and Danetre Hospital here Online Appointment Healthcare Platform | Swiftqueue

If you would like to discuss the commissioning of this service directly with the local ICB please contact their Patient Experience Team on 01604 476777

Please see our new instructional video on how to use the SystmConnect online triage system. 

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Danetre Medical Practice has a free car park for our patients to use located to the left of the main enterance. However, cars parked here are left at their own risk. 

Please also be mindful the car park is communal between us, the hospital and the nursery located on site and as a result at times can become extremely busy. 

Did you know we now offer Enhanced Access appointments? These are appointments available every 3rd Saturday between 9am-5pm and selected evenings per week between 6:30pm-8:00pm. 

We also offer routine GP appointments and specialised clinics to help with accessibility for those who find it difficult to attend appointments during our core opening hours. 

For more information and to book an appointment please contact the practice to find out our next availabilty. 

(Please note that appointments are all routine and pre-booked only and will be subject to availabilty)

The Armed Forces Community Hubs are currently no longer running, however if you are a current or past member of the Armed Forces Community and feel you would like to gain advice and support, you can get in touch with the team by:

Emailing Covenant.NCC@westnorthants.gov.uk OR Please call 07741 684 647.

If you are a military veteran and feel you require more support, please visit our Veterans page for more information.

Keep up to date with all things going on at Danetre Medical Practice, by following our Facebook Page! 

 https://www.facebook.com/DanetreMedical/

Try the NHS App!

If you are a patient at our practice, you can use the NHS App to access a range of NHS services on your smartphone or tablet.

It doesn’t replace existing services and you can still contact us in the usual ways.

However, once you have verified your identity in the app, you will have easy, 24/7 access to a growing range of health services and information.

Such as: 

• order repeat prescriptions
• access NHS 111 online
• find NHS services
• view your health records
• book appointments
• and much more… 

 For more information, please visit our dedicated NHS App page. 

The Pharmacy First scheme will allow most chemists in England to issue prescriptions to patients without appointments or referrals.

It will save GP surgeries an estimated 10 million appoitments a yer (3.3%).

Please visit our prescriptions page for further information.

Our Friends and Family Test results for April 2026

Total responses - 582

Very good - 479 

Good - 75 

Neither good nor poor - 19 

Poor - 7 

Very poor - 3

Don't know - 1 

We want to ensure that as many people as possible are able to use our website. We have tried to make sure that website text is as simple as possible to understand and that all accessibility compliance standards are met. However we do understand that there may be some areas which are not fully accessible.

For further information please see our accessibility information here.

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of our website and content is reviewed quarterly by practice staff, our supplier or by a third party. 

Here at Danetre Medical Practice we are a compassionate and committed provider of clinical excellence.

Our staff are motivated to achieve their maximum potential and deliver diverse, local and patient centred services.

To ensure we provide first-rate, cost effective healthcare we work closely with our patients and listen to what they have to say. After all, patients are the key part of any Medical Practice so we take pride in giving them a voice.

The Practice itself is located in close proximity to Daventry Town centre in a modern building adjoining Danetre Hospital (a community hospital which opened in September 2006) offering a wide range of services and delivering a high standard of care.

Also attached to the Practice operating independently is Boots Chemist.

Contained within the site is a purpose built free car parking provision for visitors and staff.

All employers are expected to park within the car parks adjacent to the boundary of the site allowing the car parks nearer the Practice and Hospital to be used by patients visiting the site.