GP Prescription Service Early Adopter Scheme

  • Are you caring for someone?

  • Are you feeling emotionally or physically overwhelmed?

  • Would help or a break make a difference?


    • From 1 April 2010 NHS Cambridgeshire and Crossroads Care Cambridgeshire are working in partnership with GP’s who have chosen to sign up for a pilot scheme offering a new innovative way to improve recognition and help for carers of any age, including young carers, and provide a short break, where needed.

    What can you get from Crossroads Care Cambridgeshire?
    As a carer you will be able to visit your GP to explain your circumstances and your GP will then offer you a prescription for a visit to help decide the most appropriate form of support including a short break . When you receive a prescription a specialist worker at Crossroads Care Cambridgeshire will visit you and help complete an assessment of your situation to decide the most appropriate form of support.

    We can point you in the right direction to where you can find out more about caring, your rights, free services or benefits you may be entitled to. If a short break is prescribed, we will help you choose to book something that would make a real difference to you. You may need a short break to support your own health, keep an appointment, or just need some “me time” away from it all.
    Turn over for details of the surgeries participating in the Service and how to get a Prescription.

    Participating Surgeries
    Newmarket Road Surgery, Burwell
    Newnham Walk, Cambridge
    Nuffield Road, Cambridge
    George Clare Surgery, Chatteris
    St Mary’s, Ely
    Roman Gate, Godmanchester
    Acorn Surgery, Huntingdon
    Charles Hicks Surgery, Huntingdon
    Priory Fields, Huntingdon
    The Papworth Surgery, Papworth
    Rainbow, Ramsey
    Ramsey Health Centre, Ramsey
    Parkhall Surgery, Somersham
    Moat House, Warboys
    Jenner Health Centre, Whittlesey
    New Queen Street, Whittlesey
    Yaxley Group Practice, Yaxley

    How to get a Prescription?
    See your doctor, briefly explain your circumstances.

    Your doctor will sign the prescription and they will make sure they record you are a carer, so they can support you appropriately in the future.

    You can take the prescription away and contact Crossroads Care Cambridgeshire within 28 days.

    We will respond within one working day and provide the information service and an agreed break if you choose, without any charge to you.

    Download the GP Carers Prescription Service leaflet Download the GP Carers Prescription Service leaflet