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The SPoA is coordination centre for adult services within Bedfordshire Community Health Services. This centre is accessed via a single number, which is where the name SPoA comes from; it stands for ‘Single Point of Access’.
The SPoA provides customer service and information for service users, family, carers and healthcare professionals.
Queensborough House
Friars Walk
Dunstable
LU6 3JA
United Kingdom
If you or a loved one is accessing any of the services listed below, and you need to raise a query or get in contact with a Bedfordshire Community Health Services, please use the SPoA number, where a trained call handler will be happy to help.
The SPoA is also available to healthcare professionals.
Our expert team of call-handlers can help with information, contacting services, appointment information, updating patient details and referrals.
They can also assess the needs of patients and how urgently they need help. If urgent help is needed, our call handlers have quick and direct access to highly qualified nurses who can rapidly assess the patient’s needs and act on these as required
SPoA is able to handle calls for all the following adult services:
Yes, and we welcome this. If you or a loved one has used the SPoA service in the last six months and would like to feedback your experience or get involved in developing it, please don’t hesitate to contact our People Participation team using this email address:
Elft.bchspeopleparticipation@nhs.net
We always welcome feedback at the end of calls and the team have a set template to give service users a platform to have their say.