Author: Lyn Giles

Please follow the link below to our Autumn 2024 newsletter Autumn 2024 newsletter  

Stop smoking for 28 days and join thousands of others doing the same this October.  Give quitting a go this STOPTOBER. OneYou can help you.  Follow the link to self … [continue] STOPTOBER

As well as attending the surgery, patients can now book a blood test at one of three ESHT locations – Bexhill Community Diagnostic Centre, Conquest Hospital or Eastbourne DGH.  Patients MUST book an … [continue] Blood Test Appointments

Carers Rights Day is taking place on Thursday 23 November and this year, the focus is on unpaid carers. Have you become a carer recently? Or have you been caring … [continue] Carers Rights Day – 23 November

Local libraries are now offering free IT support – this will include help with the NHS app.  They can provide step by step support to download and register with the … [continue] IT FOR YOU

Hosted by the Ferry Road Health Centre and Rye Medical Centre Patient Participation Groups. Come along to the Hub on Rye Hill on Monday 16th October at 6:30 p.m. to … [continue] Healthy Habits on a Budget

Please follow the link to our latest newsletter Autumn 2023 newsletter

Covid autumn vaccination boosters are currently available to over 65’s, immunosuppressed and NHS workers.    Patients can now book appointments online or by calling 119. Or if you’d prefer, there’s … [continue] Covid Clinics – Tilling Green

We are now making appointments for this years flu vaccine.  If you would like to book, or are not sure if you are eligible for this free vaccination, please contact … [continue] Flu Vaccines

Healthy Living for People with type 2 diabetes is a free, online NHS service that supports people to live well with type 2 diabetes and reduce the risk of complications.  … [continue] Take control of your Type 2 Diabetes

Covid-19 Information You should keep lateral flow tests at home You should keep lateral flow tests at home to use if you have symptoms. You can order these free of … [continue] Covid 19 – Reminder about testing

From 30th November 2023 Fishermen will need a fitness certificate to state they are ‘fit to fish’.  See the latest guidelines in the attached Gov UK link Your certificate of … [continue] Fitness to Fish

Across East Sussex there is a range of support if you’re struggling to afford to keep warm and to help you improve the energy efficiency of your home.  For example: … [continue] Warm Home Checks

How can Healthy Living help? Healthy Living provides knowledge and information so that you can: • feel confident in managing your type 2 diabetes • reduce diabetes-related distress • improve … [continue] Healthy Living for people with type 2 diabetes

Join us in the celebration of the Queens Jubilee on Wednesday 1st June between 10:00 and 12:00 for tea, coffee and cakes. Donations to the Ukraine appeal and Rye Food … [continue] Platinum Jubilee 2022

i-go is a register and FREE leisure discount card for 0-25’s with additional needs living or studying in East Sussex. This could include learning, physical, or social, emotional and mental … [continue] i-go The Children and Young People’s Additional Need Register

One You East Sussex can help get 2022 off to the right start. They have FREE weight management programmes available to East Sussex residents. https://www.oneyoueastsussex.org.uk Motivation can be hard to find … [continue] Are you ready for a new you in 22?

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that all adults aged 40 to 49 years should be offered an mRNA booster, 6 months after their second dose, … [continue] Covid Boosters 40-49 year olds

If you are a male, aged 65+, and not been screened before you are eligible for a screening examination. This screening is available locally in various locations. Please call the … [continue] NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme.

EAST SUSSEX BREAST SCREENING SERVICE Breast Screening for Ferry Road Health Centre patients will begin in November 2021 and run for approximately two months. Women from the practice between the … [continue] Sussex Breast Screening Service

You deserve to feel your healthiest, best version of yourself. Put yourself first and quit smoking with One You East Sussex this Stoptober. Either visit https://bit.ly/3zQZJVO or call the surgery … [continue] STOPTOBER

There is a national shortage of blood bottles, which is expected to last until at least 17th September 2021. We have therefore been told by the NHS to postpone all … [continue] Blood Bottle Shortage

16 and 17 year olds are now eligible for one COVID-19 vaccination.   You will be contacted by our local vaccination service to offer a vaccination appointment over the coming … [continue] 16-17 Year Old Covid Vaccinations

Ageing Well events are taking place at De La Warr Pavilion on 14th September.   At 3pm ‘How to live well in the 21st century’ giving advice on how to … [continue] Ageing Well Event

Free NHS hearing aid batteries and Maintenance on the 3rd Friday of the month 10:30 am to 12:00 pm at the Hub on Rye Hill, Kiln Drive, Rye, TN31 7SQ.  … [continue] East Sussex Hearing Service

Self-care guidance is available on the NHS website for people who have mild COVID-19.   .

From 17 May 2021, people in England who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can demonstrate their vaccination status for international travel. A full course is currently two doses of any … [continue] VACCINATION STATUS FOR TRAVEL PURPOSES

Everybody’s mental health has been challenged by the lockdowns and insecurities of the last year. As we emerge from what we hope will be the worst of the pandemic, questions, … [continue] Men’s Health Week 14-20 June 2021

Staff and Volunteers were surprised on Friday afternoon to receive a visit from the Leader of 1st Robertsbridge Scouts who presented Deirdre Kelly and her team with a Community Hero … [continue] Etchingham Vaccination Hub Award

Surgery Update   We would like to begin this update by thanking patients for the support and good wishes offered to our team over the past year. Despite the media … [continue] Surgery Services Update