East Barnwell Health Centre

22/11/2025

If you’ve got a minor illness like a cold, you can often look after yourself safely at home. Make sure you have a well-stocked medicine cabinet with things like paracetamol and indigestion remedies to help treat minor issues from the comfort of your own home.

19/11/2025

DONT FORGET......
Open between 10am and 2pm TODAY for our Diabetes Drop In session at the surgery.
Nutrition and Dietetics and Libre Sensors are on hand to discuss your Diabetes control. Our Practice nurse Memory is also available to discuss anything Diabetes.

15/11/2025

During strike action by resident doctors (from 7am on Friday 14 November until 7am on Wednesday 19 November) please be aware:

- Continue to use 111, minor injury units or urgent treatment centres for urgent medical help.

- A&E departments will still be open so do still get medical help in emergency and serious life or limb threatening cases.

- If you haven't been contacted to reschedule your hospital appointment then please attend as normal.

13/11/2025

⚠️ FLOODING: AMBER ALERT ⚠️

The Environment Agency has placed us into an Amber Alert given the weather front and rain we are forecast across the next 24 – 48 hours.

Please make sure to check in on your neighbours and any vulnerable members of our communities who may need support during this time.

💧 Sign up for flood alerts here: www.gov.uk/get-flood-warnings

💧 Check your long-term flood risk: www.gov.uk/check-long-term-flood-risk

💧 What to do before, during and after a flood: www.gov.uk/prepare-for-flooding

💧 Prepare your property for flooding: www.gov.uk/prepare-for-flooding/protect-your-property

💧 Report a flood or possible cause of flooding: www.gov.uk/report-flood-cause - Or call 0800 80 70 60 (24 hours)

🚨 If there is a threat to life, please dial 999.

📞 You can also call Floodline for advice 24 hours a day: 0345 988 1188

Sign up to get flood warnings for your home or business in England, Scotland or Wales, sign in to your flood warnings account, and find out how to check flood risk in Northern Ireland

06/11/2025

So Disappointing.....

Today we had 11 patients not attend for the appointment that were made for either the nurse or GP. These could have been offered to other patients in need of appointments.

If you cannot attend the appointment you have made please let us know so we can offer this to someone else.

06/11/2025

The Healthy Choices Quiz offers a simple way to assess your lifestyle across six themes. Upon completion, it provides an overall score and signposts users to relevant free NHS digital tools and content.

The Healthy Choices Quiz provides an easy first step for those who want to feel healthier but may not know where to start. After capturing some basic demographic information and exploring different health motivations, the quiz asks a series of lifestyle questions across six main themes: movement, eating, alcohol consumption, smoking and va**ng, mental health and sleep. Users will then receive an overall score out of 10 based on their answers.

https://www.nhs.uk/hcquiz

06/11/2025

03/11/2025

We need your help......

Were also undergoing an accreditation for the pride in practice and need to update patients records for the LGBTQ+ patients. Please let us know by online message (through our website) of your gender and sexual orientation. We plan on undertaking a LGBTQ+ open evening soon and want to make sure we have an up to date contact list.

Please note: anything you submit is treated confidentially and is only to update your records to assist us in providing you the best care.

03/11/2025

Your pharmacist can provide treatment or some prescription medicine, if needed, for seven common conditions - without you seeing a GP.

Think pharmacy first and get seen by your local community pharmacy team.

29/10/2025

If you need the emergency contraceptive pill, you can now get it free from pharmacies across England — without needing an appointment with your GP or at a sexual health clinic.

Pharmacists can provide advice and support. Find your nearest participating pharmacy: https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/sexual-health-services/find-emergency-contraception/