Botesdale Health Centre PPG

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Botesdale Health Centre Patient Participation Group (PPG) is a team of patients, volunteers and GP practice staff who work together to enhance the health and wellbeing of those registered at our practice. Botesdale Patient Participation Group (PPG) is a team of patients, volunteers and GP practice staff who work together to enhance the wellbeing and health of everyone registered at our practice. By collaborating closely with the Health Centre, we ensure that your voices are heard in decision-making to help improve patient access, experience and outcomes. Our PPG also supports a variety of initiatives, including an information desk at the Health Centre that assists staff in sign-posting services, sharing health messaging and supporting local well-being walks, art therapy group and a cancer support group. We are commited to tackling health inequalities and representing and supporting patients from all generations, ethnicities, races, cultures and abilities irrespective of their gender and sexuality. This page is to communicate health and wellbeing information, keeping you informed and up to date with news from Botesdale Health Centre’s Patient Participation Group (PPG) and the wider health and care system in Suffolk and North East Essex and where appropriate, nationally. Please do not post anything related to your own health, or the health of anyone else, on this page. If you need help with your health and wellbeing, please contact the surgery in the usual way via phone, online or in person. To see our moderation guidelines email Botesdale PPG botesdaleppg@gmail.com.

14/01/2026

Lisa Nobes, the chief nurse in Suffolk and north east Essex, is asking people who have relatives and friends in hospital to give them a helping hand to get home.

The NHS comes under considerable pressure every winter, with increased admissions and high levels of winter viruses, including flu and respiratory conditions, stretching services to the limit.

This year is no different, and local hospitals are currently very busy.

But some of this pressure could be eased if they were able to discharge patients who remain on wards despite being well enough to be cared for at home.

Read more here - https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk/news/chief-nhs-nurse-asks-people-to-help-during-this-very-busy-time/

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust

A great opportunity to improve wellbeing! The first session of 6 is on Thursday 15 th Jan. These wellbeing sessions are ...
09/01/2026

A great opportunity to improve wellbeing!

The first session of 6 is on Thursday 15 th Jan. These wellbeing sessions are free to patients registered with Botesdale Health Centre who consider they would benefit from taking part.

Hello everyone and best wishes for 2026. This flyer may be of interest to you or your family and friends. We hear that t...
06/01/2026

Hello everyone and best wishes for 2026. This flyer may be of interest to you or your family and friends.

We hear that this additional funding needs to be spent urgently.

23/12/2025

Share this with anyone who needs it or save it for yourself 💜

For information about coping with grief at Christmas, head to our website ⬇️
https://ow.ly/5egz50XIrSj

19/12/2025
15/12/2025

🧼 Flu is spreading. With lots of people feeling unwell with flu symptoms, it’s important to remember there are steps we can all take to avoid passing it on. 🤧

Nobody wants this, least of all over Christmas! Wash your hands before preparing food and eating, but here's what to do ...
12/12/2025

Nobody wants this, least of all over Christmas! Wash your hands before preparing food and eating, but here's what to do if you catch it.

Do you know the symptoms of norovirus? The main symptoms are:

🤢 Feeling sick (nausea)

🚽 Diarrhoea

🤮 Being sick (vomiting)

Find information about other symptoms and get advice on how to treat yourself here ➡️ https://orlo.uk/d3Ftt

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

10/12/2025
08/12/2025

Of the 1 million people living in the UK with Heart Failure around 75,000 of them live in the East of England. If you are experiencing these BEAT symptoms you could be living with undiagnosed Heart Failure:

Breathlessness
Exhaustion
Ankle swelling
Time to tell your GP surgery



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05/12/2025

Flu is spreading. With lots of people feeling unwell with flu symptoms, it’s important to remember there are steps we can all take to avoid passing it on. 🤧

28/11/2025

Three Good Things is an end-of-the-day journaling exercise to help us shed our negative bias in seeing and remembering events.

Research has found that making it a daily habit for at least a week helps to increase people's life satisfaction, hope, and optimism levels.

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