The Falmouth Health Centre Practice

30/03/2026

18/03/2026

Today we say goodbye to our wonderful Nurse Practitioner, Sarah.
After fifteen years working with us and a forty year career as a nurse, she is going to be greatly missed. I’m sure our patients will join us in wishing her a happy retirement.

18/03/2026

We understand that recent news reports about the meningitis outbreak in Kent may be concerning for parents and staff working with children and young people. Advice from UKHSA is that there is no baseline increased risk outside of the specific outbreak in Kent at this time and currently there is no need for any additional actions.
This is an opportunity to remind parents of the importance of keeping routine vaccinations up to date.

See below for catch up clinics for children in years 7-11.

We cannot offer vaccines out of schedule at this time, and we cannot obtain this vaccine privately at present.

We are running catch-up clinics across Cornwall (by appointment only) for children in Years 7–11 who may have missed their routine vaccinations, including:

• HPV vaccine – from Year 8 (for both boys and girls)
• Tetanus, Diphtheria and Polio (Td/IPV) – final booster from Year 9
• Meningitis ACWY – from Year 9

If you’re not sure whether your child has missed a vaccination, please get in touch. Our team can check their record and book you into a clinic if needed.

To check your child’s vaccination status or book an appointment, contact:
📞 01872 221105
📧 kernowhealthcic.schoolimmunisation@nhs.net

03/03/2026

🎆Free Health App for FHC patients🎆
If you have asthma or COPD, you can now get FREE access to the 'my mhealth' app — designed to help you take control of your condition.
With the app, you can:
✔️ Boost your understanding of your condition
✔️ Monitor symptoms and track progress
✔️ Learn and perfect inhaler techniques
✔️ Keep on top of your physical activity
📱 Who can use it?
• Asthma patients aged 13 and over
• COPD patients aged 18 and over
⏰ Important: Free access is available until 31st March 2026
As long as you download and sign up before this date, you’ll keep free access for as long as you want.

03/03/2026

Please join Sally for this popular programme. Don't worry if you have missed the first day, you can still join.

24/02/2026

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT
Cornwall Hospice Care bereavement support services are free of charge and can be accessed by anyone who has lost a loved one – you don’t have to have an association with the hospices to use these services.

Our caring and supportive team is here for you following the death of a loved one. Our different forms of bereavement support are designed to give you a safe space to explore and talk about your feelings with us by your side.

09/01/2026

So we now have lost all virtual connection to the outside world including our phones, computers and any internet connection. Please phone next week if you can wait, attend the surgery if it is urgent and speak to the receptionist or call 111 if you are unable to wait.

We apologise for any inconvenience or stress this may cause.

Thank you,

Team FHC!

09/01/2026

💨🌬STORM GORETTI UPDATE🌬💨

Many of our staff have been affected by the weather and come from varying places in Cornwall. Staff are trying to safely navigating getting to work, but we will be running on a skeleton team for now. We will contact you if we need to cancel your appointment but if you want to cancel your appointment, you can do so by using the appointment link, emailing prescriptions.fhc@nhs.net (which will only be available for this today), or phoning from 8am.

Please only call us if it is urgent, or you need to cancel an appointment. If your query can wait until Monday, then please call us then.

We appreciate your patience and understanding during this very rare time of adverse weather conditions.

We hope you all manage to stay safe out there!

Team FHC

29/12/2025

We are short-staffed this morning in reception due to illness. Please be patient, we are answering the phones as quickly as we can. Please ring us later today for anything that is routine.
Thank you

24/12/2025

PHARMACY OPENING HOURS over the Christmas period - see link or local pharmacies below

Christmas Day - Superdrug, Market St, 2-6pm
Boxing Day - Boots, Market Street 10-4
New Year's day - Boots, Fraddon 10-6
Boots Truro 10-4
Asda, St Austell 10-4

NHS England — South West » Pharmacy opening hours

23/12/2025

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/cornwall/about-us/news-and-campaigns/articles/2024/introducing-work-well/

WorkWell is a service designed to support anyone with a health condition or disability to either:
Return/Remain in work
Find and Access work
Refer or signpost into various services available in your local area.
This service provides a team of trained Work and Health Coaches who will provide short term, light touch support to help individuals with their support needs to return, remain or succeed in work.

WorkWell will help individuals to build a personalised support plan based off their current needs, health conditions/disabilities and additional support that may be needed and then work together with organisations across Cornwall to provide joined up support for that individual.

Our GPs refer patients to the service if they issue a sick note. There is no stigma attached to this and it does not mean we think there is an issue with work, but it is to help tackle some of the anxieties that come with extended (or even short term) absence and support those on a phased return/reduced hours etc.