Barrack Lane Medical Centre

28/07/2025

This is a collection of Holiday Activities throughout Suffolk, for children who receive Benefit-Related Free School Meals. Booking for our Summer 2025 sessions will open on the 30th of June 2025. Feel free to browse and register your interest. You can search for activities local to you or click on t...

21/07/2025

Dental appointments are available 7 days a week, including evenings, for both adults and children in Suffolk and north east Essex who need treatment for problems including pain, infections and broken fillings. Contact NHS 111 and choose the dental option.

18/07/2025

16/07/2025

For seven common conditions your pharmacist can now provide some prescription medicine, if needed, without you needing to see a GP.

Think pharmacy first. 🥇

Find out more at http://nhs.uk/thinkpharmacyfirst

15/07/2025

Thank you to everyone who is doing their bit to help reduce medicine waste in Suffolk and north east Essex. You can help, too.

✅ Only order what you need
✅ Let us know if your medicines are no longer right for you
✅ Take your medicines into hospital
✅ Dispose of medicines safely

Follow the link in the comments to learn more about how to help.

11/07/2025

Keeping yourself and your family cool in the hot weather is easy with a few simple tips and tricks.

Get a link to trusted NHS advice in the comments.

30/06/2025

The heatwave is here 🔥

For many, it’s time to get outside and enjoy those gardens, parks and outdoor spaces for many. But the hot weather can cause discomfort and a risk of dehydration for people living with dementia.

Here are a few things that can help:

☀️ Make sure the person is dressed appropriately. Try light-coloured, loose-fitting clothes made from natural fibres.

☀️ Keep the house as cool as possible. Keep curtains or blinds closed during the day - especially in south-facing rooms. In the evening, open the windows to let the warm air out and the colder air in.

☀️ Avoid the midday sun. Stay out of the sun during the hottest part of the day (between 11am and 3pm). Seek out plenty of shade and reapply sunscreen regularly when out.

☀️ Find ways to cool off. Help them take a cool bath or shower. Place a washcloth and some iced water nearby to dab themselves with.

☀️ Stay hydrated. Leave beakers or jugs of water within easy reach. Provide high water content foods like ice lollies, jelly, ice cream, soup and fruit such as melon

☀️ Ask friends and neighbours to pop in and check the person is ok. If you don’t live near the person, they could stay and have a drink with the person and make sure they have everything they need.

20/06/2025

Good morning parkrunners - we’re really looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow for our first event in our new “Christchurch Park” era! Thank you so much to everyone who’s come forward to volunteer - we’ve been touched by the large outpouring of support.

With high temperatures forecast for this weekend, please make sure you stay hydrated and sun screened when taking part and bear the conditions in mind when thinking about your effort level - there’s always next week for that PB!

Also, as much as we love seeing our four-legged friends at parkrun, please consider leaving your dog at home this weekend as the paths in the park will be very hot for paws.

Our meeting point will be near the duck pond by Christchurch mansion, before moving towards the Reg Driver Centre to start the event. As previously mentioned we politely ask tourists to consider alternative parkruns this weekend as this is our first event using this course, but as always parkrun is open to all and no one would be turned away.

We’d also like to take this opportunity to thank Mark Flatman and Vanessa Thorpe, the co Event Directors of Ipswich parkrun, who have stood down ahead of our relaunch. Mark and Nessie contributed untold hours to put on a free, weekly, timed event for their community to enjoy and we wish them all the best for a well earned break! Kate Hutson and Matt Makin have stepped forward to share the ED role for the new event, supported by the core team, and we wish them all the best for the future.

See you all bright and early tomorrow morning!

The Christchurch Park parkrun core team.

17/06/2025

10/06/2025

Keep your eye on our page for news about a surgery parkrun!

04/06/2025

If you would like to join our Patient Participation Group please contact Sandra at the surgery.