East Cliff Practice

09/05/2026

💭🤔Think pharmacy first!

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

📌Sore throat.
📌Earache.
📌Sinusitis.
📌Infected insect bites.
📌Impetigo.
📌Shingles.
📌Water infection.

Just visit your local pharmacy instead of making a doctors appointment.

➡ nhs.uk/thinkpharmacyfirst

08/05/2026

Today is World Ovarian Cancer Day. 💜

It is the eighth most common cancer among women across the world, mainly affecting those aged 50 and older. Do you know the signs of ovarian cancer?

It's important to get any symptoms of checked as soon as possible. Finding it early can mean it's more treatable.

Find out more here - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ovarian-cancer/

06/05/2026

Dying Matters is a campaign run by the charity, Hospice UK. They work with organisations, decision makers and the public to make things better for people who are dying or grieving. 💛

For many this can be a difficult subject to talk about and this means that not everyone gets the support that suits them as they approach the end of life. You can find out more about dying matters week and support available 📲 https://www.hospiceuk.org/our-campaigns/dying-matters

05/05/2026

🫲5 May is World Hand Hygiene Day🫱

Washing your hands is one of the easiest ways to protect yourself and others from illnesses such as food poisoning and viruses. 💦

Find out more 📲 https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/best-way-to-wash-your-hands/

04/05/2026

There’s another way to contact your GP practice, by simply sending your symptoms and requests through their website or the NHS App.

Tap it, type it and we’ll take care of it.

For more info ➡️ nhs.uk/GPOnlineForms

03/05/2026

You can do so much more with the NHS App than you realise. 📱

View your GP health record, check your test results, receive direct messages from the NHS, and request your repeat prescriptions quickly and easily. 💬

👉Just tap the NHS App.

Find out more 📲 www.nhs.uk/nhs-app

01/05/2026

You don't always need to see a GP or visit an emergency department to get the medical help you need.

☎️ Call 111 or visit your local pharmacist for a range of guidance and help.

Don't want to pick up the phone? 📲 Visit nhs.111.uk for online help

26/04/2026

It's World Immunisation Week. Vaccines have long been one of the most powerful tools in public health.

During the past 50 years, vaccines have saved more than 150 million lives – not by accident, but because ordinary people made the decision to protect themselves, their children and their communities.

Find out more 📲

This year’s World Immunization Week theme, “For every generation, vaccines work”, aims to promote how vaccines have safely protected people, families, and communities for generations – and continue to safeguard our future.

24/04/2026

To avoid delays in getting your medicines during the bank holiday, order your prescriptions in good time.

You can order repeat prescriptions through the NHS App or at your GP surgery.

23/04/2026

Did you know, you don't always need to see a GP or visit an emergency department to get the medical help you need.

📞Call 111 or visit your local pharmacist for a range of guidance and help.

Don't want to pick up the phone?
➡ Visit nhs.111.uk for online help