St Austell Healthcare

14/04/2026

‼️ Important announcement ‼️

Due to essential maintenance, our website may not be accessible between the hours of 9-11.30am on Wednesday 15th April

Our online request form can be accessed via this link:

https://systmonline.tpp-uk.com/2/OnlineConsultation?OrgId=Y04957

Otherwise, please continue to use our website after 11.30am

Thank you

14/04/2026

👇Cost of Living Support Hub 🏠

On Thursday 16th April - 10am to 12pm.

There will be help and support available for the following:
-Crisis support
-Benefits and welfare checks
-Housing advice
-Help with cost of utility bills
-Debt advice and support
-Support with form filling
-Training and Employment
-Access to Social Prescribing
-Finding out about further local support

Hot drinks ☕️ & biscuits 🍪 will be provided.

11/04/2026

11/04/2026

Today is World Parkinson's Day.

Parkinson's disease is a condition in which parts of the brain become progressively damaged over many years.

Learn more about the condition ➡️ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/parkinsons-disease/

11/04/2026

🗣💗 The Making Every Contact Count (MECC) approach is to use daily conversations to encourage and support people to make healthier lifestyle choices for example stopping smoking.

This FREE 3-hour course will you show you how effective communication can support behaviour change, how to promote key health messages and use brief intervention and motivational interviewing techniques to support change.

📅 Date: Monday 20 April
⌚️ Time: 9.30am - 12.30pm
📍 Location: Bodmin
💷 Cost: FREE

📲 Find out more and reserve your space 👉 https://bit.ly/HCMakingEveryContactCount

10/04/2026

🌼 Living with Polycystic O***y Syndrome (PCOS)?
You don’t have to face it alone.
St Austell Healthcare is offering a FREE 6‑week online HOPE Programme designed to help you understand PCOS, build confidence, and feel more in control of your health.

💜 What the course covers:
• Understanding PCOS
• Managing stress and difficult feelings
• Mindfulness & self‑compassion
• Eating well & getting active
• Body image & communication
• Using your strengths to feel more positive
👥 Connect with others who truly understand and rediscover your strengths in a supportive, friendly environment.
📅 Starts: 22 April 2026
💻 Online | Free | Flexible
🔗 Book now: www.h4c.org.uk/courses
📩 Email: HOPE@H4C.ORG.UK
📞 Phone: 023 7765 0153
✨ “HOPE has practical information and understands our daily struggles with things like self-confidence that PCOS affects really badly.”
You deserve support—come join us. 💜

02/04/2026

Happy Easter to our patients and staff. ☀️

The surgery will be closed on this 4 day bank holiday. 📍 Know ‘Where is best’ during this period.

🩺NHS 111 online is available 24/7 for advice when it’s not an emergency. You can also call 111.

💊 Pharmacies can help with many minor illnesses through the Pharmacy First service.

🏥 Minor injury units (MIUs) and the urgent treatment Centre are open every day for injuries that need attention but are not life‑threatening.

A good tip is to check live opening and wait times before you go – your nearest may not be quickest. https://royalcornwallhospitals.nhs.uk/waiting-times/urgent-care/

🏥 The emergency department and 999 are there for you if there is a serious, life-threatening emergency.

For more advice on where to go if you’re feeling ill or are injured, visit: https://cios.icb.nhs.uk/

01/04/2026

Time 2 Move this Easter🚶

Check out Time2Move Holiday Programme for activities for children aged between 5 and 16. 🏄

For more information visit https://www.activecornwall.org/parents-and-carers/.

31/03/2026

The government has published new, evidence‑informed guidance to help parents of under 5's navigate screen time, offering practical advice to support informed choices to help little brains develop healthy screen habits.

For babies and toddlers under 2, avoid screens, except for shared family activities that encourage bonding and interaction.

For 2–5s, try to keep it to no more than an hour a day - less where possible.

Choose slow-paced content with simple stories and clear speech, as fast-paced, over-stimulating social media-style videos may affect how young children learn to concentrate, so it’s best to avoid them.

Keep mealtimes and bedrooms screen-free, and try swapping screens for reading, play, and conversation.

Young children copy your habits, so try to limit your own screen use
around them.

An important point to remember is that screens shouldn’t replace a young
children’s sleep, physical activity, play or quality time.

For more advice on how to help little brains to develop healthy screen habits visit the Best Start in Life website:

https://beststartinlife.gov.uk/screen-time-under-5s/

30/03/2026

Live Longer Better in Cornwall. 💗

Various activities available designed for older adults and those with long term health conditions.

For more information visit: https://www.activecornwall.org/for-older-adults/

26/03/2026

✨Today is Social Prescribing Day. ✨

At St Austell Healthcare we are lucky to have such a wonderful Social Prescribing and Health and Wellbeing Team, who go above and beyond in supporting our patients when needed. Thank you 🙏.

Support can vary from:
🚶‍♀️Ramblers free wellbeing group walks
💸Cost of Living Support Hub’s
🏋️‍♀️Weight management support
👩‍🏭Workwell - supporting people back into employment
📱Help at Hand app.

Any St Austell Healthcare and Mevagissey patients can self-refer to Social Prescribing, they can complete a systmconnect from our website 📱or call us 📞.

For more information about what we can offer with social prescribing, please visit our website: https://staustellhealthcare.nhs.uk/patient-care-support/social-prescribing.