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Dementia Action Week is fast approaching (Monday 19th May until Sunday 25th May) and in addition to a host of events and activities being planned locally across Essex, there will be a celebration of Singing For the Brain at Chelmsford Cathedral on Tuesday 20th May at 1:30pm.

All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (eg average) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice. The average pay for GPs working at Beacon Health Group in the last financial year before tax and national insurance is £60,489 This is for 4 full time GPs and 16…

Further to our recent news post regarding medication for adults with ADHD, further guidance has now been issued by the ICB and LMC. As a result of this guidance, all patients affected should now have received a letter from the surgery detailing how it will impact you. Should you believe you should have received a…

The Breast Screening Mobile Unit is travelling round the region – please see below a summary of when and where the unit can be found

Dementia Intensive Support Service (DISS) provides joined-up mental health and physical health support for people living with dementia or suspected dementia in mid Essex The service offers: Rapid support for people who are in crisis Intensive support and treatment at home Advice around dementia diagnosis Signposting to further advice and support Help in accessing Social…

We will begin contacting our housebound patients to offer COVID vaccinations over the coming weeks. It is currently not anticipated that we will be offering any COVID vaccinations outside of our commitment to our housebound patients. Currently, there is no full guidance on where to get a COVID vaccination, should you be eligible and want…

Following a recent incident, the front door at Danbury Medical Centre is boarded up whilst we await replacement doors to be installed. We are working with the landlord to get this completed as quickly as possible. In the meantime, the surgery remains open as normal – we are using the side door by the main…

We understand many of you will be concerned about the current ‘work to rule’ action being taken nationally by GP Surgeries – you may have seen this be reported as ‘industrial action’ by some news outlets. We wanted to reassure all patients that whilst we support the notion of increased GP surgery funding which the…

You probably know about the NHS App – you might even be using it. But have you turned on your notifications? Turning on your notifications means you’ll see any messages we send you immediately, rather than having to login to the app to see if we have sent you a message. Go to your device…

Following unprecedented demand and patient feedback regarding eConsult, we have made the difficult decision to place a limit on the number of forms that can be submitted daily. This measure will be in place temporarily to allow our service to recover the standards that our patients deserve, whilst we further review our processes to ensure…

The Beacon Health Group can refer you to the ‘Provide Weight Management Programme’. For more information please see the link below. https://www.livewellcampaign.co.uk/livewell-articles/provide-essex-lifestyle-service/  

The Freshwell Low Carb project has developed two new meal planners to increase accessibility of the programme and reduce health inequalities. One planner includes low carb recipes that can be … [continue] New meal planners – low budget and vegetarian

The Beacon Health Group is extremely proud to announce we have received an award from The Royal College of General Practitioners in recognition of our service and dedication to primary … [continue] The Royal College of General Practitioners Award

We are participating in a new service that will direct patients to the most appropriate healthcare professional when booking an appointment, which may be a local community pharmacist either virtually … [continue] Community Pharmacist Consultation Service

We’re proud to launch our new Phoenix Primary Care Network website together with our partners in the network. You can find the new website at www.phoenixpcn.nhs.uk. This new website will support … [continue] New Website Launched to Provide Local Health and Wellbeing Information