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We’re proud to support Hertfordshire and Mid Essex Talking Therapies ‘Talk for your Health: Emotional Support for Long Term Conditions (LTC)’ mental health campaign. The campaign encourages individuals struggling with stress, low mood, or anxiety related to their long term physical health conditions to seek help through NHS Talking Therapies services. People living with a…

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…

Please be aware that the surgery will be closed from 12pm until the 8am the following day on the dates below as part of the ICB time to learn shutdowns. Thursday 25th April 2024 Wednesday 15th May 2024 Tuesday 18th June 2024 Thursday 11th July 2024 Wednesday 18th September 2024 Thursday 17th October 2024 Thursday…

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