*** IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR PATIENTS ***
01/08/22
This post is for your information only – NO ACTION NEEDED
The dispensary will be closed on Friday the 12th of August.
Due to building works, usual services will be disrupted between the 15th & 29th of August.
Please be patient with us while these renovations are taking place.
Please inform any friends or family this may also effect.
Many Thanks,
Henfield Medical Centre
07/07/22
We have just received urgent guidance that all NHS services are to wear face masks with immediate effect.
This includes patients and staff as soon as you enter our building.
Welcome to our Practice Website
We aim to provide all of our patients with a comprehensive services covering one-off problems to longer term illnesses. Feel free to explore the site and find out how you and your family can benefit from our personal and professional approach to healthcare provision.
Our Mission Statement
Henfield Medical Centre is dedicated to putting people first: both patients and staff alike.
We continually strive to meet the highest standards of care and service whilst offering the best of expert generalist personal care in the most effective manner.
eConsult is available within our normal working hours.
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Escape the wait. Consult with your GP online. No more waiting to be called. Or waiting for a bus. Or getting stuck in traffic on your way to an appointment. You can now consult with your GP from home or work by visiting your practice website
Fill out a simple online form about your problem and you'll get a response by the end of the next working day.
There's also a wealth of self-help information about all sorts of conditions so you might be able to resolve an issue without a trip to your surgery. You could also ask for an extension on a fit note or get a prescription sent straight to your local pharmacist.
Take control of your treatment. You can expect better health outcomes through a quicker diagnosis because you may not need to come in for an appointment. And the online form is simple… it asks you the same questions your GP would ask you in a normal face-to-face appointment. But this way you get more time to think about your answers and maybe tell your GP about things you may not want to say in person. So there's…no need to shift your day around. It's a more convenient way to consult with your GP that fits into your lifestyle because…you can do it anytime, On your home computer, smartphone or tablet and get a response from your doctor by the end of the next working day. Millions of patients across the UK now have access to online consultations so next time you need an appointment with your GP, just visit your practice website at a time that suits you.
Henfield Medical Centre
Henfield Medical Practice has 6 GP Partners, 2 Salaried GPs and 1 Practice Manager
We are a training and dispensing practice operating from two sites, the main surgery at Henfield and a branch surgery at Partridge Green. The practice area is mainly rural and has a growing population due to local development. We offer a range of primary care services.
We operate from well equipped, purpose built premises. Woodlawn Surgery is our branch surgery located in Partridge Green, approximately 3 miles north of Henfield. However the branch surgery is currently closed due to Covid-19.
We employ a team of nurses, including an Advanced Nurse Practitioner and a Nurse Practitioner as well as Health Care Assistants offering phlebotomy and health clinics.
We also work closely with the Community Nurses, Health Visitors and Midwives.
The Clinical staff are supported by a team of ancillary staff.
The practice uses SystmOne Clinical Software and is an electronic paper-light surgery.
The Practice consistently achieves high on the Quality and Outcomes Framework, and is committed to running Enhanced Services offered by Coastal West Sussex CCG and the full range of Locally Commissioned Services.
We have an active patient participation group who have helped build a good relationship between the surgery and patients. The PPG produce a six monthly newsletter and help patient education by arranging regular consultant talks. The PPG also help to raise funds for a local trust set up to assist with the purchase of equipment for the surgery.
Annual Review invite texts
This will not apply to everyone but we ask you share it with your family members or friends that this may apply to.
It is also on our Facebook page.
Patients that are due their annual review will now receive text messages with a link to book in their own appointment at a time and date that suits them.
Below we have short instructions for any patients they may have already received the text and may have been confused.
For instructions with screenshots please click HERE for a PDF.
1. You will receive a text with a link
2. Click on the blue link and it will ask you for your date of birth.
Enter your date of birth and click submit.
3. You will then be taken to a page with the available clinics
4. If you cannot do these dates please click on the ‘Period’ drop
down and select a 3 week period you are available.
5. You must then click ‘Show’, this will generate more clinic dates
for you
6. Once you see a clinic with a date you can do please click 'View'
7. If there are no available dates for you we will send another
text invite 3 weeks after the 1st.
8. You will then be taken to a screen with a list of available
appointments, click book on the time you want
9. You will then be taken to a final screen to confirm the date,
time and clinician you have selected.
10. If you are happy with those details click ‘Book Appointment’
You have now booked your appointment and we look forward to seeing you! :)
NOTE: If you do not have a mobile number on record or you do not reply to the 2nd text after 3 weeks we will telephone you or send a letter.
***HMC Update
28.03.22
Unfortunately, we have had very high levels of staff illness due to Covid infections. We are trying to maintain a normal service but please bear with us.
Unfortunately, we have decided to switch off our emails with an immediate effect.
If you would like to contact us electronically please use eConsult https://henfieldmedicalcentre.webgp.com/
For your prescription enquiries or requests please us eConsult or email wsxccg.henfield.prescriptions@nhs.net
For Covid-19 vaccine bookings, please go to the NHS national booking system https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirus-vaccination/ or call 119.
Many thanks,
Henfield Medical Centre
LATEST NEWS ON COVID-19
For the latest news on COVID-19 please see our COVID-19 page.
Covid-19 Spring Booster Campaign
**10.03.22
For Henfield and Steyning Patients
Adult’s Update:
Henfield Medical Centre is proud to confirm we will be part of the Spring Booster campaign which will be launched from the 21 March 2022 and will run until June.
Only patients who meet the following criteria will be eligible:
- People aged 75 years and older
- Residents in care homes for older people
- Those aged 12 years and over with a weakened immune system
It is very important to note that it has been confirmed that Health and Social workers, Carers, Housebound patients who are under the age of 75, those with long term health conditions under the age of 75 and those who live with people who have a weakened immune system will NOT receive a vaccine as part of the Spring Campaign.
Eligible patients will be able to book an appointment through the National Booking System (linked below) around 6 months (and not before 3 months) since your last dose of vaccines or by calling 119.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirus-vaccination/
We will continue to offer adult 1st and 2nd doses to all those who are yet to come forward.
You will be given a booster dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.
If you have a COVID-19 positive result in the 4 WEEKS/ 28 days prior to your vaccine date or are feeling unwell with any of the main covid symptoms you will not be able to receive your vaccine on the day.
Living Well Sessions with St Barnabas House
Their Living Well service is here to support you to manage the challenges and lifestyle changes that can come with having a life-limiting condition.
For their website click HERE
For their full booklet of what services they are offering click HERE
Weight Off Workshops (WOW)
Are you fed up of calorie counting? Do you want to know how to lose weight and not feel like you are on a diet? If you are ready to create healthier habits then this free Weight off Workshops (WOW) could be the course for you.
Over 12 weeks WOW focusses on healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle, not on restriction and calorie counting. The course is designed to help you sustain healthy behaviours and achieve a healthy weight loss.
The workshops focus on weight loss, physical and emotional wellbeing along with advice and tips for sustainable lifestyle improvements.
Weekly workshops offer:
• Nutritional advice to help you lose weight
• Interactive sessions
• A toolkit of resources to help you make sustainable changes including an Eat Well Guide, food & exercise diary, weight tracker card, measuring tape, recipe and exercise booklets along with a resistance band
• Support from a small group of like-minded individuals
• Access to free weekly exercise
• Two one-to-one coaching sessions
Group sessions will be starting in January in Henfield, Billingshurst, Storrington and Horsham. Get in touch to secure your place today.
Click on the below link to get in touch:
https://horsham.westsussexwellbeing.org.uk/topics/healthy-eating/weight-off-workshops
PLEASE NOTE: They can only accept someone on to the course who has a BMI of between 25 and 40 and that a BMI of 35 and over with some diagnosed health conditions may affect eligibility.
The Living Well Programme
The Living Well Programme is a FREE self-management course developed for people living with any long-term health condition, such as heart disease, diabetes, asthma, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, depression, back pain, chronic fatigue syndrome etc.
You do not need a referral to access this service, simply email them on sc-tr.livingwell@nhs.net or give them a call for more information or to book a place. In most cases we would recommend that you have been living with your condition for at least 6 months before attending the Living Well Programme.
Online course dates
Mondays, 11 July - 15 August, 2pm - 4pm
Thursdays, 28 July - 1 September, 10am - 12pm
Wednesdays, 10 August - 14 September, 10am - 12pm
Tuesdays, 23 August - 27 September, 6pm - 8pm
Booking is essential. Contact the team on sc-tr.livingwell@nhs.net to reserve your space.
Brighton, Hove & Coastal West Sussex
Natalie Cooper, Living Well Coordinator
Tel: 01273 267545
For further information please visit their website - https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/services/living-well-programme/108996
Home wellbeing service with Age UK
The Home wellbeing service provides wellbeing checks for people at home to help keep them safe and well this winter.
To find out more information please see their website linked below or for their leaflet please click HERE.
Website - https://www.ageuk.org.uk/westsussexbrightonhove/our-services/home-wellbeing-service/
AllSorts Youth Project
Senior Fitness Classes
Dame Vera Lynn Children's Charity
PLEASE help reduce drug waste and save valuable NHS resources.
Dispensed drugs in respect of one patient, returned to the dispensary for disposal.
Sadly, not unusual. All returned drugs have to be destroyed and cannot be re-dispensed.
Please only order drugs as required.
The Practice will not tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment of its staff by any visitor.
Any visitor, who expresses any form of discrimination against, or harassment of, any member of the Practice staff, will be required to leave the Practice’s premises forthwith.
If the visitor is a patient, s/he may be removed from the Practice’s list if any such behaviour occurs on more than one occasion.
Better Health - Every Mind Matters
Below is a link to Public Health England's Facebook where they have posted a short video explaining how 'Every Mind Matters', especially aimed at young people (13-18) and parent or carers of children and young people (5-18).
Please click HERE to view the video.
Horsham Wellbeing Alcohol service
This is a free virtual support service for anyone living or working in West Sussex that have been identified by a health professional to be drinking at an increased high level or the individual believes their drinking is at a problematic level.
Please click HERE for further information.
On-Line Services
As well as being able to see when we are open at the click of a mouse we’ve made it easier for you to do a number of things. Check out how to order a repeat prescription or book an appointment or cancel your appointment online. If you are not already registered to use our on-line services please click here to register.
Joining The Practice
Registering is easy with online forms also available and appointment slots to suit most patients’ timetables. You’ll enjoy a confidential service in comfortable surroundings from a helpful and dedicated team.
Change of address
If your contact details change then please click here to update your Address and Contact Details.
(Site updated 08/08/2022)