In England, nearly two women die a day from cervical cancer. Don't ignore your cervical screening invite, and if you missed your last one, book an appointment with your GP practice today.

If you wish to decline the appointment booking offers, it is very important that you let the receptionist know you wish to decline this offer so we can update your medical records.

Cervical screening saves lives. For more information visit: NHS Cervical Screening

These sessions are designed for support and activities for mental health, based at our Chelmsford Sport and Athletics Centre. We offer inclusive activity sessions for adults who want to improve their confidence, wellbeing and mental health. Our team of Activity Coordinators and Mental Health First Aiders will support you at each session. We will provide an area to speak openly to our support team who can help with signposting you to services.

Sessions are on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 2-4pm and the first session is FREE!

We are pleased to announce our autumn/winter one-off events timetable at out With you in Mind sessions:

• Trampoline – Thursday 12^th September from 2.30-3.30pm
• Table Tennis – Wednesday 9^th October from 2.30-3.30pm
• Card Making – Thursday 21^st November from 2.30-3.30pm

Therapy dogs - All sessions are from 2.30pm to 3.30pm.

• Friday 18 October
• Friday 15 November
• Friday 13 December

For more information about the sessions please go to www.chelmsford.gov.uk/withyouinmind or call 01245 606569.

Please accept our apologies for the noise from the practice building works. We want you to know that the repair work is set to be completed by the last week in September 2024. 

Beauchamp House Surgery.

The Children and Young People's Primary Care Network (CYP PCN) is offering a webinar aimed at supporting parents to support their child to gain better understanding of their children's anxiety/worries.

They are held every 3rd Wednesday of the month via MS Teams at 1:30pm 

Future Dates: 17th July, 21st August, 18th September, 16th October 20th November.

To secure your spot kindly email: PCNCYP_ADMIN@Nelft.nhs.uk with 'Webinar' as the subject line and your preferred attendance date.

We’re proud to support #ArmedForcesDay, when the nation unites to honour the selfless service of the entire Armed Forces community.

RESERVES DAY - 26TH JUNE 

ARMED FORCES DAY - 29TH JUNE

As an armed forces accredited practice we support all members of our community who have served, regardless of which service or for how long. We strongly encourage you to come forward and tell us about your service history so we can best support you.

Further information about the help and support available to you can be found on our Veterans Support pages. 

You don't always need to speak to a doctor. We are part of Chelmsford City Health PCN and can book you appointments with a range of healthcare professionals, the benefits of which include being seen quicker and also having support tailored to your needs.

For more information please follow this link

Chelmsford City Health PCN Limited - Beauchamp House Surgery

For advice and guidance on how our Health and Wellbeing team can support you, as well as for self care and self referral pathways please follow this link

Health and Wellbeing Team - Beauchamp House Surgery

Life with diabetes can feel like number, check and test overload. You might feel fine, or feel like you don’t have the time. Or maybe you’re not sure what checks you should be getting. But these regular diabetes health checks are vital to keep you healthy, so you can continue living life to the full.

If you require more information about keeping well with diabetes you can request an appointment to speak with our Diabetes Lead Pharmacist - Rashmi Patel

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 place of residence

 Signposting to further advice and support You do not need to speak with health or social care professional to be referred as self-referrals are accepted.

CALL: 01245 515 313 for advice, support and referral. The helpline is open 7 days a week: Monday to Friday 9am – 7pm, weekends and bank holidays 9am – 5pm.

111 option 2 outside these hours if you are concerned about mental health needs.

We have introduced a new way to request your Fit Notes and Progesterone Only Pill. You can Contact Us Here by following the link or via the NHS App. 

For Fit Notes please allow 7 working days for these to become available.

For Progesterone Only Pill please allow 3 working Days/72 Working Hours for your prescription to be made available.

As part of the ongoing renovation works scaffolding will be going up by the front door from 6th March 2024. Whilst the builders will aim not to impact on the patient parking area at the front, this may not be possible, so do please consider this when attending for your appointment. 

At the NHS, we want our patients to have the best experience possible and having continuous patient feedback is crucial in helping us deliver what patients want and need. 

The national Cancer Patient Experience Survey (CPES) asks for feedback from cancer patients (16 years and over*), to inform and improve local cancer services across England. Those who were treated for cancer as an inpatient or day-case, and left hospital in April, May or June 2023, will be invited to take part in the survey. 

The survey takes no more than 20 minutes to complete and can be done online, on paper, or over the phone. If you need support completing the survey or need it made available in another language, you can call the free helpline number: 0800 103 2804.  

The NHS and cancer charities use the results to understand what is working well and which areas need improvement. The results enable them to identify national and local priorities and work with patients and partners to deliver change.

The survey is anonymous, and all personal data will be kept safe.

The results of the survey will be available in Summer 2024. 

For more information on the survey and how to access help and support in completing it, please visit www.ncpes.co.uk. 

*For those aged 16 and under, feedback is collected via the Under 16 Cancer Patient Experience Survey: www.under16cancerexperiencesurvey.co.uk. 

From 1st December 2023 Beauchamp House will no longer be able to prove a stop smoking service. Please contact your local pharmacist, call 0300 303 9988 ir email provide.essexwellbeing@nhs.net 

There have been important changes made to the way that the surgery now collects in Urine Samples for testing.

IN FUTURE WE WILL NOW ONLY

ACCEPT URINE SPECIMENS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF

8am AND 11am MONDAY TO FRIDAY.

Please ensure all samples include full name, date of birth, sample date and time.

Any samples received after 11am

WILL BE DISPOSED OF.

We have introduced a new annual review recall process.

We hope the new process will be more efficient and less time consuming for patients.

We want to give our patients with Long Term Conditions the best outcomes and guidance that we can. To do this we need to ensure that we have an organised process for reviewing our patients on at least an annual basis.

This new review process provides a better way of reviewing a patients needs, especially for patients who may have more than one Long Term Condition.

What Is a Long Term Condition?

A Long Term Condition includes illnesses such as:

• Respiratory disease,
• Heart disease,
• Stroke,
• Diabetes,
• Kidney disease,
• High blood pressure,
• Rheumatoid arthritis,
• Epilepsy,
• Mental health problems,
• Other long term health issues that affect the health or lifestyle of a patient.

These conditions require an annual review to ensure that the condition is being managed appropriately (by you the patient and also by us as your healthcare provider), identify any problems or concerns and ensure patients are confident to deal with their condition between reviews.

How Does The Process Work?

Patients with long term conditions will be invited for their annual review within the month of their birthday. Some patients have more than one long term condition. If this is the case, all relevant conditions will be reviewed within the one annual review process. This ensures that you are only attending the surgery when you need to and that we are not asking you to attend the surgery unnecessarily. You will recieve a Text Message/Letter/Phone Call which explains what to do next.

For some conditions, it may be necessary to have more than one appointment, for example, a blood test appointment with the health care assistant (to ensure results are available for the review) and tehn a review with the practice nurse, or in some cases, it may also be necessary to have an appointment with the GP. Most reviews take place with our specialised nursing team who have knowledge and experience of managing long term condition patients.

Some conditons may require an interim review e.g. at six months this will be discussed at the annual review where it is felt to be appropriate.

We hope you find this new process straight forward and easy to use. If you have any questions with regard the annual review process, please do not hesitate to contact us. As this is a new process, we would appreciate any feedback on how the system works for you or if you didn't hear from us, please contact the surgery on 01245 265522 if you have any of the conditions listed above.