Enhanced access service
Enhanced access is a service to provide appointments outside of core hours. The aim of enhanced access is to meet the needs of the local population and provide greater access to healthcare for our 95,000 patients and ease some of the workload pressures experienced in our branches.
Working collectively to deliver enhanced access for our patients means we can share workforce needs and safely deliver high quality, care efficiently.
We offer appointments between the hours of 6:30pm and 8pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 5pm on Saturdays.
We offer appointments for a range of clinicians such as GP’s, advanced nurse practitioners, practice nurses, healthcare assistants and physiotherapists.
Social prescribing
The aim of social prescribing is to help people make positive changes to their personal wellbeing, identify and link people with appropriate support in the community, and assist people with developing personal goals.
Support includes advice on healthy living, weight management, lifestyle maintaining physical and mental wellbeing, supporting independence including mobility and equipment, looking after someone, getting out and about, home adaptations, money worries and social inclusion.
Social prescribing is ‘more than just medicine’, it’s a new way to help people find support with their social, emotional and practical wellbeing. A Citizens Advice report, published in May 2015, suggested nearly a fifth of GPs consultation time was spent dealing with non-medical issues.
Throughout the UK, social prescribing projects are transforming wellbeing in the community and helping to ease pressure on traditional health and social care services.
Our social prescribing service is provided by CVS Tendring.
Phone
01255 425692
Email
socialprescribing@cvstendring.org.uk
Health checks
Age 40–74 health checks
Patients between the ages of 40 and 74 who have no long-term conditions are invited for a health check. You will be invited for a health check every 5 years. This is a preventative scheme that will identify any health concerns at an early stage. To book your health check in, please contact your branch to arrange an appointment or book via Essex Wellbeing Service.
Learning disability health checks
Patients with a learning disability often face poorer physical and mental health and are four times more likely to die from preventable illness than the general population.
An annual health check can help improve the health of people with a learning disability by identifying health concerns at an early stage.
To book your appointment, please contact your registered branch.