Practice News
Patient Participation Group
Special Announcement - PPG Meeting: Thursday 8th May 2025 @ 13:00 at Matrix Medical Centre 10a Beacon Hill, Chatham Kent ME5 7JX
Published on 17th Apr 2025
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness month, which is the 4th most common cancer in the UK, and sadly the second biggest cause of Cancer Death.
Symptoms can include a change in bowel habit, blood in the stool or from the rectum, weight loss, abdominal pain and fatigue.
It is important that we remain vigilant for signs of bowel cancer, we are also seeing a rise in cases amongst younger patients.
Bowel Cancer UK has multiple useful resources, including specific information for younger patients with Bowel Cancer. In 2013, they launched a campaign called ‘Never Too Young’, and further information can be found via the following link:
https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/campaigning/never-too-young/
In addition, Shine Cancer Support also offer support to patients in their 20’s, 30’s and 40’s with Cancer.
https://shinecancersupport.org
Published on 14th Apr 2025
Feeling Good App
We are excited to be sharing a fantastic digital solution for improving mental health and wellbeing that our PCN has been selected to be trialling.
The app is audio, simple and effective for depression, anxiety and sleep
The Feeling Good App contains the evidence-based audio programme Feeling Good for Life, which is the new name for Positive Mental Training, a series of 12 audio tracks to help you build essential skills, not only to deal with mental stresses and strains, but to bounce forwards and become mentally stronger and more resilient. There are other modules on the app, all contain the same beginning tracks from Feeling Good for Life.
This programme can help relax & calm your mind and body, lift your mood, help you feel more positive, let go of worries, sleep better and deal with stresses more easily. It can also help with physical symptoms of stress, such as headaches, irritable bowel, fatigue, and chronic pain. It can improve your ability to focus on a task, to feel positive about yourself when talking to others, to perform at your best when you need to.
Click here for more information.
Published on 22nd Dec 2023
Better care Support
Kent County Council has launched BetterCare Support - an online self-assessment tool, to enable people to live independently and safely within their communities and home. By answering questions about their social care needs, the tool provides people with information, advice, and guidance about the options and services available to them.
You can find other online resources below.
· Social care and health - Kent County Council
· Adult social care and health procedures, practice guidance and tools
Published on 11th Dec 2023
Dementia Support Group
We are excited to offer Dementia drop in sessions, they are being run for you to meet up with the Dementia Coordinator and our Community Practitioners for support and information on all aspect of dementa, including finances, social care and link in with the memory clinic. They will take place every 4th Wednesday of the month at Woodlands Arts Centre Gillingha Kent ME7 2DU.
For more informatin please click here.
Published on 11th Dec 2023