Previous Events
We proudly hosted our Health and Wellbeing Day on Wednesday 26th February 2025 at Shoebury & Thorpe Bay Baptist Church. The event was a fantastic success, bringing together a total of 416 attendees from the local community. There were informative stands providing valuable resources, advice, and support on various aspects of health and wellbeing.
The following services that attended:
Healthwatch Southend
Diabetes UK
STARS/Forward Trust
Everyone Health
Therapy For You
MIND
Carers First
COPD Community Connectors
SAVS
YMCA Breast Feeding
Oral Health Improvement for Children
Patients had the opportunity to receive essential health checks, including blood pressure, respiratory reviews, diabetic foot checks, medication reviews, and more. These services provided valuable insights into their health and wellbeing, ensuring they received the support and guidance they needed.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Such an informative morning! I was happy I attended, the NHS have some wonderful staff, nothing was too much trouble! I was informed about certain things that I didn't have a clue about! Very friends staff, it was a joy to sit and listen to the caring, professional staff of the NHS. One happy bunny.
Being new to the area I found the whole event very good. You could get simple checks like blood pressure on the spot, plus foot checks Nothing like this was held where we used to live.
Everyone was very polite, and i can see how this is useful to a lot of people in the community.
I'm so happy I attended today, such lovely professional people. So many of the lovely staff have helped me today. So much information, I am highly grateful for such an informative morning. I will definitely come again. 10/10 A++++ :)
I did find the event well beyond my expectation! Talk by diabetes uk and pamphlets was something I've never seen before. I've gone home with leaflets to on my type 2 diabetes. Thanks for all the advice given today well done.
We hosted our Spring Wellbeing Day on Thursday 7th March 2024, this was between 9:30 am and 3:30 pm at Norton Place 162 Ness Road. We are proud to announce that we had a total of 235 attendees, patients were able to get their necessary health checks completed without no appointment. This saved a total of 494 appointments that would have been made during clinic time.
This day consisted of blood pressures, diabetic foot checks, cholesterol blood tests, stop smoking cessation, hypertension and NHS digital weight management programme.
There were services here on the day that included:
Everyone Health
Citizens Advice
Southend Carers
Carers Intensive Support
COPD Community Connector
PCN Social Prescriber
Healthwatch Southend
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
The event is good and the whole works are lovely.
All staff were very polite and efficient and it was well run.
Excellent service and the nurses were all friendly and welcoming.
All staff were helpful, a very good idea getting all departments together on one day.
Very fast, efficient service, staff very friendly.
Risk Factors
Everyone was polite and efficient which is so welcoming and makes one feel that they matter, which is important regardless of the fact that they had a busy morning. Thank you.
All ok, very kind and helpful.
The more this service is provided, it will make people proactive with their health.
It was a very good day and a great idea to take pressure off the GP Surgeries.
Amanda the phlebotomist who attended me was caring and a credit to her profession.
We held a Diabetic Health and Wellbeing Day on Wednesday 15th November 2023 from 9.30 am to 4.00 pm
We had a wide range of specialists here on the day including
Diabetes UK (Talk Time 10am)
Everyone Health (Talk Time 10.30am and 1.30pm)
Southend Carers (Talk Time 12.00pm)
Stop Smoking Support (Talk Time 12.30pm)
NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (Talk Time 2pm)
Podiatrist
Full team from Norton Place to do BP, Blood Tests, Height, and Weight
Our Health and Wellbeing Day was on Wednesday 18th October 2023, at the Shoebury and Thorpe Bay Baptist Church.
We had a wide range of specialists here on the day and had just over 270 patients in attendance at the event.
Services that joined us on the day and their talk times:
Diabetes UK (Talk Time 10am)
Everyone Health (Talk Time 10.30am)
Eye Screening Unit (Talk Time 11am)
Podiatrist
SAVS
Breast Cancer Now (Talk Time 11.30am)
Women's health including Smears, and Coil and Implant Contraception
Full team from Norton Place to do BP, Height, Weight and book you in for blood tests
Essex Coast Physio (Talk Time 12.30pm)
Therapy For You
NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme
Active Life
Stop Smoking Support (Talk Time 1pm)
Brook (Talk Time 1.30pm)
COPD Community Connectors (Talk Time 2pm)
Carers First
Southend Carers (Talk Time 2.30pm)
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Specialist staff knowledgeable and able to easily answer questions/ concerns
Really informative & helpful - will be booking further test
I hope these events continue. They are invaluable and reassuring. All the advisors were so nice and helpful.
Great to have several specialists in one place. Could about different areas of healthcare / concerns rather than visiting GP. Atmosphere more relaxed than seeing GP.
My high blood pressure was picked up so.now have appointment with my Gp.
