From 1st July 2025, you can now book your routine X-ray online!

If your clinician referrers you for a routine X-ray, you should bе contacted within two working days. 

Depending on the type of examination, you may receive a text message, inviting you to make an appointment using our booking portal called Swiftqueue.

Please follow the instructions to login / register an account. This will allow you to choose an appointment time that is most convenient for you, without the need of contacting the hospital directly.

If you have not heard from us after two working days, please contact the Hospital's Radiology Appointments team directly - contact details can be found on the Mid and South Essex Hospitals' website:
www.mse.nhs.uk/radiology-services

On 23rd June 2025, it was announced that people living with obesity will be able to begin accessing tirzepatide (Mounjaro®) for weight loss purposes in primary care settings. However, the national roll out does not mean all people will be able to get a prescription for tirzepatide (Mounjaro®) on this day.

Weight management services are locally commissioned at an Integrated Care Board (ICB) level. In mid and south Essex, access to tirzepatide will initially be through specialist weight management services only. Access to tirzepatide (Mounjaro®) through primary care is not expected to start in mid and south Essex until later in 2025.

NHS Mid and South Essex ICB has provided information on tirzepatide on its website - Visit the website for more information.

Due to the demand for our dementia support clinics, we are hosting another clinic on Friday 11th July 2025. If you would like more information, please leave your details at reception and someone will contact you.

Alternatively, email us at blackwater.medicalcentre@nhs.net

Free screenings of specially picked films in a relaxed environment for people living with dementia and their families and carers.

Wednesday 25th June at 11.00am, Burnhams RIO Cinema will be showing the film "Salt Path"

To book your space, please call 01621 851891 or email admin@maldoncvs.org.uk

A safe space for people to learn new skills, expand on existing ones, and attend FREE courses developed to support mental health recovery.

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So far this year (January - March 2025) there were 16,974 appointments

484 appointments were booked, not attended and not cancelled.  

Please ensure that if you cannot keep your appointment, you let us know as soon as possible so that another patient can have it.   This is a complete waste of time and resource, and we ask our patients to please be considerate to others.   There is now an option on the phone system to cancel appointments to make it easier.

From 31st March 2025, the ICB will no longer be funding e-consult as they are trying to streamline their digital service. The chosen provider will be Accurx. Some patients may have already seen this with blood pressure monitoring.

The NHS app is still available if patients should prefer to continue using this route.

How does Accurx work?

1. A patient’s request comes in through a structured form submitted online, over the phone or by visiting the practice.
2. All requests enter a shared inbox that’s fully integrated with your clinical system.
3. The surgery team action the requests, triaging and signposting patients based on clinical need.

getUBetter is working in partnership with the NHS to provide digital support for all muscle and joint problems. See the attached information to find out how to download the app for all common musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries and conditions such as back, neck or knee pain, as well as pelvic floor health.

GetUBetter information

Evening and weekend appointments are available at this GP practice or at an NHS service nearby.