Details of upcoming activities
You are invited to visit the Healthy Haven Garden, to sit, relax and contemplate life. However if you feel so moved and are either a gardener or would like to know more about gardening, you might think about joining the group of volunteers who work together to maintain the garden.
The garden is situated behind the Red & Green Waterslide GP practice.
Activities we offer
The Patient Champions are a group of volunteers, representative of each of the Doctors' Practices in the Waterside Primary Care Network. (WPCN)
Using our local knowledge and with the support of the doctors across the WPCN we have been asked to provide a range of socially based activities to help promote the health and wellbeing of patients and which reflect the interests they have that promote a health aware community.
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We are interested in your ideas about the activities that you would like to see and you can tell us about your ideas by clicking on the 'Contact us' heading in the menu list in the header above.
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We will also provide links to the latest NHS self-care sites that will allow patients to research how to promote their own healthy lifestyle and the actions they are able to take. Click on this link Kick Start your health to go directly to the App in the Health & wellbeing section of the site.
We will provide details of activities as they become available each month. See the next section below for a general description for each activity. You can find out up to date information about all our activities at the Drop in Coffee Morning sessions. We look forward to welcoming you to our next coffee morning.
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The Drop in Coffee Mornings are held in St John's Hall Hythe. Dates for 2025 are shown below:
​​​Thursday 28th November - is the last meeting in 2024
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​Dates for 2025:
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30th January
27th February
27th March
24th April
29th May
26th June
24th July
28th August
25th September
23rd October
27th November
December - no meeting
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We meet between 11.30 & 13.30. Come when you can, leave when you must. Just turn up and enjoy the opportunity to chat and meet with people and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee.
The Book Club meets regularly on the second Tuesday of each month between 14.00 & 16.00 in St John's Hall, in Marchwood which is situated in the Churchyard. (Please note the venue is Marchwood not Hythe.) There are 15 places available overall, but please let us know of your intention to attend by using the contact us form you can find by clicking the link in the header of the site.
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The Walking Group meets on the 1st Friday of every month. Meet in the car park at Dibden Enclosure at 12.00. You may bring your dog with you to enjoy the walk but you don't need a dog to join the group and are very welcome if you would just like to walk in the company of others.
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The meetings of the IT for Health Group take place once a month in the meeting room at Hythe Library between 1000 and 1200 on a Thursday morning. The topics review how IT provides the basis for researching health issues and the different ways to access the NHS App and the Patient Access App. We are also supporting the introduction of ANIMA across all the Practices on the Waterside. See the notes below for more information about this.
Patient Access has added an additional level of security suggesting that users download an Authenticator App. This has proved difficult for some patients and the IT for Health Team is able to suggest alternatives for two factor authentication to help maintain the security of Patient Access and the NHS App including the use of biometric access to your account. The dates for our session in 2025 are set out below. We will email our patient contact list with the topic for a particular session prior to the session. If you haven't already been receiving these emails from us, let us know your email address through the Contact Us form on the site at: www.wpcnpatientchampions.co.uk/contact and we will add you to the list.
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IT for Health meeting dates for 2025
January (No meeting)
20th February
20th March
17th April (Easter holiday - no meeting)
22nd May
19th June
17th July
21st August
18th September
16th October
20th November
December (No meeting)
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We can keep you in touch with information about activities as they are planned. To allow us to contact you, please provide the contact details shown in the flier on the left by using the 'Contact us' form at the top of the page and indicating the activities you would find interesting.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Details of current activities
If you are interested in any of the activities shown below please use the 'contact us' form to ask for details
Next Event
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For dates of future coffee mornings scroll up the page to see a full list of dates through to November 2025.
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We meet between 11.30 & 13.30 in
St John's Hall Hythe
The group meets on the 1st Friday of each month in the car park of Dibden Enclosure at 12.00. The walks are planned to allow access for a range of mobility issues.
A different book is chosen for each meeting. If you are interested in finding out about the current book being read, contact the group by using the Contact Us Form on the website.
The Waterside Book Club meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, in the church hall of St John's Church in Marchwood.
The Patient Champions IT Team provides support for patients wishing to find out more about how they can make effective use of the information on the internet to maintain their health and wellbeing.
We do this either individually or in group sessions to promote the use of the NHS and Patient Access Apps. We are also supporting the introduction of ANIMA a new way to contact your Practice and obtain help. See the notes on the right. ANIMA allows you to contact your GP surgery regarding health-related concerns, through an electronic triage system that avoids long waits on the phone or the need to visit the surgery to make an appointment. Patient Access and the NHS App allow you to order repeat prescriptions, and review your health record and for some practices book a GP session.
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Let us know about the help you would like by using the ‘contact us’ form on the website at:
www.wpcnpatientchampions.co.uk/contact
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The Waterside Practices are pleased to announce an update to the online consultation service. eConsult is being replaced by a new system ‘ANIMA’
Anima seamlessly and confidentially integrates with your medical record bringing improvements to how you access care and appointments and how Practice staff assess your condition. Anima will allow Practice teams to continue to improve access times by helping to direct you to the most appropriate care for your medical needs. This ensures Practices make use of limited resources in the safest and most efficient way. All appointments will continue to be offered according to clinical urgency and need.
Your request will be handled in exactly the same manner whether you complete the Anima request online yourself, or contact your Practice via telephone, where a receptionist will ask the same questions to ensure equity of access for all patients. All patients who can do so are encouraged to use Anima, as this will prevent you needing to queue on the telephone and keep lines free for those who do not have internet access. Completing an Anima request yourself also provides you with more discretion should you prefer not to discuss your medical problem with a receptionist.
More information is available on the Anima website:
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You may register for ANIMA by going to the new website for your Practice.
Click on the relevant link below to check this out on your practice website and find out how to complete an Anima application form:
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https://www.forestsidemedicalpractice.co.uk/
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https://www.waterfrontandsolent.co.uk/
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https://www.redandgreenpractice.co.uk/
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You may also find it easier to log into Anima if you download the NHS App. Find out how to do this by clicking on this web address or copying and pasting it into your browser.
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https://www.nhsapp.service.nhs.uk/login
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You can also find the NHS App in the Apple App store or GooglePlay​​​​​​​
Scroll up the page for for further details and dates of future sessions.