Chillington Health Centre

08/12/2025

If you are registered at a GP Surgery in Torbay and South Devon you can see a GP, Nurse or Healthcare Assistant at the weekend.

Ask your GP Surgery for an Enhanced Access appointment

04/12/2025

🎄 Christmas Jumper Day 🎄

🗓️ Thursday 11th December!

We’re joining in with Christmas Jumper Day again this year! Staff will be wearing their festive jumpers on Thursday 11th December to help spread some cheer — and raise money for a wonderful cause.

If you would like to support the official appeal, you can donate via our JustGiving page:

👉 https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/CJD250013967?utm_medium=FA&utm_source=CL

All donations go directly to Save the Children UK

Thank you for your support, and we can’t wait to see everyone’s festive jumpers! 🎅✨

We're taking part in Save the Children's Christmas Jumper Day on Thursday 11th December! Every pound we raise will give children in the UK and around the world the chance to grow up healthy and happy and change the future for good.

04/12/2025

If you take regular medication, there are simple steps you can take to help to help reduce waste:

✅ Plan ahead – check what you already have before reordering

✅ Only order what you need

✅ Check your medicines before leaving the pharmacy / dispensary– they can’t be reused once you leave

03/12/2025

If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, call 111 and select the mental health option for urgent help and support. Further advice and resources can be found on our website: https://orlo.uk/Px070

02/12/2025

This Christmas, give the gift that truly shows you care. ❤️
High blood pressure is a silent killer — but with a simple home BP monitor, we can help protect the people who matter most.

🎥 Watch Family Matters, created by the Torbay CVD Prevention Partnership, and choose a gift that could save a life:



Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

This is "Blood Pressure" by Torbay and South Devon NHS on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

02/12/2025

This week is Grief Awareness Week, and a chance to recognise how any type of loss can affect our wellbeing.

There’s no right or wrong way to feel — grief affects everyone differently.

If you're finding things difficult, there’s support that can help.

➡️ https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/feelings-symptoms-behaviours/feelings-and-symptoms/grief-bereavement-loss/

28/11/2025

People aged 75-79 can get a free vaccination to protect themselves from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common lung infection that can lead to serious illnesses like pneumonia.

Read more about RSV vaccination here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv/

📞 Please call us on 01548 580214 to book an appointment if you are eligible and are yet to receive the vaccination.

26/11/2025

The Healthy Choices Quiz aims to empower adults to take control of their health by making small changes day to day. Taking around 5 minutes to complete, the quiz asks a series of
questions about your lifestyle.

https://www.nhs.uk/hcquiz

20/11/2025

Following our taster session last month, we are delighted to be bringing a new programme of workshops to in partnership with 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗴𝗲. 🐞

Join our mindful, creative social spaces, which are inspired by nature and celebrate our incredible landscape and the opportunity it offers to improve our mental wellbeing.

● Mindful Walk on East Soar, Thursday 27 November 2025, 10:00am — 12:30pm

● Painting Workshop, Thursday 11 December 2025, 10:00am — 12:30pm

● Mosaic Workshop, Thursday 8 January 2026, 10:00am — 12:30pm

● Mosaic Workshop, Thursday 22 January 2026, 10:00am — 12:30pm

● Percussion Workshop, Thursday 5 February 2026, 10:00am — 12:30pm

Find out more and sign up here: https://loom.ly/IeDH-u8 South Devon National Landscape

19/11/2025

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) will be launching an Occupational Therapy telephone advice line, from September 2025. This can be accessed by all, whether that is the young person themselves, family members or carers, education staff, social care staff, voluntary organisations or other health professionals. The phone line provides access to advice and support around helping children and young people develop everyday skills.

When you call the advice line you will speak directly to a Children’s Occupational Therapist. The team specialises in helping children and young people participate and gain independence in daily activities such as dressing, toileting skills, using cutlery, helping you child feel ready to participate and more.

We can share ideas and strategies related to moving to the next stage of developing a skill and also give advice on accessing further support from the service itself or elsewhere.

No referrals are required and personal information will not be taken or recorded.

If the young person is aged between 0-18 years and has a GP in Devon or Torbay, please call 03332 341123

🗓️Tuesdays 1:30pm – 4:00pm

🗓️Fridays 9:30am – 12:00pm

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) will be launching an Occupational Therapy telephone advice line, from September 2025. This can be accessed by all, whether that is the young person themselves, family members or carers, education staff, social care staff, voluntary organisations or other healt...

13/11/2025

Illnesses like measles and whooping cough can be serious and spread easily between children who are not vaccinated. To check if your child has missed any vaccines, you can look in their red book or contact your GP surgery.

Get more information and see the full childhood vaccination schedule here: www.nhs.uk/childhoodvaccinations