The Elms Medical Centre

18/02/2026

13/02/2026

** NHS toolkit for primary school children **

This half-term, the NHS are encouraging parents and carers to use the right health services for their children.

Parents can download the handy guide for five to 11-year-olds, which has useful information about health services, vaccinations, and mental health.

It also has information on medicines to keep at home and common childhood health issues, such as head lice, conjunctivitis, threadworm and strep A.

Information about NHS services for children.

12/02/2026

Have you been asked to submit your Blood Pressure readings?

If so, please use the link below:-
https://www.elmsmedicalkent.nhs.uk/blood-pressure-review-5-days

Thank You

Blood Pressure Review: 5 days

11/02/2026

A reminder to all our patients.

To make an appointment you must complete an eConsult. You can do this by going to our website and clicking "Appointments". Here is a link for ease:-
https://www.elmsmedicalkent.nhs.uk/appointments-index/

Please note that if a member of our team completes an eLite form on your behalf, this will not result in a faster response. All appointment requests—whether submitted online by yourself or completed by a member of our team on your behalf—are sent to our triage team and are reviewed in the same way. This ensures all patients are assessed fairly, based on clinical need.

Appointments Index

21/01/2026

Safe Havens can help people struggling with a range of difficulties that can cause distress, including loneliness and isolation, financial worries, and relationship issues and work closely with other support services to get people the right help.

19/01/2026

Major IT outage

The majority of GP practices across Kent and Medway experienced a major IT failure today leaving clinicians and administration teams unable to access patient records and appointment systems.

Please note that patients are likely to experience significant disruption when contacting us. If you are experiencing urgent health concerns, please use NHS 111 or attend an Urgent Treatment Centre or A&E in an emergency.

Unfortunately, even once the IT issue has been restored this outage will continue to impact GP practices for many days as we work to catch up.

Please therefore kindly bear with us.

Thank you for your cooperation.

The Elms Medical Practice

12/01/2026

The my mhealth platform offers expert advice, educational resources, and self-management tools to support living with long-term conditions including COPD, Asthma, Diabetes and a range of Heart Conditions.

We are now offering the FREE my mhealth app to support your condition management. Register at

Fill out this form.

15/12/2025

** A new service for patients to confirm their address **

NHS are launching a new digital service that patients can use to confirm or change their home address directly with the NHS. This means you no longer need to ask your GP surgery to do this for you.

NHS may well contact you and we would like to provide reassurance for our patients in case you are invited to update your details.

Please read the recently published news article about the new features to help patients confirm their address with the NHS

We’re launching a new digital service that patients can use to confirm or change their home address directly with the NHS. This means they no longer need to ask their GP surgery to do this for them. We are testing the ‘Confirm your home address’ service with patients so they can amend the...

10/12/2025

** Medication/Prescription Queries **

If you have a medication or prescription query, please submit your query either via our website or by completing the slips that are available for you to complete at our surgeries.
https://www.elmsmedicalkent.nhs.uk/prescriptions

Thank you

Prescriptions

10/12/2025

** eConsult Reminder **

Please remember that if you have more than one problem, you must complete an eConsult per problem.

** One Problem = One eConsult **

10/12/2025

Dementia Services in Medway

Medway Singing for the Memory: A singing group designed for people living with dementia and other cognitive impairments, their carers, and their friends. Held in Rochester on the second Friday of each month. Here is further information and upcoming schedule.

https://mcusercontent.com/ae3825bedab437264acc6843f/files/b4fbf395-0e78-20ed-7838-fb002535e151/Singing_for_the_Memory_flyer_2024.pdf

https://mcusercontent.com/ae3825bedab437264acc6843f/files/3a717cd3-5b55-402b-7ef2-79afc13ca9f8/Singing_for_the_Memory_dates_2026.pdf

Rochester Memory Cafe: you can meet others who are in a similar situation to you and spend time sharing information and experiences or simply have a cup of tea and a chat. Friendly volunteers will be on hand to give you information and support and a range of refreshments is available. Held in Rochester on the fourth Friday of every month Here is further information and upcoming schedule.

https://mcusercontent.com/ae3825bedab437264acc6843f/files/16be62ff-79e2-b644-e70f-7a511c9ebd49/Cafe_Flyer_PRINT_Copy.pdf

https://mcusercontent.com/ae3825bedab437264acc6843f/files/00f46f69-320a-ed1c-74bc-ffd10612003b/Dementia_Memory_Cafe_dates_2026.pdf

10/12/2025

As the countdown to Christmas begins, NHS Kent and Medway has begun promoting its Stop Think Choose campaign to help people find the right care over the festive season. The website includes details on self-help, urgent treatment centres and pharmacy opening times.

Get the right help when you need it.