Selsey Patient Group

01/02/2026

The NHS in Sussex is expanding the number of appointments for people who need dental care urgently.

26,546 additional urgent NHS dental appointments are available for people across Sussex, as part of 700,000 extra appointments being rolled out across England – 100,000 of which are in the South East.

These appointments ensure that people experiencing urgent dental problems can access timely care, even if they are not currently registered with a dental practice.

The additional urgent appointments are for dental conditions such as:

Severe, persistent toothache
Dental abscess
Broken or knocked‑out tooth
Continued bleeding after a dental procedure or injury
Facial or oral swelling
Painful fractured, loose or displaced fillings
Severe soft‑tissue problems affecting cheeks, gums or tongue
Sussex residents who need urgent dental help can call the Sussex Dental Helpline on 0300 123 1663 between 8am and 4pm Monday to Friday or NHS 111 outside of these hours.

The Helpline team have access to the latest information on available care from local dentists and can book patients directly into appointments.

You can also contact the dentists who offer urgent dental care appointments directly, during usual opening hours. See where urgent dental care is available across Sussex.

You do not need to be registered with a dental practice to access an urgent appointment.

21/01/2026

Here is some information from the NHS to help us all make the right choice when deciding what to do, where to go and who to contact for advice on symptoms and conditions we may face.

21/01/2026

Free workshops taking place based on preventing falls and how to stay if you do fall. Please see literature below for more details.

27/12/2025

The Patient Group would like to know if anyone wants us to arrange a session, teaching the use of defibrillators. If you are interested, please send your reply to the email below.

selseypatientgroup@outlook.com

11/12/2025

Selsey Medical Practice is glad to announce that they have joined the world of Facebook. The new page will keep you up to date with factual information and updates about the practice and their services.

08/12/2025

Hopefully you have a very Happy Christmas and wish you every good wish for 2026. The Selsey Patient Group’s annual patient satisfaction survey has ended and we will convey the results as soon as possible. Where possible we will assist the Practice to improve services for the benefit of us all.

As the Patient Group have been unable to host an evening seminar on a health related topic, we would like to know how many of you, if any, would like a session learning how to use a defibrillator and whether you would prefer a daytime or evening in the week, rather than at a weekend. Please let me know by one of the following methods:
(i) emailing selseypatientgroup@outlook.com or
(ii) contacting the Selsey Patient Group page or
(iii) leaving a message at Sidlesham Memorial Hall or
(iv) leaving a message at Selsey Medical Centre.

Barbara Shepherd
Chairman, Selsey Medical Practice Patient Group

09/11/2025

Patient satisfaction survey 2025. Have your say!

15/10/2025

Come and join us for our annual general meeting, information provided in the picture below.

13/09/2025

The flu clinic is on at Selsey Medical Practice on Saturday 4th October. Please read the attached literature for more details.

02/09/2025

20/06/2025

On behalf of Selsey Medical practice:

Selsey Medical Practice would like to make our patients aware that blood tests are an additional service which is commissioned by the Integrated Care Board from the practice (this also applies to many of our other services our nursing team provide).

Currently this service is commissioned in a way that is it is not cost effective to provide and therefore we have taken the decision as a practice to reduce the amount of blood tests we do to minimise our losses. We do want to be able to continue to provide this service for our most vulnerable patients.

We have also reduced the length of time that blood tests can be booked in advance because around 90% of the missed blood test appointments were booked more than 2 weeks ahead, these appointments could have been available to other patients. Making this change has lead to a significant improvement to the missed blood test appointments.

24/05/2025

News just in!! There is a COVID clinic today in the surgery for over 75 and immuno suppressed. Service available until 2pm.