Waterside Primary Care Network Patient Champions

02/04/2026

Our next Patient champion walking group is tomorrow, Friday the 3rd of April 😊
We will be meeting at Dibden Enclosure car park at 12pm and walk for around an hour at a steady pace 🚶‍♀️ 🚶‍♂️ Join our team and enjoy a leisurely walk in the New Forest 🌳🌲

31/03/2026

Some of our wonderful Patient Champion volunteers have started a gardening group and are working hard to improve the gardens at Blackfield Medical centre, helping to create a more welcoming and accessible space for both staff and patients to enjoy 😀
They are currently clearing and developing a shady area of the garden and are looking for donations of shade loving plants to help bring the space to life 🌱
If you have any plants that might be suitable we would love to hear from you 😊 please do get in touch by emailing
Donna.best6@nhs.net
Thank you 😊 🌱🌼🌺

24/03/2026

Come along to our next Patient Champion coffee morning ☕️🍰
This Thursday the 26th of March from 11.30-1.30 at St. John's Hall in Hythe.
Enjoy free refreshments, a friendly welcome and a chance to find out more about the groups and activities our team run in the community 😀 We look forward to seeing you there ☕️🍰

17/03/2026

Our next Patient Champion walk is this Friday the 20th of March. The team will be meeting at Moonhills car park at 12pm 🚶‍♀️ 🚶‍♂️
The walk is around 4 miles and will take approximately 2.5 hours
The weather is looking good 🌞 so why not join the walk, meet our team and enjoy a beautiful walk in the company of others 😀
Moonhills is the first car park on the left past the Royal Oak pub going towards Exbury 🌲🌳

10/03/2026

04/03/2026

Join us this Friday for our next Patient Champion walk 🚶‍♂️ 🚶‍♀️

🗓 when: Friday 6th of March
📍 Where: Dibden Enclosure car park
⏰️ Time : 12pm

Join us for a leisurely hour or so walk, in the lovely New Forest 🌳
Enjoy walking with others and making new friends 💚🤎

03/03/2026

February was Heart month ♥️
Heart month and beyond is the perfect time to pause and check in with your health ❤️
Many risk factors, like high blood pressure or irregular Heart rhythms, can develop without any warning signs, but small steps now can make a big difference to your long term wellbeing ♥️
Head over to our Patient Champion website to find out more on the support and tools to help you feel confident about your Heart health ♥️

Heart Month is the perfect time to pause and check in with your health. Many risk factors, like high blood pressure or irregular heart rhythms, can develop without any warning signs, but small steps now can make a big difference to your long term wellbeing. 

24/02/2026

What a wet but wonderful walk we had on Friday 🚶‍♂️ 🚶‍♀️ 🌧
We may have got drenched but we all enjoyed a great walk with great company and finished off with a lovely homemade banana cake made by one of our lovely patient champions John 🍰 😋
Join us for our next walk 🚶‍♀️ next Friday the 6th of March. We meet at Dibden Enclosure car park at 12pm, join our amazing team and enjoy a walk with others in our beautiful New forest 🌳

24/02/2026

This Thursday the 26th of February will be our next Patient Champion coffee morning ☕️ 🥮
Come along and enjoy free refreshments and a warm friendly welcome and meet our team.
We also have food donations from the Waterside food project for you to enjoy 😋
From 11.30-1.30 at St. John's Hall in Hythe, pop in and say hello 👋

19/02/2026

Join us on our next longer walk tomorrow the 20th of February 🚶‍♂️ 🚶‍♀️
Tomorrow we are walking the coastal path starting at Lymington yacht haven at 12pm. This is a circular route heading towards the Salterns and seaward side of Pennington Marshes. Pleanty of opportunities for bird spotting 🐦 🐦‍⬛ The walk is about 4.5 miles and will take around 2-3 hours. As we know the weather is still pretty damp so good waterproof walking boots 🥾 and coats 🧥☔️ are recommended. Come and join our walk and meet our Patient Champion team 🚶‍♀️ 🚶‍♂️
Red marker below is the meeting point 📍

09/02/2026

We enjoyed another Patient Champion walk on Friday 🚶‍♀️ 🚶‍♂️ despite a couple of showers along the way 🌧 It was lovely to have Naomi one of the National Park rangers join us for our walk, sharing her knowledge and information on the forest 🌳 🌳 Our next Dibden Enclosure walk will be Friday the 6th of March meeting in the car park at 12pm 🚶‍♂️ 🚶‍♀️ 🌳

04/02/2026

Join us this Friday the 6th of February for our next Patient Champion walk 🚶‍♀️ 🚶‍♂️
We meet at Dibden Enclosure car park at 12pm and walk at a steady pace for around an hour.
Also this Friday we will have Naomi who is the National Park Ranger joining us. Naomi will be sharing her knowledge of the forest as we walk, and also provides free leaflets, maps and dog bags 🐕
We are keeping our fingers crossed the weather is kind to us once again, but it will definitely be wet and muddy so good walking boots are very much recommended 🥾 🥾
Feel free to come and join us on our friendly group walk and enjoy a beautiful walk with others 😊 🌳 🚶‍♀️ 🌳