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Press releases - 2003
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1 December 2003
NHS launches new strategies to mark World AIDS Day
New strategies are to be developed to tackle the rise of HIV in Brighton and Hove, the city's NHS Primary Care Trust (PCT) has announced today to mark World AIDS Day.
12 November 2003
Conditions imposed on GP surgery change plan
A Hove GP practice has been given permission by Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) to reduce their practice catchment area.
21 October 2003
Surgeries bid to relocate into major new health centre
Three GP surgeries in Brighton have formally applied to move their premises together on one site at a new health centre in the city.
21 October 2003
A Portslade GP practice has been given permission by Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) to reduce their practice catchment area.
08 October 2003
GP asks to reduce practice area
A Hove GP practice has asked Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) for permission to reduce their practice catchment area. Dr C R Barker and Partner, of The Brunswick Surgery, 18-19 Western Road, Hove, feel that their current highly-populated practice area is too large.
30 September 2003
Don't believe the myths - get your flu jab early!
Myths about flu vaccines are preventing older people from getting their free flu jab in Brighton and Hove, according to research.
26 September 2003
A new website providing information about drugs and alcohol to young people, students and parents/carers will be officially launched on Monday 29 September 2003.
23 September 2003
Government awards "Teaching" status to Sussex PCTs
The Government has awarded joint teaching status to two Primary Care Trusts based in Worthing and Brighton, together with a 370,000 grant.
19 September 2003
A Portslade GP practice has asked Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) for permission to reduce their practice catchment area. Dr M Wright and Partners, of Portslade Health Centre, Church Road, Portslade, feel that their current highly-populated practice area is too large.
19 September 2003
Surgery given approval to change
A GP surgery has been given the go-ahead to change its practice boundary. Dr J Van Ryssen and Partners, based at The Seven Dials Medical Centre, Montpelier Crescent, Brighton, feel that the current highly populated practice area is too large.
18 September 2003
WHO says Brighton and Hove can be a healthier city
The World Health Organization (WHO) will next week officially endorse the work being carried out in Brighton and Hove to improve people's health. Experts from the WHO have been scrutinising efforts in the city to tackle the so-called 'health divide' which means that life expectancy in some parts of the city is shorter than elsewhere.
26 August 2003
A Brighton GP practice has asked Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) for permission to reduce its practice area. Dr J Van Ryssen and Partners, based at The Seven Dials Medical Centre, Montpelier Crescent, Brighton, feel that the current highly populated practice area is too large.
21 August 2003
Surgery given approval to change
A GP surgery has been given the go-ahead to change its practice boundary. Dr Daly and Partners of Central Hove Surgery, Ventnor Villas, Hove felt that their current highly-populated practice area is too large.
08 August 2003
GP proposes change to practice area
A Brighton GP practice has asked Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) for permission to reduce the practice area. Dr D Supple and Partners, of Preston Park Surgery, 2a Florence Road, Brighton, feel that their current highly-populated area is too large.
04 August 2003
GP given permission to reduce practice area
A GP from Hove has been given permission by Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) to reduce his practice area.
04 August 2003
GP asks to change practice boundary
A practice of Brighton-based GPs has asked Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) for permission to reduce their practice catchment area.
30 July 2003
Surgeries allowed to split practice boundary
Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) has approved proposals to revise the practice area of a GP practice in the city.
24 July 2003
GP asks to reduce practice area
A Hove GP practice has asked Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) for permission to reduce their practice catchment area. Dr P Daly & Partners, of Central Hove Surgery, Ventnor Villas, Hove, feel that their current highly-populated practice area is too large.
24 July 2003
GP withdraws boundary change plan
A Brighton GP who had asked Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) for permission to change his practice catchment boundary has withdrawn their application.
16 July 2003
City's health staff are the real stars
Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) today applauded all the healthcare staff in the city for their hard work and dedication, after it was awarded two stars by the Commission for Health Improvement (CHI), the independent health watchdog.
11 July 2003
GP asks to change practice area
A GP has asked Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) for permission to change his practice boundary. Dr EJD Henderson, of The Surgery, 14 Burwash Road, Hove, feels that the current highly populated area served is too large.
10 July 2003
City to pilot Children's Trust
Brighton and Hove has been chosen by the government to be among the first areas in the country to work towards creating a Children's Trust. This will effectively merge the work of the City Council and the city's NHS Primary Care Trust in planning services for children.
10 July 2003
A Brighton GP practice has been given permission by Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) to reduce its practice area. Dr N Higson and Partners, based at Goodwood Court Medical Centre, Cromwell Road, Hove, felt that their old highly populated practice catchment area was too large.
09 July 2003
Proposed change to practice area
Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) has announced proposals to revise the practice area of a GP practice in the city.
02 July 2003
GP bid to reduce practice area
A Brighton GP practice has asked Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) for permission to reduce its practice area. Dr J Van Ryssen and Partners, based at The Seven Dials Medical Centre, Montpelier Crescent, Brighton, feel that the current highly populated practice area is too large.
30 June 2003
Cash boost for city HIV projects
A total of 50,000 is to be distributed to a range of projects in Brighton and Hove aimed at improving the lives of gay men who are HIV positive. Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) has set aside the cash for gay community groups and networks for projects which in 2004 will reduce HIV infection among gay men, build or strengthen the gay community or improve the health and wellbeing of HIV positive gay men.
19 June 2003
GP proposes reduction to practice area
A Brighton GP practice has asked Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) for permission to reduce its practice area. Dr N Higson and Partners, based at Goodwood Court Medical Centre, Cromwell Road, Hove, feel that the current highly populated practice area is too large.
12 May 2003
Survey will show just how healthy city is
Thousands of residents of Brighton and Hove are this week being asked 'How healthy are you?'. A survey is being sent out to thousands of Brighton and Hove residents asking about their health and lifestyle. Two percent of the 260,000 people living in Brighton and Hove have been randomly selected to take part. The aim of the survey is to help match health services with what people in Brighton and Hove need if they are to stay fit and well.
24 March 2003
Dr MJA Sharp has asked Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust for permission to close the branch surgery premises at 28 Coombe Terrace, Brighton
11 March 2003
Kids the focus of No Smoking Day
Parents who smoke and have children with asthma will get advice and help to quit as part of National No Smoking Day in Brighton and Hove (12 March 2003). As well as information on how to give up smoking displayed in GP practices and pharmacies around the city, Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust has organised a smoking cessation specialist to speak to parents visiting their children at the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital in Dyke Road in the morning of 12 March.
3 March 2003
Patients will no longer have to wait for days or even weeks to see their GP after two city practices adopted radical new appointments systems. From today, 3 March 2003, patients who phone to see a GP or nurse at the Seven Dials Medical Centre in Brighton and the Central Hove Surgery in Hove will be offered an appointment on the same day - whether their case is urgent or not.
20 February 2003
NHS patients have a chance to air their views
Patients in Brighton and Hove will shortly get the chance to help improve NHS services in the city by taking part in a major public opinion survey on local healthcare. During March and April, around 850 random patients will be sent a questionnaire asking about their experience of local GPs, dentists, pharmacists and hospitals.
07 February 2003
City NHS marks Contraceptive Awareness Week
Forget secret admirers, you may get a Valentines Day card from your local NHS next Friday (14 February). But instead of a message of unrequited love, it will contain a condom and essential advice on contraception and family planning services. The move is part of a range of activity aimed at promoting the use of contraception in the city and reducing rates of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections.