Action for Deafness - Summer 2018 edition

MAKING for Deaf and THINGS hard of hearing HAPPEN people people THINGS hard of hearing MAKING for Deaf and Summer 2018

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A Word

From The CEO: Jane Shaw As promised in the last edition, you can see a report and photos of AFD’s new Worthing base on pages 6-7.

increased. I hope you will have an opportunity to come and see us, there.

Many of us have had fun during the glorious long days of summer taking photographs of AFD which have been spotted all over the world. You can see a selection of them on pages 4 & 5 and they often crop up on our Instagram page, so keep an eye on that, too. Do send us any pen photos you take and we will publish in forthcoming editions.

Jane Shaw - CEO

The new premises were designed with every care and attention to ensure optimum conditions for service users and were refurbished to a very high standard.

They provide a remarkable facility for service users and footfall has already

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A Word from The CEO, Jane Shaw

UKAS Accreditation

AFD Minibus Trips

In June, Action for Deafness had its accreditation from the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) reconfirmed for the sixth year running. AFD also had accreditation for complex audiology confirmed. In 2012 AFD was the first organisation in the UK to be accredited 7820

by UKAS against the IQIPS standards - Improving Quality in Physiological Diagnostic Services.

Accreditation has been reconfirmed every year since.

Fundraising News Deaf Awareness Week 2018 AFD’s new Worthing Premises Team News AFD Presents…

Sussex Deaf Forum AFD Clubs Hearing Aid Maintenance Clinics and Contact Details

TESTIMONIALS As a retired medical social worker I have been very impressed by the efficiency of the AFD audiology service and the staff’s attitude to patients.

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The audiologists are always efficient and friendly. My new hearing aids are excellent. My wife and I are absolutely delighted with the Haywards Heath centre, as are all our friends who use it. The audiologists and reception staff are brilliant. Big thanks.

Many thanks for your engaging, informative, funny and at times serious talk on Deaf Awareness.

It went far deeper than just communicating with the deaf. It was a masterclass in communicating with humans - all of them - but especially those with a hearing loss.

Haywards Heath patient

Coachman’s Medical Practice

Amberley Museum

AFD Minibus Trips AFD’s Transport Facilitator, Joe, has some fantastic trips lined up for summer months. The minibus has already been to some great locations across Sussex including Uppark House and Gardens, Amberley Museum and Glynde Place as shown in the photos.

To book any minibus trip, go to the AFD website or contact Joe directly: joe@actionfordeafness.org.uk Phone/SMS: 07552 238834

HAYWARDS HEATH (every Thursday)

 AUGUST 2nd

Brighton Sea Front

9th

Snowhill Garden Centre

16th

Scotney Castle – National Trust

23rd

Batemans – National Trust

30th

Horsham

 SEPTEMBER

WORTHING (every Friday)  AUGUST 3rd

Arundel

Standen – National Trust

10th

Wakehurst Place – National Trust

Tunbridge Wells

17th

Petworth House & Gardens – National Trust

24th

Brighton

31st

Chichester

6th

Sheffield Park – National Trust

13th 27th

 OCTOBER 4th

Hassocks Garden Centre

11th

Sheffield Park – National Trust

18th

Petworth House & Gardens – National Trust

25th

Lakeside Shopping Centre

 NOVEMBER 1st

Ditchling Garden Centre

8th

Horsham

15th

Brighton Museum

22nd

Knole House – National Trust

Glynde Place

Chartwell

 SEPTEMBER 7th

Sheffield Park – National Trust

14th

Crawley

21st

Oakbarn Garden Centre

28th

Horsham

 OCTOBER 5th

Chichester

12th

Sheffield Park – National Trust

19th

Tangmere Aviation Museum

26th

Arundel

 NOVEMBER 2nd

Ditchling Garden Centre

9th

Brighton Museum

16th

Eastbourne

23rd

Bluebell Railway

30th

Hassocks Garden Centre

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Fundraising NEWS Santander Bank Discovery Grant for AFD Fundraising Regulator

The Santander Foundation awards grants of up to £5,000 to help disadvantaged people. AFD was fortunate to be awarded a Santander Discovery Grant of £5,000 in March 2018. AFD would like to thank Santander for this support.

AFD is registered with the independent regulator of charitable fundraising – the Fundraising Regulator (FR).

The FR was established following a crossparty review of fundraising self-regulation to strengthen the system of charity regulation and restore public trust in fundraising, in 2015. The FR logo is displayed on AFD publicity to demonstrate registration.

AFD now operates a Hearing Aid Maintenance Clinic from Arundel Surgery. This drop-in clinic is open every third Wednesday of each For further information about month from 2pm – 4pm. Patients can call in to collect hearing Fundraising Regulator, visit aid batteries, have their ear moulds re-tubed or for information, their website: https://www. advice and support. fundraisingregulator.org.uk Full dates are available on page 12.

New AFD Hearing Aid Maintenance Clinic in Arundel

Travelling Pens

Portsmouth

AFD pens have been spotted in many far flung places recently.

Destinations have included: Panama, Antigua and South Africa. The AFD pen was also photographed at one of Anthony Gormley’s sculptures in Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge and outside Centre Court. Do send us a photo of one of the pens wherever you spot one – and we will publish in News & Views.

Lydford Gorge

Ibiza

Panama

Antigua

Lake Windermere Cape Town Puglia Singapore

Kettle Yard - Cambridge

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Heathrow Airport

MEMBERSHIP SCHEME Action for Deafness welcomes applications for membership from those who share its vision.

• Membership £10.00 per annum Membership Application I would like to join Action for Deafness Name:_____________________________________________

Deaf Awareness Week

____________________________________________________ Address:___________________________________________

This year Deaf Awareness week fell between 14th and 21st May. AFD hosted several events throughout the week beginning with a Sensory Awareness Day at Lavinia House in Horsham in partnership with 4sight.

____________________________________________________ ________________________ Postcode: ________________

AFD presented British Sign Language (BSL) workshops at several schools in Sussex throughout the week. Providing workshops at schools helps to improve awareness of deafness amongst young people.

Telephone:________________________________________

AFD’s Training Co-ordinator, Cathy Cobbold, delivered a special Signing Masterclass at Chichester’s Minerva Theatre demonstrating basic BSL skills to help improve communication with Deaf BSL users.

Please select your preferred payment option for your annual subscription

Email:______________________________________________

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AFD also had a stand in Montague Place in Worthing where staff were available to give advice, support and information and to raise awareness of AFD’s new Worthing premises.

HEQUE (made payable to C Action for Deafness)

I do NOT wish to become a member, however I would like to make a donation of £______________

A busy week for AFD with an important goal of raising deaf awareness with as many people as possible.

If you pay tax on UK wages, savings or pensions, you can make your gift worth 25% more by signing the Gift Aid declaration.

ES, I would like Action for Deafness to treat Y all my donations as Gift Aid. Signed: ____________________________________________ Date: ______________________________________________ The information you provide on this form will be used solely for dealing with you as a member of Action for Deafness (AFD).

AFD has a Privacy Policy which can be found on the website www.actionfordeafness.org.uk. Your data will be stored and used in accordance with this policy. If you do not wish to receive updates from us please visit our website to update your preferences or contact us at info@actionfordeafness.org. uk or on 01444 41558.

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NEW WORTHING PREMISES NOW OPEN AFD opened its new Worthing premises in Buckingham Road on Tuesday 5th June. Bucks Fizz and cakes were served to everyone to celebrate.

This fabulous new facility is located close to the town centre. There are three large and comfortable audiology rooms, excellent training facilities, a very comfortable meeting room for social activities and a spacious Resource Centre with demonstration room.

Travel Information

BY CAR: Parking is available in the multistorey car park opposite the premises. On street parking is available nearby. There are 2 disabled parking bays in front of the premises.

BY BUS: The nearest bus stops are on South Street and Marine Parade

BY TRAIN: The nearest train station is Worthing.

Head south on Victoria Road then take the first road on the right into Crescent Road. Take the third left into Shelley Road then Buckingham Road is the second on the left.

MEETING ROOM available for hire

Please contact AFD for more details.

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We had such a warm welcome and were so impressed with the great staff and all the good work that you do with our patients in Coastal.

CCG Commissioner

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Team News AFD Audiology Students

HEARING LOSS:

Amjad Awawdeh who has been studying Audiological Science at Southampton University has now started his clinical placement with AFD. Congratulations to Andy Wells who has completed his second and final year at Anglia Ruskin studying Hearing Aid Audiology FdSc. Andy was awarded the top prize for his poster presentation on “Why individuals delay seeking help for hearing loss and at what cost (to themselves, family and economic).”

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11m affected by hearing loss in the UK (1 in 6 people) as at 2015 [1] Set to rise to 15.6m by 2035 [1] (1 in 5 people) 900k people in UK with seve re or profound hearing loss [1] 41.7% of over 50’s have a hear ing loss [1] Rises to 71.1% of people over [1] the age of 70

Personal Cost

Dementia and reduced cogn itive ability: Research by Lin et al in 2011 conc that individua ls with mild hear luded ing loss have nearly 2x the chance of developing dementia. Risk is 3x for mod erate loss and increases to almost 5x for individuals with severe loss in individuals with comparison to normal hearing Amieve et al [6] with study in 2015 also concluding that hearing loss is associated with cognitive decline [7]

Aim Review to inve stigate reason(s ) patients seek ing help for hear for the delay in ing loss and at what cost this dela themselves and y in seeking help is to the economy .

Methodology

Literature revie w of peer-revi ewed publications and reviews publishe articles, using Google d since 2010 Scho engines for the lar and Pub Med as search terms ‘delay’, ‘help seeking’, ‘hearing loss’ , ‘cost ’ and ‘stig ma’.

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Hearing loss is associated with weakness in an being a individual and looked on as a negative [4] Individuals can find it hard to accept as an alteration in self perception and embarrassed often feel and as a hand • Perceived icap [4] as having dimi nished cognitive ability and bein g socially inco • Stigma may mpetent [5] influence style of hearing aid purchased as well as being a deci of whether or not to wear the ding factor aid(s) •

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Quality of life: Hea significant impa ring loss can have a ct loneliness, socia on everyday life with l isolation, depe and frustratio n being key issue ndence s [8] Family: An indiv idual with a hear is often unaw ing loss are of is having on othe the impact that this r family mem bers can often miss out on key mom . They jokes, conversa ents, tion and inter actions at family gatherin gs.

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With hearing loss with mental heal being associated th and cognitive ability then the personal cost to the individuals qual ity of life is particularly sign ificant and not impacting on only the individua l but all those around them.

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Just £1.11 per person affected References: [1] compared to [2] [9] [10] Actio Jennings, MB. n on Hearing £11.35 for sight loss and 2010. Stigma: Loss. 2015. Heari £19.79 for card A Negative and Dementia [acce ng Matters [acce iovascular conditions [10] a positive influe ssed 04.03.18]. ssed 21/02/18]. nce on Society.,63(10), [7] [3] Twisty Ref:6 2099 [accessed Amieva, H., Ouvrard, C., Giulio help seeking for adults 345 QuittingHo with 04/03/18]. [8] llywo li, acqui C., od.com. [4] Wallh Meillon, C., Rullie red hearing loss Ciorba, A., Bianc [accessed 21/02 r, L., Dartigues, agen, MI. 2010 hini, C., Peluc . The Stigma of /18]. [6] Lin, F., J-F. 2015. Self-r chi, S., Pastore, eport Hearing Loss Mette A. 2012. The [accessed 21/02 impact of heari ed hearing loss, hearing aids, r, J., O’Brien, R., Resnick, /18]. [5] South S., Zonderma ng loss on the and cognitive all, K., Gagne, n, A., Ferrucci, quality of life decline in elder J-P., L. 2011. Heari of elderly adult ng s. Clinical Interv ly adults: A 25-year study . Journal of the Loss and Incident entions in Aging American Geria ., 7, 159-163. trics [11] https://sen iorplanet.org.

Andy Wells with another winning student

Paul Todd – Obituary Paul was born in 1980 in Haywards Heath, the eldest of two sons. Paul had Cat Eye Syndrome which affected his eyesight and hearing and thus had to rely on handson (deafblind) sign language to communicate. As a child, Paul attended Hamilton Lodge School in Brighton before moving to Margate to attend the Royal School for the Deaf. After finishing his education he stayed in Margate with his friends for some years before moving back to Burgess Hill to live in his own flat with the support of his family and a team of personal assistants.

Before working at AFD, Paul volunteered at Sainsbury’s, helping the bakery with packing food into bags. Paul did some voluntary work for AFD before becoming an administrative assistant in January 2016. Paul helped with the distribution of News & Views, ensuring all envelopes were ready for posting – vital for all News & Views subscribers!

Outside of work, Paul thoroughly enjoyed going out in the AFD minibus to various

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locations across Sussex. Joe, the transport facilitator for AFD, remembers Paul. “Paul was an amazing character and was well loved by everyone who joined the minibus trips.

He would always welcome everyone and made any new passengers feel at ease and comfortable. I will always remember Paul’s wicked sense of humour (teasing me about my driving!) and his infectious laugh. A very kind and funny man who will be greatly missed.”

Paul loved the theatre and was proud to be a member of Burgess Hill Theatre Club. He helped to paint the sets for pantomimes, of which he was an avid fan from a young age.

He visited London to see shows at the West End as well as being a regular visitor to the Hawth Theatre in Crawley and other local concert halls. Paul also loved all things Disney, visiting Disneyland Paris and Disney World in Florida, USA as often as he could.

Everyone at AFD was shocked and saddened to learn of Paul’s death. We will miss the invaluable work he did for the organisation and will remember him fondly. AFD would like to thank Paul’s parents, Suzanne and John for the funds raised at Paul’s funeral that have been donated.

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AFD presents…

The NHS celebrated its 70th anniversary on 5th July 2018. Many of AFD’s patients have worked in the NHS over the years.

We interviewed two of them.

Mary Mary was a nurse working in the NHS in the 1960s. She had wanted to be a nurse since she was four years old.

Mary first trained as a nursery nurse and began working in a school in Salford when she first qualified. Between 1967 and 1969, Mary worked at the Chailey Heritage Foundation where at the time, they nursed many children who had been affected by the Thalidomide drug.

Thalidomide is a sedative that was used to treat headaches and insomnia and was given to pregnant women in the 1950s, to alleviate morning sickness. Many babies were born with defects such a malformation of limbs, blindness and deafness. Thalidomide caused malformation of the cochlea leading to severe sensorineural hearing loss.

Thalidomide also caused deformities of the ear such as “meatal atresia” - no external ear canal.

At Chailey Heritage, Mary worked with children who had various disabilities as a result of Thalidomide for example spina bifida and hydrocephalous. Mary recalls two boys in particular one who could only communicate by tapping his feet and grunting and another who had no arms of legs. “He would roll so fast that you had to run to catch up with him! He was book mad as well.

We always left his light on until last at bedtime.” Mary saw him years later as an adult on a television documentary and was delighted to see that he could drive a specially designed car.

In 1969, Mary left Chailey Heritage to train at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. During the time she worked in the NHS, Mary has felt that the progress in treatment and its research development was its biggest achievement. She hopes the NHS will continue to fund research and development in treatments in the future.

Gena Like Mary, Gena had also wanted to be a nurse from a young age. After gaining her school certificate Gena became a nursing cadet for 2 years where she learnt about anatomy, physiology and hygiene. During that time, she assisted at an infant welfare clinic and worked in a hospital kitchen. One day, the hospital was serving lamb hearts to patients and Gena had to prepare trays of them. She hoped it would improve her understanding of

the anatomy of the heart but she says she never wanted to see a heart again after that!

After cadet training, Gena started her nursing training at the Middlesex Hospital achieving her state registration and hospital certificate in 1955. Gena had dreams of becoming a midwife and explored training opportunities at the John Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford. “I wanted to be a community midwife who would ride a bike with a bag on the back, going around the countryside delivering babies but I met my husband and, instead of delivering babies I had five of my own.”

Gena returned to nursing in the 1970s, first as a part-time night nurse in a Convent Nursing Home in Chiswick before taking up a post in the Hammersmith hospital. Gena noticed that there had been a lot of changes to nursing practices in fifteen years. “It was so different to when I first started working as a nurse. There were new medicines, systems and techniques I had to learn. A junior nurse had to show them all to me.” Behaviour between staff had also changed. “Before you couldn’t speak to a sister without rolling down your sleeves, you couldn’t speak unless you were spoken to. But at my first handover, they were all on first name terms even with the consultants. We used to think of consultants as God!” After a year in Hammersmith, Gena moved into district nursing, preferring nursing in the community.

In 1977, Gena and her family moved to Worthing where she became a district nurse working for Brighton & Hove Health Authority. Hospice care started to develop at the same time and Gena completed her training for end of life care at St Christopher’s Hospice in London. She and one other nurse managed all the terminal care work for the Brighton & Hove Health Authority – not an easy feat.

The new service soon expanded with a doctor and more nurses joining the team. Gena stayed with the team until she retired in 1997.

Gena attends a local church and it was there that she first noticed her hearing loss. “I could hear people chatting but I couldn’t hear the priest at the altar so I thought maybe I needed hearing aids’.” After asking her GP for a referral she was asked if she would wear the hearing aids.

“I said of course I will wear them. It is such a waste of time and money when people are given the tests and hearing aids and then decide not to wear them.”

Reflecting on the NHS Gena said “I think there is now a more holistic approach to patients’ care than there used to be. I hope that Community services receive more resources to sustain and improve care in the community.”

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Action for Deafness will manage Sussex Deaf Forum from September onwards. The Forum meets on the second Thursday evening of each month from 7-9 pm at AFD Haywards Heath.

Entrance is £2 with refreshments available.

The forum will return on Thursday 13th September.

Full communication support is provided and everyone is welcome. We do hope you will join us.

New terms starting for AFD LIP READING CLASSES Chichester and Haywards Heath – September start Bognor, Burgess Hill, East Grinstead Steyning and Worthing – October start

FIND OUT MORE ON AFD WEBSITE OR CONTACT US

Interpreting Services for Deaf, Deafened, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing People We provide highly skilled Language Service Professionals that match your communication needs Interested in learning British Sign Language or wish to build on existing skills?

We offer courses at all levels in Haywards Heath, delivered by qualified and experienced Deaf tutors.

Our 2018 programme includes:   

Introduction to British Sign Language, commencing 24th September 2018. iBSL Sign Language Courses from Level 1 – Level 6. These courses will offer a balance of classroom and online learning. iBSL Level 6 Diploma in Sign Language Interpreting Studies, commencing January 2019 (interviews in October 2018).

In addition, we are offering a monthly linguistic session which runs on the 4th Thursday of the month from 7pm to 9pm. These sessions are suitable for Level 2, 3, 4 and 6 students. Please contact BSL Link for Communication if you are interested and then just turn up on the evening and have the opportunity to practise various linguistics elements of BSL, supported by Deaf tutors.

Please visit our website for further details.

CLUBS in West Sussex AFD CLUBS HAYWARDS HEATH AFD Friday Club Where: 22 Sussex Road, Haywards Heath When: Every Friday, 11am – 4pm Contact: Action for Deafness Tel: 01444 415582 Email: info@actionfordeafness.org.uk Text: 07800 005423 Sussex Deaf Forum Where: 22 Sussex Road, Haywards Heath When: Every 2nd Thursday of the month (except July and August), 7pm-9pm Contact: Action for Deafness Tel: 01444 415582 Email: info@actionfordeafness.org.uk Text: 07800 005423

WORTHING AFD Communication Club Where: 2 – 6 Buckingham Road, Worthing, BN11 1TH When: Every 1st Tuesday of each month, 7- 9pm Contact: Action for Deafness Tel: 01903 217341 SMS: 07800 005423 AFD Coffee Morning Where: 2 – 6 Buckingham Road, Worthing, BN11 1TH When: Every Tuesday, 10.30am – 12.30pm Contact: Action for Deafness Tel: 01903 217341 SMS: 07800 005423

WORTHING Brighton, Hove and West Sussex Deaf Children’s Society Coffee Morning

OTHER CLUBS IN WEST SUSSEX CRAWLEY Crawley Deaf Darby & Joan Club Where: The Twitten, Ginhams Road, Crawley When: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays, from 10am to 4pm Contact: Peter Cornish: pjcornish@hotmail.com Crawley Deaf Social Club Where: Furnace Green Community Centre, Ashburnham Road, Crawley When: 3rd Saturday (except January and August), from pm to 10.30pm Contact: John Redwood: jwredsign@btinternet.com Pub Gathering Where: Goffs Park Hotel, Goffs Park Road, Crawley When: 1st Fridays, from 8pm onwards Contact: paula@eboz.co.uk Springboard – Mothers & Toddlers Where: Northgate Children Family Centre, Barnfield Road, Northgate RH10 8DP When: 2nd & 4th Mondays, from 9.30am to 11.30am Contact: Liz Beatty: Sensory Support Team Tel: 0845 0751007 sensory.support@westsussex.gov.uk

When: 10.00 to 12.00 First Friday of every month Where: Durrington Children’s Centre, Walnut Road, 81 Salvington Road, Worthing, BN13 2JD Contact: Linda Bambridge: 07519 869878 Talking Hands BSL Friends Group Where: Angmering Community Centre, Foxwood Avenue, Angmering, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN16 4FU When: Mondays 7pm – 9pm Contact: Helen Duke: shoeoff@msn.com Text only: 07919 685755 West Worthing Social Club When: Every Wednesday, from 7pm Where: 117 Elms Grove, West Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 5JP Contact: Steph Pasby: Stephp@ntlworld.com Mobile/SMS: 07745 935283 Worthing Deaf Darby & Joan Club When: 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month 12.30 to 4.30pm Where: West Worthing Baptist Church, 45 South Street, Worthing, BN14 7LU Contact: WDDJClub@gmail.com SMS: 07708 155144 Worthing Deaf Social Club Contact: Julie Cornish: Fax: 01903 752058 Worthing Hard of Hearing Club Where: Methold House, North Street, Worthing When: Every Monday (except August), from 7.30pm to 9pm Contact: Barbara Cook: Voice/Text: 01903 230319

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HEARING AID MAINTENANCE CLINICS August 2018 – November 2018

PROVIDING ADVICE, SUPPORT, RE-TUBING AND BATTERIES PLEASE NOTE CLINICS DO NOT OPERATE ON BANK HOLIDAYS

Weekly Clinics EAST GRINSTEAD CLINIC

HEATHFIELD CLINIC

GLEN VUE CENTRE, (WARELAND HOUSE), RAILWAY APPROACH, RH19 1BS Every Wednesday 9.30am-12.30pm

HEATHFIELD 92, 96-98 HIGH STREET, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8JD Every Thursday 9.30am-12.30pm

HENFIELD CLINIC

LEWES CLINIC

STEYNING CLINIC

HEWITTS, HENFIELD, BN5 9DT Every Tuesday 9.30am-12.30pm

PHOENIX CENTRE, 26 MALLING ST, LEWES, BN7 2RD Every Wednesday 9.30am-12.30pm

STEYNING HEALTH CENTRE, TANYARD LANE, BN44 3RJ Every Thursday 9.30am-12.30pm

Monthly Clinics ARUNDEL

BURGESS HILL

BOGNOR REGIS

CRAWLEY

ARUNDEL SURGERY, GREEN LANE CLOSE, BN18 9HG

SIDNEY WEST PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, PARK VIEW, LEYLANDS ROAD RH15 8HS

FLANSHAM PARK HEALTH CENTRE, 109 FLANSHAM PARK PO22 6DH

GOSSOPS GREEN MEDICAL, HURST CLOSE RH11 8TY

3rd Wednesday of each month, 2pm – 4pm

2nd Tuesday of each month, 9.30am – 12:30pm

2nd Wednesday of each month, 9.30am – 12:30pm

Last Wednesday of each month, 9.30am – 12:30pm

15th August 19th September 17th October 21st November

14th August 11th September 9th October 13th November

8th August 12th September 10th October 14th November

29th August 26th September 31st October 28th November

HASSOCKS

HORSHAM

SHOREHAM

AGE CONCERN, DALE AVENUE BN6 8LW 1st Tuesday of each month, 9.30am – 12:30pm

AGE UK, LAVINIA HOUSE, DUKES SQUARE, HORSHAM, RH12 1GZ 1st Thursday of each month, 9.30am – 12:30pm

NORTHBOURNE MEDICAL CENTRE, 193A UPPER SHOREHAM ROAD, BN43 6BT 1st Wednesday of each month, 9.30am – 12:30pm

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Open: Monday to Friday, 9 – 5pm

Worthing

2–6 BUCKINGHAM ROAD, WORTHING, WEST SUSSEX BN11 1TH

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Open: Monday to Friday, 9 – 5pm

We also have occasional clinics at AGE UK centres and in care homes around the county. Please contact us for more details.

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