Local Medical and Health Services

National Health Service

For help in an emergency telephone 999.

If you need help now, but it’s not an emergency go to NHS 111 or telephone 111.

Visit the National Health Service website for help and advice on a variety of health issues.

You can also get On-Line help at home.
There are also links to help you find other services including a dentist and other urgent care services.

Returning NHS Medical Equipment

Local NHS and Social Care Services lose thousands of pounds each year due to missing equipment. All items returned will be assessed, safety tested and either repaired and reused or stripped down for recycling. If you have any suitable items please see the details on how to get in contact. Thank you.

Doctors (General Practitioners)

Saxmundham
Saxmundham Health Group
Lambsale Meadow
Saxmundham
IP17 1AS

Appointments: 01728 602022
Dispensary: 01728 602648
Opening hours 8.30am to 6.30pm

Leiston

Leiston Surgery
Main Street
Leiston
IP16 4ES

Telephone: 01728 830526

Branch Surgery, Yoxford Surgery, Park View, High Street, Yoxford, IP17 3HN  01728 830 526

Monday, Wednesday & Friday 10.30-12.00
Telephone main surgery or call in to branch surgery (when open) to make an appointment.

Halesworth
Cutlers Hill Surgery
Bungay Road
Halesworth
IP19 8SG

Telephone: 01986 874618

Rural Community Responders

Rural Community Responders are a group of volunteers trained in Basic Life Support who are called by the East of England Ambulance NHS Trust to attend 999 calls in the Suffolk Coastal area. More information is available on the Rural Community Responders website.

Suffolk Careline

Suffolk Careline is a not for profit organisation working in partnership with Suffolk County Council to provide a 24 hour monitoring and emergency response telecare service. Clients have a alarm unit and pendant to press if help is needed.

Telecare systems are available from several providers, however this is the only service that provides an emergency response service throughout Suffolk for the elderly and vulnerable adults and is particularly useful in rural areas. When a client presses the pendant they will be visited by a responder trained in first aid, manual handling and has a lifting cushion in case the client has fallen. The service operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and we aim to attend a call within 45 minutes.

More information is available on the Careline website.

Counsellor, Therapist 

If you could use the services of a Counsellor or Therapist then visit the Councelling Directory to find a counsellor or therapist near you.

Veterinary Surgeons

Leiston Veterinary Clinic, Unit 1D, Eastlands Industrial Estate, Leiston

Telephone: 01728 833566

Eagle Veterinary Group, Halesworth Veterinary Clinic, Norwich Road, Halesworth

Telephone: 01986 873139