South Woodham Ferrers Medical Facilities
The number of GP Practices in South Woodham Ferrers has shrunk over the last few years due to decisions made at a higher level. The plan is to house the remaining surgeries in a new centralised medical centre that will be built adjacent to the new supermarket on Burnham Road, opposite the entrance to Hullbridge Road, on the site of the former Crouch Vale Garden centre.
Amalgamation of the surgeries will lead to greater efficiency and lower costs since resources can be shared. Appointments can be made online via a mobile phone using an App called MyGp. Repeat prescriptions can also be requested.
At the present time the medical facilities in South Woodham Ferrers are:
GP Practices
Brickfields, CM3 5XB, Tel 01245 328855
Kingsway, CM3 5QH, Tel: 01245 321391
Greenwood, CM3 5XD, Tel: 01245 426898
Dr. John Cormack retired on 1 April 2019
A move to a new shared purpose built Medical Centre is due sometime in summer 2019
All of the above GP surgeries will move to the new Medical Centre on the Sainsbury's site on Burnham Road during summer 2019.
Pharmacies
Rowlands, CM3 5XZ
Village Pharmacy inside One Stop, CM3 5NG
Govani, CM3 5TD
Dentists
NHS - Heralds Way Dental Clinic, CM3 5TQ
Oakland Dental Care, CM3 5XF
Brickfields Dental Care, CM3 5XB
South Woodham Ferrerers Community Clinic, Merchant St, CM3 5BF, Tel: 01245 318300
Visiting NHS therapists attend this community clinic. Blood testing is also carried out there.
This clinic will close and services will be transferred to the new Crouch Vale Health Centre on Burnham Road when it opens.
Nearest NHS hospitals
Broomfield in north Chelmsford is currently the main hospital that South Woodham residents are referred to. Other NHS hospitals near the town are: Basildon, Southend University Hospital, Basildon Specialist Heart Hospital. There is a plan to centralise services and close A&E at certain hospitals. Read about the mid-Essex health plan.
St. Peter's Hospital in Maldon offers a phlebotomy (blood testing) service and physiotherapy.
There are also various private hospitals in the Essex Area.
Physiotherapists
Essex Physiotherapy Clinic, CM3 5PQ
Holistic centre, CM3 5ZF
A centre for a selection of treatments: Food intolerance and allergy testing, counselling, psychotherapy, reflexology, physiotherapy