Health

Eastbourne

The Eastbourne medical service is based in the Medical Centre, Trevin Towers, Gaudick Road on the Eastbourne site.

 

 

No appointment is required to see a nurse at the Medical Centre.

Register

Eastbourne students will be given the opportunity to register with this practice during freshers week, though you can register at the Medical Centre in Trevin Towers during usual opening times. Do not wait until you get ill to register – delay could result in delays to your treatment.

Repeat prescriptions

Renewal can be arranged by seeing the university nurse at the Medical Centre, or by attendance at the Enys Road surgery. For medical-legal reasons, prescription requests will not be taken over the telephone although written requests will be accepted. Prescriptions other than the contraceptive pill maybe ordered at: www.enysroadsurgery.nhs.uk. Please allow 48 hours notice when reordering.

You can collect the prescription from the Medical Centre, or if you enclose a stamped addressed envelope, we can send it to you. We can also send your prescription to a local chemist for you to collect.

Making appointments

For routine appointments with the doctor, please call the Medical Centre or Enys Road surgery during opening hours only. To contact the university nurse please call 01273 644447.

If you are unable to attend an appointment please try to give 24 hours' notice so we can offer the appointment to someone else.

Medical Centre address

Medical Centre, Trevin Towers, Gaudick Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN20 7SP.

Tel: +44 (0)1273 644447

The Medical Centre is run in cooperation with staff from Enys Road Surgery, 5-7 Enys Road, Eastbourne BN21 2GD. Please indicate that you are a student when booking an appointment.

Tel: +44 (0)1323 410088

Emergencies or out of hours

If you need to consult a doctor outside the hours shown above please ring South East Health on +44 (0)3000 242424 or NHS Direct on +44 (0)845 4647 or go to www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk. You may be asked to visit an out of hours surgery or advised to attend casualty.

Enys Road Surgery

The surgery is open to make appointments from 8.30am - 6pm Monday to Friday.

The practice runs a variety of clinics such as: Weight Loss, Well Woman, Stopping smoking. Please speak to your doctor or practice/university nurse to find out more or go to www.enysroadsurgery.nhs.uk.