Families in Hull are missing out on thousands of pounds of financial support to help buy them healthy food. The Healthy Start voucher scheme was introduced to help people buy fruit and vegetables, milk and claim free vitamins from 10 weeks into pregnancy or until their child was four.
However, between £250,000 and £350,000 is going unclaimed every year in Hull alone because people don't realise they're entitles to support.
Click below for full information about a Community Gardening Project at Sutton Manor Surgery.
INFORMATIONAs set out in NICE guidance a small number of patients are able to access weight loss injections on the
NHS. Click below to find out more.
Bransholme Armed Forces Coffee Mornings
We meet every 2nd Friday of the month 10am to 12pm
Come along and have a brew and some banter
Bransholme Health Centre
Ground Floor Meeting Room
Goodhart Lane
HULL
HU7 4DW
You don’t have to be a mum or fit - men, dads, grandparents are all welcome. Fitmums & Friends are friendly, sociable and supportive running and walking clubs organised by volunteers.
FITMUMS & FRIENDSThis week the NHS started offering the RSV vaccine for the first time to pregnant women and older adults 75-79.
RSV VACCINE - NHSCases of Measles are on the rise. It is an infectious virus that causes a rash and can be very serious. Download information on Measles to understand the risks, symptoms and need for vacination.
Measles Information
The uptake figures of the MMR vaccination has been in decline for over ten years, with on average at least one in ten children unvaccinated and at risk of becoming seriously unwell. In some areas this is as high as four in ten children.
NHSE are launching a national call / recall inviting those not fully vaccinated to come forward to catch up on missed doses of the MMR vaccination.
Sutton Manor Surgery Project - raised beds
Our Health & Wellbeing Team have announced news about an exciting new initiative which has started at The Sutton Manor Surgery.
Sarah Capes, Health & Wellbeing Team Leader who runs the project said,
“There is a strong and growing evidence that nature based social prescribing plays an important role in improving mental and physical health and reducing loneliness. With this in mind, we have set up a gardening group at Sutton Manor Surgery open to patients and the surrounding community to help tackle loneliness and isolation through activities that also benefit the surrounding wildlife.
"We have received support from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, local community allotments and Men in Sheds to gather inspiration for the plot of land with our first priority being raised beds for vegetable growing. We are happy for more patients to join the group if they are interested in getting involved. The Sutton Manor site gives an idea of what we would like to achieve”.
On Thursday 26th March 2026 it was Social Prescribing Day
Social Prescribing Day is an annual celebration of the people, organisations and communities who make social prescribing happen.
To mark the day, Hull Forum hosted its second annual Social Prescribing Event at Princes Quay Shopping Centre.
The event was free and open to everyone and was supported by the three of the Be Well Community Link Workers; Alice, Alex and Laura.
As part of our practice commitment to provide excellent care and protect our planet, we are reviewing the prescriptions for some inhalers.
As part of our practice commitment to provide excellent care and protect our planet, we are reviewing the prescriptions for some inhalers.
This affects your reliever (blue) inhaler, which you use only when you have symptoms. You may know it as your salbutamol inhaler, or by the brand-name Ventolin.
Your pharmacy may dispense a salbutamol inhaler with a different brand name.
Pharmacists are able to offer a breadth of support to patients close to home thanks to a new service that allows them to supply medications for certain conditions.
Pharmacists are now allowed to supply medications for:
On Thursday 21st August 2025, the Be Well service, held a stall at the Peel Project Community Health Fair.
The Health & Lifestyle Practitioners offered attendees the opportunity to have their blood pressure checked and to undertake a Diabetes Risk Assessment.
A Community Link Worker and Community and Digital Link Worker was also in attendance, promoting the work of the Venn PCN, social prescribing, digital support and the Sutton Manor Gardening Group.
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We are Venn PCN - a group of local practices working together to provide improved healthcare for all our patients.
According to the criteria for each service, patients of Sutton Manor Surgery, The Bridge Group Practice, City Health Practice and CHCP Practice and can now self-refer a range of services.
The self-referral Portal on this website gives full information together with details on how you can self-refer.
