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Water Supply Issue at East Hoathly Surgery

Like much of the village, East Hoathly Medical Centre is currently without a water supply.

Unfortunately, this means it is unsafe for us to continue seeing patients at the surgery today. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to patients who were due to attend appointments.

If you have an appointment at East Hoathly Medical Centre today, a member of our reception team will contact you to advise where your appointment will take place.

Patients who wish to collect medication from the dispensary are asked to do so before 1:00 pm, after which our team will be relocating to an alternative site.

We have been registered as a priority customer with South East Water and will provide further updates as soon as we receive them. In the meantime, the surgery doors will be closing shortly.

Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Published on 10th Jun 2026

Meningitis B outbreak in Kent

For suspected contacts of meningococcal disease, we have been asked to direct patients to the local UKHSA Health Protection Team (HPT) rather than a single national public helpline.

📞 UKHSA contact routes

🔹 Main route (for patients and clinicians)

• UKHSA Health Protection Team (South East – covers Kent)
  ☎️ 0344 225 3861

👉 This is the correct number for:

• Kent meningitis outbreak enquiries
• Contact tracing / prophylaxis queries
• Advice on whether someone qualifies as a close contact

 

Published on 17th Mar 2026

Welcome to our new website

Good morning, 

We have officially launched our new website which we are hoping our patients will find it much easier to navigate, we know we are!

If you have any comments or queries regarding the new layout, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us via email on sxicb-esx.buxted@nhs.net. We cannot garauntee that all suggested changes can be made but we will take all comments on board. 

Thank you

Senior Management Team

Published on 5th Mar 2026