The Burnham Surgery

Anima

 

Anima is an NHS-approved software provider used by 1 million+ patients across the UK. They uphold the highest data security standards set by the NHS.

What does Anima do?

Answer: Anima is a communication platform that allows you to seek care from your GP practice.

When you have an issue that you want to contact your GP about, you can use Anima to submit your request online.

Costs Nothing to the patient! Anima is absolutely free for patients to use: all you need to sign up is access to a phone or computer, an email address and mobile phone number. If you don’t have any of these, you can still contact the practice in your usual way.

 

Click below for Anima 

Anima Care Platform
Pharmacist is giving patient their medication in a bottle

Pharmacy First

Patients can now get treatment for seven common conditions directly from their local pharmacy, without the need for a GP appointment or prescription.

Sore throat, Earache, Sinusitis, Infected Insect Bite, Shingles, Uncomplicated Urine infection in women, Impetigo - there are age and other stipulations to be considered prior to using the pharmacy.

Pharmacy First - getting the most from your pharmacist (patient.info)

Local Pharmacies as well as larger providers support this service 

Get The Care You Need Quicker

Need help with your health? There are lots of ways to get the care you need quickly and easily.

Mid and South Essex ICB have set up a web page to support you

 

 

Get the care you need quicker
Nurse drawing an injection

SPRING COVID 19 VACCINATIONS

 

IF YOU HAVE RECENTLY CHANGED ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE OR MOBILE NUMBER OR HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS - PLEASE INFORM THE SURGERY

Invites by SMS and Email will be sent after 1st April 2026.

 
The spring 2026 COVID-19 vaccination  program  in England will begin on 13 April 2026 and end on 30 June 2026. The eligible cohorts for vaccination include:
  • Individuals aged 75 years and over.
  • Residents in care homes for older adults.
  • Individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed and has previously had 2 vaccinations

Immunosuppression due to disease or treatment, including patients undergoing chemotherapy leading to immunosuppression, patients 
undergoing radical radiotherapy, solid organ transplant recipients, bone marrow or stem cell transplant recipients, HIV infection at all stages, 
multiple myeloma or genetic disorders affecting the immune system (e.g. IRAK-4, NEMO, complement disorder, SCID).
Individuals who are receiving immunosuppressive or immunomodulating biological therapy including, but not limited to, anti-TNF, alemtuzumab, 
ofatumumab, rituximab, patients receiving protein kinase inhibitors or PARP inhibitors, and individuals treated with steroid sparing agents such as 
cyclophosphamide and mycophenolate mofetil.
Individuals treated with or likely to be treated with systemic steroids for more than a month at a dose equivalent to prednisolone at 20mg or more 
per day for adults.
Anyone with a history of haematological malignancy, including leukaemia, lymphoma, and myeloma.
Those who require long term immunosuppressive treatment for conditions including, but not limited to, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid 
arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, scleroderma and psoriasis.

An Open Letter to Our Patients

Following the Announcement of The GP Survey Results 2024 we have voluntarily worked with NHS GP Improvement Programme to enhance patient experience and accessibilty.

This has resulted in our New Website and in the near future an addition to the ways a patient can contact the surgery team.

Click the link above to read an Open Letter from the partners to our patients.

 

 

NHS App

The NHS App gives you a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services. Download the NHS App on your smartphone or tablet via the Google play or App store. You can also access the same services in a web browser by logging in through the NHS website.

 

The minimum software version required to run the NHS app is changing on 3 February 2025.

 Following this date, the minimum operating system required to run the NHS app will be: Apple iOS 15 and above or Android version 8 and above

This means that devices running software versions lower than this will no longer be able to use the NHS app. This will affect people who use the following versions of iOS and Android operation systems:
 iOS 12     Android 6      Android 7

 These users will not be able to access the NHS App via the app on their phones and will need to access the NHS App via their web browser.

Having issues with NHS APP and downloading to your phone?

One to one support for patients to support you to download and manage the NHS APP, this is a free service, please see Link for Maldon Library and also patients can attend IT drop in service every Tuesday from 12.30-2pm

https://library-events.essex.gov.uk/event?id=174715

  Log in - NHS App Online

Find out more about the NHS App

Health A to Z

Your complete guide to conditions, symptoms and treatments, including what to do and when to get help.

Go to the Health A to Z

Medicines A to Z

Find out how your medicine works, how and when to take it, possible side effects and answers to your common questions.

Go to the Medicines A to Z

SURGERY CLOSED FOR ICB TRAINING TUESDAY10TH MARCH 2026

 

MID ESSEX GP TRAINING SHUTDOWN AFTERNOON

Burnham Surgery will be closed the afternoon of Tuesday 10/03/26 from 12 noon for staff training which has been arranged by Mid Essex ICB for all GP practices in the Dengie.

If you require medical assistance, please call 111 or in an emergency call 999

We will open again for medical issues at 8am 11/03/26.

Facebook Page

For other information both medical and social within Mid Essex

 

Burnham Surgery Essex Facebook Page

Heart Health Support Programme

 

As a practice we will be taking part in this health promotion
Patients aged 20-65 years old may be invited to join the programme if their last blood pressure reading was higher than usual. You may also be invited if you have already been diagnosed with hypertension, or are already on medication for your blood pressure, and may benefit from further support to help keep your heart healthy.
Invited patients will receive a text message or phone call from either their GP practice or the ECLIPSE Patient Engagement Team asking them to take an up-to-date blood pressure reading either at home or in a community setting.
 

Page last reviewed: 03 March 2026
Page created: 22 October 2024