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About Us
Welcome to Hailsham Medical Group
Welcome to the website of Hailsham Medical Group, a General Practice Surgery located over two sites in Hailsham, near Eastbourne in East Sussex, England.
This surgery website is used to present all of our patients with up-to-date news and information about our practice. We will keep it current with any developments and other details that we feel are relevant to you.
Hailsham Medical Group is part of your NHS, and with this website we aim to provide up to date, and accurate details regarding the surgery and helpful information with queries that you may have.
Registration
You can now register with our surgery online instead of popping in to pick up a pack of forms.
Or you can attend either of our surgeries to collect a New Patient Pack which you will need to take away to complete. Please read the paperwork carefully before starting to fill in. Your current practice will be able to tell you your NHS number if you do not know this.
You do not need proof of address or immigration status, ID or an NHS number.
Accessibility Needs
We want to get better at communicating with our patients and ensure you can read and understand the information we send you.
If you find it hard to read our letters or if you need someone to support you at appointments, please complete our Accessibility Needs Form below.
Meet our Team
Our clinical team includes GPs, Practice Nurses and Healthcare Assistants.
Our Reviews
We encourage our patients to let us know about their positive experiences at our practice. If you'd like to leave a review, please do so on the NHS website:
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See what other patients have said about Seaforth and Vicarage Field
Alternatively, if you've had a bad experience we'd also like to know. Please contact us and let us know how we can improve.
About Hailsham and Seaforth Surgery
Hailsham is a market town of about 20,000 people which can trace its roots back to to the Domesday Book in around 1086. Then the English Channel came further inland and at high tide boats could nearly reach Hailsham which is now some 7 miles inland. In 1252, Henry III granted Rights of a Market in Hailsham - "Peter of Savoy and his heirs in perpetuity may have a market in his manor of Heylesham every week on Wednesday with all customs pertaining to such a market" The town market still runs regularly and there is a popular farmers market where the public can buy products direct from the farm.
In the early 1800s Thomas Burfield set up the beginnings of the town's rope-making industry which still survives today. There are still reminders of rope making in two of the towns roads - Rope Walk and String Walk, so called after the long narrow areas used in its manufacture. By 1850, thirty-six windmills could be seen from the top of the tower of St Mary's Church in Hailsham. Today it is probably less than a handful and most of those are in a state of disrepair.
In 1880 the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company opened the extension from Hailsham to Heathfield. It ran until 1965 when Dr Beeching's cuts were implemented. In 1968 the last train ran from Hailsham station and the station and goods-yard area were cleared in 1980 to make way for the houses of Lindfield Drive. The railway line between Hailsham and Heathfield was famous for the sound of Cuckoos and was fondly known as the Cuckoo line. Now the route has been transformed into a cycle and walking path which is part of the National Cycle Network, cared for by Sustrans. It got its name from an old Sussex tradition of releasing a cuckoo at the Heathfield Fair.
The current surgery is built on the site of out-buildings from the original Seaforth Farm which extended down to the Pevensey Marshes. There are extensive views from the rear of the buildings out across the marshes and across to the old Royal Observatory at Herstmonceux.
GP Patient Survey
The GP Patient Survey is an independent survey run by Ipsos MORI on behalf of NHS England. The survey is sent out to over two million people across England. The results show how people feel about their GP practice.
Our overall CQC Rating was: GOOD
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) makes sure hospitals, care homes, dental and GP surgeries, and all other care services in England provide people with safe, effective, compassionate and high-quality care and encourages them to make improvements where possible.
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