Local Information
Bungay Medical Practice
The surgery can be found at:
28 St John's Road,
Bungay, Suffolk
NR35 1LP
Emergencies and Out of Hours
Tel: 01986 892713 / 0844 736 9530
Appointments and Switchboard:
01986 892055
Website: www.bungaymedical.co.uk
Chemists
Boots
28 St Johns Road Bungay NR35 1LP
Tel: 01986 896568
Opening hours - check website
Boots
4 St Mary's Street Bungay NR35 1AX
Tel: 01986 892348
Opening hours - check website
Veterinary Surgeon
01986 892771
Bungay Police Station
Tel: 01986 892711
Health & Caring in Bungay
Home Care
All Hallows Home Care Services
Station Road,
Ditchingham,
Bungay NR35 2QL
All Hallows Home Care specialises in needs based care for people living in their own homes. No matter how frail or sick people become, we know that they will be happier receiving specialist care in the comfort and safety of their own home. There’s no place like it!
Home Care is equally beneficial to family members who provide care at home, enabling them to enjoy a well deserved break for the evening or a week. Whatever the home care needs we are sure we can help.
What we can assist with:
Personal care
Getting in and out of bed
Dressing
Befriending service
Day or night sitting
Meal preparation Emergency assistance
Companionship, having someone to talk to.
Tailor made Homecare service
Homecall Services:
Housework/domestic tasks
Laundry and ironing
Shopping with or without the client
Meals On Wheels
Please see our website for further details
Day Care
All Hallows Day Care and Treatment Centre
Station Road,
Ditchingham,
Bungay NR35 2QL
The Centre is open 7 days a week providing Daycare from 9.30am to 3.30pm for up to 24 people a day. It provides a range of services that include, care and support tailored to individual needs, time to listen to people and time to discuss any problems, pastoral care and patient participation and a link between home, community and the GP
The Centre is very well equipped with aids for less able and dependent people. The nursing team has specialised training and skills to adapt to each persons individual needs.
The Centre has an adapted minibus to transport local people to and from home. Free transport can be provided within a 5 mile radius of the centre, but is subject to availability. Day care is available to anyone living in Norfolk or Suffolk. See our website for details
Care Homes
All Hallows Nursing Home
Adele House, 26 St Johns Road, Bungay, Suffolk NR35 1DL
All Hallows Nursing Home is a Registered Care Home with Nursing situated in Bungay, Suffolk. It is registered to provide 24 hour Nursing Care to 51 residents. We aim to care for residents who are physically dependent and many of whom will need full assistance with most activities of daily living. They will require Nursing Care from qualified staff with the experience, knowledge and skills to meet their needs.
Each resident has their own single room some with en-suite facilities. There are 3 large bright day rooms and a dining room.
Swan & Cygnet Care
Penn House, Earsham, Bungay, Norfolk NR35 2TJ
Care for the elderly - Specialist facilities for dementia.
We are a small family run organisation caring for elderly frail people with and without dementia in Norfolk and North Suffolk.
Please take some time to read through our website which hopefully will answer some of the many questions you may have. However there is nothing quite like seeing a home for yourself and we would strongly recommend making an appointment for a tour of the preferred home.
Hospital
All Hallows Hospital
Station Road,
Ditchingham,
Bungay NR35 2QL
All Hallows Hospital is a focal point for Healthcare in our locality, and has 27 in-patient beds: 8 in St Edmund's House, a long term care unit providing 24 hour nursing care to individuals with a physical or sensory disability and 19 providing predominantly post acute, palliative, GP assessment and rehabilitation care, including 4 beds for individuals with complex needs.
The Hospital cares for patients with HIV too. There is a busy Physiotherapy Department and the All Hallows Homecare service operates from the Hospital, delivering care and domestic tasks to a wide range of people living in their own home. Situated in the grounds behind the Hospital is the Day Treatment and Therapy Centre, which offers Daycare services to local people.
Health related Practitioners
Margaret Buttifant - Makaton Tutor
Formerly from Bungay, Margaret (née Harris) is a qualified Makaton Regional Tutor who works independently and is therefore able to travel to any location to deliver training workshops.
Makaton is a method of communication that uses signs and symbols with speech to help adults and children with learning disabilities and communication problems to understand and be understood by others.
For more information click here.