Great Yarmouth and Gorleston
Across Norfolk and Waveney lung health checks are currently being offered in the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston and Lowestoft areas. (Check out the Lowestoft pages for more local information if you live in this area) These areas have been selected as they have higher incidences and later diagnoses of lung cancer, making them a priority area for early testing. From Summer 2025 the programme will start to roll out in the rest of Norfolk & Waveney – check the Norfolk & Waveney Expansion pages for more information if you live in these areas.
What to expect
If you are eligible, you will initially receive a letter or text message inviting you for an initial Lung Health Check. All you need to do is book an appointment with the team.
The initial assessment will normally take place over the phone or in person with a health professional. During the initial Lung Health Check, you will be asked some questions about your breathing, overall lung health, lifestyle and family and medical history.
There are three possible results from your lung health check:
- No problems found - the health professional may find nothing further to investigate and you will be discharged from the lung health check programme. We will write to your GP to tell them this.
- Referral to your GP - if problems with your breathing or lung health are found, you might be referred to your GP. The team will write to your GP so they know about the outcome.
- Offered a scan of your lungs - If you are assessed to be at a higher risk of lung cancer now or in the future you will be offered a scan of your lungs (a Low Dose CT scan).
Location and contact details
Location and contact details
You will be contacted by the NHS if you're eligible for a lung health check. Please wait until you are invited by the Lung Health Check Team. The invitation will be based on your smoking history in your GP record so if you think this might be out of date, please let your GP know and they can update your record.
The check will be carried out by the Lung Cancer Screening team who are based at East Norfolk Medical Practice on behalf of your own GP practice.
The lung scans are being offered at the James Paget Hospital in Great Yarmouth.
If you have been invited for a check and need to contact the team, please email
Contact details of the stop smoking service:
SMOKEFREE Norfolk
Telephone: 0800 0854 113 (Mon-Fri)
Email:
Website: https://smokefreenorfolk.co.uk
Sign up online: https://smokefreenorfolk.co.uk/auth/
Smokefree Norfolk also offers an enhanced service for smokers with a Severe Mental Illness to quit or cut down their smoking with tailored support. Individuals on this programme will have access to a dedicated Wellbeing Mentor, are eligible for up to 6 months of specialist support and can access Nicotine Replacement Therapy and Vape kits for the duration of their treatment. The Wellbeing Mentor can also help individuals access additional support teams that are tailored to their needs. For more information visit: https://smokefreenorfolk.co.uk/enhanced-services/
GP practices involved
Over the past two years all eligible patients who were registered with the East Norfolk Medical Practice Including Nelson Medical Centre, Coastal Villages, Park Surgery, Beaches, Millwood or Fleggburgh surgeries have received receive invites to the programme. We are now inviting new individuals who have reached the age limit for the programme or have moved into the area. We are also reinviting individuals who didn’t take up the opportunity last time. If you think you should have had an invitation but haven’t seen one yet, please get in touch with the team.Meet the team
Our Great Yarmouth LHC team, left to right (below): Rachel Hacon - Finance Manager, Angela Black - Targeted Lung Health Check advisor, Abigail Howard - Respiratory Nurse
And the Great Yarmouth (JPUH) Hospital Team: Sophy Chakkalakkal- support nurse, Siji Dileep - Responsible assessor/ Lead nurse, Keeli Davy - Medical Administrator,
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