{"id":360384,"date":"2026-04-02T14:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/360384\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:18:14","slug":"nhs-sussex-and-surrey-warn-of-easter-and-strike-disruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/360384\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS Sussex and Surrey warn of Easter and strike disruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added: &#8220;By planning ahead, particularly around managing medications and choosing the right service, people can make a real difference.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A Secamb spokesperson urged people to look out for elderly relatives or neighbours, particularly regarding falls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It also urged residents to use the 111 service when an ambulance was not required, or for advice on which service to use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Following the Easter weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c23909pge35o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">resident doctors from the British Medical Association are set to walk out<\/a> from 07:00 BST on 7 April to 07:00 on 13 April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Prof Andrew Rhodes, joint chief medical officer for NHS Sussex and Surrey Heartlands, said: &#8220;The NHS has well-established plans in place to ensure that essential services continue during industrial action, but we are likely to see increased pressure across our services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;With illnesses such as norovirus currently circulating, it is especially important that people make use of the right service at the right time so they can get the help they need.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Patients should also continue to attend appointments unless contacted directly by the NHS, a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He added: &#8220;By planning ahead, particularly around managing medications and choosing the right service, people can make a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[134,527,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-360384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}