Dr Carolyn Rubens
Qualifications
BA, MBBS, MRGCP, DipMedAcu
GMC number: 6054689
Practising since: 2002
Specialties
General Practice
Consultation times
- Weekly Fridays AM
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About
Dr Carolyn Rubens is a GP, coach and medical acupuncturist specialising in cancer care, lifestyle medicine and women’s health.
Dr Carolyn Rubens has 20 years experience as an NHS GP. She sees patients for medical acupuncture, lifestyle medicine and coaching at the Nuffield Hospital, Woodingdean. Using individualised personalised care, Dr Rubens weaves evidence based practices throughout her consultations to help people to improve their lives in a sustainable way.
In Sussex, Dr Rubens has set up wellbeing programmes and acupuncture clinics to which provide training for healthcare professionals within general practice. In 2017 she co-founded the Community Based Acupuncture Service (CBAS) funded by the Sussex Cancer Fund at the Macmillan Horizon Centre, Brighton supporting patients in Sussex with a cancer diagnosis.
Dr Carolyn Rubens has completed specialist training in menopause, lifestyle medicine, and coaching and provides 1:1 and group training to help people thrive and perform to their optimum level.
Dr Rubens has been both chair of the education committee and President of the British Medical Acupuncture Society (2018–2020).
Special interests
- Cancer care
- Menopause
- Lifestyle medicine
- Wellbeing and coaching
- Behaviour change
Other interests
- Musculoskeletal pain
- Chronic pain
- Headaches and migraines
- TMJ pain
- Bladder problems
- Fatigue
- Insomnia
- Xerostomia
- Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
- Hot flushes
- Fertility
- Stress management
- Mindfulness
Personal interests
Dr Rubens lives with her family in the Sussex countryside and enjoys playing the piano, tennis and yoga. She is a keen skier and diver.
Languages spoken
English
Treatments and tests offered by Dr Carolyn Rubens at Nuffield Health
- Acupuncture
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Research
She has lectured widely at home and abroad published papers and chapters in the field of medical acupuncture:
- FIlshie J, Rubens C. Complementary and alternative medicine. Anaesthesiology Clin N Am 24 (2006) 81–111
- Filshie J, Rubens C Acupuncture in Palliative Care. Acupuncture in Medicine 2011;29:3
- Rubens C, Filshie J 2016 Acupuncture in cancer and palliative care. In Medical Acupuncture 2nd Ed, chapter 34
- Rubens C. Medical Acupuncture. In A Prescription for Healthy Living: A guide to Lifestyle Medicine, chapter 21, 2021
Memberships
- British Medical Acupuncture Society
- British Society of Lifestyle Medicine
- General Medical Council
Other posts held
- NHS GP, Eastbourne
Insurers Dr Carolyn Rubens works with
Dr Carolyn Rubens works with the following private medical insurance providers:
- Bupa
- AXA Health
- Aviva Health
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