Healthcare
Welcome to The Journal’s guide to healthcare in Bradley Stoke, covering NHS and private health services in the town.
Sadly, Bradley Stoke has been poorly provided with healthcare facilities ever since the town’s construction began in 1987. Bradley Stoke Surgery operated from a portakabin until 1991, when the present surgery buildings were constructed in Brook Way. The surgery, still the only one within the town’s boundaries, was designed to accommodate 3 GPs and serve 5,000 patients.
With the town’s population now reaching 20,000, facilities at the Brook Way surgery (which now accommodates 10 GPs) are seriously stretched and many residents are obliged to seek treatment outside the town.
Earlier plans to construct a new health centre in the town, in Savages Wood Road, close to the Willow Brook Centre, were scrapped by NHS South Gloucestershire in favour of extending facilities at three existing surgeries that serve the town (the other two being in Little Stoke and Stoke Gifford).
Dental provision has faired even worse, with not a single dental practice available within the town’s boundaries. The closest practices are to be found the surrounding towns of Stoke Gifford, Patchway, Winterbourne, Almondsbury and Filton.
The good news is that a new dental practice is expected to open in April 2009 at the Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke.
The town gained its first optician’s practice when the new Tesco Extra store opened at Willow Brook Centre on Monday 13th October 2008. The Tesco Opticians service has a department within the store.
Bradley Stoke Health Service Information
GP Practices serving Bradley Stoke
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Dental Practices serving Bradley Stoke
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Opticians serving Bradley Stoke
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Pharmacies serving Bradley Stoke
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Healthcare pages in The Journal’s Town Guide
Latest Healthcare stories in The Journal
- New pharmacy opens at Bradley Stoke Surgery
- Battle of the 100-hour pharmacies takes shape
- Final week for Willow Brook competition entries
- Willow Brook Clinic celebrates first anniversary
- Bradley Stoke Surgery introduces online appointment booking system
- Work begins on Bradley Stoke Surgery expansion
- Chance to find out about new Sure Start Children’s Centre
- Free screenings offered in support of Mouth Cancer Action Month
- Have your say on health and social care services in South Gloucestershire
- Dental practice opens for business at the Willow Brook Centre
Useful Healthcare Links
- NHS Direct – for expert advice on any health problem
- South Gloucestershire LINk – have your say on local health and social care services
- BBC Health – health and wellbeing advice from the BBC
- Patient UK – health information and advice; medicines guide
- Healthtalkonline – share in other people’s experiences of health and illness
- NHS Evidence – comprehensive evidence base for everyone in health and social care
- North Bristol NHS Trust – Southmead and Frenchay hospitals
- News about Bristol’s new ‘super hospital’ at Southmead
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Latest Health Stories from the BBC
- Campaign to cut smoking in cars
Monday, 6 February 2012, 2:17 am
A campaign to stop people smoking in cars when children are present, and which could pave the way for a ban, is launched by the Welsh government. - Diabetes 'ups birth defect risk'
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A new television advertising campaign in England is warning against the temptations of "just one more" drink. - The power of cooking skills
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Drinking "just a little more than they should" puts people at risk of serious illness including heart disease, stroke and cancer, the government is warning.
