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
Tesco Pharmacy, Bradley Stoke – Tel: 01454 847747
Find a pharmacy in Bradley Stoke or the surrounding area (coming soon)
Physiotherapy Practices serving Bradley Stoke
Find a physiotherapist in Bradley Stoke or the surrounding area
Latest Healthcare stories in The Journal
- 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
- First-ever Bradley Stoke NHS dentist begins patient registration
- Medical centre submits second planning application after Council refuses permission
- Green light for temporary expansion at Stoke Gifford Medical Centre
- The Stokes Medical Centre submits expansion plans for Braydon Avenue site
- Bradley Stoke dental practice set to open in April at the Willow Brook Centre
Useful Healthcare Links
- 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
Latest Health Stories from the Bristol Evening Post
- A grand thank you to Bristol medics
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 9:00 am
The family of a youngster who went through three life-threatening scares before she was a month old have raised more than £1,000 for hospitals. - Norovirus closes down Bristol wards
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 7:00 am
Nine Bristol hospital wards are closed to new patients to halt the spread of norovirus sickness bug. - Bristol Rugby show heart for Bristol hospital
Monday, 15 March 2010, 8:00 am
Bristol Rugby players have put their weight behind an appeal to raise £60,000 to improve heart care in the city. - NHS director is appointed
Monday, 15 March 2010, 7:00 am
NHS North Somerset has appointed a new director of health. - NHS vacancies lead to Bristol merger rumours
Monday, 15 March 2010, 7:00 am
Permanent chiefs are yet to be appointed at Bristol's two main hospital trusts.
Latest Health Stories from the BBC
- Doctor's 'disregard for safety'
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 2:25 pm
A trainee doctor faces a General Medical Council panel following the deaths of patients in her care in south Wales hospitals. - Damning hospital probe cost £1.7m
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 12:27 pm
An inquiry into what went wrong at Stafford Hospital cost taxpayers £1.7m, a Freedom of Information request reveals. - Early balding 'cuts cancer risk'
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 12:12 pm
Men who start going bald at a young age are up to 45% less likely to get prostate cancer in later life, a study has found. - Forensic role for hand bacteria
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 11:59 am
The bacteria on our hands could be used in forensic identification, in the same way as fingerprints and DNA, say scientists. - 'Pain' warning over spending cuts
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 11:52 am
Hospitals, councils and the police are warned to make changes as public services face cuts that will mean "considerable pain".
