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
Find an optician in Bradley Stoke or the surrounding area
Pharmacies serving Bradley Stoke
Tesco Pharmacy, Bradley Stoke – Tel: 01454 847747
Find a pharmacy in Bradley Stoke or the surrounding area (coming soon)
Healthcare pages in The Journal’s Town Guide
Latest Healthcare stories in The Journal
- 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
- 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
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
- Hospital trust reveals its £90m vision of Bristol's future
Monday, 10 May 2010, 9:00 am
PLANS for the £90-million transformation of Bristol's city centre hospitals have been submitted to the city council for approval. The project would see an eight-storey block built at the back of the. […] - Find out more about diabetes at free discovery day
Saturday, 8 May 2010, 9:00 am
PEOPLE with diabetes will be able to learn more about the condition at an event in Weston-super-Mare. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is holding its Discovery Day at Puxton Mark on May 15. […] - Take a walk in Uphill area
Friday, 7 May 2010, 9:00 am
WILDLIFE lovers are being invited to attend a guided walk around Uphill Hill in Weston-super-Mare. The walk takes place on Sunday, May 16, and will be led by North Somerset Council's ranger service. U. […] - Patients are supporting new research
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 9:00 am
A BRISTOL centre for multiple sclerosis patients is supporting more research into the condition with the appointment of new medical staff. The BrAMS (Bristol Avon Multiple Sclerosis) Centre at Frencha. […] - Surgery is last resort for children
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 9:00 am
A BRISTOL expert has advised that surgery should be the last resort in treating obese children. Professor Debbie Lawlor said that diet and exercise should be the first treatment for youngsters, follow. […]
Latest Health Stories from the BBC
- Garlic breath? Beat it with a glass of milk, say experts
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 12:58 pm
Drinking a glass of milk can stop garlic breath, scientists discover. - Burnham presses Lib Dems on NHS
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 12:10 pm
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham is urging Lib Dems to unite with Labour against the Government's plan for a radical overhaul of the NHS. - Transplant dash driver faces ban
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 12:01 pm
An ambulance driver delivering an organ for transplant could lose his licence and his job after being booked for speeding. - 'Brisk walks' to prevent cancers
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 11:42 am
About 10,000 cases of breast and bowel cancer could be prevented each year in the UK if people did more brisk walking, claim experts. - Rowling gives £10m for MS centre
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 10:06 am
Author JK Rowling is donating £10m to set up a multiple sclerosis research centre at Edinburgh University.
