Bradley Stoke’s Sure Start Children’s Centre begins operations today (Tuesday 2nd) with a ‘stay and play’ session for pre-school children and their carers. The session, running from 1:15pm to 3:15pm, will be repeated twice-weekly – on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Sure Start Centre is located within Bowsland Green Primary School, Ellicks Close (off Bowsland Way). More information: Sure Start Children’s
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Residents of Bradley Stoke are to have the chance to find out about a new Children’s Centre that will open soon in the town. The new Sure Start Children’s Centre at Bowsland Green Primary School will offer a wide range of support services to families with children under five. South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) is staging a meeting at the school
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Smokers looking to kick the habit in 2010 will be able to get advice from NHS South Gloucestershire’s Stop Smoking Team this week in Bradley Stoke. The team will be at the Willow Brook Shopping Centre on Friday 8th January. Justin Boult, Stop Smoking Adviser at NHS South Gloucestershire, said: “If your New Years resolution is to give up smoking
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Phoenix Dental Bradley Stoke is offering free oral cancer screenings for all patients as part of their NHS check up. The action is in support of November’s Mouth Cancer Action Month organised by the British Dental Health Foundation and Denplan. The practice will also be manning a display stand at the Willow Brook Centre Bradley Stoke on Sunday 22nd November
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Bradley Stoke’s new Sure Start family support centre is scheduled to open “early next year”, according to a report in the Bristol Evening Post. South Gloucestershire Council announced back in December 2008 that the centre would be set up at Bowsland Green Primary School. The new facility will be achieved through refurbishment of existing accommodation and the building of an
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A new organisation which will allow members of the public to have a say on how health and social care services are run in South Gloucestershire has its inaugural meeting this Thursday (21st May). Local Involvement Networks (LINks) aim to give citizens a stronger voice in how their health and social care services are delivered. Run by local individuals and
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Bradley Stoke’s first-ever dental surgery opened for business today on the first floor of the mall building at the town’s Willow Brook Centre. The opening marks the end of a long campaign to secure NHS dental provision in Bradley Stoke and follows years of frustration for residents, during which they have had to travel to practices in neighbouring towns. The
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Patient registrations for Bradley Stoke’s soon to open NHS dental practice have begun with the launch of a new website. Phoenix Dental Ltd, which already operates practices in Almondsbury, Kingswood and Yate, has announced that Bradley Stoke’s first-ever NHS dentist will open on Monday 18th May. Patients can now book check-up appointments online at: http://www.phoenixdental.co.uk/bradley_s/ Bookings are also being taken
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The Stokes Medical Centre in Braydon Avenue, Little Stoke, has submitted a second application for its planned extension after the initial plans were rejected by South Gloucestershire Council. The earlier application, made in January, was withdrawn after planning officials indicated that they were minded to refuse it “on design grounds and non contribution to transport measures”. A new application was
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Officials at South Gloucestershire Council have approved plans for a temporary expansion of Stoke Gifford Medical Centre, which serves the southern part of Bradley Stoke. The expansion, formed of three ‘portacabins’ to be sited east of the present building in Ratcliffe Drive, is seen as a precursor to a major scheme of expansion at the premises, which is currently on
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