Dear Journal, Can your newsletter please look into and report on how impossible it is for working people to get an appointment to see a doctor at Bradley Stoke Surgery? I have tried ringing up in the 8:30-9:30 window; never to get to talk to anyone. When after 20 plus attempts, then someone will tell me all the appointments are
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Post’s surgery shelter story rubbished by Mayor
A report in the Bristol Evening Post claiming that Town Councillors are looking into the possibility of providing a shelter outside Bradley Stoke Surgery “so that people queuing to see a doctor don’t have to stand in the rain” has been rubbished by Town Mayor Ben Walker. Cllr Walker told a meeting of the Town Council’s Finance Committee that the
Continue reading[Forum] Problems getting an appointment at Bradley Stoke Surgery
Is anyone else having as much of a problem getting an appointment at Bradley Stoke Surgery as me? Just rang for 20 mins – engaged whole time – to be told they’re fully booked for the day. Receptionist tells me they have a queue coming out of the door. It’s always the same every time I call now – if
Continue readingBradley Stoke Surgery introduces online appointment booking system
Bradley Stoke Surgery has announced that it has introduced an online appointment booking system “following feedback from its Friends group”. The news follows criticism at the 2009 Annual Town Meeting, where one resident likened the surgery’s appointment system to something that might be found in a Third World country. Patients leaving feedback on an official NHS website have complained of
Continue readingWork begins on Bradley Stoke Surgery expansion
Public left in the dark as work begins at Brook Way site Work has finally begun on the long-awaited expansion of Bradley Stoke Surgery but patients and local residents continue to be kept in the dark about developments at the Brook Way site. Construction firm ISG Pearce has installed a number of portacabins in the surgery’s car park and a
Continue readingMedical centre submits second planning application after Council refuses permission
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 The earlier application, made in January, was withdrawn after planning officials indicated that they were minded to refuse it “on design grounds and non contribution to transport measures”.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
Continue readingGreen light for temporary expansion at Stoke Gifford Medical Centre
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
Continue readingThe Stokes Medical Centre submits expansion plans for Braydon Avenue site
A medical practice serving a large part of Bradley Stoke has submitted plans for a major expansion. The Stokes Medical Centre in Braydon Avenue, Little Stoke, has made a planning application to South Gloucestershire Council that would see the surgery increase its floorspace by 125%. Also featured in the plans are an opticians’ unit, a dental unit and a “diagnostic
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