South Bristol Community Hospital staff carry out healthchecks in Bedminster
People in south Bristol were given a taste of the health services on offer on their doorstep while they shopped for their grocery shopping.
Staff from the South Bristol Community Hospital urgent care centre carried out blood pressure checks and gave shoppers information from a stand in Asda, Bedminster.
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South Bristol Community Hospital
Sarah Brierley, Bristol Community Health’s urgent care centre lead , said: “As the centre is fairly new, people don’t always know where we are or what kind of care they can access at the centre, so we wanted to reach out to people living in South Bristol.
“We were really pleased with the response we received from the public on Wednesday, speaking to more than 200 people throughout the day.”
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The centre at the Hengrove Park hospital provides all the services of a Walk-in Centre with the addition of being able to refer for on-site x-rays and other diagnostic tests.
Patients do not need an appointment and can just drop in during its opening hours of 8am and 8pm every day.
For more information about the urgent care centre in South Bristol Community Hospital, visit the Bristol Community Health Website at http://www.briscomhealth.org.uk/our-services/item/324-urgent-care-centre? or call the centre on 0117 342 9692
5 Comments
by BrisComHealth
Friday, February 08 2013, 5:29PM
“Just to clarify, staff used their day off from work to carry out the blood pressure checks and provide information on the Urgent Care Centre.”
by winford
Thursday, February 07 2013, 12:28PM
“Pity we cant see a doctor as quick. Appointments are always for weeks ahead.”
by Jimenez47
Thursday, February 07 2013, 12:32AM
“If the mid-Staffordshire scandal is anything to go by I think I'd rather get my health checks done by the shelf-stackers in Asda.”
by PE175
Tuesday, February 05 2013, 2:54PM
“Odd they have the spare time and staff to carry out checks in Asda, but if you visit the drop in centre at the Hospital you have to wait for house and hours, before they bother to see you.
Maybe people are not bothering to go there, it is a somewhar dead place with a contant stream of empty buses, and a pay car park.”
by Bristol1978
Tuesday, February 05 2013, 2:39PM
“"Staff from the South Bristol Community Hospital urgent care centre carried out blood pressure chacks"
Spellchack?”