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HANDi app offers advice on common childhood illnesses

An app can help parents check their child’s symptoms when they are unwell and decide how to treat them. The HANDi app, which has been created by Bristol North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB, offers straightforward advice for the following...
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Sirona care & health publishes innovative QR posters giving vital information and reducing carbon footprint

Sirona care & health is rolling out a set of QR posters – an innovative new way of providing people with medical information that’s better for people and the environment. The posters, which are displayed in Sirona’s Urgent Care Centre and Minor...
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Parents urged to check children are up to date with vaccines due to rise in measles cases

Parents in the South West are being asked to check their children are fully up to date with their measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) due to a rise in measles cases. There have been 49 cases of measles in the UK so far this year compared to 54...
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Countryside walkers urged to check for ticks – here’s how to remove them safely

People were today reminded to check for ticks after enjoying walks in the countryside this Bank Holiday weekend. Ticks, which tend to live in long grass and woodland areas, are especially common at this time of year and can carry serious diseases...
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Industrial Action – April 30 to May 1

Nurses are taking strike action across the country from April 30 – May 1. The industrial action is a national dispute between the Government and Trades Unions about terms and conditions. We do work closely with other NHS organisations and we are all...
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Retirement of our Interim Chief Executive

Julie Sharma, interim Chief Executive at Sirona care & health, has announced her retirement after 47 years of working in and with the NHS. Julie took on the interim role in April 2022 to allow the Board time to consider what they needed in a new...
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Chief Executive Appointment

Chair of Sirona care & health Amanda Cheesley today – Tuesday 25 April – announced Sue Porto has been appointed as Chief Executive for the community health provider. The appointment follows a nationally run competitive process which involved...
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Free Bristol cinema screening of autism awareness film set in India

A Sirona care & health doctor is offering people the opportunity to join a free screening of a film she has co-produced to raise awareness of Autism. The film is a dramatisation of bringing up a child with autism and the determination of a parent to...
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Weaning hub offers tips and healthy recipes for babies

New videos, recipes and tips to help parents and carers to introduce solid foods to their baby has been launched by the Department for Health and Social Care’s Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID). Weaning is when you introduce your...
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Useful items to store in your medicine cabinet to treat a poorly child

Local healthcare professionals have compiled a list of items to help you treat your child at home when they are unwell. This animation, from Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB, will show you what items are useful to store in your...

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