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Sirona signs contract to provide school nursing and health visiting services across North Somerset

Health services for children, young people and their families in North Somerset are to be transformed in an ambitious new programme by Sirona care & health and the local authority. Sirona has signed a contract with North Somerset Council to provide...
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Weaning campaign launched to help new parents

A campaign to give parents advice on introducing solid foods to their babies has been launched today by the Department for Health and Social Care’s Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID). The Better Health Start for Life Introducing...
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Speech and language therapists release video tips for parents

Parents can get help to support their child’s speech and language development at home with a new video series from the Bristol Early Years Speech and Language Therapy team. Our therapists have filmed 10 videos which are a mixture of information...
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How are we doing? Complete Sirona’s Annual Organisational Survey 2022

Have we provided care for you or a member of your family? We’d love to hear your views – good or bad. Sirona care & health provides community NHS health services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. We provide a large number of...
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Views wanted on learning disability strategy

People with learning disabilities and their parents and carers are being encouraged to give feedback on a strategy aimed at making life better for them. South Gloucestershire Council has set out its vision and priorities for people of all ages with...
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Successful rollout of EMIS to school nursing teams

The rollout of EMIS to the school nursing teams in Bristol and South Gloucestershire has proved a huge success. The teams moved onto the cloud-based electronic system in October and November last year to improve efficiency and streamline processes...
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Online sessions on body image and mental health

Our partners at Off The Record (OTR) are running online sessions to help young people with issues around body image and mental health. Shameless is a six-week group for anyone feeling impacted by issues around body image and low self-esteem. The...
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Charity offering mental health support through 3D virtual world

Off The Record (OTR) North Somerset has launched a Self-Help Space to enable young people to explore their thoughts and feelings in a 3D virtual world. We, along with Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust, are partners with OTR, which is...
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Better Health Food Scanner App to tackle childhood obesity

window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-HQMXW3YMDE'); An app which helps parents to choose healthier snacks for their children has been launched today to tackle...
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Back to school advice issued amid high levels of flu, Covid and scarlet fever

High levels of flu, Covid and scarlet fever are expected to continue in the coming weeks and the UK Health Security Agency has issued advice to help protect children and minimise the spread of illnesses. Advice includes keeping your child home if...

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