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Joint statement from Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire’s Directors of Public Health:

Please have your Covid-19 vaccine, now. Getting your booster is the best gift you can give yourself and your loved ones. The Omicron Covid-19 variant is highly transmissible and case numbers are doubling every two days in our area. This means that by...
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Free NHS app helps you care for your sick child

A new app has been launched to provide support to parents, carers and medical professionals looking after children with common childhood illnesses. The HANDi App has been developed by a team of paediatric experts to provide up-to-date NHS advice on...
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Launch of Off The Record North Somerset service

Off The Record (OTR) has recently expanded to provide services in North Somerset to align with provision in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. We, along with Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust, are partners with OTR, which is a mental...
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Bristol School Nurses EMIS launches today

As part of our ongoing drive to offer the best possible care to all our service users we are rolling out EMIS to our school nursing teams in Bristol today. All school nurses in Bristol should have received training and be aware of the additional...
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Fresh call to public as health and care system faces incredible pressure

Health and care leaders in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire are issuing a fresh call to the public as continuing Covid-19 hospitalisations and ongoing workforce challenges place incredible pressure on services. The local health and...
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South Glos School Nurses EMIS launches today

As part of our ongoing drive to offer the best possible care to all our service users we are rolling out EMIS to our school nursing teams in both South Gloucestershire and Bristol. We are taking a phased approach to this change and the South Glos...
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Going for gold…again!

We and North Somerset Council are celebrating after once again receiving a prestigious award jointly granted to the health visiting service and children’s centres in North Somerset. The services have achieved a revalidation of their UNICEF (United...
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Going for gold…again!

We and North Somerset Council are celebrating after once again receiving a prestigious award jointly granted to the health visiting service and children’s centres in North Somerset. The services have achieved a revalidation of their UNICEF (United...
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Update on EMIS roll out to school nurses in Bristol and South Glos

As part of our ongoing drive to offer the best possible care to all our service users we are rolling our EMIS to our school nursing teams in both South Gloucestershire and Bristol. EMIS is an electronic records system which will allow us to share...
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School-based immunisation for 12 to 15 year olds

School-based immunisation for 12 to 15 year olds In autumn 2021, all children aged 12 to 15 in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) will be offered both a COVID-19 vaccine and a flu vaccine. The flu vaccination programme already...

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