Struggling with an eating disorder? Caring for someone who is? Beat is here to support you.

The Beat National Helpline exists to encourage and empower people to get help quickly, because the sooner someone starts treatment, the greater their chance of recovery. You can contact Beat online or by phone 365 days a year.

The staff in the practice are trained about domestic abuse and specialist workers are available to support you.

Montpelier Health Centre is an ‘IRIS’ practice. You can talk to doctors, nurses and other staff working here if you are being hurt or controlled by your current or ex-partner, are afraid of someone at home or a member of your family.

You can also contact Next Link on 0117 925 0680 and ask to speak to the IRIS worker, or visit their website for more information.

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if you are worried about someone knowing you have visited this website, then please read this information on the Women’s Aid website.

• Asthma
• Coronary Heart Disease
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• COPD
• Stroke/Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)

We have a team of highly skilled Clinical Pharmacists as part of our teams. They are highly qualified experts in medicines and can help people in a range of ways. This includes carrying out structured medication reviews for patients with ongoing health problems and improving patient safety, outcomes and value through a person-centred approach.

See the meet the team section of the website to find out more about our team of Clinical Pharmacists.

A local charity that aims to provide free, independent, impartial and confidential advice to whoever may need it. Bristol Citizens Advice Bureau can provide practical guidance around benefits, money, debt and energy and can also signpost you to specialist legal advice if you need more assistance.

For more information, visit https://www.bristolcab.org.uk/.

Please follow the links for further information regarding bowel, breast and cervical screening:

Cervical Screening

• Cervical screening: leaflet for women considering screening (available in English, Arabic, Bengali, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Gujarati, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Urdu)
• Cervical screening: colposcopy information (available in English, Arabic, Bengali, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Gujarati, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Urdu)
• Easy read English cervical screening leaflet
• NHS population screening: information for transgender people
• Cervical screening: lesbian and bisexual women

Take a look at the Cancer Research UK video, which explains exactly what the test involves:

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Bowel Screening

• Bowel cancer screening & FIT kit information (available in English, Arabic, Bengali, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Gujarati, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Urdu)

How to do the FIT bowel cancer screening test – Cancer Research UK

Macmillan Cancer Resources in your language

Cancer Research resources in different languages

Cervical Cancer _ Jo’s Trust

Prostate Cancer UK

Breast Cancer Now

Ovacome (ovarian cancer)

Target Ovarian Cancer

Breast Screening

• Breast screening information for women aged 71 and over
• Breast screening: helping women decide (available in English, Arabic, Bengali, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Gujarati, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Urdu)
• Easy read English breast screening leaflet
• Breast screening: partial or incomplete mammography
• Breast screening: breast implant guidelines
• NHS population screening: information for transgender people
• Breast screening: higher risk women
• bcc4_treating_primary_breast_cancer_2022_final_punjabi.pdf
• bcc4_treating_primary_breast_cancer_2022_final_urdu.pdf
• Breast check infographic_blank_poster_tlc4_portuguese_0.pdf
• Breast check_infographic_blank_poster_tlc3_bengali(0).pdf
• Breast check_infographic_blank_poster_tlc3_hindi.pdf
• Breast check_infographic_blank_poster_tlc3_Pashto(0).pdf
• Breast check_infographic_blank_poster_tlc3_Urdu_0(0).pdf
• Breast check_infographic_blank_poster_tlc4_Arabic(0).pdf
• Breast check_infographic_blank_poster_tlc5_pl_ukrainian_web(0).pdf
• Breast check_infographic_blank_poster_tlc5_polish(0).pdf
• Breast check_infographic_blank_poster_tlc5_romanian(0).pdf
• Breast Check_infographic_blank_poster_tlc4_french.pdf
• Breast+cancer_Arabic(1).pdf
• Coppa Feel Checking-leaflets-combined.pdf

Cancer Resources In Other Languages:

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The community nursing team is provided by Sirona Care and Health.

The service is available to housebound individuals and temporarily housebound aged 18 and over who are registered with a GP surgery in Bristol. This includes people who live at home, in supported housing or in a residential home. Individuals who live in nursing homes are not eligible because their nursing care is already provided.

Community nursing teams provide a wide range of care and support to housebound and temporarily housebound individuals who are over 18. This includes:

• Coordinating care for individuals with long-term conditions or complex health needs
• Administering medication and supporting self-administration
• Dressing and managing wounds
• Providing Catheter Care in Clinics and within the individuals home
• Providing Wound Care for housebound individuals after surgery
• Supporting issues around continence
• Caring at end of life

The team consists of healthcare professionals, including district nurses, community nurses, healthcare assistants, assistant practitioners, administrators and advanced clinical practitioners.

To access this service you can be referred by your GP or another healthcare professional. For people who have been discharged from the service, they can self-re-refer or call for clinical advice by calling the Single Point of Access Team (SPA).

Individuals or carers please call Single Point of Access Team (SPA) on 0300 125 6789.

Full range of contraception options, menopause and hormone replacement therapy, and general gynaecological advice.

We have a highly skilled team of nurses, who are fully trained in procedures such as cervical cytology, ear syringing, immunisations and venepuncture.

They also run chronic disease management clinics for patients with Asthma, Diabetes and Coronary Heart Disease, offer advice and immunisation to patients travelling abroad, give support to patients wishing to stop smoking and deliver a comprehensive wound management programme.

The Treatment Room is open every weekday and you can make an appointment by phoning or calling in at Reception.

Patients can make appointments by phoning or calling at Reception.

The services offered are:

• NHS Health Checks for all patients over 45 years of age
• Blood sampling, specimen collection (e.g. a variety of swabs, urinalysis, pregnancy testing, sputum and stool sampling).
• Wound management (including wound dressing, suture removal, management of leg ulcers and care of traumatic wounds).
• Ear syringing
• Administration of Depot injections
• Blood pressure monitoring and 24 hours ambulatory BP monitoring
• Baby Clinic (covering childhood immunisations)
• Foreign Travel Service
• Smear Clinic
• Chronic disease management of Asthma, Diabetes, Heart Disease and COPD

For more information about our Treatment Room team please go to – “Meet the Team” page.

There is a Podiatry service available through the PCN. The doctor will refer you if they think that this service will be beneficial for you.

Foot assessments and ongoing care for patients with foot problems who have an at risk medical status, i.e. people with diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, peripheral arterial disease, people who are taking Warfarin and steroids, people who are immunocompromised, e.g. receiving chemotherapy, HIV and people who have neurological deficit to their lower limbs.

This service also offers assessments and ongoing care for people who have no medical risk and these patients are placed onto curative/short term treatment plans.

See the meet the team section of the website to find out more about our ’Podiatrist’.