At the meeting of the Health Scrutiny committee of South Gloucestershire Council on Nov 23rd Cllr Andrea Reid, (Labour, Kingswood), and Cllr Ruth Davis, (Liberal Democrat, Yate Central), successfully proposed that a group of councillors be set up to investigate the provision of Community Hospitals and Minor Injuries …

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Emergencies If you are concerned that an individual has hypothermia call 999. If you are concerned that someone is not coping with the cold contact the South Gloucestershire Council Social Care First Service on 01454 868007. Keeping Warm In addition to dressing warmly, eating hot food and taking warm drinks regulary, …

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Dear Friends and Neighbours, Happy New Year to you all. We wish you a healthy and happy 2023 and thank everyone who has supported FRA in so many ways during 2022. It was certainly an interesting year as we started to emerge from our Covid measures in time to enjoy a year that seemed to have so much sunshine, including …

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The Southmead Hospital Charity Christmas Float visited Frenchay on Saturday evening (the 10th of December). This annual event collects funds for the hospital. Maternity services were being supported this year. Further details of the charity’s work can be found on their website. The group who run the float have a …

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In my half-year report back in June, I mentioned that there were three topics on the radar which are of great interest to local residents. The current update is as follows: Hand-over of the Village Green areas - to be known as ‘Frenchay Parklands’; now agreed in principle between North Bristol Trust and Winterbourne …

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The residual clinical facility on the former Frenchay Hospital site is the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit, known as ‘the BIRU’. It is a specialist neurological rehabilitation centre which opened on its current site in Frenchay in 2001, and in 2016 a new building was added, creating a total of 52 inpatient beds with …

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