West Walk Surgery, Yate and Coalpit Heath

30/12/2025

✨ Start the Year Smokefree! ✨

Thinking about a healthier, happier 2026? Now’s the perfect time to make quitting smoking your New Year’s resolution! 🚭💪

You're three times more likely to stop for good when you get expert support - and you don’t have to do it alone. Bristol’s free Smoke Free Bristol service offers personalised help, tools and support to help you quit your way.

Whether you’ve tried before or this is your first quit attempt, there’s support available - from one-to-one guidance to quit aids and quit plans designed around your life.

📞 Get started today
• Refer yourself online -> https://shorturl.at/dB1ao
• Call: 0800 772 3437
• Text: QUIT to 66777

Let’s make 2026 your year to breathe easier — one smoke-free day at a time! ✨❤️



https://news.bristol.gov.uk/press-releases/caeb85df-32e0-4388-b673-5423dc53553a/start-the-year-smokefree-quit-today

Start the year smokefree.

Make it your New Year’s resolution. You’re three times more likely to stop for good with expert help.

SmokeFree Bristol offers free support including:
• one‑to‑one appointments and flexible phone/video support
• free quit aids (NRT, medications and vapes)
• the Quit with Bella app to keep you on track

Find out more: https://orlo.uk/hhQ1G

24/12/2025

🎄💛 You Are Not Alone This Christmas 💛🎄

The holiday season can be a difficult time for many. If you are feeling lonely, overwhelmed, or struggling with your mental health, Samaritans are there to listen - 24/7, every day, including Christmas.

📞 Call or text: 116 123 for free, confidential support

No matter what you’re going through, reaching out is a sign of strength. You don’t have to face it alone. ❤️

Please share this post to let friends, family, or anyone in need know that support is available.

Reshare and help us reach someone who might need to know our helpline is open 24/7 all through Christmas and New Year 💚

24/12/2025

🎄Merry Christmas from all of us at West Walk Surgery!🎄

Wishing our patients and colleagues a joyful holiday season and a healthy New Year

23/12/2025

🔥Personal Fire Safety Advice🔥

Avon Fire & Rescue Service offers a FREE online fire safety checker that gives personalised advice tailored to your home.

It only takes a few minutes and helps you understand simple steps you can take to keep yourself and your family safe.
Check yours here: www.safelincs.co.uk/hfsc

22/12/2025

🌿 Walk and Talk – Peer Support Walks for Carers 🌿

Are you a carer looking to boost your well being, enjoy a gentle walk, and connect with others who understand?

Walk and Talk offers free, friendly walks in local green spaces, led by a supportive worker who can listen and share useful advice.
Groups run over six weeks and include options for carers on their own, carers with the person they care for, and age-specific groups.

All carers are welcome, whatever your background or walking ability.

👉 Find out more and how to join at:
https://www.carersbsg.org.uk/our-support-services/walk-and-talk

22/12/2025

Unfortunately we are still experiencing an increased level of staff sickness. Please accept our apologies if we have had to cancel your appointment as a result.

We are extremely grateful for your continued support, patience, and understanding during this time.

Thank you 💙

16/12/2025

📢 Important Notice 📢

We are currently experiencing very high levels of sickness across all teams in the surgery. Unfortunately, this means we are having to cancel some appointments, and we sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and upset this may cause.

To ensure we can continue to support patients with the highest and most urgent clinical needs, we kindly ask that you only contact the surgery if your query is urgent at this time.

If your query can safely wait, we would be grateful if you could contact us in the new year.

Thank you for your patience, understanding, and continued kindness to our staff during this challenging period. 💙

12/12/2025

❗ Important Update – Christmas & Winter Pressures ❄️🎄

As we head into the festive period, we’re experiencing significant winter pressures. To ensure we can support those who need us most, we are currently prioritising urgent medical matters only.

🗓 Routine appointments will be available again in the New Year.

Thank you for your understanding and for helping us manage care safely during this busy time.

Wishing all our patients a safe and healthy Christmas season 🎅✨

12/12/2025

💙 HPV Inform Website 💙

A new local website, HPV Inform, has been created with the University of Bristol and young people to help explain HPV and the HPV vaccine.

It includes easy-to-understand information on:

• What HPV is and the illnesses it can cause
• How the HPV vaccine works, its safety and side effects
• How and where to get the vaccine
• Tips for getting the vaccine at school

🔍 Search https://hpvinform.com/

Please share with anyone who may find it useful!

12/12/2025

Flu cases are higher than they have ever been at this time of year.

An average of 2,660 patients per day were in a hospital bed with flu last week. That’s enough flu patients each day to fill more than 3 whole hospital trusts.

If you haven’t already, and you’re eligible, get your flu vaccine.

The flu jab reduces your risk of becoming seriously ill this Christmas, and helps protect those around you.

Book via your GP, pharmacy or the NHS App.

➡️ http://nhs.uk/fluvaccine

12/12/2025

🌬️💛 Lots of coughs and colds going around!

If your little one is coughing and you’re unsure what’s normal, this leaflet from the University of Bristol is really useful.

It explains how long coughs usually last, what you can do at home, and when to get things checked.

Take care everyone - and feel better soon to all the sniffly kiddos 💕🌈

📄 Children’s Cough Guide:
👉https://bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristol.ac.uk/dist/e/265/files/2016/01/UoB_Childrens-cough_PDF-leaflet_A4.pdf

10/12/2025

With the recent increase in respiratory infections, we kindly ask that any patients experiencing cough, cold, flu-like or other respiratory symptoms wear a mask when attending the surgery.

If you do not have a mask, our reception team will be happy to provide one on request.

Many thanks for your cooperation.