Riversdale Surgery

22/10/2025

Appointments are available next week for 2 and 3 year olds for nasal flu vaccine - please call in to book.

07/10/2025

01/10/2025

📌Free liver checks and advice near you!

Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB's Hepatology team is running free liver health advice and testing at events across our communities next week.

Hepatology Advanced Nurse Practitioners will be offering fibroscans - a quick, painless, non-invasive scan that assesses the liver for any inflammation or scarring and looks at how much fat is in the liver. Results are provided at the time, and if further follow up is required, an appointment will be provided.

Free confidential testing for Hepatitis B & C will also be available.

Events will take place at the following venues:

Monday 13th October 2025. 10.00 am – 6.00 pm. Halo, Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1UT

Tuesday 14th October 2025. 9.30am - 5.30 pm. Aberdare Library, Green St/High St, Aberdare, CF44 7AG

Wednesday 15th October 2025. 10.00 am – 6.00 pm. Halo, Bridgend Life Centre, Angel Street, Bridgend, CF31 4AH

Thursday 16th October 2025. 10.00 am – 6.00 pm. Tonyrefail Leisure Centre, Waunrhydd Rd, Tonyrefail, CF39 8EW

Friday 17th October 2025. 9.00 am – 5.00 pm. Rhondda Sports Centre, Ystrad, CF41 7SY.

This is a walk-in event - no booking required.

Liver disease is the third biggest killer in the UK, with many diseases that can affect the liver leading to chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, liver failure and potentially liver cancer.

Obesity, alcohol misuse and blood borne viruses are some of the contributing factors to the development of liver disease in Wales. Hepatitis B & C are blood borne viruses that spread from person to person by contact with infected blood and/or bodily fluids. Many people show no symptoms and therefore are unaware of their infection. If left untreated these viruses can lead to chronic liver disease.

Obesity increases the risk of developing fatty liver disease. Of the 25% of the UK population categorised as obese, most will have fatty liver disease and many will have scarring and inflammation that leads to cirrhosis.

Drinking alcohol within the guidelines and taking regular breaks from alcohol will help your liver stay healthy.

01/10/2025

You can be treated for free at a pharmacy without the need for a GP appointment for the following conditions on the Common Ailments Scheme:

acne vulgaris
allergic rhinitis
athlete’s foot
lower back pain without radiculopathy (acute)
chickenpox (in children under 14 years of age)
cold sores
conjunctivitis (bacterial)
constipation
diarrhoea
dry eye disease
dry skin (includes contact dermatitis and atopic eczema)
dyspepsia
haemorrhoids
head lice
infantile colic
ingrowing toenail
mouth ulcers (simple aphthous)
nappy rash
oral candidiasis
ringworm (tinea corporis), tinea cruris and intertrigo
scabies
sore throat
teething
threadworms
urinary tract infection in people assigned female at birth (AFAB) with female genitalia (lower, non-complicated, 16 – 64 years; not pregnant or catheterised)
vulvovaginal candidiasis
warts and verrucae

30/09/2025

Halo Leisure’s Carers Respite Programme
Tuesday 4th November - Tuesday 9th December 2025
Bridgend Life Centre

Where:
Bridgend Life Centre
Angel Street
Bridgend
CF31 4AH

When:
Tuesday 4th November 2025
Tuesday 11th November 2025
Tuesday 18th November 2025
Tuesday 25th November 2025
Tuesday 2nd December 2025
Tuesday 9th December 2025
Time: 14:00 - 16:00

What's on Offer?
Halo’s Carers Respite Programme provides unpaid carers with the opportunity to participate in exercise, relaxation and wellbeing sessions, with access to Halo Leisures’ exercise facilities.
Holistic therapy workshops to teach stress-relief techniques will be provided by Suzanne Williams.
Information on carers rights, entitlements and what support systems are available in the local authority area.
While carers engage in these activities, replacement care can be arranged at the center or at home.
What’s the Cost
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Thanks to Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board via the Welsh Government and from Bridgend County Borough Council, this programme is FREE of charge. But places are limited.

How to Register
For more information on the programme or to get involved, please contact Lisa on: lisam.david@haloleisure.org.uk

09/09/2025

New exercise class in Ogmore By Sea Community Hall
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(8 free sessions available to people over 60 who are new to exercise and live in the Vale of Glamorgan)

29/08/2025

We are currently experiencing high numbers of missed appointments, particularly those booked in advance. If you book an appointment then can't make it or no longer need the appointment, please call and cancel on the cancellation line 01656 673355 so that someone else can have the appointment.

There also seems to be a pattern where people are booking an advance appointment for 2-3 weeks time, but then calling back a day or two later and getting a same day emergency appointment for the same issue. Please remember to inform reception if you already have an appointment and are getting in sooner so that we can cancel the original for other patients to book.