Clevedon Medical Centre PPG

25/03/2026

Easter Bank Holiday

Pharmacy opening hours over the Easter period.

🐣 Happy Easter to you all 🐣

17/03/2026

Easter Bank Holiday Closure Notice 🐣

Please note that the surgery will be closed over the Easter bank holiday on:

📅 Friday 3rd April
📅 Monday 6th April

We will reopen as normal on Tuesday morning.

If you take regular medication, please make sure you order your prescriptions in plenty of time to allow the practice to process them and the pharmacy to dispense them, as local pharmacies will also be closed over the bank holiday period.

🐰 Check what medication you have at home
🐰 Order early to avoid delays
🐰 Allow extra time for dispensing

If you require urgent medical assistance whilst we are closed, please contact NHS 111. In a medical emergency, always dial 999.

Wishing all our patients a very Happy Easter 🐰🌷

17/03/2026

Today, after many years both our chair and secretary both stood down from their roles. We would like to express our thanks to them both for the dedication to the PPG for all these years.
Though we have not received any applications for the current roles, we are as a practice taking the PPG forward and will run the current group.

17/03/2026

Thank you for the many years I have been privilaged to be CMC PPG chair
Retired now waiting for replacements

16/03/2026

Its Tomorrow
17th march
Ppg
4.30

12/03/2026

Dont forget our meeting on the 17th at 4.30
Do you have a interest in your families health.
About 4hrs every two months will be the commitment for the posts available

12/03/2026

12/03/2026

When a child’s environment is unpredictable or dangerous, the brain prioritizes “war mode”-a state of constant alert-over standard developmental milestones like curiosity or play. Research, most notably from University College London, has identified three key areas where these changes occur:

🗂️The Amygdala (The Alarm System): This region, responsible for threat detection, becomes hyper-reactive. Just like a soldier trained to spot an ambush, a child in an unstable home becomes “hyper aware” of danger, causing the amygdala to “light up” even when viewing slightly angry or neutral faces.

🗂️The Anterior Insula (Emotional Processing): Both groups show heightened activity in this area, which is linked to anticipating pain and processing emotions. This reflects a brain that is always preparing for the next conflict.

🗂️The Prefrontal Cortex (Rational Control): In both children and veterans with PTSD, the prefrontal cortex-the part of the brain that helps with decision-making and calming down-can become “subordinated” or underactive. This makes it harder to regulate emotions once they are triggered.

To a child’s developing nervous system, a home filled with chronic yelling or hostility can feel like a literal “battlefield trauma”, triggering the release of stress hormones like cortisol that physically rewire neural pathways to ensure survival in a hostile environment.

While childhood trauma can physically reshape the brain-the brain’s lifelong neuroplasticity allows adults to mitigate these impacts by forming new neural pathways. I will put a few tips in the comments section to help if this sounds like what you went through as a child and you feel you are still being affected in adulthood (very common). Take great care of yourselves sweet friends!

NO PMID YET. SOURCE: SOURCE: https://www.iasp-pain.org/publications/relief-news/article/fmri-brain-scan-impact-of-physical-abuse-on-children/

11/03/2026