Frome Medical Practice

22/10/2025

If you've been waiting for our Habits For Health course to take place in the evening, you'll hopefully be pleased to hear we have an evening group starting very soon!

📅 Thursday 6th November
🕕 6pm to 7:30pm
➡ for 6 weeks
📍 at Frome Medical Practice

We keep the groups small and they are really supportive, helping you build healthy habits that last. Open to Frome Medical Practice patients. Limited spaces.

Join us and learn about:

🎯 Setting goals for your health
💚 Taking care of your emotional wellbeing
💤 Sleeping better
🚶Moving more
🍽 Eating healthily
🤝 Connecting with others

Find out more and register to join us (if you can't make this date you can still register and we will keep in touch on future dates).

Visit the link below or or go to our website home page and search 'habits for health'. A member of the team will then be in touch to confirm your place.

https://www.fromemedicalpractice.co.uk/habitsforhealth

21/10/2025

🚨 WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK - 22ND OCTOBER 🚨

If you'd like to find out more about plastic free periods and making the switch to products that are better for our health, as well as the health of the planet, come along and chat to the Plastic Free.Period. team at our next pop up event!

📅 Wednesday 22nd October
🕚 11am to 4pm
📍 Westway Precinct, Frome

We'll have information about re-useable period products, interactive games, demo products and free Plastic Free. Period. packs for young people from Frome (aged 12 to 14) who've not yet received their freebies!

21/10/2025

🔔 Job Vacancy 🔔

➡ Health Care Assistant
🕛 37.5 or 30 hours per week (see website for more details of working pattern)
❗Closing date 2nd November

We are looking for a full or part time Health Care Assistant to join the team at the practice, supporting the delivery of high quality clinical care as part of our wider multidisciplinary primary health care team.

Join our supportive and collaborative team of over 20 GPs and 150 staff. We are a large and modern, purpose built practice with a patient population of around 30,000 and operate as a single site Primary Care Network.

As a high-performing and successful practice we have been accepted to join the new PCN Pilot Programme, working with NHSE which will also provide exciting opportunities to shape and develop clinical pathways.

We are a Disability Confident practice and registered Mindful Employer.

Interested? You can find out more and apply online via our website. Search 'jobs' on the website or click the link below:

https://www.fromemedicalpractice.co.uk/jobs

21/10/2025

Our digital support team will be available at various times again this week, to help any of our patients needing assistance with digital health issues, such as downloading and using the NHS App, setting up a linked profile on the App (proxy access), using our online forms, ordering repeat prescriptions online and so on.

Sessions are for patients registered with us, with the exception of the Cheese and Grain session on a Thursday, which is open to anyone in Frome who needs support with IT issues (not just health related.)

Here's where to find the team this week

Tuesday 21st October - 10am to midday at the practice
Tuesday 21st October - 1pm to 3pm at Sainsbury's
Thursday 23rd October - 10am to 11:30am at the cafe in the Cheese and Grain
Thursday 23rd October - 4pm to 8pm at the practice

No appointments needed but please bring your mobile phone or tablet if you are coming to see us.

20/10/2025

Have you received a message from 'Engage Consult'?

Several patients have been in touch to say they've receive a message via their NHS App and / or an email from Engage Consult.

The message states that their account has been inactive and will be automatically deleted if not used within a specified period.

This message is genuine, but it does not relate to the NHS App. Instead, it relates to the former online consultation system we used at the practice a few years ago. As the practice has not used this system for several years, Engage Consult is now deleting dormant accounts and notifying patients who previously used the service.

Patients can be reassured that this will not affect their access to care or to the NHS App. No action is required, and if you've received the email it can be safely deleted.

20/10/2025

Could this be you or someone you know?

The Civic Imaginary Partnerships Project is seeking a creative practitioner to collaborate with them in Frome between December 2025 and July 2026, on a commission worth £11,000.

Civic Imaginary Partnerships is a nationwide research programme led by researchers at the University of Glasgow and co-designed with communities in Frome, Chester, Southampton, Hull, and Glasgow. Civic imaginaries are the ways people think, feel, sense, and dream about the futures of their places. This collaboration will creatively reflect the research experiences, data, and findings from Frome, producing a creative work that provokes conversation, reflection, and action.

Full details are available here, including a link to the expression of interest form:
👉 civicimaginaries.gla.ac.uk/civic-imaginaries-of-frome-creative-collaboration-call/

The deadline for submissions is midnight on Sunday 2 November 2025.

Edventure’s Future Shed and Green & Healthy Frome are among the reasons this research project is taking place in Frome, and we’re excited to see how this connection with other places will inspire some green dreaming.

20/10/2025

Come and join us at a conference with a difference!

As Greenhealthyfrome enters its final year of National Lottery funding, we’re marking the journey with an immersive, dynamic conference on Monday 3rd November 2025 in Frome.

We are inviting healthcare professionals, policymakers and community changemakers from across the UK to exchange ideas and insights from our three-year project about improving both health and climate. Through real-world learning, inspiring stories, interactive tours and practical workshops - you’ll gain tools and confidence to replicate, adapt or scale up in your own community.

Our work over the last three years has been rooted in community and system change, with initiatives that encourage:

🌳 Green social prescribing and wellbeing through healthy habits and nature connection.
🚲 Active travel and healthier ways of moving around.
🏠 Energy efficiency in homes and community spaces.
🍽 Supporting local food and fair access to it.
👗 Reuse, repair, and reducing waste.

The conference will bring these themes to life with inspiring talks, hands-on workshops, tours and a shared meal at Canteen, our pay-what-you-can community restaurant and a vibrant model of food justice in action.

Find out more and book here (and please share with colleagues who you think might also be interested in attending):

https://tinyurl.com/Green-Healthy-Conference-2025

19/10/2025

Pelvic Health Talk

Led by Jo Stanton, a Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, this session is for women of all ages who want to better understand their pelvic health. Come along and hear about common pelvic health conditions, effective pelvic floor muscle exercises, managing symptoms with confidence and when to seek help and how to access support.

📆 Tuesday 28th October
🕕 6pm to 7pm
📍Frome Medical Practice
✔ free for patients registered with us, but please book your place

More information and book your place via the link below or see the link in our bio to our events calendar.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pelvic-health-talk-tickets-1634039007659

18/10/2025

❓ Unsure which vaccinations you and your family are able to have this season? Here's a handy guide to help you.
▶️ More information and further details on eligibility can be found on the NHS website.

17/10/2025

The Plastic Free. Period. team will be holding a pop-up at Westway Shopping Centre on Wednesday 22nd October from 11am to 4pm.

There will be information about re-useable period products, interactive games, demo products and free Plastic Free. Period. packs for for any young people (aged 12 to 14 in Frome) who have not yet claimed a pack.

17/10/2025

Are you living with pain? This NEW 6 week online course can help you.

We are inviting patients who are living with long term pain or long term health conditions to take part in an online health and wellbeing course, which aims to support you to manage your health challenges.

The course is called HEALS. It is delivered online by the Breathworks Foundation, a charity experienced in supporting people living with chronic pain and other long term conditions.

📆 Starts 6th November and ends 6th December
👩‍💻 Online
🕚 11am to 1pm, every Thursday
✔ free to Frome Medical Practice patients (normal cost is £392)

If you're interested and think you'd like to take part please get in touch with Breathworks by emailing info@breathworks.co.uk or calling 0161 834 1110.

The programme aims to help you take care of your health in 5 simple ways:

H - Healthy eating: explore what foods help you feel better
E - Engaging in movement: find ways to move that feel good
A - Awareness and mindfulness: learn to make your mind clearer and calmer
L - Love and connection: be kind to yourself and connect with others
S - Sleep better: find ways to rest better at night

16/10/2025

A new Armed Forces Drop In is taking place at the practice every Monday from 10am to midday (last Monday of the month will be 1:30pm to 3:30pm)

If you're a veterans, serving forces member, family member, dependent or reservists, these sessions are for you. Come along and chat to Sam, the Armed Forces Link Worker, who can chat to you about any support you might need and connect you with the right services.

Find Sam in the Live Well Room - the glass room on the left hand side, just off our main reception.