Frome Medical Practice

24/03/2026

Come and meet our Health Connectors - this Thursday 26th March

10am to midday in the Live Well Room at the practice
1pm to 2:30pm at Coffee #1, Westway Centre

Find out about the free support we can offer you to help you improve your health and wellbeing.

⭐️Meet your local Health Connectors on Social Prescribing day⭐️

Health Connectors are your GP practice Social Prescribing team in Mendip, Somerset.

Working with a Health Connector means taking time together to understand the complexities of your life, including the challenges you face, your strengths, and the support you may already have from friends, family, or your community. We help you figure out what matters most and what steps you want to take next.

Find out more by chatting to a Health Connector on Social Prescribing Day, Thursday 26th March

📌 Shepton Mallet: 10am-11am at Homoceramicus Pottery Studio, 17 Town St, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5BE
📌 Shepton Mallet: 11am-12pm at Create #8 At Studio, 8 Town St, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5BG
📌 Frome: 10am-12pm at The Live Well Room, Frome Medical Practice, Enos Way, Frome, BA11 2FH
📌Frome: 1pm-2.30pm at at Coffee #1, 15-16 Westway Centre, Frome BA11 1BS

➡️ To find out more or to see a Health Connector, contact Health Connections Mendip ⬇️

🌍 www.healthconnectionsmendip.org
📞 01373 468368



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23/03/2026

We offer our patients who are living with pain the opportunity to take part in a programme called Live Well with Pain.

Our next 6 week Live Well With Pain Group starts on Thursday 16th April. Sessions will take place every Thursday at the practice from 11am to 1pm.

This programme is a face to face group which provides you with a step by step guide to living well despite your persistent pain. When people self-manage their pain, their quality of life improves. Eventually it stops dominating their day and they begin to get more out of life.

Knowing how to self-manage your pain is not automatic, but it is something that you can learn. Our Live Well With Pain Group can help you with this.

Want to find out more?

Visit our website and search for 'live well with pain' (or click the link below). If you'd like to join our next group you will also find the link there to our pre-attendance form. Fill that in and one of the team will be in touch to chat with you about joining the sessions.

https://www.fromemedicalpractice.co.uk/live-well-with-pain

23/03/2026

💻 Digital Health Support - available this week

Come and see our digital health team this week if you need help with things like downloading and using the NHS App, using the text links we send out to book appointments, ordering repeat prescriptions online, setting up a linked profile (proxy access) so you can use the NHS App on behalf of a relative or friend and so on.

Here's where you can find the team this week (no appointments needed but do bring your mobile phone or tablet along with you if you can).

Tuesday 24th March
10am to midday at the practice
1pm to 3pm at Sainsbury’s

Wednesday 25th March
9am to midday Standerwick Market, Cafe
10am to midday Holy Trinity Church Hall

Thursday 26th March
10am to 11:30am at the Cheese and Grain
4pm to 8pm at the practice

20/03/2026

Digital Health Pop Up - at the practice, this Saturday 21st March

Unfortunately, our digital health pop up at the practice last weekend couldn't go ahead but we have rescheduled it for tomorrow - Saturday 14th March from 8:45am to 12:45pm.

Come along and see the team for help, including:

✔ Setting up and using the NHS App
✔ Ordering repeat prescriptions on the NHS App - quick and easy to do - let us show you how!
✔ Advice on creating a linked profile (also known as proxy access) for a child or other adult you care for (if both registered with us)
✔ Using our online forms for things like updating contact details, requesting fit notes etc

Bring your mobile phone or tablet with us, so we can help you. No appointment needed

20/03/2026

Come to a Menopause Discussion Group at Frome Medical Practice

Our Menopause Discussion Group is for patients registered with us who are considering taking HRT for the first time.

📅 Tuesday 28th April 2026
🕒 6.15pm to 8.15pm (you will need to be able to attend for the whole session)
📍 Frome Medical Practice

During the session we will talk about:

Menopause symptoms and how they vary from person to person.
Ways to manage symptoms.
HRT treatment options, including benefits and risks.
Alternative treatments, such as lifestyle changes.
Signposting to other support resources

We'll need you to register if you'd like to come along. You can do that via our online form, search 'menopause discussion group' on our home page or click the link below:

https://www.fromemedicalpractice.co.uk/menopause-group-discussion

For patients registered at Frome Medical Practice

19/03/2026

Past, Present and Future - In One Immersive Pop-up

For five days only, at the bottom of Cheap Street, a pop-up comes alive with five years of Green and Healthy Frome (GHF). From Tuesday 24 to Saturday 28 March, drop into the GHF Studio and Imaginarium to put your mark on the map, explore, photographs, artefacts & beautifully illustrated archives, by local artist Jenna Herman - tracing the roots of sustainability in our town - while green-dreaming Frome's future.

Peer into the Imaginarium, meet Frome Town Council's Resilience team, join workshops throughout the week - including Frome Families for the Future (Friday) and Mending Together with Everyone Needs Pockets (Saturday, 10am–2pm). Plus: pick up your free copy of the brand new Frome Green Directory!

This pop-up marks the end of the National Lottery funding for the Green and Healthy Frome partnership between Frome Medical Practice, Frome Town Council and Edventure - five years of collaboration, experimentation and community building. But it also asks the bigger question: what steps does Frome need to take next, to address the climate crisis?

Bella, Green and Healthy Frome, “We’ve learnt a lot. We’ve built a lot. And there’s still so much to do - together.”

Come and be part of the answer.

19/03/2026

Thank you for only ordering what you need when requesting a repeat prescription.

Stay well - use your medicine as prescribed so it is most effective.
Stay safe - stockpiling medicine can be dangerous to children and pets.
Stay green - recycle your unused medicine and packaging at your local pharmacy.

Find out more about what we are doing at the practice to prescribe more sustainably here: https://www.fromemedicalpractice.co.uk/prescribing-sustainably

18/03/2026

We've 2 new start dates for our Habits for Health programme to let you know about.

Habits for Health is a 6 week group that supports you to focus on what matters most for your health, making small changes that can lead to a healthier life. Whether it’s moving more, sleeping better or finding balance in day to day life, starting with small steps can make a big difference. It's run by our health connections team and we've 2 groups starting in April.

For patients registered with Frome Medical Practice:

📅 Friday 10th April
🕕 11:30am to 1pm
➡ For 6 weeks
📍 Frome Medical Practice

For patients registered with Frome Medical Practice, Beckington Family Practice, Mendip Country Practice, Grove House Surgery, Oakhill Surgery and Park Medical Practice.

📅 Tuesday 21st April
🕕 1:30pm to 3pm
➡ For 6 weeks
📍 The Key Centre, Feltham Lane, Frome

Whichever group you are interested in, we will need you to fill in a short registration form on our website.

Visit the link below or or go to the Frome Medical Practice 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

18/03/2026

Meningitis - know the symptoms and what to do if you spot them

Meningitis is an infection of the protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord (meninges). It can affect anyone, but is most common in babies, young children, teenagers and young adults.

Meningitis can be very serious if not treated quickly. It can cause life-threatening sepsis and result in permanent damage to the brain or nerves.

Symptoms of meningitis develop suddenly and can include:

a high temperature (fever)
being sick
a headache
a rash that does not fade when a glass is rolled over it (but a rash will not always develop)
a stiff neck
a dislike of bright lights
drowsiness or unresponsiveness
seizures (fits)

These symptoms can appear in any order. You do not always get all the symptoms.

When to get medical help - call 999 for an ambulance or go to your nearest A&E immediately if you think you or someone you look after could have meningitis or sepsis.

For more information about meningitis, including how it is spread and vaccinations, visit nhs.uk and search 'meningitis' or click the link below:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/meningitis/

18/03/2026

Do you have a learning disability? We would like your help to make our services better.

To get involved you can:

Ask at our reception for a paper feedback form.

Tell someone your feedback at the Hub drop in.
Where: Live Well Room, Frome Medical Practice.
When: Every Wednesday, 10 am to 12 midday.

Or give feedback online: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/H7287XN

Friends, family and carers are welcome to give feedback too.

17/03/2026

❗STAYING SAFE ONLINE AND AVOIDING SCAMS - THIS WEEK ❗

Join us for our first digital confidence session, taking place this week.

The topic of staying safe online and avoiding scams is something many people have spoken to us about at our digital drop in sessions. We're delighted that the Avon and Somerset Police Cyber Crime Unit will be joining us for this session.

Here are all the details:

📅 Wednesday 18th March
🕕 2pm to 3pm (with time afterwards for further questions, if needed)
📍Education Room (upstairs) at Frome Medical Practice
➡ Free
👥 Open to anyone from Frome and surrounding villages
➡ No need to book, just turn up ready for a 2pm start

16/03/2026

We are taking part in the Frome Kindness Festival this week!

Members of the practice Patient Participation Group and Health Connections Team will be chatting to patients visiting the practice on 17th, 18th and 19th March to find out about their experience of kindness at the practice and what more kindness could look like.

The suggestions that patients share will help shape a more compassionate and connected practice for everyone.

You can meet the Kindness Crew at the practice and have a chat at the following times:

Tuesday 17th March, 10am to 2pm
Wednesday 18th March, 10am to 2pm
Thursday 19th March, 10am to 2pm

As a practice, we aim to be a kind organisation where we care for each other, as well as for our patients, and where we also care for the world around us in responsible and sustainable ways. The kindness festival is an opportunity for us to encourage conversations around what a kind organisation looks like and we are looking forward to speaking to our patients about this over the course of the festival this year.