Stonehouse Health Clinic

14/10/2025

30/09/2025

This afternoon, Tuesday 30 September, our clinical staff will be out of the practice for a training session. Therefore if you have a medical need that cannot wait until tomorrow please consider the alternative support available:
- Attend a community pharmacy
- Attend a Minor Injury and Illness Unit (Stroud or the Vale are the closest)
- Call 111
- For emergencies call 999 OR attend A&E

Our phone lines will remain open for any queries but if you have a medical need you may be directed to an alternative option. Our front desk will be manned should you wish to drop in any prescription requests or have any queries that our non-clinical staff can help with.

We will be back open as normal tomorrow - Wednesday 1 October

13/09/2025

🍂Don't forget Gloucestershire's Minor Injury and Illness Units are there for you this autumn.

🏥 They are open from 8am until 8pm daily (last 'walk ins' at 7.30pm). There's free parking and you can book an appointment by ringing 111 or visiting NHS 111 online.

✅ MIIUs treat:
sprains, simple fractures, simple wounds, minor burns, minor head injuries with no loss of consciousness, minor illnesses (earaches, sore throats etc), rashes, bites, stings, infections and eye conditions like conjunctivitis. You can also get emergency contraception.

❌ They *do not* treat head injuries with loss of consciousness, alcohol related conditions, overdoses, complicated or serious injuries, long standing or major illnesses.

🗺 You can find Gloucestershire Community Minor Injury Units in:
- Cinderford / GL14 3HY
- Cirencester / GL7 1UY
- Dursley / GL11 4BA
- Moreton-in-Marsh / GL56 0DS
- Stroud / GL5 2HY
- Tewkesbury / GL20 5GJ

11/09/2025

Today is World Su***de Prevention Day.

If you need urgent help for your mental health, call 111 and select the mental health option. You’ll be directed to the right support.

Find out more Today is World Su***de Prevention Day.

If you need urgent help for your mental health, call 111 and select the mental health option. You’ll be directed to the right support.

Find out more ➡️ https://nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-services/where-to-get-urgent-help-for-mental-health/

08/09/2025

It is "know your numbers week"

Check out the post from our colleagues at NHS Gloucestershire and if you are passing by one of the areas they are visiting drop in and get your numbers checked!

Know Your Numbers Week is here

📅 Monday 8 – Sunday 14 September
Join us for free blood pressure checks at drop-in clinics across Gloucestershire – no appointment needed

Our NHS teams will be out and about on the Information Bus and at local venues, ready to help you check your numbers and give advice on keeping your heart healthy.

Why check?
High blood pressure often has no symptoms but can lead to serious health problems. A quick check could make a big difference.

📍 Find us at:

Mon 8 Sept: B&M, Kingsway Business Park (10am–3pm)
Tue 9 Sept: Upper Rissington Village Hall (3pm–6pm)
Wed 10 Sept: Hester’s Way Shopping Parade, Cheltenham (10am–3pm)
Thu 11 Sept: King’s Square, Gloucester (10am–3pm)
Fri 12 Sept: Morrison’s, Tewkesbury (10am–3pm)
Sun 14 Sept: Frampton Country Fair (10am–3pm)

Let’s take a few minutes to look after our hearts – see you there❤️

04/09/2025

September is write a will month and our colleagues at Longfield Hospice have an opportunity where you can get your will written and donate to a great cause at the same time.

04/09/2025

Walk and Talk for Longfield, because every step that you take counts!GO HERE TO BOOK FOR THE WALK AND TALK FOR LONGFIELD - https://longfield.org.uk/walkLongf...

01/09/2025

Here is the August Friends and Family Test Feedback!

As always we welcome comments and feedback from our patients to allow us to improve and offer the best care that we can.

This month we received 87 responses. This was a drop in the number or responses received this month but the feedback was still great.

We asked "How likely are you to recommend us to friends and family if they needed similar care or treatment?"

The results:
Extremely likely - 94.25%
Likely - 4.60%
Neither - 1.15%
Unlikely - 0.00%
Extremely unlikely - 0.00%
Don't know - 0.00%

29/08/2025

The new NHS 10-Year Plan talks about prevention, community care and digital reform.

But without real funding and urgent investment, it risks being just another plan that fails GPs and patients.

22/08/2025

Ticks are widespread across Great Britain and their distribution is expanding. Ticks are most active in the spring and summer months but can be active all year round. Lyme disease can be contracted anywhere where humans come into contact with ticks - in the countryside, urban parks or private gardens. It is important not to dismiss any areas as ‘zero risk’.

For travellers, Lyme disease is particularly prevalent in parts of central, eastern and northern Europe (including Scandinavia) and in the north eastern states of the US.

It is important for the public to ‘be tick aware’- to know what measures to take to avoid being bitten, how to perform tick checks on themselves, family members and pets and how to remove any attached tick promptly and safely.

20/08/2025

It is the summer bank holiday on Monday. We will be closed for the day so if you need to order your prescription early then please do.

Remember pharmacies are a place that you can get support for a number of acute health conditions through the pharmacy first scheme.

Some local pharmacies may have different opening hours over the bank holiday weekend.

To find an open pharmacy near you, visit https://nhs.uk/service-search/pharmacy/find-a-pharmacy

20/08/2025

Longfield Hospice are a local charity that offer support to many people in the community. They support people living with life limiting conditions, their families and carers and also provide bereavement services. This is all possible through fundraising and charitable donations.

If you are looking for something fun to do on Saturday 6 September check out their Walk and Talk event. You can do something active, have fun and meet some new people!