Clinics & Services
The practice operates a system of mixed clinics for nurse appointments providing a very flexible and patient friendly service.
The nurse team, at all level, are experienced practitioners who deal with a wide range of health conditions and are experts in many areas of chronic disease management.
The following services are provided:
- Asthma and COPD
- Baby/Child Immunisation
- Diabetes
- Women's Health/Smear
- Vascular Disease
- Family Planning & Nexplanon Insertions
- Hypertension
- Stop Smoking & Health Promotion Advice
- Travel Advice and Vaccination
- Dressings
- Blood Taking
- Injections
- Blood Pressures
- ECG's
- NHS Health Checks
- 24 hour Blood Pressure Recordings
- Renal Checks
- Minor Illness and Triage
Complimentary Health Services
Some complementary health services are available on site at Frome Valley Medical Centre through Frome Valley Health Ltd. Please visit the Frome Valley Health website for more information.
Checking your own blood pressure- how to
Our waiting room blood pressure machine has been out of action due to Covid19. Many patients are monitoring their blood pressure at home. This is safe and easy to do, in fact gives the most accurate readings as they are done in your usual environment. We would strongly encourage this and if you are asked for your blood pressure to be done you can submit the results to us online via econsults, or by replying to the text message we may have sent you
Here is a great guide on how to check your BP at home
https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/medical/tests/blood-pressure-measuring-at-home
Here is a form you can use to fill in your BPs to record and calculate your average BP result
Blood pressure monitoring sheet