Self Care Advice

What is Self Care?

Self care is about looking after yourself in a healthy way. It can be anything from brushing your teeth, doing some exercise, managing common conditions (like headaches, colds and flu) or living with a long-term health problem, such as asthma or diabetes.

As a Self Care Aware practice we are here to help you feel able to look after your own health when it is right for you. So, when you come in for a consultation, the doctors, nurses and healthcare assistants in this practice will talk to you about what you can do to help maintain and improve your health.

Did you know?

The NHS belongs to all of us – help us to keep it working smoothly by turning up for appointments
Every time you see a GP it costs the NHS £43, on average, for a 12-minute consultation
A visit to Accident and Emergency costs £112

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Musculoskeletal Conditions

The Get U Better app is provided free of charge for patients registered at Montpelier Health Centre. It can be accessed on a Smartphone or on the Web and guides you day-by-day through a sequence of exercises and tips to help you get better from a range of musculoskeletal conditions:

Lower back pain
Back and leg pain
Neck Pain
Shoulder Pain
Ankle Pain
Knee Pain
Soft Tissue Lower Limb

Click the image to self-refer

The Truth about TB

HANDi App

With Bristol and North Somerset CCGs, we are promoting a new smartphone app to help parents care for children suffering with one of six common illnesses.

These are:

diarrhoea and vomiting
high temperature
chesty baby (Bronchiolitis)
chesty child (wheeze and asthma)
abdominal pain
common newborn problems

The app is free to download for Android and iPhones and provides a home care plan for each condition to help parents provide the best support for their child.

CONfidence App

The CONfidence app provides signposting and self-help for people with bladder and bowel leakage issues, offering advice and information that can help at the earliest opportunity, especially for people who might be suffering in silence.

Download the free CONfidence app and explore the information to help you take control:

Or search for ‘confidence expert’ in your app store.

More details can be found on the BABCON website: www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/CONfidenceapp

Meet the Team

Partners
GP Associates
Practice Nurses
Health Care Assistants
Administrative Staff
Reception Team
Dispensary
Physician Associate/Advanced Paramedic Practitioner
Physician Associate
Clinical Pharmacists
Podiatrist
Dietician
First Contact Physiotherapist

Dr Kim Hearn

MB ChB MRCGP (1981 Bristol) I have been a GP for a long time now but still find it a very enjoyable job; it’s a privilege to be involved in helping patients through their lives and sharing the delights and dilemmas that face us all at different times. I have three children who are growing up and becoming young adults and my own parents and siblings – they all keep me in touch with life and the issues! I enjoy teaching and training young doctors in the practice as well as developing Montpelier as the best possible place for our patients. When I am not here I enjoy watching sport, relaxing at home and cooking healthy food. My working days are Tuesday morning, Wednesday and Thursday.

Dr Tim Mitchell

MB ChB MRCGP DRCOG DPD (1980 Bristol) I qualified at Bristol University in 1980 and then served for 6 years in the RAF. During this time I worked in UK, Hong Kong, Brunei, Papua New Guinea and Nepal. I joined the practice as a partner in October 1986 and have since developed a special interest in skin problems which has led to the publication of several books for patients and medical colleagues. Outside work I am a member of the Rotary Club of Clifton and work with a charity building schools and health centres in Nepal. Works at Pilning Surgery.

Dr Tom Bailward

MA MBBS MRCPCH MRCGP (1988 London). My working days are Wednesday and Thursday.

Dr Rachel Brown

MB BS MRCGP DRCOG DFFP (1992 Nottingham). I have been a partner at Montpelier since 1996 and have never stopped enjoying the challenges & rewards of working here. During that time I have developed interests in gynaecology & contraception and run a "well woman" clinic on a Monday afternoon at the surgery. When I am not at work I enjoy travelling, spending time with my family & cooking! I work all day on Monday, and on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings.

Dr Ben Spargo

MBBS BSc DRCOG MRCGP (Imperial College London 2008). I have a special interest in Child Health, Ear, Nose and Throat medicine, Education and teaching trainee GPs, Dermatology. My working days are Monday morning, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.