2011 Influenza Information
2011 Influenza 'flu' injections programme
If you are eligible then you should contact your doctor to arrange for the flu jab: see the health section of the website for the contact number for Axbridge and Wedmore surgeries, or below.
People who can get the flu jab free of charge on the NHS include:
- pregnant women (in any stage of pregnancy)
- anyone with a long-term condition including diabetes, asthma, liver disease, kidney disease or heart or chest problems
- people undergoing medical treatment who may have a compromised immune system
- people with a neurological condition such as multiple sclerosis (MS) or cerebral palsy
- a frontline health or social care worker
- people living in a residential or nursing home
- a main carer for an elderly or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if they fall ill
- anyone aged 65 or over.
Wedmore Surgery
St. Medard Road Wedmore BS28 4AN
Tel: 01934 712774
http://www.axbridgewedmoredoctors.co.uk/
Axbridge Surgery
Houlgate Way Axbridge BS26 2BJ
Tel: 01934 732464
Help Lines
NHS Direct
0845 4647
The Samaritans
08457 90 90 90
ChildLine
0800 1111
NHS website for advice and to locate medical and dental services
Doctors
Axbridge and Wedmore Medical Practice
Wedmore Surgery
St. Medard Road Wedmore BS28 4AN
Tel: 01934 712774
http://www.axbridgewedmoredoctors.co.uk/
Axbridge Surgery
Houlgate Way Axbridge BS26 2BJ
Tel: 01934 732464
Nearest Chemists / Pharmacists
Lloyds (3.5 miles)
1 Church Street Wedmore BS28 4AB
01934 712266
Axbridge Pharmacy (4.3 miles)
The Medieval House The Square Axbridge BS26 2AR
01934 733230
Boots (5.6 miles)
Woodborough Road Winscombe
01934 843168
Lloyds (6.5 miles A38/A371)
Church Street Cheddar BS27 3RA
01934 742208
Late Night Pharmacy: Boots (Mon-Sat open till midnight)
Castle District Centre Unit 2 Locking Castle District Centre Worle BS24 7AY 01934 525048
Dental Surgeries
If you are having difficulty in obtaining NHS dental services call 0300 1237691
Cheddar Dental Practice (3.9 miles)
Holmleigh The Barrows Cheddar Somerset BS27 3BE
Tel: 01934 742259
Lympsham Dental Practice (5.3 miles)
The Old Rectory Rectory Way Lympsham Somerset BS24 0EW
Tel: 01934 750008
Winscombe Dental Practice (5.4) miles
4 Sandford Road Winscombe, Avon, BS25 1HD
01934 842573
Highbridge Dental Practice (5.7 miles)
22a Market Street Highbridge Somerset, TA9 3BT
Tel: 01278 782369
Burnham Dental Access Centre (6.2 miles)
War Memorial Hospital Burnham-on-Sea Somerset TA8 1ED
Tel: 01278 785977
College Street Dental Practice (6.3 miles)
28 College Street Burnham On Sea Somerset TA8 1AT
Tel: 01278 782934
The Dental Practice (6.3 miles)
13 Abingdon Street Burnham On Sea Somerset TA8 1PH
Tel: 01278 782742
Houston D A & C & Associates
(Currently taking new NHS patients)
164 Milton Rd Weston-super-Mare BS23 2YG
Tel: 01934 622824
Nearest Optometrist / Optician
N K Opticians
Greystone House Union St Cheddar BS27 3NA
Tel: 01934 743723
Orriss & Low
Corner House Woodborough Rd, Winscombe, BS25 1AQ
Tel: 01934 843713
A H Meyrick Ltd
31 High St Burnham-on-Sea TA8 1PA
Tel: 01278 782034
D J Bull (Optometrist) Ltd
41 High St, Burnham-on-Sea TA8 1PB
Tel: 01278 785743
A & E Hospitals
Weston General Hospital (7 miles)
Grange Road Uphill Weston-Super-Mare BS23 4TQ
Tel: 01934 636363
Bristol Royal Infirmary (19 miles)
Marlborough Street Bristol BS2 8HW
Tel: 0117 923 0000
Musgrove Park Hospital (20 miles)
Musgrove Park Taunton TA1 5DA
Tel: 01823 333444