Directory: Local Services
From Healthcare to Children’s Centres & Churches.
Healthcare
Doctors / GP Surgeries
Harbourside Family Practice – Harbour Road, Portishead 01275 868500
Heywood Family Practice – 1 Lodway Gardens, Pill (01275) 372105
Out of Hours Doctor/GP Dial 111 to arrange an appointment
Emergency Out of Hours & Minor Injuries
NON-EMERGENCY (24 hour service) Dial 111 from a landline or mobile phone
They will take all your details & an On Call doctor will call you back & arrange an appointment if needed.
Clevedon Minor Injury Unit (8am to 9pm every day – just turn up) Old Street Clevedon BS21 6BS
Pharmacists, Dentists & Opticians
Pharmacists in Portishead
Boots – High Street
Lloyds Pharmacy – Waitrose, Harbour Road – Portishead Medical Group, Victoria Square
West Hill Pharmacy – West Hill
Pharmacists in Pill
Boots Pharmacy – High Street, Pill
Lloyds Pharmacy – Pembroke Road or Ridingleaze
Dentists
From brushing their first tooth to their first trip to the dentist, here’s how to take care of your children’s teeth.
www.nhs.uk – care of kids teeth
A lovely blog written by a Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry. Packed full of user-friendly, evidence-based information on how to care for children’s teeth. From teething to brushing.
www.toothfairyblog.org
Coombe Road Dental Practice – Coombe Road (Private Only)
Evolve Dentistry – Harbour Road (Private Only)
Lime Tree Dental Practice – Woodhill Road (Private Only)
Portishead Dental Practice – Nore Road (NHS & Private) Website
The Dental Clinic Portishead – High Street (Private Only)
Woodburn Cottage Dental Surgery – High Street (NHS & Private) Website
Opticians
Boots – High Street
Dyer & Scott – High Street
Specsavers – The Precinct
Midwives & Health Visitors
Midwives & Health Visitors
Community Midwives, Portishead Medical Group, Victoria Square, Portishead (01275) 841630 (Choose ‘Option 3’) www.pmg.org.uk
Health Visiting Team, Portishead Children’s Centre, West Hill (01275) 885566
Healthy Child Hub
Mondays 1.30 till 2.15 (booking required) – Portishead Children’s Centre, West Hill
Health education sessions. (Weaning/sleep/nutrition problems in children 6 months and over) will be run prior to hub sessions Please call the Health Visiting Team to book: (01275) 885566
Drop In Hub
Mondays 2.30 till 4.30 (fortnightly, from 1st April 2019) – Portishead Children’s Centre, West Hill
For support & advice from the Health Visiting Team in a relaxed & friendly environment. Scales available.
Well Baby Clinics
Just turn up to speak to a Health Visitor. No appointment needed. Please arrive AT LEAST 15 minutes before the end of the session, as doors are closed at this time.
Wednesdays 1.00 – 3.00 Portishead Medical Group, Victoria Square, Portishead
2nd & 4th Thursdays of the month 1.00 – 2.30 Crockerne Library & Children’s Centre, Pill
Mental Health Support at Health Visitor Clinics
These clinics can offer parents 25 minute intervention & signposting sessions regarding mental health concerns in a confidential space. Available by appointment only. Call the Health Visiting Team to book: (01275) 885566
Children’s Centres & Churches
Children's Centres
Pill Library & Children’s Centre, Crockerne House, Underbanks, Pill (01934) 426070
Join your local Children’s Centre & get their ‘What’s On’ email, every quarter – Don’t miss out! Click Here to join.
What’s On at your local Children’s Centre Portishead, Pill, Long Ashton, Nailsea & Blackwell
to view or download the latest What’s On Click Here
(look for the ‘Downloads’ icon – in the right hand bar on a pc, or near the bottom on a phone)
Churches
As well as providing a place for us to worship together, there is so much more on offer at our local churches. They host toddler groups, children’s activities, community cafés & loads more.
Portishead Methodist Church High Street www.portisheadmethodistchurch.co.uk
Redcliffe Bay Methodist Church Queens Road www.redcliffebaymethodistchurch.org.uk
St Peter’s Church (Church of England) Church Road North/Church Road South www.portisheadparish.co.uk
St Nicholas’ Church (Church of England) Nore Road www.portisheadparish.co.uk
Portishead United Reformed Church @St Nicholas’ Church Nore Road www.portisheadurc.org.uk
St Joseph’s Catholic Church West Hill www.josephfrancis.org.uk
Gordano Valley Church @Gordano School St Mary’s Road www.gvc.org.uk
Vintage Community Church @ Portishead Primary School Station Road www.vintagechurch.co.uk/portishead/
