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living better

Living Better is a network of organisations across West Somerset working closely together to support the people of our local community with their health and wellbeing.

Living Better was established in 2017 and over that time we have worked closely together on a number of projects and health and wellbeing initiatives to enable patients to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to reach their own health and wellbeing goals.

click here to visit the living better website

The website has recently been updated and patients are now able to self-refer for health coaching or village agent support.

tALKING CAFE VENUES ACROSS SOMERSET

Minehead Talking Café –

beach hotel, Minehead – 10am – 1pm Every Monday except Bank Holidays (Until monday 9th january)

methodist church, Minehead – 10am – 1pm Every Monday except Bank Holidays (From Monday 16th January)

Williton Talking Café – Williton Pavillion, Williton – 1pm – 3pm Every Tuesday

Dulverton Talking Café – Magna – Fishers Mead community Room, Dulverton – 10:30am – 12:30pm every Thursday

NEW MATERNITY SELF-BOOKING SYSTEM AT T&S

somerset badgernotes is an NHS service providing a single point of access for all maternity referrals in the Somerset area. The aim is to make sure you have access to the right care from day one. they will triage your referral based on the information you provide and the hospital will contact you to start your antenatal care. In the meantime if you are worried about your pregnancy, please tell your GP straight away.

If you are more than 6 weeks pregnant you can use this maternity referral form to tell us about your pregnancy.  Your pregnancy care will be provided by a team of midwives based on which GP surgery you are registered with. Once you have submitted your self-referral you should receive a confirmation e-mail to let you know it has been received.

You can also use this to refer a pregnancy on behalf of a woman.

Getting help and support around the menopause

If you, or someone you know, is experiencing the menopause and wants help with managing your/their symptoms and to understand how you/they may be affected, please watch this helpful webinar developed by Dr Kathryn Patrick a local Somerset GP recorded in March 2023. The webinar is also available in sign language for those who are hard of hearing – this was recorded in October 2022.

For more details of the webinars and of the overall Somerset NHS Menopause Service please see Somerset NHS Menopause Service – NHS Somerset

There is a list of useful resources on the NHS Somerset Menopause Service web page that talks about the pilot menopause service running in Somerset.

If you would like to speak to your primary care team here at your practice about HRT, it will speed things up if you let us know you have watched the webinar and also include your Body Mass Index (BMI) which can be calculated at BMI calculator | Check your BMI – NHS | Please fill in your details (www.nhs.uk), and Blood Pressure (BP) if possible. 

Please also complete and include the following menopause symptom questionnaire – Menopause Symptoms Questionnaire – The Menopause Charity.