Advice and information
Coffee mornings
Every six weeks, Bristol Bones and Joints HIT hosts online coffee mornings for anyone in the region living with bones and joints conditions. You can also invite your family and friends to the meetings. The coffee mornings are great fun, relaxed and informal – an hour meeting each other and chatting over a cup of coffee. See the next date.
Useful links
Exercises for healthy joints | Back, neck, knee and foot exercises (versusarthritis.org)
Exercising with arthritis | Top tips, specific exercises (versusarthritis.org)
While you’re waiting | Versus Arthritis
My Joint Health Hub – msk (bnssg.nhs.uk)
Contacting the hospital
Southmead
Rheumatology Advice Line: 0117 4140600 (answer machine – please leave a message)
Email: [email protected]
Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI)
Rheumatology Advice Line: 0117 342488 (answer machine – please leave a message)
To discuss, change or cancel your appointment, please call 0117 3427398
Rheumatology Patient Advisory Group (PAG):
PAG is the patient support group at the BRI. It is run by patients, for patients with any condition affecting their bones and joints.
PAG has a Facebook group and meets in person at the Bristol Royal Infirmary every two months on a Wednesday morning.
Weston General Hospital
Weston Rheumatology Nurse Advice Line: 01934 881075
Please call 01934 881035 to discuss, change or cancel your appointment
Physiotherapy telephone number: 01934 647 131
Occupational Therapy telephone number: Tel. 01934 636363 Ext. 3740
General wellbeing resources:
Better Health North Somerset Here for your Health and Wellbeing | Better Health North Somerset
+ WARM Weston-Super-Mare NRAS Facebook group
Local support groups
NASS Bristol (National Axial Spondylarthritis Society) has been running from Southmead Hospital since 1998. Since March 2020, they moved to online stretch sessions.
They run physiotherapist-led online stretch sessions every Monday at 19.30, Wednesday at 18.30 and Thursday at 10.00. They also run other online sessions including Pilates, seated Zumba and relaxation. Please contact them for more information or check out their NASS Bristol October 2022 programme
