Looking After our Young Patients
We have a range of services for children and young adults to help deal with all aspects of child health from vaccinations through to mental health:
YPF Accreditation
Beversbrook Medical Centre are committed to
providing excellent quality health services in a way that our young patients appreciate - one way to recognise this is through the Practice achieving Young People Friendly Accreditation.
Young People Friendly Accredited services have proven they are in tune with young people aged 11 to 18 years through achieving certain standards to meet young people’s needs. There are up to 7 themes in the young people friendly tool kit that services have to evidence they meet.
BMC is proud to announce that on the 15th March 2017 the Practice was awarded Young People Friendly accreditation as recognition that we are making every effort to ensure young people recieve an accessible and supportive service. The Child Health Improvement Group who recommended us for acreditation have made some suggestions on how we can further improve our service and we would also welcome any feedback from young people themselves. We really value your opinions to help us to ensure we are tailoring our services to suit you. Please e-mail your suggestions to beversbrook@nhs.net
No Worries!
Beversbrook Medical Centre is a No Worries Practice, providing a confidential sexual health service for all young people (including those who are not registered patients) aged between 13-24 years of age. More information about the No Worries Service can be found here. To make a No Worries appointment please call 01249 821831 and speak to our helpful Reception team in confidence.
Wiltshire No Worries team also have a Facebook page which provides lots of information about events and sexual health news from the Wiltshire area.
We offer everyone, including those under 16, a free and confidential sexual health service. We would only share your information with other professionals to protect you or others from serious harm. We would always try to discuss this with you first.
If you have any questions about confidentiality please feel free to speak to the clinic nurse or doctor
You may also find this link very useful - http://www.fpa.org.uk/resources/leaflet-and-booklet-downloads
Promoting Positive Mental Health
Here at Beversbrook Medical Centre we recognise the importance of helping young people to promote positive attitudes to mental health and an understanding of what help is out there in the community and online for when they need it. There are a range of services across Wiltshire to help young people maintain good mental health. Everyone feels low from time to time and teenagers and young adults deal with challenging emotions as a part of normal development into maturity. Encouraging self-care and a healthy outlook on mental health from an early age helps our young patients cope with life's ups and downs.
There are several websites who can help young people and their families to help promote good mental health
Youngminds
Information and signposting
to organisations that listen,
plus online support.
NHS Choices
www.nhs.uk/Livewell/youth-mental-health/Pages/Youth-mental-health-help
An information hub of
advice and links.
The Mix
Essential support for under
25s.
ChildLine
0800 1111
You can find out about
anything – no problem is
too big or too small.
Kooth
Real time help with friendly,
qualified counsellors.
Epic Friends
Helping you help your friends
who might be struggling to
cope emotionally.
Doc Ready
Helping you get ready
for the first time you visit
a doctor to discuss your
mental health.
Rise Above
Interesting and useful stuff
to help you to address
anything that life throws
at you.
Stonewall Youth
Supporting young lesbian,
gay, bi and trans people.
Mermaids
Support with gender identity
issues.
Winston’s Wish
08452 03 04 05
Talk and ask questions
about bereavement.
OCD Youth
Things you need to know
about Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder (OCD).
Papyrus
0800 068 41 41
For those with suicidal
thoughts.
Revenge Porn
Helpline
www.revengepornhelpline.org.uk
0845 6000 459
Confidential help for victims
who have intimate images
of them shared and posted
online without their consent.
Beat
0345 634 7650
Support for anyone affected
by eating disorders or
difficulties with food, weight
and body shape.
Samaritans
08457 90 90 90
Talk about anything
that’s troubling you.
Oxford Health NHS
Foundation Trust
www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/children-and-young-people
Information about Child
and Adolescent Mental
Health Services (CAMHS)
in Wiltshire.
These websites can give you information about common mental
health problems, how to cope with your feelings and where to get support...