We aim to monitor the following

• Diabetes
• Asthma and COPD
• Cardiovascular disorders
• Hypertension and Stroke
• Obesity and Smoking
• Other Chronic Diseases
• Care of Patients with Cancer
• Mental Health
• Thyroid Disease
• Epilepsy  

Clinics are held for the following:

• Ante Natal Care
• Warts
• Coil Fittings
• Minor Surgery
• Diabetes
• Asthma
• Child Development

Practice Nurse led Clinics are held for Asthma, Diabetes, Travel, Childhood Immunisations, Rheumatology monitoring, and Obesity and Diet.  

Minor Surgery & Wart Treatment
The doctors provide minor surgery and wart treatment, appointments to be arranged at Reception following referral by your GP.

Family Planning & Contraception
A leaflet is available at reception with advice about contraception, and the facilities the practice provides. We also have leaflets for young people available.

Your doctor is happy to advise you on all aspects of Family Planning. Dr Claire Harnett, and Dr Sarah Adams, are available to fit coils. Christine Taylor is a qualified Family Planning Nurse and is available by appointment, or by telephone for advice.

If you are planning a pregnancy, you are advised to make an appointment to see your doctor for advice the health aspects of becoming pregnant.

Maternity Care
Full maternity care, is provided by your Midwife, and pre and post natal care by your doctor. If you become pregnant please arrange to see the Midwife when you are 6 to 8 weeks pregnant. After your initial assessment by the Midwife, your blood tests will be arranged, and a home visit between 10 and 14 weeks of pregnancy.

Other Services offered by the practice are:

• Dietetic advice for Diabetic patients and other conditions requiring specialist advice, only on referral by your GP
• Private Reflexology and Indian Head Massage is also available in the surgery on Friday afternoons. Appointments can be made through reception, and payment for an hour long session is directly to the therapist
• Private Chiropody is also available, please check with reception, and payment is directly to the therapist.  

Preventative Care

CERVICAL SMEARS
This is provided for all women between 25 and 49 years every 3 years, and between 50 and 64 every 5 years in line with government recommendations. You will be sent reminders and appointments can be made at reception with the practice nurse. We provide written results of cervical smears.

BREAST SCREENING
Women between 50 and 70 will be invited by the Breast Screening Service for a mammogram on a 3 yearly national programme. Women are encouraged to take advantage of this screening facility. Women aged 65 or over may request a screening by telephoning 792699 to book an appointment.

HEALTH PROMOTION
If you wish to discuss any health issues with the practice nurse you can make an appointment with Reception.

ASTHMA AND DIABETES
Your GP would like you to see the practice nurse annually for a review, in addition to any review with your GP. If you have not been seen by the practice nurse in the past year, please make an appointment at Reception, and remember to bring your medication and inhalers with you. This is important for further repeats of your treatments. You may also receive a letter to see the practice nurse, please make this appointment with the nurse as requested. The practice nurse undertakes certain assessments on behalf of the GP.

OTHER CHRONIC CONDITIONS
If you have heart disease, diabetes, asthma, lung disease, epilepsy, thyroid disease, hypertension, or have had a stroke, or any other chronic disease, your doctor would like to see you annually or more frequently as will be discussed with you. If you have not seen your doctor in the last year, please make an appointment.  

FLU AND PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATIONS
Influenza vaccination is recommended by your doctor, and available each year from October, for patients who are 65 years and over, and for patients who are at risk because of asthma, diabetes, heart disease, chest disease, renal disease, or immuno-suppressed for other medical reasons. Pneumococcal vaccinations are also recommended for a once only dose, for those aged 65 years and over, and those at similar risk as above. Please telephone or ask at reception to make an appointment.

PREVENTATIVE IMMUNISATION FOR CHILDREN
The practice nurses provide all children with vaccinations in line with government recommendations. Babies are vaccinated against diseases as follows:

• 2 months - diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, haemophilus influenzae ( Hib), and pneumococcal disease
• 3 months - diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Hib, and meningitis C
• 4 months - diphtheria, tetanus, pertussus, polio, Hib, meningitis C, and pneumococcal disease
• 12 months - a booster against Hib, and meningitis C
• 13 months - MMR booster, and pneumococcal booster
• 4 years 6 months – MMR booster, diphtheria, tetanus, polio, and pertussis
• 15 years – diphtheria, tetanus and polio booster

This completes the normal lifetime requirements for these diseases. You will normally be contacted through the surgery, but if your child is not fully vaccinated, please make an appointment to see the practice nurse at reception.

RUBELLA IMMUNISATION
All girls reaching the age of 15 years should have been vaccinated against rubella, either by the MMR, or the rubella vaccine. For female patients unsure about their rubella status, who may be planning a pregnancy, please check with the surgery, and a blood test can be taken if necessary.. For patients requiring vaccination they will be offered MMR vaccine if they are not pregnant.