Clinics Held Within The Practice

(ask at reception for details)

Minor Surgery

Some minor operations are done in the surgery. Your doctor will advise you. These procedures are performed on certain Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. Before you can have an operation you need to see the doctor in routine consultation and then he will arrange for your operation to be performed.

Cryo Clinics

Cryo clinics are held on Monday and Friday afternoons once a month and are run by our nurses.

Family Planning

A full range of family planning services is available. Additionally, menopausal advice including various HRT options can be sought. We also offer well person preventive medicine and health screening. Cervical smears, a part of the national screening programme, can also be booked with our practice nurse.

Asthma Clinic

A regular review of patients with this chronic problem is run by a specialist asthma clinic run by our practice nurse. This is supported by the doctors.

CHD Clinic

We offer regular checks for patients suffering with ischaemic heart disease, again run by the practice nurse with the support of doctors.

Diabetic Clinic

We aim to optimise the care of diabetics through our practice nurse clinic. This is for all types of diabetics and forms an important part of their control of disease and complications.

Antenatal Clinics

These are held on a Tuesday afternoon by appointment only at the surgery and are predominantly run by the midwives with doctors' support being available.

Well Baby Clinic

This is run on a Thursday afternoon between 10.00 and 2.30pm. The health visitor runs an open access clinic. She can give general help and advice especially specialising in under fives.
In the clinic, vaccinations to children will be offered and it is most important that your child is immunised and protected against diseases as set out by the Government Schedule.

Others

Other clinics run in the practice include Physiotherapy, Chiropody, Dietetics, Counselling, Community Psychiatric Nurse.
We also have a social services interviewing officer at the practice every Monday.

Child Immunisation Schedule

Aged 2 months	First dose of Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio and Hib, Pneumococcal (PCV)
Aged 3 months	Second dose of Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio and Hib, Men C
Aged 4 months	Third dose of Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio and Hib, Men C, Pneumococcal (PCV)
Aged 12 months	Hib and Men C Combined
Aged 13 months	MMR and Pneumococcal (PCV)
Pre-school ie 3 years 4 months - 5 years	Further dose of Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, MMR and Polio, Hep B booster for children who were born to Hepatitis B infected mothers
Aged 10 - 14 years	BCG (if tuberculin negative)
Aged 13 - 18 years	Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio, check MMR status

adult vaccinations are available from the practice nurse:

Flu vaccinations are available every October upon request.

Pneumococcal vaccination can be given at the same time as the flu vaccination. However, the pneumococcal can be given at any time of the year also.

Tetanus booster at 10 yearly intervals after initial course is also available.

Hepatitis B vaccinations are available for those who are at risk.

For full travel advice and immunisation services please see the practice nurse.