CLINICS
AND SPECIAL SERVICES
REGULAR CLINICS
| ANTENATAL/POSTNATAL |
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| Mondays/Tuesday: |
Dr Taylor |
| Tuesdays: |
Dr Ghaly |
| Wednesdays: |
Dr Ryan |
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Dr Newton |
| Thursdays: |
Dr Kok Shun |
Midwife in attendance Wednesday and Thursday.
All aspects of maternity care are covered. |
CHILD IMMUNISATIONS
It is policy at this practice that all children should be fully immunised according to national guidelines against tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, polio, Hib, mumps, measles and rubella. Appointments are automatically sent out for clinics held each Thursday and run by the practice nursing team.
If you have any queries about your child's immunisation please discuss them with the doctor, health visitor or practice nurse.
ADULT
IMMUNISATIONS
If you are unsure whether you are
adequately protected against tetanus, please ask as it is better to be safe than
sorry!
We encourage patients over 65 or anyone with chronic heart, lung
or kidney disease to attend for immunisation against influenza and, if appropriate,
pneumonia. Clinics are held commencing early in October and there is no need to
make an appointment.
Women planning to start a family should check they
are immune to rubella before conception. This involves a simple blood test.
TRAVEL
We cover all aspects of travel vaccination
and are a registered Yellow Fever Centre.
Vaccinations are provided on an appointment
only basis.
Ideally, travel vaccinations should be given six to eight weeks
before travelling to allow for optimum immunity.
Please therefore make an
appointment with our practice nurse well in advance of departure so that scheduling
can be planned.
You can contact a national travel vaccination helpline
on 0891 224100 for information on which vaccinations are required depending on
where you are travelling.
Alternatively, you may obtain this information by visiting www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk
Please note that some vaccination schedules
attract a fee - details are available from the nurses’ reception team.
DIABETIC CLINIC
This is held on a daily basis. Please contact reception to make an appointment with the practcie nurse.
You will be referred to this clinic
by your doctor for advice and support.
WART CLINIC
This is held each Wednesday and is
run by a practice nurse on an appointment-only basis.
FAMILY PLANNING
All doctors will be happy to discuss
all types of contraception on an appointment-only basis. Specifically:1) Dr Kok Shun can advise on the
use of IUCD (coil)2) Dr Ryan will advise on the use
of the cap3) Drs Ghaly, Taylor and Kok Shun
will give advice about the morning after pill.
CERVICAL SCREENING
The practice fully supports the government's
cervical screening programme.
The incidence of cervical cancer can be
significantly reduced by having routine cervical smears, and women aged 25-64
are invited for cervical screening examinations every three to five years.
These are normally carried out by our practice nurses on an appointment-only
basis.
NEW PATIENT HEALTH
CHECKS
It may be some time before we receive
your medical records from your previous doctor so it is important that we have
up-to-date information about you and your family.
Patients over the age
of five joining the practice will be invited to attend a pre-registration health
check.
Parents will be invited to place their children under five years
old on the child surveillance programme for regular examinations by a doctor and
the health visitor.
PRIVATE MEDICAL
EXAMINATIONS
On an appointment-only basis with the doctor.
Non-NHS examinations will incur a fee.A lsit of current fees is on display
in the patient waiting area.
COUNSELLING
You may be referred by the doctor
for individual sessions with our fully trained counsellor or therapist on an appointment-only
basis.
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