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Clinics

Antenatal Clinic
The Community Midwife runs this on a Thursday afternoon between 1.00pm – 3.30pm.

Cervical Smears
These are normally carried out on a three yearly basis in accordance with National Screening Policy. The practice will inform you when your next smear is due and also when you have had your smear the practice will inform you by letter your result (please be aware that this may take a few weeks).

Child Health Clinics
Tuesdays 1.30pm – 3.30pm Doctor and Practice nurse for immunisations and routine child health checks by appointment.

Health Visitor
Thursdays 1.30pm - 2.30pm by appointment and 2.30pm - 3.30pm in clinic.

Coronary Heart Disease Clinic

Held 3rd Wednesday of every month. This clinic offers assessment of patients with Coronary Heart Disease and is Practice Nurse run.

Counselling
A trained counsellor works part time in the practice.  Your doctor will refer you if appropriate.  This is primarily a private service but with a provision for partly funded NHS referrals.  This is assessed on an individual basis.

Diabetic Clinic
Held 1st Wednesday of every month. This clinic offers routine care and follow up to patients with Diabetes in order to optimise control.

Family Planning
We offer advice on all methods of contraception at the surgery, including the fitting of the IUCD (coil) and the Diaphragm (cap). We also offer advice and counselling on male and female sterilisation.

Minor Surgery
This can be provided by the practice by arrangement with the doctor/ nurse.

New Parent Group
Please contact the health visitor for dates and times of the sessions.

Registration Appointments
All new patients are invited to see the practice nurse for a health check.
This enables us to obtain details of your past medical history and carry out simple health checks.

 

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