Surgeries & Times

KEEP WELL The Practice continues to be involved in the Keep Well project - a new health programme aimed at over 45s designed to keep you as fit as possible.   Please come along to the practice when you receive your letter. ANTE-NATAL CLINIC Monday morning between 10.30am - 1.30pm This is a Midwife-run clinic CHILD HEALTH SCREENING Tuesday morning between 10.30am - 12 noon This clinic is a Child Development Clinic where we regularly assess the under fives in the Practice. This clinic is held in conjunction with the Health Visitors. CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES All doctors are available for contraceptive advice during any surgery session. Intra-uterine devices (coils) and Implemon are fitted by appointment. Emergency contraception (morning after pill) is available at a routine or emergency appointment. CERVICAL SMEARS The practice nurse performs routine smears. Appointments can be made at reception and patients are recalled automatically every three years. CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT CLINICS If you suffer from Asthma, CVD, COPD, Diabetes or Hypertension we are now offering a new service whereby you can have an appointment to have your condition checked at a time that suits you anytime between Monday and Friday. You will receive a reminder letter asking you to make an appointment which can now be done on a suitably convenient day and time. If you suffer from more than one of these diseases you will no longer have to make separate appointments but will be automatically recalled. SMOKING CESSATION CLINIC Please contact reception regarding appointments HEALTH PROMOTION CLINICS At special birthdays (e.g. 30, 40, 50, 60 & 70) invitations are offered to patients to attend for a Well Person check. HRT/MENOPAUSE CLINICS Dr Bennet runs this clinic one Wednesday morning per month. TRAVEL VACCINATIONS/VISA APPLICATIONS The Practice nurses are happy to advise you as to the necessary travel vaccinations for foreign travel and to administer them as required. Some vaccinations require a prescription to be prepared in advance or may need a course of injections. So please make arrangements well ahead of your journey. There may be a charge for some vaccinations. Please ask at time of booking. Certain visa applications require accompanying health checks, which will be specific to individual countries. A fee will be charged for all of the tests performed at the practice. Please ask for a quotation at time of booking. Payment will be required on arrival.