REGULAR CLINICS

Telling your GP and/or Midwife promptly will help to make sure you receive maternity healthcare that takes into account all your health needs and preferences. You can book an appointment with your GP or directly with your Midwife as soon as you know that you’re pregnant. There are community midwife appointments based locally that we can book you into.

It’s best to see them as early as possible to obtain the information you need to have a healthy pregnancy, and because some tests, such as screening for sickle cell and thalassaemia should be done before you’re 10 weeks’ pregnant.

Midwife
Midwives give care to women having a baby, both before birth and for ten days after the baby is delivered. A Midwife is a qualified nurse who has undertaken further training to provide and promote normal midwifery.

They help you to prepare for motherhood and promote good health for yourself and your baby by advising on the effects of drinking, smoking and good diet whilst you are pregnant. The Midwife guides you through your pregnancy and endeavours to detect any problems and make relevant referrals if necessary.

Health Visitors

You can normally see the Health Visitors at their drop-in clinic; for further information please contact the Practice. Health Visitors are all trained Nurses who have extra training and qualifications in child health.They are a fantastic source of information about child development and health, parenting strategies, breastfeeding, nutrition and community support. They also offer help with social, emotional and environmental issues that affect families.

Child health checks

Appointments are sent out automatically by the local health authority for routine child health checks. The first will be with a GP at the Surgery when your baby is around 6 weeks old. You will be sent information about this and asked to make an appointment at your local Clinic or Practice.

You will also be offered routine health reviews for your child, with your Health Visitor, at 6-8 weeks, 8-12 months and 2-2½ years old.

Child immunisations

Immunisations are given by our Practice Nurses or other Healthcare Professionals in accordance with the NHS vaccine schedule.

Different vaccines are given at different ages to protect you and your child. Find out when these vaccinations are offered, and when and where they’ll be given:

Long Term Conditions (LTC) are health conditions that can impact on a person’s life, and may require ongoing care and support. We organise appointments and provide support for people who have an LTC by putting in place a way of working called ‘Care and Support Planning’.

What is care and support planning?

This way of working aims to give you the opportunity to get more out of your annual review appointments by reorganising the way things happen and giving you more information before you see one of our Nurses. It should help you talk about:

• What support you may need
• What is important to you
• What you can do to look after your health and stay well
• Who is it for?
• Any patient who has a Long Term Condition (LTC)

The Benefits

This way of working is nearly always preferred by patients. It will help both you and our Nurse make the best use of the time you have in your care and support planning appointment. All the important tests and results needed at your appointment will be available for discussion at your second appointment.

What does this mean for me?

This means that your care and support planning review will take place over two separate appointments and you will have time to think about what you want to get out of these visits.

What happens at the first appointment?

At the first appointment, you will be asked to attend the surgery to have a number of tests done with a Practice Nurse or Healthcare Assistant. The tests may include a blood test (non-fasting), weight, blood pressure and, if you’re diabetic, a foot check. The Practice Nurse or Healthcare Assistant will either book your next appointment which will be with one of our Nurses, or ask you to arrange this appointment with the Reception desk.

What happens next?

Your test results from this appointment will be available when you attend to see the Nurse. The results of this test will be discussed with the Nurse and any appropriate action taken.

What happens at the care and support planning appointment?

At your care and support planning appointment you will be able to ask questions and talk about what’s important to you. The Nurse will raise any issues she is concerned about. Once you both agree on the main things to work on, you will get the chance to work out a plan and identify any support you need to help you look after your health.

There are a number of services that can help you when it comes to looking after yourself if you have the following Long Term Conditions – Diabetes, Chronic Heart Disease, (CHD), Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

The NHS Health Check is a health check-up for adults in England aged 40-74. It’s designed to spot early signs of stroke, kidney disease, heart disease, type 2 diabetes or dementia. As we get older, we have a higher risk of developing one of these conditions. An NHS Health Check helps find ways to lower this risk. Please contact the Practice to arrange an appointment.

Contact us on 0121 449 0300 to book your travel clinic appointment (please note these appointments cannot be booked online.)

Please note only the undernoted vaccines are available on NHS Prescriptions:-

Hepatitis A
Typhoid
Diphtheria
Tetanus
Polio

We run many clinics for the management of chronic diseases and offer a wide variety of medical services. Our Practice has an extensive Health Care Preventative Medical Service, run by the Practice Nurses and the Doctors. These include:

• Diabetes
• Stroke
• Heart
• Asthma
• Steroid Joint Injection
• Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease(Chest problems)
• Umbrella Contraceptive Services available to registered and non registered patients
• Sexual Health
• Cervical Screening
• Minor Surgery
• Vaccinations
• General lifestyle advice
• Taking blood samples
• Travel clinics

Please contact our reception team on 0121 449 0300 for more information on our regular clinics and if you would like to book an appointment.