Clinics

Antenatal Clinic - held by the Midwife every Monday

What is Antenatal Care?

This is the care you receive while you're pregnant to make sure you and your baby are as well as possible.

The midwife or doctor providing your antenatal care will:

• check the health of you and your baby
• give you useful information to help you have a healthy pregnancy, including advice about healthy eating and exercise
• discuss your options and choices for your care during pregnancy, labour and birth
• answer any questions you may have

To find further Information on Antenatal care please click HERE

Asthma Clinic - held by the Practice Nurse by appointment every day of the week

Treatment for Asthma

If you have asthma you'll be supported by a care team including a GP or nurse, and sometimes a specialist hospital doctor.

Your care team will explain how and when to use your medicines, how to monitor your asthma, ways to avoid triggers and reduce your symptoms, and what to do if your symptoms get worse.

This will be recorded in your asthma action plan, which you'll need to take to all your asthma appointments. You'll be given a printed or digital copy, or both.

You should have check-ups at least once a year to see how well your treatment is working. These will include checking that you're using your inhalers correctly and your asthma action plan is up to date.

For more information on Asthma, icluding it's treatment, support, and general knowledge please click HERE

Child Immunisations - held by the Practice Nurse by appointment every day of the week

It's important that vaccines are given on time for the best protection, but if you or your child missed a vaccine, contact your GP to catch up.

For the full NHS Vaccination schedule for babies into adulthood please follow the link HERE to the NHS website.

COPD - held by the Practice Nurse by appointment every day of the week

Overview and Treatment

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the name for a group of lung conditions that cause breathing difficulties.

COPD is a common condition that mainly affects middle-aged or older adults who smoke. Many people do not realise they have it.

The breathing problems tend to get gradually worse over time and can limit your normal activities, although treatment can help keep the condition under control.

There's currently no cure for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but treatment can help slow the progression of the condition and control the symptoms.

Treatments include:

• stopping smoking – if you have COPD and you smoke, this is the most important thing you can do
• inhalers and tablets – to help make breathing easier
• pulmonary rehabilitation – a specialised programme of exercise and education
• surgery or a lung transplant – although this is only an option for a very small number of people

A doctor will discuss the various treatment options with you.

More information can be found HERE

Diabetes Clinic - held by the Practice Nurse by appointment every day of the week

Overview and Treatment

Diabetes is a condition that causes your blood glucose (sugar) level to become too high.

The treatment you'll have depends on the type of diabetes you have. You'll be treated by a specialist diabetes team in hospital or at your GP surgery.

Type 1 diabetes treatment includes taking a medicine called insulin for the rest of your life, and regularly checking your blood glucose (sugar) levels.

Type 2 diabetes treatment and gestational diabetes treatment includes lifestyle changes such as eating healthily, exercising and trying to lose weight, and sometimes medicines, such as metformin or insulin.

For more information please click HERE

Family Planning Clinic - held by the Practice Nurse by appointment every day of the week

Where to get Contraception?

Contraception services are free and confidential on the NHS.

You can get contraception, including emergency contraception, for free from:

• sexual health clinics, also called family planning or contraception clinics
• some GP surgeries
• some young people's services (call the national sexual health helpline on 0300 123 7123 for more information)
• most pharmacies

You can find nearby services HERE

A general health check are available as follows:

NHS Health check

• aged 40-74 (no other conditions, every 5 years)
• Well Woman
• Well Man
• aged 75 and over (who has not seen a GP in the last year)

General checks will be carried out as follows:

Blood pressure, blood tests (as appropriate), Height and Weight, Lifestyle advice, Tetanus status.

Cervical screening, which used to be called a smear test, is a test to check the health of the cervix and help prevent cervical cancer. All women aged 25 to 64 are invited for cervical screening every 5 years. Everyone with a cervix should be offered screening.

What is Cervical Screening? 

• All women aged 25 to 64 are invited for cervical screening every 5 years to check the health of their cervix. Cervical screening used to be called a smear test.
• Everyone with a cervix should go for cervical screening.
• If you're a trans man or non-binary and have a cervix, you can speak to your GP, sexual health clinic or transgender health clinic about getting invitations routinely.
• The cervix is the opening to your womb from your vagina.
• It's not a test for cancer, it's a test to help prevent cancer.
• During the screening appointment, a small sample of cells will be taken from your cervix.
• The sample is checked for certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that can cause changes to the cells of your cervix. These are called high risk types of HPV.
• If these types of HPV are not found, you do not need any further tests.
• If these types of HPV are found, the sample is checked for any changes in the cells of your cervix. These can be treated to help prevent cervical cancer.
• The nurse or doctor will tell you when you can expect your results.

To find out more infomation please click HERE.