The district nurses provide care, advice and support for people at home who are unable to attend the surgery. Most of their work is with the elderly, chronically sick and terminally ill. They also deal with minor illnesses and injuries.
 

HEALTH VISITORS AND FAMILY HEALTH (Tel: 01865 788893)

The health visitors provide advice on family health and child care issues. If you have any worries about minor illness in your children then you may wish to contact them first. The health visitors work in partnership with the doctors. There are a number of services available locally for parents and children that offer practical support, advice and counselling.

Child Health Clinic

• Tuesday afternoons between 1.30 and 3.00pm.
  This is a health visitor drop in clinic. We give help and advice about caring for your child.
  
  A child immunisation clinic is also available on Tuesday afternoons 2.00 – 3.30 with the practice nurse. Please make an appointment through reception.
  
  Appointments with the health visitors are available as well as home visits by arrangement.
  
  Locality clinics are also available for advice on Wednesdays 1.30-3.00 at Temple Cowley Health Centre and at Florence Park on Thursdays between 11.30 and 1.00pm.
   
• We also have appointments for specific health issues e.g. development, behaviour, smoking etc. Please phone the health visitors for details.
   

We provide full antenatal and postnatal care, and work closely with our own team of community midwives who hold a clinic at the surgery every Tuesday and Thursday morning. Antenatal care is shared between the midwife and your doctor. We recommend that you make an appointment to see your doctor as soon as you know that you are pregnant.

Before trying to conceive, we advise women to check if they are immune to Rubella (German measles). We also recommend they take folic acid tablets 400 micrograms daily while trying to conceive, and during the first three months of pregnancy, to help prevent the baby from developing spina-bifida. This is available from the chemist without a prescription. It is very important for the health of your unborn child that you do not smoke during your pregnancy. If you need help and support to give up smoking, please talk to one of the doctors or practice nurses.

We have a counsellor, Susan Williams, attached to the practice.
 
Referrals are made through your GP.

We offer a service for patients with drug and alcohol problems which is run by a Specialist Addictions Nurse.

Initial referrals are made through your GP.

Most of these services are run by the practice nurses and can be booked via reception.

• Asthma, Diabetes and Heart Disease clinics
   
• Blood pressure monitoring
  We have a blood pressure machine in the waiting for patients to use to take their own blood pressure. If you are concerned about your blood pressure please talk to one of the practice nurses.
  
  If you know you have raised blood pressure you should have a check with a practice nurse every six months. Please make an appointment through the receptionist.
   
• Cervical smears
   
• Family planning including morning after contraception
   
• Foreign travel advice - see our Travel Health Advice page
   
• Influenza vaccination
   
• Minor surgery and wart clinics
   
• Smoking cessation advice
   

A Citizen's Advice Bureau adviser is available in the practice once a fortnight on a Thursday afternoon. The adviser can help with advice on financial issues and other problems such as housing, legal matters, employment, etc.

Appointments can be made through your GP, practice nurse or health visitor or you can make an appointment yourself at the reception desk. All advice is free and confidential.

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