Clinics
New Patient Health Checks
These are to help us plan your medical care. All new patients are expected to attend for a health check with the practice nurse within one month of registration.
Health Checks for ages between 40 and 74
For your health check please make an appointment with our health care assistant in a general clinic.
Pre-pregnancy Health Checks
These are offered by the practice nurses for couples contemplating pregnancy.
Practice Nurse Asthma Clinics
All asthmatics should make an appointment in one of these clinics at least annually.
Practice Nurse Diabetic Clinics
Unless being cared for by the hospital all diabetics should attend a clinic at the interval specified by your doctor/nurse. This is usually every six months if your diabetes is well controlled or more frequently if poorly controlled.
Monitoring Of Other Long-Term Health Problems
This will include conditions such as high blood pressure, heart disease etc. They will be monitored by the nurses primarily in general clinics.
Stop Smoking
Please make an appointment with our health care assistant.
Lifestyle Advice eg Alcohol, Exercise, Diet
This is offered by the practice nurses and doctors in their general clinics and surgeries.
Health Promotion Services To The Housebound
The same services as are offered in the surgeries are available to housebound patients. These are carried out by the practice and district nurses.
Pregnancy Care
Full pregnancy care is offered together with the community midwife. Postnatal checks are performed as well as the six-week baby checks wit a doctor in one of their morning clinics.
Family Planning
General advice and pill checks are offered in normal surgeries by all the doctors and in general clinics by the practice nurses trained in this field. For all contraceptive advice and well woman care, there is a separate well woman and family planning clinic run by Dr Kleinberg and our specially trained practice nurses.
Well Woman Care
All female patients are offered a cervical smear test from 25 years of age together with advice about breast awareness and health checks at regular intervals. This service is provided by the practice nurses in their general clinics.
Childhood Immunisations
Immunisations are offered on Tuesday afternoon at Wrafton House only by appointment. Children who are ill should be brought to a general surgery and not to these clinics.
Immunisations
A full range of vaccinations are offered, shingles, B12, travel, influenza and other vaccinations (some of which are chargeable) at both surgeries. Please make an appointment with the practice nurse. For travel immunisations this should be at least three months before the date of travelling. Please collect a form prior to travelling and complete and return it to Wrafton House. A practice nurse will telephone you with an appointment. Ideally, the immunisations should be administered two months before departure.
Minor Surgery
Some minor operations are performed by all the doctors during normal surgery times. Dr Dunseath and Dr Panneerselvam run Minor Surgery clinics monthly.
Cryotherapy Clinics
These are run by Dr Dunseath approximately every four weeks to treat a variety of skin lesions.
Counselling
A confidential counselling service is offered by the practice after discussion with your doctor or practice nurse.
Children's Immunisation Schedule
NHS vaccinations and when to have them
If you have any doubts about any of the immunisations please speak to either your doctor or one of our health visitors.