CLINICS
Practice Policy
We recommend that patients have their blood pressure and urine checked every
year. If you have not had this carried out in the recent past, please request
it from the practice nurse. Bring a sample of urine with you.
Baby Clinic
The baby clinics are held each Wednesday from 9.00 to 11.45am. Child development
checks and immunisations are given and the clinics provide an opportunity to
discuss other problems eg sleeping, feeding and child health worries, with a
doctor or nurse. The baby clinic is based at the new Children’s Centre
located at Castledyke Primary School.
Asthma Clinic/COPD
This is held all day Monday, Tuesday mornings and Friday afternoons and is run
by the respiratory nurse specialist Diane Curtis and team in conjunction with
your own GP, by appointment only.
Diabetic Clinic
The clinic is held on Monday mornings, Tuesday all day and Friday afternoons. This is run by specialist nurse Susan Bingley and team, by appointment only.
Coronary Heart Disease/Hypertension Clinic
This is held on a Wednesday afternoon and is run by nurse specialist Linda Norris, by appointment only.
Family Planning
Contraceptive care is provided by all the doctors during surgery hours.
Non-NHS Examinations
The doctors are happy to carry out medicals eg insurance and driving licence.
Telephone the surgery for an appointment. Please ask at reception for the charges
for these services.
Travel Immunisations/Vaccinations
Please make an appointment at least eight weeks in advance of your holiday to
ensure adequate cover. A charge will be made for certain immunisations and vaccinations
which are not covered by the NHS. A list of these charges, which are payable
in advance, is held at reception.
Flu Vaccination/Pneumovax
An influenza vaccination is particularly recommended for patients over 65 and
those with heart, lung or kidney disease, diabetes and residents of nursing and
rest homes. Please contact the reception staff in October for details of the
vaccination dates and to make an appointment. If you are unable to attend the
surgery, a home visit will be arranged to undertake this facility.
Yellow Fever Vaccinations
Central Surgery is an authorised Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre.
SERVICES
Under the GMS contract, services are divided as follows:
Essential Services
These are the services required for the management of the registered patients
and temporary residents who are ill, or believe themselves to be ill with a condition
from which recovery is generally expected, or those terminally ill or suffering
from chronic disease. Management includes offers of consultation, physical examination,
treatment or further investigation. All GPs sign up to provide essential services
and will be available during the core time from 8.00am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday.
Additional Services
Under the GMS contract there are seven additional services and these will be
provided at this practice by the GPs and their staff. These are:
• Cervical screening
• Contraceptive services
• Vaccinations and immunisations
• Childhood vaccinations and immunisations
• Child health surveillance
• Maternity medical services
• Minor surgery and minor injuries service
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