PRACTICE NURSE CLINICS 

The Practice Nurses are actively involved in the management of . asthma, diabetes, HRT, contraception, cervical smears.  They also can advise on general health promotion and offer basic examination (Weighing, blood pressure, urine and cholesterol testing) for patients wanting a ‘check up’.

Also appointments can be arranged in the surgery for those wishing to stop smoking. 

ANTENATAL CLINICS

• Clinics held 1st and 3rd Thursday each month 9:30am to 11:30am
• Wednesday 9.00 – 10.00 am (with Doctor if the midwife is on holiday)

Midwife Fiona Chinneck, contact telephone number: 01793 604815  01793 604817
Ring between 9.00-9.30am Monday to Friday 

CHILD HEALTH CLINIC

• Clinic held every 4th Tuesday each month from 1:30pm to 3:00pm

Health visitor present for development checks, weighing and general advice.(NB- there is no clinic if there is a fifth  Tuesday in the month.)

Please call the surgery to make an appointment.

Health Visitor Office - Virgincare 0300 247 0090

CHILD IMMUNISATIONS

• Please call & make an appointment with the Practice Nurse, asking for a double appointment.

Vaccination Schedule

At two months old:

• Diptheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) (DTaP/IPV/Hib) - one injection
• Pneumococcal infection - pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) - one injection

At three months old:

• Diptheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) (DTaP/IPV/Hib) - one injection
• Meningitis C (meningococcal group C) (MenC) - one injection

At four months old:

• Diptheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) (DTaP/IPV/Hib) - one injection
• Meningitis C (meningococcal group C) (MenC) - one injection
• Pneumococcal infection - pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) - one injection

At around 12 months old:

• Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and meningitis C (Hib/MenC) - booster dose in one injection

At around 13 months old:

• Measles, mumps and rubella (German measles) (MMR) - one injection
• Pneumococcal infection - pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) - one injection

Three years four months to five years old (pre-school):

• Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) and polio (dTaP/IPV or DTaP/IPV) - one injection
• Measles, mumps and rubella (German measles) (MMR) - one injection

13 to 18 years old:

• Diphtheria, tetanus and polio (Td/IPV) - one injection

Travel Information

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements.  This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.  There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Carribean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online questionnaire below before coming to see the nurse.

Travel Information Questionnaire

It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible  - at least 6 weeks before you travel - as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations.  These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine.  Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge.  This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.

Vaccinations will be available from September - look out for the notices in the Surgery. Please call to make an appointment if you are eligible.

 Protecting your Child Against Flu 

The Flu vaccination: 2018-2019 who should have it this winter and why

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