The District Nurse Service (Tel:
01865 456627)
District Nurses are specially
trained to assess nursing need and
provide care to patients and their
families in their own homes. They
care for a wide range of people,
including post-operative surgical
patients, people with long-term
medical problems and palliative care
needs. The daytime service is
available between 08.00 am and 4.30
pm.
The Health Visitor Service (Tel:
01865 456626)
Health Visitors offer antenatal
education and post-natal care to
mothers as well as care for children
under 5. They visit babies 10 ? 14
days after birth and thereafter see
mother and baby at the Child Health
Clinic. They offer parenting advice
for children up to 18 years and
support or referral for post-natal
depression.
Services we
offer:
- Family Planning
All doctors and some of our nurses
are trained in family planning and
offer a full range of services,
including emergency contraception.
- Maternity Services
Working with the community midwives,
the doctors offer antenatal care
throughout the week.
- Asthma/COPD Clinic
This is clinic is run by a practice
nurse and is for patients who may
require a change in their
medication, newly diagnosed patients
and those who require regular
support.
- Diabetic Clinic
A weekly clinic for patients with
diabetes is run by a practice nurse.
- Hypertension Clinic ? There
are weekly clinics run by both a
doctor and practice nurse for
patients who have been referred due
to raised blood pressure.
-
Travel
Clinic
The practice nurses can provide
advice and vaccinations appropriate
for your travels abroad. We are also
registered to provide vaccinations
for yellow fever. Please make an
appointment at least 8 weeks before
you travel to ensure that you can
complete the full courses of any
recommended vaccines. However, it is
possible to have some
immunisations even at short
notice.
- Immunisations
Our practice nurses are happy to
advise you about any immunisations
that you should keep up to date. We
encourage all patients with chronic
medical conditions or aged over 65
to have a vaccination against
influenza (?flu) every year. Please
make an appointment for one of our
?Flu Clinics? which are held from
October to December. We can also
provide vaccination against
pneumonia.
- Health Promotion
All the nurses offer a range of
advice and support to help you
maintain a healthy lifestyle e.g.
stopping smoking, dietary advice,
exercise, menopause. Women aged
between 25 and 65 years will be
invited to have a cervical smear at
least every 3 years.
- Minor Surgery
The doctors have the facilities to
perform a range of minor surgical
procedures.
- Child Health Clinic
This clinic is held on Thursday
afternoons. It provides routine
checks and immunisations for
children under 5 years of age. This
clinic is for well children only ?
please do not bring your child to
the clinic for the treatment of
illness or for repeat prescriptions.
The Community Midwife Service
A midwife from the John Radcliffe
Hospital shares antenatal care with
the doctors. She is at the surgery
from 08.30 ? 5.30 on Tuesdays.
Disabled Access
There is parking at the near by
multi-storey in Barns Road The
surgery has separate large and
suitably adapted WCs and washroom.
There is a lift to the first floor.
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