Practice Nurses
The sisters provide:
- first aid to minor injuries
- blood pressure checks
- dressing of wounds
- ear syringing
- removals of sutures
- routine injections (vitamins, hormones etc)
- immunisations
- baby immunisation clinic
- general health advice.
Our nurses also provide regular health promotion advice:
- travel and vaccinations
- cholesterol level tests
- asthma management
- smoking cessation
- diabetes management
- alcohol consumption management
- well person routine health checks
- diet and weight reduction
- cervical cytology
- HRT checks
- hypertension management
- well woman and family planning.
Please use the services of the nurse where possible to allow doctors to carry out diagnostic consultations.
Phlebotomist
If you require a blood test only, using the services of a phlebotomist saves valuable practice nurse time. Requests for blood tests are usually via the doctor or practice nurse.
Health Visitor
Please contact Eastwood Clinic 01773 712218 if you would like to contact a Health Visitor.
Our child health clinics are held at either Eastwood or Kimberley Clinic by appointment.
District Nursing
The District Nurses provide skilled nursing care, advice, support, health promotion/education and screening to patients and carers within their own homes who are unable to attend the surgery.
Contact 01773 785463
Midwife
Weekly antenatal clinics and booking clinics are run at the surgery and the Childrens Centre on Chewton Street.
CPN
Limited counselling services are available. These are usually by referral of the general practitioner.
Substance Misuse Clinic
Dr P Exley runs a Substance Misuse clinic each Monday, aided by a support worker and specialist Nurse. Referral, via their own Doctor, is for people over 18 who are registered within Eastwood Giltbrook or Kimberley.
Over 75 Screening Visits
For our more elderly patients we offer an ‘over 75 health check’. This is available yearly at either the health centre or, if necessary, at home. Please contact the surgery - arrangements will be made with the practice nurse.
New Patient Health Check
All newly registered patients over the age of five are asked to have a health check with the health care assistant within four weeks of joining the practice. A 20 minute appointment with the nurse will be offered on registering with us.
Immunisation Advice
It is very important that children and babies are fully immunised. Illnesses such as diphtheria, tetanus and polio are, thankfully, rare now because of recent immunisation policies. Whooping cough (pertussis) causes a very distressing illness with severe prolonged coughing and it is strongly recommended that all babies have this vaccination along with their other baby injections (there are very few contra-indications).
If you have any worries or queries about any aspect of your child’s immunisations, please feel free to discuss them with your doctor, the practice nurse or the health visitor.
The current recommended vaccination schedule is as follows:
- 2 months 1st dose DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel) Meningitis C
- 3 months 2nd dose DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel) Meningitis C
- 4 months 3rd dose DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel) Meningitis C
- 12-18 months MMR (measles, mumps and rubella)
- 4-5 years Booster diphtheria, tetanus, polio pertussis and MMR
- 10-14 years BCG (at school) this item not being given at school unless at risk
- 14-18 years Booster tetanus, polio and diphtheria