Carers

Are you a carer? Do you care for a person whom is frail, elderly, physically or emotionally dependent upon you? Do you have a child with special needs? Are you a young person caring, or helping to care for a member of your family?

Carers have additional needs and if we can identify those who are carers we can help.

Please tell reception so that we can update your details held in the Practice, and, with your permission, put you in touch with various agencies who can offer a variety of support.

Medicals

Private medical examinations for Insurance, Heavy Goods Vehicle, Public Service Vehicle, and Hackney Carriage may be arranged with the Doctors by appointment. Fees for non-NHS services will be charged at BMA recommended rates e.g. Insurance Claims, BUPA forms, passports etc. A list of fees is displayed on the Notice Board. In order to make an appointment for a medical you need to let the Practice have the papers at the time you make the booking. We are unfortunately unable to carry out a medical until we have received the full details of what is required from the party involved. These appointments usually take 30 minutes and are carried out Tuesday to Fridays. We also act as Company Doctors for a number of local firms.

Dr Partner (only) is also qualified to carry out aviation medicals. At the present time these are for class 2 licences, it is planned that class 1 medicals will also be offered in the future. Please E-mail Dr Partner initially for an appointment and details of fees etc.

andrew.partner@nhs.net

Clinics

Below is a list of available clinics at our practice:

• New Registration Medicals - daily during surgery hours.
• Medicals for the Over 75's - daily during surgery hours.
• Well Woman and Well Person Clinics - every Tuesday and Thursday between 1.30pm and 4.00pm
• Child Surveillance Clinics
• Continence Clinic
• Childhood Immunisation Clinics
• Heart Disease Prevention Clinic
• Diabetic Clinic
• Asthma Clinic
• Liquid Nitrogen Clinic
• Smoking Cessation

Health Authority and Other Clinics

• Dental Clinic
• Podiatry Clinic
• Family and Child Guidance
• Hearing assessment Clinic
• Orthoptist Clinic
• Speech Therapy
• Dietetics

Consultant Clinics

• Chest Medicine
• Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Ophthalmology
• Rheumatology
• Psychiatry

Minor Surgery

The Doctors are able to perform certain minor operations such as the removal of cysts and moles, joint injections and the treatment of warts and verrucas by appointment.

Child Health

All doctors provide Child Health Surveillance.

Health Visitors also provide information and advice, please refer to the Health Visitors page for further information. Click here to go there now.

Maternity Services

All the partners provide ante natal care. There is a small maternity unit in Wantage run by the Midwifes. It may be possible for you to return here following delivery in Oxford. You may choose to give birth at the maternity unit, home or nearby larger hospitals. Post-natal care is available on the maternity unit and in your own homes.

The Midwives and Health Visitors hold Parentcraft classes every Tuesday at 10.00am in the Health Centre.

Family Planning

All the Doctors are available for Family Planning Advice during normal surgery hours. Coils can be fitted by Drs Kyle, Dinnis, Robinson and Brodie. In addition, the Practice Nurses are available for pill checks, cap fitting and advice.

For further information on Contraception and Sexual Health please click this link http://www.fpa.org.uk/guide/index.htm

Flu

Influenza jabs are recommended by the Department of Health for patients 65 and over. In addition patients under 65 but with specific health conditions should also have an injection. These risks are as follows:

• Chronic respiratory disease, including asthma (where medication was issued within the last three months)
• Chronic heart disease.
• Chronic renal failure.
• Diabetis mellitus
• Immunosuppression due to disease or treatment, including asplenia or splenic disfunction.

The Practice will write to patients in the above categories inviting them to a clinic in the Health Centre during October and November.

Travel

We offer full vaccination advice for foreign travel and are a “Yellow fever” centre. If you are planning a trip abroad please ensure that you contact some weeks in advance as some courses of protection take time to build up.

Please download and return the travel questionnaire below and we will contact you to arrange an appointment.