CLINICS

MINOR SURGERY
We are pleased to be able to offer the convenience of minor surgery at the practice rather than having to travel to hospital and having a long wait. We take off lumps and bumps, do steroid injections into painful joints, do tennis elbow and carpal tunnel injections, ganglions, trigger fingers and much else besides! It is the male GPs who specialise in this area so please book in with one of them to discuss your needs.

FAMILY PLANNING
All the doctors are trained in family planning and offer advice and treatment as part of normal surgeries. Additionally, some doctors fit coils and the Implanon contraceptive. If you are on the contraceptive pill, there are checks that are needed every year for safety. We will advise if your annual review is due and ask that you see the nurse for this please, rather than a GP.

CERVICAL SMEARS
We strongly recommend that all women should have regular smears from the age of 25, unless they have been otherwise advised by medical staff.  An appointment can be made with the Practice Nurse. 

DIABETIC CLINICS

Our nurses are skilled at the routine checks necessary for people with diabetes. You will normally be sent blood forms first and then an appointment with the nurse. Our nurse practitioner, Chris Armitage, has extra skills in diabetes especially regarding insulin treatments.

TRAVEL CLINIC
Going abroad? Think you might need vaccinations or travel advice?  Fill in one of our travel questionnaires at reception and make an appointment or telephone appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your needs. Please discuss this well in advance of your trip (2-3 months).

ANNUAL FLU PREVENTION CLINICS
From October to December every year we run Flu vaccination sessions for the over-65s and those with chronic illnesses such as diabetes, asthma, COPD, heart disease – please make enquiries as the time draws near. We recommend that over-65s should also have a Pneumovax vaccination. 

ASTHMA CLINICS

Run by the nurses, vital to ensure the medication is working (and that it is being used properly!)

GENERAL HEALTH CHECKS (“MOTs”)

 Patients aged 16 yrs or over and who have had no cause to see the GP in 12 months or longer can arrange a general health check with the practice nurse. 

CHILD HEALTH SURVEILLANCE 

Please see the health visitor for routine measuring checks on your child under 5. They are also available to give advice on a wide variety of common childhood problems e.g. fussy eating, poor sleep, bed wetting, breast feeding. Please do make use of their skills and knowledge.

MATERNITY MEDICAL SERVICES

The midwives take care of our pregnant ladies and are very experienced in all matters maternal! If you are having problems in pregnancy then please book in and take some advice from a midwife. They also see newly pregnant ladies to go through all the many questions you will have - please ask for an appointment at reception.

RHEUMATOLOGY DRUG MONITORING

For those patients on DMARD's, we offer the convenience of having your regular blood tests done at the surgery rather than at hospital. This is a nurse run clinic.

WARFARIN MONITORING

This is a very popular clinic for those patients needing regular blood tests for warfarin. We can usually take over the monitoring of your warfarin at the practice. Patients tell us there is far less waiting than at the hospital clinic and it is more convenient. Please ask for details.

BEEP SCHEME

This is an "exercise on prescription" scheme that is run in the surgery. Certain medical conditions (e.g overweight, heart problems) will qualify you for a consultation with a health trainer and free or reduced prices to local gyms / swimming baths / sports clubs. Please ask the nurses about the scheme and they can refer you if you qualify.

PROJECT 6

This is a clinic run in the practice by specialist alcohol advisors for people who are having problems in this area. It is really very highly rated by patients and offers advice, courses, counselling and follow up for patients trying to reduce harmful drinking.

SUBSTANCE MISUSE CLINIC

Dr Williams has an interest and has had extra training in this area. The clinic is run with the help of a substance misuse worker.

MEN'S HEALTH CLINIC

This is an innovative clinic offering health advice, blood tests and health screening to men of all ages.

COUNSELLING

We have a very capable in house counsellor called Carolyn who sees patients for talking therapy for an hour at a time. Please speak to a GP first if you feel you need this service.

MENTAL HEALTH GATEWAY WORKER

Your GP may refer you to this new clinic based in the practice where a mental health professional can offer hourly sessions of advice, counselling and support for people with mental health problems. This service links in seamlessly with the psychiatry department.

WEIGHT WATCHERS ON PRESCRIPTION

For patients with a BMI above 30, we are running a scheme where you have some checks with the nurse, then are given free weight watcher meeting vouchers for 12 weeks to try and help you lose weight. Please enquire for further details. 

OTHER SERVICES AVAILABLE FROM THE PRACTICE 

DISTRICT NURSES - Care for patients to ill to attend surgery, continence aids, palliative care support. 

PHLEBOTOMY SERVICE (BLOOD TESTS) - Provided at Keighley Health Centre, just next door. Session times are available from our reception.  We would normally request you to wait one week, following the test, before ringing the Practice Nurses for your results.

XRAY's - conveniently located next door at Keighley Health Centre, please phone the number on the back of the form to book an appointment. Results often take three weeks to get through our doors despite what you may be told by the technician!

HEALTH VISITOR AND CHILD HEALTH  CLINIC
Please ask for an appointment with the health visitor for baby weighing, child health surveillance and any questions about common infant / childhood health matters. The health visitors see children under five - above this age the school nurse takes over.
Baby Massage Group – details available from health visitors. 

MIDWIFE AND ANTENATAL CARE
Midwife Clinics every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
The midwife team offer shared community care with local consultants. All of our doctors treat medical problems arising during pregnancy, but routine checks and advice are with the midwives.  If you are planning a pregnancy we would be pleased to discuss this with you. If you become pregnant, please see any GP in the first instance.

ECG's - The parctice nurses perform ECG's and 24 hour ambulatory ECG's, saving you a trip to hospital!

24 HOUR BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING  - Another service we have taken on that used to be done only at hospital.

SPIROMETRY - This is a breathing test especially useful for monitoring people with COPD and some Asthmatics.

ECHOCARDIOGRAMS - Dr Partridge runs a clinic at the surgery performing these specialised heart scans for our patients and patients from other practices.

CHIROPODY
Your doctor can refer you to the local chiropody service in the Health Centre. 

CHLAMYDIA TESTING  - This is a sexually transmitted infection which may cause no symptoms but can lead to long term damage. It is now easily tested for and treated at the surgery by a simple urine test for the under 25's. Please ask for a testing bag at reception or mention it to your doctor / nurse. See www.ruthinking.co.uk for more information.

COMMUNITY MATRON - This is a nurse with extra training in managing patients with chronic and complex conditions. She is able to give extra time and resources into keeping patients healthy and out of hospital where possible.

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

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.

Most travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge.  This is because travel vaccination is not included in the services provided by the NHS and therefore is a chargeable service.

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

Travel Questionnaire