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Open Monday-Friday Branch Surgeries INGLETON WRAY Telephone Enquires Tel: 015242 61202 Repeat Prescriptions Tel: 015242 63618 Surgery Closed Tel: 015242 61202 Out of Hours services are provided by Website updated |
HEALTHY LIVING Prevention really is better than cure. We encourage everyone to share the responsibility for their health, preventing disease and treating existing disease. Many of the serious diseases are less likely to develop if you lead a healthy lifestyle. To help you achive this, our practice nurses provide a full health promotional service. This includes a thorough check-up with a blood pressure check, height and weight measurement, a urine test (please bring a sample) and for women a cervical smear. They can advise you how to reduce the risk of developing disease. You can make an appointment to see them about this in the usual way.
Stopping smoking Smoking is the single largest preventable cause of ill health in the country. It is the major cause of cancer, heart attacks, angina, strokes and chest diseases. If you would like advice or help giving up then please ask us. One of our practice nurses, Rachel Clay, is specially trained in smoking cessation and can help you “kick the habit”. She can offer support to anyone who wants to stop smoking. You can find information about the effects of smoking on your health and advice on how to stop smoking on the NHS Choices website
Maternity care Maternity care is mostly carried out by the midwives, but if you suspect you are pregnant, please make an appointment to see your doctor first.
Child health We hold a Child Health clinic every week alternating between Bentham Surgery (on a Tuesday) and Ingleton Surgery (on a Wednesday). A health visitor and a doctor are on hand to discuss any concerns you may have about the health or development of your pre-school children. We give immunisations and carry out development checks on children up to the age of four. We strongly recommend that all children are fully immunised following the standard immunisation schedule. If you think your child may not be fully immunised please discuss it with your doctor or health visitor. For the further advice about childhood immunisations and the latest recommendations from the NHS click here
Foreign travel advice The practice nurses can advise you on all you need to know about how to protect your health while travelling abroad. They advise you on what vaccinations you need for your destination and help you plan when they should be carried out. Remember that some vaccinations require you to complete a long course to obtain full protection. Do not leave it too late to come to see us. The nurses will carry out all the vaccinations you need, including yellow fever. A reliable source of information about health for travellers is: http://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk/ |
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