Health Promotions Checks and clinics for the following are held regularly or from time to time as appropriate.
- Diabetic*
- Asthma/COPD
- Well Woman/Well Man*
- Blood Pressure
- Family Planning/Contraception
- Travel Vaccinations
- Weight/Diet (an evening meeting)
- Counselling (on doctors referral)
- Child Development
- Childhood Immunisations/Vaccinations
If attending for any of the above marked * please bring a urine sample with you.
Child Health Surveillance Children from birth to five years are regularly called for examination to assess their growth and development.
Minor Surgery Dr Peter Wood holds a minor surgery clinic at Moretonhampstead Hosptial every fortnight. Appointments can be made by a doctors referral.
Influenza Vaccination A clinic is carried out in October each year. It is recommended that if you are over 65 or suffer from Diabetes, Asthma, Bronchial
problems or Heart and Kidney trouble you should be vaccinated annually. It is also recommended that if you are over 65 you should also have the pneumococcal vaccine to protect you against pneumonia. One vaccine is lifelong.
