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Clinics & Services

We run a range of clinics; for an appointment or further details, please speak to one of our Receptionists. 

Our reception desk is open during all surgery times, alternatively you can book appointments on 0161 983 5100 our lines are open between 8am and 6pm. 

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Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Spreadsheet

Antenatal

Monday 8.50am - 3.30pm

This clinic is run by the midwives. If you become pregnant, you will be given a ‘booking appointment’ at which the midwife will ask you a few questions and carry out some general health checks. You will be seen regularly throughout your pregnancy either at the practice or at the local hospital, or both. 

Child health and immunisation

Tuesday mornings

All new babies are invited for regular check-ups from eight weeks old. 

We will never refuse a child appointment - if your child is ill contact the reception they will organise for a face to face appointment or telephone appointment on the same day.

Minor surgery

Tuesday 9.40am - 11.30am

Minor operations can be done in our treatment room. Please discuss this with your doctor who will then arrange for you to be given an appointment. 

Diabetes

Monday (New diabetics) and Friday (Annual Review)

This clinic offers advice and general health check-ups to patients diagnosed with diabetes.

Phlebotomy (bloods)

Daily blood tests to be booked at reception, if this is a fasting blood test (you will be advised you should not eat anything from 10pm the night before) - we will always endeavour to book fasting blood tests before 9.30am.  For any blood tests please ensure you drink PLENTY of water not just sips as this helps to make taking the blood easier.

Asthma / COPD

Clinics held on various days. Asthma sufferers can attend this clinic for advice and support from our nurse who specialises in asthma care.  

Cardiovascular Screening

Led by Sister Bailey, this clinic offers advice and general health check-ups to patients diagnosed with CVD conditions.

Additional practice services/clinics.

• Cervical Smears
• Child Health
• Dietary Advice
• ECG
• Maternity Medical Services (Provided by the Midwife)
• Over 75 checks
• Private Medicals
• Smoking Cessation
• Spirometry
• Phlebotomy clinic (blood appointments) 

Additional Clinics

Additional Clinics are offered to our patients within the centre and are run by:

• Community Midwifes
• Physiotherapist
• Dietitians
• Chiropodist
• Podiatrist
• Speech Therapist
• Gatley Care Scheme
• Counsellors  

Pharmacy Services

Need advice on any of the following?

• Head Lice
• Coughs, cold & Hayfever
• Athletes Foot
• Sprains and strains
• Thrush
• Weight management
• Private flu jabs
• Travel vaccines
• Inhaler techniques
• Morning after pill

Your local pharmacy if able to offer free-of-charge advice, no appointment necessary.

Please ask at reception for more details.

Travel Vaccinations

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to fill out a Travel Form which you will find available at reception and on our website. The form will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to help the practice nurse determine what vaccinations are required. It is important that you complete this form and hand back to reception as soon as possible as an appointment with the practice nurse will be required to receive any necessary vaccinations AT LEAST 6 weeks before you travel.

Information about countries and vaccinations required can be found on the links below:

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Carribean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

PLEASE READ ALL THE INFORMATION BELOW.

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.

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge.  This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.

Travel Health Questionnaire

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please print and complete the travel questionaire below or pick a form up from reception - once completed hand into reception - please leave adequate time to allow the nurse to review your form and contact you re vaccinations and cost.

Travel Questionnaire

Travelling in Europe

If you are travelling to Europe a very useful booklet has been published with advice and guidance to help you get the most out of your holiday.  To visit please click:- http://ec.europa.eu/publications/booklets/eu_glance/86/en.pdf (this is a large document and may take a minute or two to view)

New Minor Eye Conditions Services

The Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS) provides assessment and treatment for people with recently occurring minor eye conditions.

The service is provided by MECS accredited optometrists (also known as opticians)

Minor eye conditions that can be treated by the service include:

• Red eye or eyelids
• Dry eye gritty and uncomfortable eyes
• Irritation and inflammation of the eye
• Significant recent sticky discharge from the eye or watery eye
• Recently occurring flashes and floaters
• Painful eye
• Ingrowing eyelashes
• Recent and sudden loss of vision
• Foreign body in the eye

There is a website for patients which informs you on how to book an appointment with the service and participating practices available to download http://stockportmecs.co.uk/

CBT Self-referral

Under the IAPT scheme (improving access to psychological therapies), we are now able to offer self-referral to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. This has been shown to be very effective for the treatment of mile to moderate anxiety and depression. You may wish to discuss this with your GP first, or they may have directed you to our website. You can download the forms then complete and send them to the CBT department yourself, hopefully giving you quicker access to the help you need.

CBT SELF REFERRAL FORMCBT - INFORMATION SHEET

FIRST CONTACT PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTITIONER 

First Contact Physiotherapists (FCP) will provide expert assessment, diagnosis and management of soft tissue, muscle and joint conditions.  A patient can book an appointment to see an FCP without having to see their GP first. 

The service aims to:

• Provide a specialist expert assessment and guidance on self-management.
• Achieve early intervention of care to promote health and return to work.
• Manage an individual’s journey to other services.
• Provide improved healthcare choice and satisfaction for residents of Stockport

We now have a  physio on site on a Wednesday and Friday Morning, these physios can then help patients with exercises, advice and guidance. Very often this early intervention and support will stop patients having to go onto the physio service waiting list.  We do stress this is in addition to GP and physio services not instead off, so if a patient needs to see a clinician or physio they will continue to do so.

A CARER'S GUIDE...

HOW TO GET HELP IN LOOKING AFTER SOMEONE

As a Carer you are entitled to a Carer’s Assessment by Social Services, to discuss the help that both you and the person you care for, might need.

Contact: Stockport Social Services Ashley, 28 Manchester Road, Cheadle, SK8 2NP

Phone: 0161 428 3241

Webiste: https://www.stockport.gov.uk/topic/adult-social-care

Services that might be helpful include:

· Help with household tasks

· Help with caring tasks during the day and night

· Respite care

· Activities for the ‘cared-for’ person

· Benefits advice

Other useful services

· District nurses, Chiropodist, Community Dentist, Health Visitor and Optician can be accessed by calling the Community Services Administrator on 0161 426 5144

· Macmillan nurse – discuss with GP or practice nurse.

Useful Organisations

Stockport Care Scheme: The Heatons Centre - Thornfield Road, Heaton Moor, Stockport, SK4 3LD  

Phone: 0161 476 2812

Email: breda.johnson@stockportcareschemes.org.uk

Webiste: http://www.stockportcareschemes.org.uk/

· Age Concern – 56 Wellington Street, Stockport, SK1 3AQ

   Phone - 0161 480 1211

   Website: https://www.ageuk.org.uk/stockport/

· Alzheimer’s Society - Stockport & District Branch, Bramhall Methodist Church, 23 Bramhall Lane South, Bramhall, Stockport, SK7 1AL

  Telephone  - 0161 449 7475

  Website: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/

· Citizen’s Advice Bureau – Cheadle Library, Ashfield Road, Cheadle, SK8 1BB

  Telephone  - 0161 428 3158

  Webiste: http://stockportcab.org.uk/

· Crossroads Together - Heaton Moor Centre, Thornfield Road, Stockport, SK4 3LD

  Telephone - 0161 432 7712

  Website: http://www.crossroadstogether.org.uk/

· MIND  - Dove House, 65 Union Street, Stockport, SK1 3NP

  Telephone - 0161 480 7393

  Website: https://www.mind.org.uk/

WELLBEING SERVICE

We are now hosting a service where patients can be referred into that doesn’t always need a clinical intervention, things like support for carers, patients with anxiety, social prescribing, and lifestyle services. This service is to help patients connect to more localised services and offer additional support.  We do stress that this is in addition to GP services and not instead off so if a patient needs to see a clinician they will continue to do so. 

Click here for more information WELL BEING SERVICE 

People will be supported to take control of their own health and focus on changing what matters to them. Supporting people living with a long-term condition requires a partnership with patients over the longer term rather than providing single, unconnected “episodes” of care. Using Patient Activation tools the service will appropriately match services to people depending on their level of confidence and motivation to change their behaviours. The service will offer five evidence based interventions which have significant potential to improve quality of life for people with long-term conditions and deliver benefits across the three dimensions of value: Mental and Physical health and wellbeing, NHS sustainability and wider social outcomes.

These are:
1. Peer support
2. Self-management education
3. Health coaching
4. Group activities to support health and wellbeing
5. Asset-based approaches in a health and wellbeing context

Key benefits of this service are:
•Support to General Practice releasing capacity in an already stretched service.
•Patients underlying problems are appropriately identified.
•Improved and appropriate care navigation within the health and social care system for the neighbourhood population, i.e. patients referred to the appropriate services based on their needs.
•Improving access to the community and voluntary sector services and resources available to support people Better value for all, i.e. more people can access the service with outcomes that will have a positive impact on both physical and mental well-being.
•Facilitating access to informative and motivational online resources, including space for online mutual support.
•Proactive engagement and support for people to improve their self-care, tailored according to need using the Patient Activation Measure.
•Increasing numbers of people actively engaging in voluntary activity, complementing and adding value to the work of Stockport Together to improve health, wellbeing and interdependence. 

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