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CLINICS AND SERVICESCONTRACEPTIONAll the doctors provide family planning services in normal surgeries. The practice nurses are trained to give family planning advice and information is also available to take away in the form of leaflets. IUDs (Mirena) and IUCDs (coils) need to be discussed with your doctor before making an appointment. Special longer appointments are reserved for those with the doctors who fit them. Dr Mah also fits Implanons and an appointment needs to be made with him for this. FOR URGENT ADVICE FOR THE MORNING AFTER PILL PLEASE ASK TO SPEAK TO A DOCTOR OR NURSE. This should be obtained on the next working day. The practice nurses hold a "drop-in" emergency contraception clinic every weekday between 4.00 - 4.30pm which can be attended without appointment whether the patient is registered at Balmoral or elsewhere. Please notify the receptionist on arrival. At present free condoms are not available via the surgery but can be obtained from the Family Planning clinic in Dover Health Centre on:
Appointments to be made during clinic hours. Choices 4 Young People Monday 4.00 - 5.30pm at Deal Community Clinic. Pre-pregnancy Advice If you are planning a pregnancy it is important to be healthy and to eat well. Include foods containing folic acid (mainly green vegetables) and take folic acid supplements available without prescription at pharmacies, health food shops and supermarkets. A prescription is not needed as this can be bought over the counter at the chemist from before conception until the twelfth week of pregnancy. The doctors are happy to see you for further pre-pregnancy advice before you become pregnant. CLINICS
Flu Vaccinations We offer flu vaccinations from September every year. These are for people
aged 65 years and over and anyone suffering from heart or kidney disease, diabetes,
asthma, COPD, immunosuppression and those in residential care. Tooth Problems We are not dentists! If you have a problem with your teeth eg toothache or
an abscess then it is your dentist you need to see. If you are registered with
a dentist, check how to obtain emergency treatment. There is now an emergency
dental clinic at Kent and Canterbury Hospital (01227 766877) and QEQM, Margate
(01843 225544). Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinics (Helpline 01303 228808)
SEVENTY-FIVE YEAR HEALTH CHECKAll patients over 75 are entitled to an annual check-up, either in the surgery or in their home if they wish, which may be done by the doctor or the nurse. CHILD HEALTHThe practice runs our own child health clinics and immunisation service. Eight week health checks are conducted at the surgery and appointments are sent automatically. Subsequent checks are arranged via the health visitors who can be contacted on 01304 865460. Immunisations are given by the practice nurses at the surgery. The current schedule for immunisation is set out on the following page. It is very important that you have your child immunised for their own safety. Serious reactions to vaccines are very rare and far less common than serious reactions to the diseases they help prevent.
MINOR SURGERYAll the doctors are registered for this and usually carry out minor operations at either the Surgery or Deal Hospital by prior arrangement. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTHVaccines for occupational health purposes, such as Hepatitis B, are normally provided by the employer’s occupational health service. REFERRAL TO HOSPITALIf your doctor feels you need to be seen in a hospital, you will be offered a choice of where you are seen. This will be the various local hospitals and further afield and also includes the NHS funded private sector services. Access to choice may be made when you discuss the referral with your doctor, or via choose & book, telephone or computer systems. |
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