ANTE NATAL CARE
This takes place during surgery hours with your Doctor and our
Community Midwife. Together we care for mums-to-be
from as early as you wish in the pregnancy until four weeks
after the delivery when care passes on to our Health Visitors.
The Midwife Ante-Natal Clinics are held on Mondays and
Wednesdays whilst appointments with your Doctor are available at
various times during surgery hours.
Later in the pregnancy six parent craft classes are held in
conjunction with the Health Visitors.
The Community Midwife attends mothers having a community delivery at St.
Peter’s Hospital.
AFTER THE BIRTH
This momentous event involves three groups at the Health Centre
who are all available to help you, your baby and existing baby.
The Community Midwife will call at regular intervals during
the first ten days and arrange for the Doctor to call if
necessary. Fairly soon afterwards, a Health Visitor will pay you
a visit to offer helpful advice on all those many questions
concerning a new baby and to discuss immunisation.
Postnatal Groups and Positive Parenting sessions are held at
regular intervals.
CHILD HEALTH CLINICS
These are held at the Health Centre on Wednesdays between
2.00pm - 4.00pm and at The Vyne, Knaphill each Tuesday 2.00 -
4.00.
Parents will need to bring their babies to be seen and weighed
by a Health Visitor at one of these clinics during the week
before they are booked in for their eight week or eight month
assessment.
CHILDHOOD IMMUNISATIONS
Clinics are held on Wednesday afternoons by the Practice Nurses.
PLEASE HELP YOUR DOCTOR
Did you know GPs are no longer required to countersign your
passport or driving licence application form? Opticians,
dentists, civil servants, religious ministers, bank and building
society officials and many other professions can also do this
for you.
Did you know you don’t need a sick note if you are off work for
less than seven days? You can self-certify – contact your
personnel office at work for details.
Don’t forget you don’t always need an appointment with your GP
for advice on coughs, colds and other minor health problems –
you can see the practice nurse or local pharmacy instead.
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