Antenatal Care
Michelle is our community midwive who hold regular antenatal clinics at the surgery. Please book an appointment with reception.
Wednesday 09.00 - 12.00
If Michelle is not present another community midwife will step in.
Please remember to bring your green book and a urine sample to your appointment.
Cervical Smear
Book with our practice nurse The Department of Health guidance recommends a cervical smear test every three years for women aged 24 to 49, and every 5 years thereafter for women aged 50 to 64.
Women booking smear tests after Rebekah Vardy Instagram post (Please read)
Child Health Surveillance
Child health checks for babies who are 8 weeks old are carried out at the practice by the GP. Please make an appointment with the GP when your baby has had his/her 6 week health check with the Health Visitor. We may contact you in order to arrange a suitable appointment.
Child Immunisations
Is an important part of health and illness prevention. We are part of the NHS Coventry computerised call and recall system whereby appointment reminders are sent automatically when due.
If in doubt then please come and discuss your view with our Practice Nurse Karen Walker.
Chronic Disease Management
We offer Asthma, CHD, Diabetes, COPD and Hypertension clinics. If you suffer from any or some or all of these conditions please make sure that you attend your annual reviews when invited to do so. It is essential for your condition management to be reviewed and that the clinicians make sure that your condition is well managed.
Mental Health Well Being Practitioner
On-site Mental Health Well Being Practioner is available to patients following a referral from a member of the clinical team.
District Nurses
Visit patients who are unable to leave their homes. They provide nursing cafe and undertake general assessments.
Family Planning Clinic
GP and nurse led service include advice on:
- Oral contraception
- Coil (IUS) fitting
- Contraceptive Implant
- Emergency contraception
- Morning after pill
- Termination of pregnancy
- Referral for sterilisation and vasectomy
Flu Vaccination
We recommend influenza vaccinations for patients with chronic heart, diabetes, respiratoy diseases (including certain patients with asthma) and chronic renal disease. Those living in long stay residential and nursing homes and all patients over the age of 65 years (pneumococcal injections also available for 65+).
Joint Injections
For certain conditions, we can provide an in-house join injection service. Please book an appointment with Dr Lall for discussion.
Mother and Baby
We see all post-natal ladies and newborns at 8 weeks. You will be contacted personally by your health visiting team shortly after the birth of your baby. All child health surveillance checks are carried out by your health visitor.
Minor Surgery Clinic
We provide an inhouse minor surgical clinic for removal of common skin lesions, e.g. moles, skin tags and cysts. Please book an appointment with a GP for discussion.
Please note that we are unable to do any procedures that are facial.
NHS Health Checks
We offer free NHS Health Checks if you are between the ages of 40-74.
We are second out of over 70 practices in providing these health checks. We could not do this without support of our patients.
These health checks are important part of care we provide to our patients as we have identified number of conditions that may have gone undiagnosed until it could be much too late.
If you are one of the patients who recieved invitation, please book your appointment and come to see us.
Prescription Delivery Service
Patients can arrange for a chemist of their choice to collect and dispense medication, and also arrange delivery.
Smoking Cessation
We offer NHS Stop Smoking Services support that works. If you are a smoker and would like our support and help in quitting, please book your appointment with Clare Smithson.
Travel Health
If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel, make an appointment with the practice nurse. Please allow at least 8 weeks before travelling to book your appointment. (NB. we are a Yellow Fever Clinic).
You are also able to access further information about your travel health needs at the following websites:
http://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk/home.aspx
http://www.masta-travel-health.com/
Certain travel immunisations are not available from the NHS, our practice nurses will inform you of any fees that may be incurred.
Carers Clinic - Support for carers
There are over 32,000 family carers in Coventry. Are you one of them?
Family carers are people of any age who, without payment, look after family members, friends or neighbours who could not manage alone due to illness, disability, mental health needs, substance dependency or old age.
Many carers do not recognise the vital role they are playing and often 'just get on with it' without thinking that there may be support to help them.
At Phoenix Family Care we are committed to supporting carers to help them access advice and support at the earliest opportunity. We are working in partnership with Carers Trust Heart of England who provides family carers information, advice and support, including practical support, to meet carer’s individual needs.
Without support, caring for someone can lead to carers' lives being adversely affected in a number of ways, in particular, financial disadvantage, social isolation and ill health. To support carers to look at their situation and support available, carers have a right to an assessment of their own needs; the assessment considers the impact on a carer's activities beyond their caring responsibilities and the impact on their health and wellbeing.
Carers Trust Heart of England provides FREE and CONFIDENTIAL one to one support here at the surgery. Our carers clinic runs weekly on Friday afternoon. Please speak to the practice staff for information about the clinic.
You can access more information about caring at:
http://www.coventry.gov.uk/carers
http://www.carerstrusthofe.org.uk/