Services at The Charing Practice!
Please find a list of all services that The Charing Practice have to offer all patients below.
If you do have any questions relating to the services provided, please do not hesitate to contact us, via the Contact Us link above!
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- Immunisations:
- Childhood immunisation clinics are held regularly by the practice nurses at the surgery. Appointments will be sent to children when their immunisations are due.
(Adults who have had five tetanus injections during their life do not need boosters.)
At present the immunisation schedule for children is: Two months: 1st diphtheria, tetanus, accelular pertussis, inactive polio, HIB and 1st pneumococcal Three months: 2nd diphtheria, tetanus, accelular pertussis, inactive polio, HIB and 1st meningitis C Four months: 3rd diphtheria, tetanus, accelular pertussis, inactive polio, HIB and 2nd meningitis C and 2nd pneumococcal 12 months: Booster HIB and booster meningitis C (1 injection) 13 months: 1st MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) booster pneumococcal 3.5 - 4.5 years: Pre-school injection (diphtheria, tetanus, accelular pertussis, polio) and MMR booster 15 years: Tetanus, polio and diphtheria
- Childhood immunisation clinics are held regularly by the practice nurses at the surgery. Appointments will be sent to children when their immunisations are due.
- Travel Clinic:
- Our nurses have up-to-date information in this area and are able to give travel advice and to work out an appropriate immunisation schedule.
Please allow at least three months before you travel in order to make the necessary arrangements.
Charing Surgery is a registered yellow fever centre.
Ask for a travel clinic appointment with the practice nurse.
- Our nurses have up-to-date information in this area and are able to give travel advice and to work out an appropriate immunisation schedule.
Please allow at least three months before you travel in order to make the necessary arrangements.
- Well Persons Clinic:
- We are anxious to prevent disease as well as to treat problems.
We offer a special invitation for regular checks to the elderly every year and to anyone who has not seen the doctor in the last three years.
We offer a health check with our nurse and/or a doctor to include: - >> blood pressure checks;
- >> height/weight;
- >> advice on diet and lifestyle;
- >> immunisation checks;
- >> cervical smears;
- >> heart examination and
- >> counselling on all aspects of healthy living.
- We are anxious to prevent disease as well as to treat problems.
- Maternity Services:
- All our doctors are experienced and qualified in the care of expectant mothers.
Clinics are held by appointment. - The attached midwife, Caroline Dodds, works in a midwifery group practice and will care for women in pregnancy, labour and after the baby is born.
Direct line to Caroline Dodds 07967 655861 On-call midwife 01233 616124 (Blue/Green Team)
- All our doctors are experienced and qualified in the care of expectant mothers.
- Children's Clinic:
- These are held on Friday afternoons. All doctors are experienced in the care of children
6 - 8 weeks Assessment Clinics are on 1st and 3rd Fridays 2.00 - 3.30pm. - Lynn is also based at Bluebells children's centre in Hothfield and the contact number is 01233 622296
- Appointments are made through Mrs Curtis. Her direct line number is 01233 713296 .
6 - 8 weeks Assessment Clinic 1st and 3rd Fridays 2.00 - 3.30pm
- These are held on Friday afternoons. All doctors are experienced in the care of children
- Minor Injuries/Surgery:
- Under the terms of the GP contract, Charing is designated a minor injuries centre.
Many minor surgical procedures can be carried out at the surgery to save the waiting and inconvenience of hospital clinics.
Appointments can be made after discussion with the doctors or nurse practitioner.
- Under the terms of the GP contract, Charing is designated a minor injuries centre.
- Other Clinics:
- Our practice nurses run anti-coagulant clinics to save patients the time and expense of travelling to hospital.
- We also host regular consultant-led clinics in the following clinical specialties - gynaecology, orthopaedics and urology.
- >> Diabetic Retinopathy
- >> Diabetic Podiatry
- >> Audiometry
- >> Phlebotomy (blood tests)
- >> Complementary Therapies
Clinics: Held By: Time: Leg Ulcers Nursing team By appointment Joint injection Dr Warrilow and Dr Poplett By appointment Hearing tests Annie Watts By appointment Smoking cessation clinic Pharmacy staff and GPs By appointment Healthy weight clinic Pharmacy staff nad GPs By appointment Practice nurse Sarah Lindsley and Liz Lester By appointment Diabetes Clinic Gail Mashiter-Yates (Nurse Practitioner) By appointment Counselling KCA counsellors By appointment Cervical smear GPs and Nurses By appointment Asthma Clinic Sarah Lindsley By appointment Flu Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacist Speak to reception
- Family Planning:
- All our doctors and nurses provide confidential contraceptive advice in normal consulting hours.
- A full service is provided, including advice on:
- >> Contraceptive Pills
- >> Coil Fitting
- >> Diaphragm Sterilisation
- >> Injections and Implants
- >> Morning After Pill (within 72 hours)
- >> Counselling for both Men and Women