Clinics

The practice believes that prevention is better than cure and runs a number of special clinics to keep you in the best of health. These include:

• Stop smoking clinic
• Well woman clinic
• Diabetic clinic - Tuesday mornings
• Family planning clinic - coils fitted Tuesdays, 5.00 - 6.00pm
• Asthma/COPD - appointment with practice nurse
• Minor surgery - Thursdays, 11.30am - 12noon
• Wart clinic - Wednesdays, 3.30 - 4.00pm
• Anticoagulant Clinic - Thursdays 9.00 - 11.30am

Travel Vaccinations

The practice offers a full range of travel vaccinations. Please contact the reception staff at least six weeks prior to your holiday departure. We are a registered Yellow Fever centre.
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Please note there is a charge for several of the injections, please bring cash or cheque for your appointment.

Cervical Smears

These are strongly recommended at three yearly intervals for all women up to the age of 65. Most smears are taken by the practice nurse but, if you prefer, any of the doctors will carry out the test. You will be recalled automatically by the practice when you are due to have a cervical smear.

Family Planning

The practice has a trained family planning nurse. All forms of family planning, including the fitting of IUCDs (coils) and caps are offered by consultation during normal surgery hours and at our family planning clinic. Please contact reception for clinic times.

Maternity Care

The doctors provide antenatal and postnatal care in conjunction with the midwives, to contact or make an appointment with the Midwives please call 020 8296 2990.

Well Baby Clinics

These clinics are held by appointment, please contact reception for clinic times.
Tuesday clinic: this clinic is for routine immunisations, eight week developmental checks, weighing and an opportunity to see the health visitors or doctor for advice about the progress of your child.
Wednesday clinic: This clinic is run by the health visitor for general advice and weigh-ins.

To contact the Health Visitor at Patrick Doody Clinic Tel: 020 8254 8311

Counselling

You can access counselling through your GP. Please call & make an appointment.

Children’s Immunisation

Please check the following points before bringing your child to the surgery. There has been a lot of bad publicity regarding the immunisation of children. However, remember your child is at greater risk from contracting the disease than he or she is from suffering a reaction to immunisation.

• Is your child suffering from any feverish illness? Don’t worry about a runny nose without a fever.
• Do either of the child’s parents or brothers and sisters suffer from epilepsy? Epilepsy in more distant relatives is not considered a problem.
• Is your child taking steroid treatment?
• Does your child suffer from any disease affecting his/her immune system?
• Does your child suffer from a severe reaction to eggs?
• Has your child suffered from a reaction to any previous immunisation injection?

If the answer to any of the questions above is yes then tell your doctor and/or nurse.

Routine Childhood Immunisation Programme

Each vaccination is given as a single injection into the muscle of thigh or upper arm.