Foot Care Clinic at Highbridge Medical Centre

Here at Highbridge Medical Centre we appreciate how hard your feet work, which is why we have specially arranged a non NHS foot care clinic which is available to everyone.

For a small fee of £15 you can receive a 20 minute appointment with a Foot Health Practitioner.

Do you suffer with any of the following?

• Thickened nails
• Corns
• Hard Skin 

Or generally have health problems which stop you from looking after your own feet?

Give your feet a Treat for ONLY £15

Feel safe in the knowledge you’re in experienced hands with our Foot Health Practitioner.

Clinics:

Mondays and Thursdays from 9am to 5pm alternating every three weeks.

For more information please contact reception at Highbridge Medical Centre, Pepperall Road, Highbridge, Somerset,TA9 3YA. Tel: 01278 783220 or E-mail: christiana.beviss@highbridgemc.nhs.uk

Please note payment must be completed on the day of booking. Cancellations must be notified at least one week before your appointment otherwise you may still be charged.

Stop Smoking Clinic

If you feel now is the right time for you to kick the habit, Highbridge Medical Centre provides a free Stop Smoking Service.

Giving up smoking can benefit your health the minute you stop smoking!

20 minutes

Blood pressure and pulse rate return to normal

1 hour

Circulation improves in hands and feet, making them warmer

8 hours

Nicotine and Carbon monoxide levels fall, meaning oxygen levels in the blood return to normal. Chances of heart attack start to fall

1 day

Carbon monoxide removed from body. Lungs start to clear out mucus and other debris and begin to work better

2 days

Nicotine is removed from body. Ability to taste and smell improve.

3 days

Breathing becomes easier as bronchial tubes relax. Energy levels increase.

So don’t delay. Contact reception on 01278 783220 to book an initial 30 minute appointment with our Smoking Advisors Sam or Lyn to get advice, support and to find out what products are available on prescription to give you the help you need. 

You can then access the 15 minute follow up appointments to continue your treatment and stay focused on your good work.

Treatment Room

The treatment room is managed by a Practice Nurse every weekday, to book in to the treatment room please contact reception. The Practice Nurse will be able to help you with:

1. Immunisations for holiday travel
2. General advice
3. Ear syringing (but first check with your doctor)
4. Cervical smears
5. Dressings
6. Removal of warts and verrucas using cryotherapy  

All new patients joining the practice will be invited for a health check.

Any babies under 6 months need to see a doctor.

Non diabetics with chronic, long term problems, but this does not exclude diabetics with minor problems as above.

Please make use of this valuable service available to you.  Thank you for your co-operation

Minor Surgery

Smaller operations are done under local anaesthetic by several doctors in the practice and are carried out in the treatment room. For advice please consult your doctor.

Cervical Smears

Currently cervical smears are recommended in Somerset every three years for 25-49 year olds and every five years for patients between 50 and 64.

Immunisation

The nurse can give:

1. All immunisations required for travel abroad. Please note there is a charge for this service (currently £28.00). Yellow fever £50.00 HepB for travel purposes £41.00 (Course of 3). Other vaccination Certificate £26.00. Private prescription for Malaria £13.00.
2. Tetanus injection (booster required every 10 years)
3. Flu vaccinations (advised for over 65s and those with certain chronic illnesses, to be given in October/November each year)
4. Pneumococcal vaccinations
5. Childhood immunisation

Diabetes And Asthma

There are separate clinics for the management of these conditions - please ask the nurse or your doctor.

Child Health Surveillance

Developmental assessments are carried out by the doctors at six to eight weeks and by the health visitor at:
7-9 months - for hearing and developmental test
18-30 months - developmental assessment
3¹/₂ years - vision and hearing assessment, height, weight and health education

Family Planning

We offer a full range of contraceptive methods: the pill, depot injection, coil, IUCD and post-coital contraception. Emergency and confidential advice is available at all times.
There is also a family planning clinic at Bridgwater Hospital.

Incontinence Advice

Incontinence advice and exercises can be provided

Your Pregnancy...Antenatal And Postnatal Care

Pregnancy can be confirmed by your doctor following a test on a sample of your urine not less than six weeks after the last menstrual period. Antenatal care is under the supervision of the midwife with checks by the doctor at intervals. The team of midwives cover pre-pregnancy advice and parentcraft classes after 30 weeks.

Domino deliveries at the Mary Stanley Wing, Bridgwater Hospital and Ashcombe Ward, Weston-super-Mare Hospital and postnatal care at home for up to 10 days. Antenatal clinics are provided by the MIDWIVES at the following times: 
 - Wednesdays 1.00-4.20pm
 - Thursday 9.30am-12 noon

For your health and the baby's we always advise: 

1. stop smoking
2. stop alcohol
3. avoid any medication unless prescribed by your doctor or advised by your pharmacist.

The midwives can be contacted by telephoning 01278 785913 Monday to Friday.

 

Minor Illness Nurse Sessions (Monday to Friday)

These are run by our very experienced nurse practitioners and minor illness nurses. They can deal with most minor illness problems (see list below). Please help us to help you, as this will free up more time for your GPs to see patients with more difficult problems. This is not by the treatment room nurse. For an appointment to see the minor illness nurse please telephone 01278 783220.

Appropriate	Suitable for Telephone Appointments	Not Appropriate
Acute Episode Asthma	Cough	New Contraception
Acute wounds	Chicken Pox	Erectile Dysfunction
Acute Skin problems	Diarrhoea/Vommiting	Breats Examinations
Back Pain	Flu Like Symptoms	Depression
Chest Infection	Head Lice
Ear Symptoms	Morning After Pill
Eye Symptoms	Nose Bleeds
Muscular Problems	Temperature Symptoms
Unwell Baby	Thread Worms
Vaginal Discharge	Urinary Tract Infection

Test Results

Please try to call in during surgery hours or telephone 01278 783220 and press option 4 on your handset, the line is open between 2pm and 4pm for any results of blood tests, x-rays etc. Give your full name, address and date on which your test was carried out.

Please also remember that for confidentiality reasons we are not allowed to give results out to anyone other than the patient, only in exceptional circumstances where the patient has given verbal or written consent are we able to do this.

Please leave a full seven days clear before making enquiries. Please remember some test results can take longer.

 

Non NHS Examinations

Medical examinations for special purposes eg driving medicals, pre-employment insurance medicals, etc, can be arranged by appointment. A fee as recommended by the British Medical Association is payable for these examinations. Details of these fees can be obtained from reception.

Provident Forms (BUPA, PPP, etc)
The doctor will countersign these for you; please allow two working days for their completion. A fee as recommended by the British Medical Association will be payable on completion.

 

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