BULKINGTON SURGERY

CLINICS

Maternity Services

Antenatal Clinic - Thursday 2.00pm
The surgery provides full maternity services and makes use of the GP Unit at the George Eliot Hospital. This means that low risk mothers can have all their maternity care including delivery under the care of their family doctor and community midwife.

Baby Clinic - Thursday Mornings 10.30am
The practice carries out all of the standard child development checks and immunisations. The clinic is run by the doctor, health visitor and practice nurse. If your child is due for immunisation please come along to this clinic. You will have the opportunity to discuss with the health visitor any problems eg sleeping, feeding and child worries. We ask you not to bring ill children along to the baby clinic, to prevent the spread of infection.

Health Promotion

The practice is interested in all aspects of maintaining a healthy lifestyle and preventative care. By monitoring particular aspects of health, such as blood pressure, cervical smears and urine testing, we can prevent certain diseases from occurring.

Diabetes

The practice offers a comprehensive diabetic service. This will enable your diabetes to be closely monitored. Please make an appointment with the nurse practitioner to discuss your needs.

Asthma

People with asthma benefit from regular medication review and support to enable them to manage their own asthma. We recommend six monthly asthma reviews. Please make an appointment with the asthma nurse.

Counsellor

We have a practice counsellor who comes to the surgery to deal with short-term problems appropriate for counselling, eg bereavement, stress reaction, anxiety management. More complex problems requiring longer periods of counselling would be referred to the Bedworth Counselling Team.

Patients Over 75 Years of Age

If you are 75 or over and are not seen on a regular basis for an ongoing medical condition, you are entitled to have an annual health check. Please make an appointment with the nurse.

Patients Aged 16 to 74

If you have not attended surgery for a consultation in the last three years, you are entitled to have a health check. Please make an appointment with one of the nurses.

Family Planning

We provide full contraceptive advice, including the fitting of intra-uterine devices (coils). Please make an appointment with the nurse or doctor.

Minor Surgery

We perform minor operations such as removal of lumps and bumps, joint injections etc. Please make an appointment in a normal consultation first.

Flu Vaccination

Influenza vaccination is recommended for all patients aged 65 and over. It is particularly recommended for patients with heart disease, asthma, kidney disease, diabetes and residents of nursing and rest homes. Please contact the receptionist staff in September for details of the flu clinic dates and to make an appointment.

Smoking Cessation

If you are a smoker and would like help to stop smoking, please make an appointment with a nurse or doctor.