Antenatal Clinic

Antenatal Clinic is held at the Surgery on a Monday afternoon between and is attended by District Midwives.

• In the area there are two maternity units, a midwifery-led unit at Chorley Hospital providing antenatal care and delivery for selected low risk clients and a Consultant Unit in Preston.
• The Maternity Unit at Chorley Hospital provides a 24hr advice line which may be contacted during pregnancy, labour and until baby is one Month old. The Telephone No is 01257-245108 & 01257-245109
• If you feel you are pregnant or have had a positive pregnancy test please register online https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/maternity-services and make a self-referral. Your first visit from the Midwife will be in your own home between 10 and 12 weeks. You will be offered two scans, a dating scan to check your baby's due delivery date and an Anomaly Scan at 20 weeks.

Baby Clinic

All of the doctors see children every day but two of our doctors specialise in assessing children to see if they are growing and developing normally, both physically and mentally. The Doctors, Practice Nurses and the Health Visitors run the clinic jointly.

The clinic runs by appointment on a Wednesday. At this clinic babies and children receive their immunisations, growth and developments checks and advice on immunisation. This clinic is a well baby clinic only. Children may also attend clinic for pre-school booster vaccinations.

Attendance by appointment is welcome to see the Health Visitors if you wish to have your baby weighed, discuss feeding problems, or any other health queries.

Diabetes

Diabetes, if poorly treated can lead to a number of other medical problems affecting eyes, heart, kidney, and circulation. For this reason it is wise to have regular check-ups, performed by our Practice Nurse.

We also encourage people with diabetes to be actively involved in their own care, particularly with careful diet and home blood testing.

Patients suffering from Diabetes are seen regularly in clinic, which is run in conjunction with a specialised Practice Nurse and is designed to help Diabetic patients cope with their condition by providing instructions on lifestyle, diet and medication. All registered patients with diabetes are invited to attend for diabetic review. We also run a recall system for our diabetic patients so they can be reviewed bi-annually.

A letter may be sent to our diagnosed patients inviting them in for a review of their condition.  If you are invited via letter, within the body of the letter an appointment will be arranged for you to attend the Phlebotomist for blood tests and the Diabetic Nurse.  You may also be invited via text or e-mail.

Hypertension Clinic

Patients suffering from high blood pressure are seen regularly in clinic, which is run in conjunction with the Practice Nurse and is designed to help patients with high blood pressure cope with their condition by providing instructions on life style, diet and monitoring the use of medication. The doctors will refer you to this clinic if they feel it necessary.

We also run a recall system for our Hypertension patients so they can be reviewed annually. A letter may be sent to our diagnosed patients inviting them in for a review of their condition.  You may also be invited to attend via e-mail or text message.

Health Care Clinic

Patients are welcome to ring in and ask for a Health Check. The Practice Nurse will perform various checks including blood pressure, weight, dietary and lifestyle advice etc.

Phlebotomy Clinic

For your convenience, a Phlebotomist is available for blood tests, when requested to do so by the doctor. Blood Clinics are on a Thursday afternoon from 12.30-15.30. Samples are collected and taken to the Laboratory for testing, and the results are available 7-10 days later. These clinics are by appointment only.