Smithfield Medical Centre

Childhood Immunisations

Health Promotion

All patients are invited to attend the surgery for a check-up. This includes height and weight measurement, blood pressure and cholesterol checks and advice on healthy living.

Child Health Surveillance

The health visitor will call to carry this out at regular intervals.

Antenatal Clinics

These are by appointment with a doctor and midwife on Thursday afternoons. The first booking appointment for a new antenatal patient is held on a Thursday morning.

Postnatal Clinics

An appointment will be sent to you when your baby is eight weeks old, for a Tuesday or Friday morning.

Asthma/COPD/Obesity/Diabetes/Heart Disease/Smoking Cessation Clinics

These clinics are run by the practice nurse and are designed to help patients understand and manage their particular disease.

Blood tests will be taken as necessary. Also, blood pressure, peak flow readings and other related tests will be carried out at the clinics.

Dietetics

A dietician attends at regular intervals to give advice and to monitor patients who need to be on a special diet for any reason, eg diabetes, overweight, heart disease etc.

Cervical Smear Clinics

All female patients between the ages of 20 and 64 will be called at regular intervals to have a smear test done. These tests are carried out by the practice nurse or a female doctor.

Minor Surgery

Certain minor surgical procedures can be done by the doctor during surgery hours thus avoiding the need to be put on a hospital waiting list. Procedures undertaken include cryosurgery (removal of warts), excision of some cysts, removal of ingrowing toenails, joint injections etc.