• Our nurses and doctors have been trained and keep up to date with management of ischaemic heart disease and heart failure.

• We run a structured heart disease management service for routine monitoring.
  • Administration staff arrange appointments and reminders where necessary.
  • An initial appointment is arranged to see our Nurse. She will perform relevant investigations such as blood tests , urine testing, ECGs, blood pressure readings, weight etc.
  • After all results have been assessed by the doctor, the patient is then seen in a specialist heart disease nurse clinic. In this clinic appropriate examination is undertaken, advice and information are given and alteration to treatment is arranged if necessary.
  • If a patient’s condition necessitates assessment by a doctor this is arranged.
  • Where necessary dietetic, smoking clinic, gym referrals or cardiology consultant referrals are arranged.
  • All patients with heart disease will be seen once-twice per year for a heart disease assessment and full medication review with the doctor.

• If at any time a heart disease patient’s condition requires medical input outside of the routine clinics, this can be arranged in the usual way through surgery appointments or home visits.

• Patients with both heart disease and diabetes should be assessed and monitored in the diabetic clinics for both conditions to avoid duplication if investigations.

• Appointments for these monitoring clinics are allocated throughout the week between 10am and 7pm. Scheduled appointments will sent through the post or they can be booked via reception.

• Further information about heart disease is available from:

  • • The British Heart Foundation
    • NHS Choices – Coronary Heart Disease

• Our nurses and doctors have been trained and keep up to date with contraception and sexual health issues. An appointment can be made to discuss any form of contraception or sexual health problem in any of the normal doctors’ surgeries.

• Dr Zia provides two coil fitting clinics per month (IUD and IUS).

• Dr Zia provides a contraceptive implant fitting and removal service (Nexplanon) when appropriate.

• Depot contraceptive injections, contraceptive pills including the combined oral contraceptive pill, the progesterone only pill (mini-pill) and post-coital contraception (the “morning after” pill) can be arranged through any of our doctors.

• Referral for male or female sterilisation can be arranged through any of our doctors.

• Our nurses are trained in monitoring of hormonal contraception and coil checks.

• We have the facilities to assess and screen for many sexually transmitted infections. The Sexual Health in Practice team (SHIP) support our service in the provision of equitable, effective and accessible sexual health services to meet the need of the local population in line with the National Sexual Health Strategy.

• Alternative access to these service is also available from :
• Rochdale Contraception and Sexual Health Service (Nye Bevan House)
  

  You can attend one of the walk-in clinics,  call for an appointment on 0300 303 8565 or book an appointment online. The phone line is available Monday to Thursday 8am-8pm, Friday 8am – 5.30pm and Saturday 9am-5pm.

  Nye Bevan House, Maclure Road, Rochdale OL11 1DN  01706 676460

  Drop in clinics are available:

  Monday : 09:15-11:30

  Tuesday : 09:15-11:30

  Friday : 09:15-11:30

  Friday : 14:00-17:00 Under 21s ONLY

• CaSH Clinic – Bacup Primary Care Health Centre

• • Contraception and Sexual HealthBacup Primary Care Health Centre
    Irwell Mill
    Bacup
    Lancashire
    OL13 9NRTel: 01706 253425 – during clinic hours; Helpline : 01282 644268 for enquiriesTuesday 6.30 – 8.00pm (alternate weeks)

• CaSH Clinic – Waterfoot Health Centre

• • Contraception and Sexual HealthCowpe Road
    Waterfoot
    Lancashire
    BB4 7DNTel: 01706 253250 – during clinic hours; Helpline : 01282 644268 for enquiriesTuesday 6.30 – 8.00pm (alternate weeks)

     

UNWANTED PREGNANCIES

East Lancashire Teaching Hospitals offer a direct access service to patients with unwanted pregnancies. There is no need to see your GP .

To arrange a fast, convenient, free appointment for you to talk through your options, including abortion please call 01282 803767; 8am to 6pm  Monday to Thursday; 8am to 5pm Friday.

• More information is available at the Family Planning Association website

• Our nurses and doctors have been trained and keep up to date with management of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

• We run a structured diabetes management service for routine monitoring.
  • Administration staff arrange appointments and reminders where necessary.
  • An initial appointment is arranged to see one of our Nurses. They will perform relevant investigations such as blood tests, urine testing, ECGs , blood pressure readings, weight etc.
  • After all results have been assessed by the doctor, the patient is then seen in a specialist practice nurse nurse clinic. In this clinic appropriate examination is undertaken, advice and information are given and alteration to treatment is arranged if necessary.
  • If a patient’s condition necessitates assessment by a doctor this is arranged.
  • Where necessary dietetic, smoking clinic, gym referral, chiropody, eye screening and diabetic consultant referrals are arranged.

• Dr. Rasheed provides a cryotherapy service (freezing with liquid nitrogen), for minor benign skin lesions such as warts and verrucae.

• To access this service please arrange to see Dr Rasheed or your usual GP, for an appointment to be arranged if appropriate.

• Lancashire Care provides mental health assessments and counselling services for people with mild to moderate depression or anxiety who would benefit from brief psychological therapy via Minds Matter.

• Self referrals can be made to Minds Matter without needing to see a GP first, either by going online , by calling the East Lancashire Mental Health Single Point of Access on 01282 657 116 or by calling the Rossendale Minds matter service on 01282 657 792 to make a self-referral.

• Minds Matter is not a crisis service. If you are at risk of self-harm or know someone who is, please see your GP urgently, the out-of hours GP service or A&E. Alternatively you can call 111 or the Samaritans help line on 08457 90 90 90

• For Alcohol and Drug Counselling click here

Our medical staff provide the national child immunisation vaccination program. Chloe Brown is our childhood vaccination lead.

8 weeks

6-in-1 vaccine, given as a single jab containing vaccines to protect against six separate diseases: diphtheria; tetanus; whooping cough (pertussis); polio; Haemophilus influenzae type b, known as Hib, a bacterial infection that can cause severe pneumonia or meningitis in young children; and hepatitis B

Pneumococcal (PCV) vaccine

Rotavirus vaccine

Men B vaccine

12 weeks

6-in-1 vaccine, second dose

Rotavirus vaccine, second dose

16 weeks

6-in-1 vaccine, third dose

Pneumococcal (PCV) vaccine, second dose

Men B vaccine second dose

One year

Hib/Men C vaccine, given as a single jab containing vaccines against meningitis C (first dose) and Hib (fourth dose)

Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, given as a single jab

Pneumococcal (PCV) vaccine, third dose

Men B vaccine, third dose

2-8 years (including children in reception class and school years 1 to 4)

Children’s flu vaccine (annual)

3 years and 4 months

Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, second dose

4-in-1 pre-school booster, given as a single jab containing vaccines against: diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis) and polio

12-13 years (girls only)

HPV vaccine, which protects against cervical cancer – two injections given 6-12 months apart

14 years

3-in-1 teenage booster, given as a single jab containing vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus and polio

Men ACWY vaccine, given as a single jab containing vaccines against meningitis A, C, W and Y

Whitworth Medical Centre is a recognised provider of child health surveillance. The national child health surveillance program is provided by  your Health Visitors and GPs. Child Health Surveillance clinics run on Monday’s at 1:30pm by appointment. There are also health visitor drop in clinics on Tuesday afternoon 2.00pm – 4.00pm at Whitworth Childrens Centre, Hallfold, Hall Street, Whitworth, Tel 01706 648747.

Schedule

• New-born
  • This is provided in hospital before discharge. This involves physical examination by the doctor and neonatal hearing testing.

• Post-natal Assessment
  • This is provided by the health visitors on home visits. It includes the heel prick test. When new-born babies are about a week old a blood sample is taken from their heel. Blood from the baby’s heel is dropped onto a special type of filter paper called a Guthrie card and stored as a series of blood spots. A number of tests are then carried out on these blood spots for the purposes of new-born screening.

• 8 Week Assessment
  • Your baby should be weighed and measured by the Health Visitors in one of the Health Visitor Drop-in Clinics prior to seeing the doctor. The GP will provide a physical and developmental examination at the 8 week check. If the baby is well, they will then see the practice nurse for the first round of childhood vaccinations (see child immunisation clinic).

• 9 Month Assessment
  • This is provided by the health visitors and involves developmental assessment.

• 18 Month Assessment
  • This is provided by the health visitors and involves developmental assessment.

Where necessary children will be referred on to hearing , eye, speech or development specialist services. If at any time a child’s condition requires medical input outside of the routine clinics , this can be arranged in the usual way through surgery appointments.

Appointments for these clinics are routinely sent to children through the post when these assessments are due.

Did you know that East Lancashire ICB have produced a pamphlet (available in surgery) and a  web page covering common childhood conditions. It refers to local services and  is a very good reference for basic advice on many  childhood conditions for parents and carers.

Patients will be contacted by NHS England when their smears test is due. Patients should then contact the surgery to make an appointment with a Practice Nurse. Patients should bear in mind that the smear is best taken around mid-cycle and cannot be taken during a bleed.

The results are sent to patients via post by NHS England and a copy is also sent to the Practice. It generally takes 2-3 weeks for results to arrive.

The recall schedule for patients with normal results is as follows:

• patients aged between 25 and 49 years you will be recalled every 3 years

• patients aged between 50 and 64 years every 5 years.

Borderline or abnormal smear tests will be managed according to the national protocols , where referral on to hospital out patients is needed, the lab will arrange this directly.

For more information about smears click here –  NHS Choices.

• Ante-natal care is provided through a shared care system between your community midwives and your hospital obstetric team. Much of your routine ante-natal care is likely to take place here at the surgery under the care of the midwife.
• Clinics run on Thursdays between 8:30 – 11am. Antenatal Drop-in sessions are also available at Howard St Sure Start, Children’s Centre Friday 9:30-11am
• Secondary care can be arranged at any of the local hospitals that provide this service. In suitable cases home delivery can be arranged.
• If you have any problems during pregnancy outside of routine ante-natal clinic appointments you can contact the community midwife on tel. 01706 517 223, or you can arrange to see a doctor in surgery in the usual way.
• Community midwives provide antenatal care including drop in clinics, parenting classes and smoking cessation advice. Postnatal care of the mother and baby includes breastfeeding support groups and further smoking cessation support. Community midwives also offer advice and support for women who choose to have their babies at home. Contact your community midwife via the office at Rochdale Infirmary tel. 01706 517 223 for further information. Urgent Delivery Suite Rochdale Infirmary, tel 01706 517 561.
• Post natal visits are provided by the midwife team.

• Inspire

Alcohol and Drug Counselling is provided by Inspire in one to one sessions.

Inspire Integrated Substance Misuse Service offer a wide range of support for anyone worried about their own or somebody else’s substance/alcohol use. We offer advice and guidance to individuals and family members through rapid, open access assessment leading to support and treatment.

Self referrals can be made online, by post or by telephoning Inspire directly on 01254 495 382

Please note that our GPs are not involved directly in drug dependence management and it is our policy for GPs do not provide prescriptions relating to drug dependence. Inspire provide this service from local surgeries.

• Pennine Care Drug and Alcohol service

Rochdale Borough Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Support Services is free to anyone 18 and over who lives in the Rochdale area and has problems with alcohol or drug misuse, or is worried about a family member or friend.
The first point of contact for all services is Renaissance whose workers will assess and direct individuals to the service that is most appropriate to their needs.
Renaissance (Drug & Alcohol Outreach Team)

Renaissance House, 72 Drake Street, Rochdale OL16 1PA

Call: 01706 924 883

The Renaissance team are the single point of contact for people (18 and over) living in Rochdale borough, who need support with issues associated with drugs and alcohol. They work with a wide variety of organisations to support individuals and communities coping with the effects and influence of drug and alcohol misuse.
They also offer advice and information to people who are indirectly affected by substance misuse. This could be concerned others, family or professionals working with a client.