Garden Lane Medical Centre - The clinics and other services offered by our doctors surgery

Chronic Disease Management

The following Clinics are held at the Surgery. Please ask the receptionists or your doctor for details.

Asthma

Blood pressure

Anaemia

Diabetes

Heart Disease

Contraception

Thyroid problems

Community Health

elderly_patient-with_nurse The District Nurses offer nursing care for patients who are unable to come to the surgery. To contact the District Nurses please telephone 319189.

The Health Visitors will give advice on health care for babies and small children, expectant mothers, for the elderly and people with disabilities. They will also advise on immunisation for babies and small children. To contact the Health Visitors please telephone 319228.

The Midwife monitors health care during pregnancy and visits mother and baby for the first few days following delivery. The midwife runs antenatal clinics at The Children's Centre, Victoria Road, Chester. Messages for the midwife may be given to the receptionists.

Senior Clinics are held for elderly patients who have recently been under the care of the hospital.

Nurse-Run Services

Our nurses can help to look after patients already receiving treatment. These are some of the long term problems that they have been trained to look after:

Antenatal
Baby & Child Immunisation (Friday am)
Diabetic
Family Planning
Child Surveillance
Stop Smoking
HRT and Gynae
Minor Surgery
Travel Advice - (inc. Yellow fever vaccinations)
Counselling

Other Services:

Cervical Smears

Smear Tests: Ladies Attention!

If you are aged between 25 and 64 you are entitled to regular smear tests under the national cervical screening programme.

Why Me?

Smear tests are designed to reduce the number of women developing and dying from cervical cancer by detecting very early changes that can be simply treated.

Smear tests can be done at the surgery and local family planning and sexual health clinic s.

When was your last test?

Are you up to date?

OK, am I due?

Smears are normally offered every 3 years (every 5 years after age 50).

Please ask at the Reception desk or over the phone if you are not sure when your last smear was.

How do I book a smear test?

If you want to have your smear done at the surgery, we are able to offer you an appointment in private, comfortable surroundings with an understanding practice nurse or female GP.

Please ask about the appropriate time to have this done when booking an appointment.

If you require any further information, or want to discuss the smear test, please speak to your practice nurse or GP.

Smoking Cessation

Please ask at reception for information on how to book an appointment with our Smoking Cessation nurse.

Foreign Travel

Please make an appointment for travel advice with one of our practice nurses to discuss your vaccination requirements as soon as the trip is planned. Bring any records of previous vaccinations you have had with you please. You will be required to pay a fee for certain immunisations. Please ask the receptionist about this when you book your appointment

Download our Travel Health Questionnaire

Minor Surgery

A range of minor surgical procedures is performed. Your doctor will advise you as to which treatments are available.

Medical Reports and Examinations

The doctors will carry out medical examinations for employment and insurance purposes for patients who are registered at the Practice. To arrange an appointment please contact reception, who will also advise regarding fees.

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Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Vaccinations for Pregnant Ladies

Following a national outbreak of whooping cough, pregnant ladies are being offered the Pertussis vaccine to protect their unborn child.

You can have the vaccine from 28-38 weeks during your pregnancy or before the baby is 8 weeks old (when baby will receive their 1st vaccination).

Ask at Reception for more details.

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Appointments

Making an Appointment

From April 2012 we are introducing clinician call back to deal with new problems on the day. We are making this change to give more capacity.

When you book an appointment the receptionist will ask you if it is a new problem or a follow-up.
If it is a new problem the receptionist will aslo ask for a brief description of the problem. This allows the clinicians to prioritise calls and ensures that patients are seen by the right person.
New problems will be booked a telephone appointment with a doctor or our nurse clinician.
The clinician will phone you back at the approximate time given by the receptionist.
Your problem will either be dealt with on the telephone or you will be given an appointment to come to the surgery.

If you have been advised that your appointment is with the Duty Doctor, you may have to wait if the Doctor is called out on an emergency.

Follow-Up Appointments

Where a more in-depth consultation is required, a follow-up appointment will be recommended.

Follow-up appointments can be booked up to 4 weeks in advance. Please telephone after 10.30am and tell the receptionist you wish to book a follow-up appointment. Please state this when you phone to book.

Home Visits
If you are too ill to get to the surgery, please telephone before 10.00 am to request a visit at home. The receptionist may ask for details of your illness to help the doctors to plan their visits

Further Information

Patient Participation Group

Survey Report