Clinics & Services

Practice Nurses

Our practice nurses is responsible for:-

• diabetic clinics
• asthma clinics
• CHD
• COPD
• well-person clinics
• primary ear irrigation
• cervical smears
• childhood and holiday vaccinations
• dressings and wound care
• blood pressure checks
• holiday vaccinations and advice

Healthcare Assistant

Our Healthcare Assistant is responsible for:

• taking emergency blood
• NHS Health Checks
• giving flu vaccinations, shingle vaccinations, Vitamin B12 Injections
• blood Pressure checks
• general diet and lifestyle advice
• follow-up ear irrigation
• ECG's
• INR (warfarin) clinic

Baby Clinic

If your baby/child is due vaccinations a card will be sent to your home asking you to telephone the surgery, the receptionist will then give you an appointment with the GP or Nurse Clinician. If your baby is due a developmental checks, you will be notified by post when these are due, you will be sent the appointment card stating the date and time. Post natal examinations and baby vaccines are done on Wednesday mornings between 10.30 - 11.30

We prefer to see ill babies during normal surgery hours and not in the baby clinic

Well baby clinics are held in the area for routine weighing and any advice you may need. Please attend one of the following clinics:

HEALTH VISITOR - WELL BABY CLINICS – CENTRAL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S WELLBEING NETWORK TEAM – updated 08/01/2019

Further information and resources about how to feed your baby at https://www.lancashirecare.nhs.uk/feeding-your-baby

Highfiled Childrens Centre Chorley, Wednesday 1pm - 2pm

Dr Singh's Surgery Clayton Brook, Friday 9am - 11am

Family Planning Clinic

Family planning advice is available from all doctors and Nurse Clinician. Dr Hamad does removal and insertion of the contraception implant. When phoning regarding either of these procedure please mention this to the receptionist as a double appointment is needed.

Condoms are available free of charge.

Travel Vaccinations

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel, you will be required to fill in the travel health questionnaire, either online or pick a copy up from the surgery, before you make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements. The Travel Health Questionnaire will include questions on which countries and areas within countries that you will be visiting to determine what vaccinations are required. 

Some travel vaccines will have to be paid for and the practice requires payment before we purchases them. A full list of Travel Vaccinations and costs is available at the surgery and will soon be posted on this website.

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Caribbean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

It is important to make your initial appointment as early as possible  - at least 6 weeks before you travel - as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations, some vaccines have to be ordered in as we do not keep them in stock. Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.

Most travel vaccines are ordered by the practice but some vaccines such as cholera or malaria tablets are issued on a private prescription and incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge.  This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.

Travel Health Questionnaire

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form before coming to see the nurse.

Travel Questionnaire

Non-NHS Services

Some services are not covered by the NHS, namely HGV, insurance and pre-employment medicals, certificates for private healthcare (PPP and BUPA), letters explaining sickness absence from work, holiday cancellation, vaccination certificates and certain travel vaccinations.

We are please to provide these services but they will incur a charge.

The receptionist can provide you with more details.

Influenza Clinics

The flu season is upon us again. 

This year we are asking paitients who are eligible to the flu vaccination to contact the surgery to make an appointment. we have enough vaccines for everybody who is eligible.

You are eligible if you are over 65, reside in a nursing/care home, pregnant, work with poultry or have one or more of the following conditions and you are also eligible if you are the main carer of anybody with the following conditions:

• Asthma
• Diabetes
• Coronary Heart Disease
• Immunosupressant Disease eg: cancer, transplant patient
• Central Nervious System eg; Multiple Sclerosis
• Kidney Problems

If you are not eligible you can pay to have your flu vaccine at most chemist and pharmacies.

Free NHS Health Checks are being offered to people aged between 40 and 74 once every five years.

The check is to assess your risk of developing heart disease, stroke, kidney disease or diabetes. if there are any warning signs, then together we can do something about it.

By taking early action, you can improve your health and prevent one of these conditions. There is good evidence for this.

The check should take about a maximum of 20 minutes and is based on straightforward questions and measurements, such as age, sex, family history, height, weight, smoking status and blood pressure. There will also be a simple blood test to measure your cholesterol level.

Following the check you will receive free personalised advice about what you can do to stay healthy.

Take a look at the leaflets displayed in the waiting area for more information about the NHS Health Check and how it could benefit you. If you are interested please make an appointment with our Health Care Assistant, Rachel.

DESMOND is a nationally accredited course for people with Type 2 Diabetes.

It’s pretty unique. It is an education programme specifically designed to support you the person with diabetes to become the expert. The fully trained educators are there to help you increase your knowledge and understanding of what having diabetes will mean for you and how you can manage your care effectively. It is an opportunity to meet and share experiences with others.

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Veteran Friendly GP Practice

We, at Dr Dawoud’s Surgery are proud to be an accredited Veteran Friendly GP practice and to support our veteran community this Remembrance Day.

As a Veteran Friendly GP Practice we:

· Have a clinical leads for veteran health Dr Hamad & Dr Dawoud, who is supported by the whole practice to improve veteran health services.

· Ask patients ‘Have you served in the Armed Forces?’ to help identify veteran patients and code them on our system.

· Support veteran patients to access dedicated health services.

· Undertake regular training and development to meet the health commitments of the Armed Forces Covenant and better understand the needs of veteran patients.

If you’re a veteran patient, please let us know that you have served so that we can make sure that we understand your health needs.

A University of Chester study revealed that the Veteran Friendly Accreditation programme, which is run by the Royal College of General Practitioners in partnership with NHS England, leads to better healthcare. To find out more about the veteran friendly practices accreditation scheme, visit www.rcgp.org.uk/veterans 

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