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Thursday 2.00 - 5.00pm
(Please bring your inhalers
with you)
This clinic is for people
with Asthma and Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease (COPD). The emphasis
is on helping you to manage
your asthma by recognising
your own symptoms and
choosing the most
appropriate inhalers. We
also support parents in
dealing with their child’s
asthma.
Care is based on national
guidelines, which can be
seen at:
http://www.asthma.org.uk/
and
http://www.lunguk.org/copd.asp
Thursday
2.00 - 4.20pm
This clinic caters for
people with a history of
Heart Disease (angina, heart
attack, coronary bypass
surgery, stent insertion)
and/or a Stroke (CVA) or
mini-stroke (TIA).
Appointments include an
assessment of blood
pressure, blood test results
and current medication.
There is an emphasis on
health promotion and an
opportunity to discuss how
considering lifestyle issues
i.e. diet, activity, smoking
and weight can help improve
heart health.
Invitations to attend the
clinic are sent 12 monthly
and patients are encouraged
to maintain contact with
their GP between
appointments. If you are
attending this clinic and
have a blood pressure
machine at home, please
bring a record of the
readings with you.
Management of
cardiovascular care is based on
current national guidelines which
can be found on the following
websites:
If you have heart disease
and diabetes you will only
need to be seen in the
diabetes clinic.
According to national
guidelines we operate a
recall system for women aged
between 25-65 years old.
We would ask women to make
an appointment when they are
mid-cycle i.e. approximately
14 days after the 1st day of
a period and when you do not
have any bleeding.
Further information can be
found at:
http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/cervical/
Dawn
Cuzner RGN, BSc(Hons), MSc
is an independent nurse
prescriber who has been
working in Diabetes Care for
10 years in a range of
settings.
Tuesdays 9:00 – 12:00
Thursdays 14:00 – 17:40
Fridays 13:00 – 16:40
The clinic offers
a comprehensive service for people
with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.
This includes commencing and
supporting insulin therapy. There is a strong
emphasis on health promotion
and working with people and
their families to help them
be as involved as they would
like to be in the management
of their diabetes.
Invitations to attend the
clinic are sent 3-6 monthly
depending on individual
requirements. If you are
attending this clinic it is
helpful if you can bring a
urine sample, records of
blood glucose readings and
changes in insulin doses and
a home blood glucose meter
if one is used.
We have well-established
links with The Oxfordshire
Diabetes Centre at The
Churchill Hospital
http://ocdem.customers.composite.net/
Care is based on national
guidelines for diabetes
which can be found on the
Diabetes UK website
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/
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Monday 14:00 - 16:00
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Tuesday 14:00 - 15:00
We are now able to
provide an ECG service at the
practice.
If you are
over 65 or have asthma,
COPD, heart disease, or
diabetes, immunisation
against flu is recommended.
This is done annually
between October and
December. Appointments can
be made for the flu clinics
by contacting reception from
September to November each
year.
Olga James
RGN, BSc(Hons) is an
independent nurse prescriber
with over 20 years
experience in acute medicine
and coronary care. She now
specialises in Chronic
Disease Management,
particularly relating to
cardiovascular disease and
hypertension.
This clinic provides a
service for patients with
high blood pressure. During
clinic appointments there is
an assessment of blood
pressure, opportunities to
discuss lifestyle issues
(i.e. diet, activity,
smoking, weight) with review
of blood tests and current
medication.
Invitations to attend the
clinic are sent 6 monthly
and patients are encouraged
to maintain contact with
their GP between
appointments. If you are
attending this clinic and
have a blood pressure
machine at home, please
bring a record of the
readings with you.
Care is based on
national guidelines for hypertension
management and can be found on the
following websites:
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