CRANLEIGH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTRE

At CGMC we have a continuing programme of child health surveillance. The doctors examine all babies at eight weeks and our health visitors check their development including hearing and vision over the following four years. All the doctors offer antenatal care, which is usually shared with the community midwife.

On confirmation of pregnancy by your GP, you will be referred to the midwife who will contact you to make an appointment to visit you at home to discuss your future care and delivery. If it is your first baby or you have had complications with pregnancy in the past or have other risk factors, you may be referred to a Consultant Obstetrician at Musgrove Park Hospital otherwise the midwife will look after you throughout your pregnancy and delivery and until ten days after delivery when care is handed over to the Health Visitors.

A post-natal examination of you and your baby by the doctor at eight weeks after birth is also recommended; please tell the receptionist the appointment is for a post-natal examination as you will need a longer appointment for this examination. We usually arrange for your baby to have their first immunisations at the same visit.