HALEWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

Our Nurses are specially qualified to help you to understand your asthma, to give you advice on the use of your inhalers and how to vary the doses in different circumstances. They can monitor your health and refer you back to the doctor if necessary. If you need to use asthma medication you should be seen in this Clinic every year.

If you have been found to have high blood pressure this will probably be treated by a combination of lifestyle advice - weight control and exercise - and, if necessary, tablets.

Once your blood pressure is under control you will need to attend this Clinic for regular monitoring. At the Clinic we will check your:

Blood pressure and pulse.

Weight and advise.

Urine specimen (annually).

Smoking habit and advise.

High blood pressure, narrowing and hardening of the arteries, angina, heart attacks, strokes are very much inter-related. Our Practice Nurses are specially trained to carry out many of the tests and investigations as well as the routine care of people with these sorts of conditions.

When assessing the risk of coronary artery disease for an individual we look at five important factors:

Blood pressure.

Smoking habit .

Cholesterol leve.l

Family history of coronary artery disease.

Weight/height.

We provide a full Child Health Surveillance service in co-operation with our Health Visitors. Appointments will be sent for all children under five registered with the Practice to be seen at 6-8 weeks and 4 years for development checks. Please make an appointment with your Doctor when your child is four years old for this pre-school check.

It is recommended that all children should be immunised against pneumococcal infection, diphtheria, whooping cough, polio, tetanus, haemophilus influenzae (Hib), measles, mumps and rubella and meningitis C. Appointments are sent automatically by the Local Health Trust. Please contact Reception if you think your child is overdue.