For details of the many and varied services offered by the Community Health Teams, please ask at their reception desk, as you turn left when coming in the main entrance or ring them on 1323 490111.

Child Immunisation Clinics are held on Wednesday or Thursday mornings or Friday afternoons, for all children under 5 years old.  The Practice is informed when your child’s immunisations are due and you will be contacted by our immunisation co-ordinator and offered an appointment.

If you would like more information regarding immunisations for your child, please speak either to your Health Visitor or Doctor. Seaford has a very high uptake for childhood immunisations and the Doctors would like this very satisfactory state of affairs to continue.

As from 1st January 2020 the baby/child immunisation schedule is different, depending on when your baby was born.

The schedule for babies born before 1st January 2020 is as follows:

2 months old

Three injections:

• Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, Hib and Hepatitis B
• pneumococcal
• Meningoccal group B (MenB) –
  + Rotavirus (which is oral)

3 months old
Two injections:

• Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, Hib and Hepatitis B
• Rotavirus (which is oral)

4 months old
Three injections:

• Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cought), polio, Hib and Hepatitis B
• pneumococcal
• MenB

Around 12 months old
Four injections:

• Hib and Meningitis C
• pneumococcal
• MMR first dose
• MenB

2 – 6 years old (including children in school years 1 & 2):

• influenza (nasal spray)

3 years 4 months or soon after:
Two injections:

• Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio
• MMR second dose

Girls 12 to 13 years
HPV injection (school programme)

Around 14years (school year 9)
Two injections (school programme):

• Diphtheria, tetanus, polio
• Meningitis ACWY

For babies born on 1st January 2020 or after, the schedule is as follows:

8 weeks old

• Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, Hib and Hepatitis B
• Meningoccal group B (MenB)
• Rotavirus gastroenteritis

12 weeks old

• Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, Hib and Hepatitis B
• Pneumococcal (13 serotypes)
• Rotavirus

16 weeks old

• Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cought), polio, Hib and Hepatitis B
• MenB

1 Year old

• Hib and Meningitis C
• pneumococcal
• MMR first dose
• MenB

Eligible child age groups

• influenza (each year from September)

3 years 4 months or soon after:

• Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio
• MMR second dose

Boys and Girls 12 to 13 years

• HPV injection (usually a school programme) types 16 and 18 (and genital warts caused by types 6 and 11). 2 doses 6 – 24 months apart

14 years old (school year 9)

• Diphtheria, tetanus, polio, Meningitis ACWY (usually given at school)

The Doctors share the responsibility for child health development with the Health Visitors. The first developmental baby checks will be between six and eight weeks after birth. The appointment usually coincides with the mothers post natal check. There are two more developmental checks at eighteen months and three years. These are carried out by the Health Visitor.

The Health Care Assistants offer this service to patients who need advice and support for weight control.

All doctors offer this service during normal surgery hours. Coil fittings and implants are carried out at our Practice by Dr Serena de Clermont.

Emergency contraception is available at some pharmacies and this is free for under 20 year olds. Alternatively your Doctor can deal with requests for emergency contraception.

Ear syringing will only be performed after a 2 week application of ear drops to soften the wax; we recommend olive oil drops, 3 drops twice a day. We are aiming to avoid damage to the ear canal and perforation of the ear drum. It should be understood that in many cases adequate treatment with drops alone is sufficient to restore normal hearing.  Always book an appointment well in advance.

Nurses who have been trained in diabetic care run this clinic. Patients are seen on a regular basis for checks on the control of their diabetes. You will be asked to attend a pre-assessment appointment with one of our Health Care Assistants approximately 2 weeks before your appointment with your Diabetic Nurse.

Patients suffering from this condition are seen regularly by the Nurse to have their cholesterol checked and their medication reviewed. Referral to this clinic will be made by the patients’ doctor.  You will be asked to attend a pre-assessment appointment with one of our Health Care Assistants approximately 2 weeks before your appointment with the Coronary Heart Disease Nurse.

Nurses who have been trained in asthma care run this clinic. The clinical review of asthma patients ensures that their condition and medication is monitored on a regular basis.

The importance of having an annual review.

Patients taking Warfarin will be required to attend the Health Centre for regular blood tests. A finger prick blood test will be taken and the sample analysed. The patient will then be given the current dosage for the medication together with a prescription, if necessary, and an appointment for their next test. The whole procedure takes around twenty minutes.