The community midwife holds clinics regularly at the surgery. Antenatal and Postnatal care are both shared between her and the doctor.

Asthma / Respiratory Clinics                             

Run Every week by our practice nurse.

Child Health Surveillance and Immunisations

The doctor and health visitors run child health surveillance clinics giving support and advice as well as immunisations and routine medical examinations to our under 5's

Contraceptive Services

Full contraceptive services are offered during surgery hours. The doctors are happy to give general advice on contraception and are able to fit caps, implants and coils as well as care for ladies taking the contraceptive pill and emergency contraception.

Diabetes Clinics

Run Weekly by our practice nurse.

Health Checks

These are available for all new patients over 5 years of age. This check will include:

Immunisation status
Review of contraception
Cytology
General advice on covering smoking, diet, healthy lifestyle
Cervical Smears

A recall system is currently available in Gwent. This recalls ladies every three years. The practice nurse will carry out most routine smears

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Management

We try to ensure patients who have the following conditions are called to have regular checks to monitor their condition;

Respiratory Conditions (Asthma, COPD) , Diabetes, Heart Disease, Epilepsy , Hypothyroidism, Hypertension, Stroke/TIA.

Most of these conditions require annual check ups. Your recall letter will clearly indicate what will be done during your appointment.

If you have received a letter and find attending a problem (e.g. housebound), then please contact the surgery. If you do not wish to be recalled for these services, we will require this in writing.

 WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND ATTENDING WHEN ASKED TO DO SO.

Hypertension Clinic

Run by our Practice Nurse.

Influenza and Pneumonia Vaccinations

These are available in October every year.

The influenza vaccination is highly recommended for patients over 65, or with respiratory problems, Diabetes, Heart disease, or Stroke related conditions. Please ring the surgery to make an appointment. Patients who are housebound please give the surgery a ring and we will make arrangements for you.

Minor Accidents

Patients with minor injuries are advised to attend the Royal Gwent Hospital, Accident & Emergency or Panteg Hospital.

Minor Surgery

We perform a variety of minor surgical procedures and also offer injections, which help some patients with arthritic conditions.
Dr Price was a hospital practitioner at the County Hospital. He has a great deal of experience in removal of lesions and plastic procedures. He is trained in lesion recognition and management. He has received close supervision and training at the County Hospital and also attends regular training courses to update his knowledge and skills and to keep abreast of developments. He runs a very successful GP surgery course providing training for GPs in all procedures that can be reasonably performed in the Primary care setting.

Dr Price has also had many reference books on Minor Surgery published.

Non NHS examinations

Medical examinations for special purposes e.g. elderly drivers, pre employment medicals, insurance medicals etc. can be arranged by appointment. A Fee as recommended by the British Medical Association may be payable for these examinations. These are usually carried out on between morning and afternoon surgeries for registered patients only. Please ask the reception staff for more details.

Patient Library

We have an extensive video library at the surgery. Videos dealing with various medical conditions are available for loan by our patients. Please ask the receptionists for details.

Podiatrist

Visiting Podiatry assessment clinics held twice monthly. Appointments only, by referral from practice.

Recall

We aim to ensure patients attend at least annually for monitoring of their conditions including;

Diabetes, Respiratory conditions, Heart disease monitoring, Stroke monitoring,Hypertension, Hypothyroidism, Epilepsy, Kidney disease, Weight management