Practice Nursing Team Clinics

Our practice nurses are experienced and trained in many areas and offer services including the following

• Monitoring and management of long term conditions (asthma, diabetes, coronary heart disease etc)
• Health promotion
• Minor ailments
• Family planning and contraception - nurses accept patients for all aspects of family planning advice.

• Implanon

• Cervical smears - when making an appointment, please make it clear to the receptionist that your appointment is for a cervical smear so that we can make the right appointment for you with one of the practice nurses.
• Travel vaccination and advice
• Childhood immunisations
• Wound management.
• Dressings and wound management
• Ear syringing

The practice nurses also carry out various diagnostic tests,

Our health care assistants specialise in these areas:

• Blood tests
• Smoking cessation - we now have several (free) services and treatments available to help smokers who are ready to quit. Several members of the practice nursing team are a trained smoking cessation advisers, and are available for advice and support. To make an appointment please ask at reception or ring 01993 703641Blood tests
• Blood pressure
• ECGs
• smoking cessation
• weight management
• Health checks
• dressings

To book an appointment with the practice nurses or health care assistants, telephone 01993 703641.  Please tell the receptionist as much as you can about what kind of appointment you want so that they can book you with the right person, appropriately trained to deliver the service you need.

Other Clinics & Services

For details of the following clinics and services contact reception.

Minor Surgery

The doctors perform minor operations at the health centre. Your doctor will explain what is involved and ask you to complete a consent form.

Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre

The Nuffield Practice is an authorised Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre. 

Maternity Services

Maternity care is provided by your GP and community midwife. Antenatal courses are run by the midwife. Please ask her for details.

Most mothers from this area have their babies in the Women's Centre at the John Radcliffe Hospital, but for some, Chipping Norton Hospital can be offered as an alternative. This can be discussed with your midwife.

The midwife also runs a "drop-in" clinic Monday to Friday 3 pm to 4.30 pm at Witney Community Hospital.

Child Health Surveillance

Child health checks are carried out by your own doctor in surgery. Childhood immunisations are done by the practice nurses in the treatment room. Our practice nurses will be pleased to help with further information.

Minor Injuries Unit

The Minor Injuries Unit is situated in the Witney Community Hospital. It is open from 10.00am to 10.30pm each day. They also have x-ray facilities. They can be contacted on 01993 209456 or 01993 209458.

 

Non-NHS Services

Most of our services are provided under the National Health Service, and we do not offer private primary medical care. However, some services are not paid for by the NHS, (e.g. insurance reports and medicals, occupational health, holiday travel vaccinationstc), and if you request a service which is not paid for by the NHS, you will be told what the charge is likely to be. There is a list of commonly requested services and their prices in reception. Please ask if you would like to know more.

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