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Childhood Immunisations

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ASTHMA & COPD CLINIC

Fressingfield: (invitations sent)
Stradbroke: (invitations sent)
Run by Suzanne Stones who is our specially trained Asthma & COPD nurse. The emphasis is on monitoring treatment, continuing education and advising on self management, including recognising when your asthma/COPD is getting worse and what you should do in that situation.

HEART DISEASE AND STROKE CLINIC

Fressingfield: (invitations sent)
Stradbroke: (invitations sent)
Clinics run by by Cathy Tooley and Suzanne Stones to monitor, advise and support patients who have heart disease or who have had a stroke and those who are at risk.

DIABETES CLINICS

Fressingfield: (invitations sent)
Stradbroke: (invitations sent)
Clinics run by by Cathy Tooley and Suzanne Stones. The clinic aims to promote a better understanding of diabetes, encourage self management, educate and help monitor your diabetes with a view to preventing the long-term complications of diabetes that include blindness, kidney failure, foot ulcers and amputations.

MIDWIFE CLINIC

Every Friday morning at Fressingfield, run by a Midwife attached to our practice. You can ring the practice to make an appointment.

CERVICAL SMEARS

Our trained cervical smear Nurses – Cathy Tooley and Yvonne Dunham are happy to carry out your cervical smears during normal surgery hours at a time and surgery that is convenient for you. Please let the Receptionist know when you book your appointment that it is for a cervical smear.

OVER 75’S CLINIC

Fressingfield and Stradbroke
Run by Deborah Gamble. Available each year to all patients aged 75 years and over - who are not seen in any of our other chronic disease clinics. Its aim is to help monitor ongoing care and individual needs. An invitation will be sent for an annual check around your birthday.

UNDER 5 DROP-IN CLINIC

Fressingfield: 1st and 3rd Wednesday each month
Run by our attached Health Visitors. This is an open access session (no appointments required) for all parents with babies and young children to meet together, have their babies weighed and obtain practical help and advice from the Health visitors on all matters relating to their children.

MINOR SURGERY

All the doctors perform minor surgery procedures at both Fressingfield or Stradbroke. You should arrange a time and place for your treatment with the Doctor who is going to carry it out.
We offer cryosurgery for the treatment of warts and verrucas and other skin conditions. In 2005 Suffok PCT disallowed certain minor surgical procedures that they considered cosmetic only.

SMOKING CESSATION CLINIC

Run by Yvonne Dunham. This clinic aims to encourage a more effective approach to giving up smoking. You can contact Yvonne directly for an appointment at the Fressingfield or Stradbroke Surgery or be referred by the doctors or nurses.
An initial assessment at the first visit provides advice and a choice of nicotine withdrawal medication, if appropriate, and then encouragement and support at follow up sessions, using a Carbon Monoxide monitor to reinforce abstinence from smoking.

COUNSELLOR

The doctor can refer you for counselling/cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Suffolk PCT is responsible for the delivery of this service to our patients.

SEASONAL FLU CLINICS

We hold 'Seasonal Flu Clinics' each year starting in October. Please click here for details of our Flu Clinics for 2011

WHO decides what the influenza vaccination should contain

We realise that it is sometimes difficult for patients to attend the flu clinics, but it is much easier for us to manage the flu vaccination campaign if patients do attend the clinics rather than making individual appointments. We publish the flu clinic details in the Stradbroke Monthly, Five Alive, Laxfield Newsletter, Village Voice, Athelington, Horham & Redlingfield News & Cratfield News. If you know of any other publication that you would like us to advertise the details in, then please let us know. The details are also published on this website, and are available from the practice from late August. Unfortunately, we are unable to send out individual letters due to the cost.

YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A FREE INFLUENZA VACCINATION, IF:

You have chronic respiratory disease

You have chronic heart disease

You have chronic kidney disease

You have chronic liver disease

You are diabetic

You have a weak immune system/Immunosuppression

You are over 65 years of age or are 65 prior to the 31/3/2011.

You have a history of stroke or TIA or Multiple Sclerosis or a disease of the central nervous system

You are Pregnant, and are either in a clinical risk group or have not previously received the vaccination against H1N1 Swine Flu.

Those who are in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the carer of an older, disabled or Immunosuppressed person whose welfare may be at risk if the carer falls ill.

BEFORE YOUR VACCINATION

When you attend for your injection, you must tell the Practice Nurse prior to having your vaccination if you answer 'Yes' to any of the following questions:

Have you ever had a reaction to a previous flu vaccination?
Are you feeling unwell or do you have a raised temperature?
Are you allergic to hens' eggs or antibiotics?
Are you trying for a baby, pregnant or breast-feeding?

AFTER YOUR VACCINATION

Most people have no adverse reaction to their flu vaccination

A few people get a slight temperature and aching muscles for a couple of days.
Your arm may feel a bit sore where it is injected and you may experience some redness and swelling at the site of the injection.
Any other reactions are much less common.
Tell the Practice Nurse or Doctor immediately if you experience any symptoms that cause you concern

Childhood Immunisations

Fressingfield: Wednesdays, 11.00am - 13.00pm

This clinic is run by Deborah Gamble. You will usually be notified of your child’s appointment by post. If it is inconvenient, we can always arrange it for another time. Please make sure you bring your child’s Red Book and invitation when attending for all immunisations.

Vaccination Schedule

Age	Immunisation
2 months	1st Diptheria, Tetanus,Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Polio, HIB (Haemophilus), Meningitis C and Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV)
3 months	2nd Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, HIB, Meningitis C and PCV
4 months	3rd Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, HIB, Meningitis C and PCV
12 months	HIB and Meningitis C
13 months	Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) 1st dose and PCV
4 years	Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio booster, MMR 2nd dose
12 years	Rubella (German measles)
13 - 14 years	BCG (TB given at school)
15 years	Diptheria, tetanus and Polio

TRAVEL VACCINATIONS

Please try to provide 4 weeks notice
These can be arranged with our Practice nurses and carried out during their clinic sessions. It is essential to organise them well in advance of your departure date. The reason for this is that to achieve maximum protection against the various infectious diseases that you might contract abroad, the vaccines have to be given as courses and in a particular order and time is required to carry this out effectively.
We need to know where you are going and for how long, other countries you may be travelling through, whether you are pregnant and if you’ve had an adverse reaction to any vaccine previously. The same applies to malaria protection.
We use TRAVAX, approved software that provides up to date information about all vaccination and Malaria requirements.
If you are travelling outside Europe for more than a month, this is known as a complicated travel schedule, we may be able to provide some of your vaccines but you may need to seek the advice of a Travel Clinic initially.

The following are the details of the local Travel Clinics:

Long Stratton Health Centre - 01508 530781 (A travel clinic is run every Tuesday PM)
Mile End Clinic, Norwich - 01603 442200
UEA, Norwich - 01603 592172
North Sea Medical Centre, Gorleston - 01493 414149
Cambridge Travel Clinic - 01223 367362
Oak Street, Norwich - 01603 626217
Tuckswood Travel Centre, Hall Road, Norwich - 01603 447766

The following Health Centres offer a Yellow Fever service only:

Diss Health Centre, Mount Street, Diss - 01379 642023
Church Plain Surgery, Loddon - 01508 520222

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Carribean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible - at least 4 weeks before you travel - as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations. These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine. Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.

Most travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because travel vaccination is not included in the services provided by the NHS and therefore is a chargeable service.

Travel Health Questionnaire

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form before coming to see the nurse.

Travel Questionnaire