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Blackbrook Health Visitors |
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Written by Kate Gates
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What can it have been about this sort of time last year? I feel a bit like Bill Oddy on Spring Watch….. we have no less than four sets of twins! Six out of the eight babies came for a ‘gathering’ at the surgery on 14th May. They cooed and gurgled delightfully.I hope that the mums enjoyed meeting each other too, and will go on to meet up with other twin parents via the local Tamba group.Those babies, and some others of appropriate age are coming next week to explore the joys of weaning. Best advice to the parents is to wear swimwear and a shower cap, as it always can be a messy business! The advice has changed over the years and it can be a little confusing for new parents to be reminded of how and when we used to do it. In line with research findings we are recommending that babies wait a little longer these days before swiping the food off their parent’s plate; preferably until around five months! We continue to have lots of customers at our weekly clinic here at Blackbrook, and in the Autumn hope that we will be able to make more use of Acorns Children’s Centre. Keep well, and do not forget to apply plenty of sun cream as we get into the scorching summer that we have been promised. Kate Gates, Health Visitor |
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Registration detail changes |
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Written by Darren Thomas
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If your personal details change, such as your name, a marriage, you move house or a new baby is born, please would you inform the urgery of these changes so that we can keep your records up to date. We may need to contact you, so please keep your telephone number up to date. Most patients have mobile phones now, so we would appreciate it if you would let us have your new numbers. If the head of the household moves house, please ensure that address changes are made for all dependants at that particular address. We want to try and prevent post from going astray and if we are not able to contact you, this poses a problem to the surgery. Many thanks for your help. |
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Written by Marion Baker
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Do not wait until the last minute before booking an appointment in our travel clinic. As the clinics get very booked, especially at this time of the year, to avoid disappointment and unnecessary anxiety, we invite you to book any time throughout the year to update your vaccinations so that you are prepared for any holiday that you might book. Some vaccines are given as a one off, others need a course of 3 injections usually given within 21-28 days. Some of these have to be ordered from the manufacturer on a 'named patient basis' and others are kept in the surgery. Some have to be paid for whilst others are free. There are posters displayed in the surgery itemising costs of the vaccination courses. Blackbrook Surgery is a Yellow Fever Centre and anyone can access this as it is a private service. The vaccine is issued with a certificate and needs to be given 10 days before entering the yellow fever area. Travel health has become an increasingly complex area. We get our information from the NHS website Travax which is updated every 24 hours. This is extremely helpful for diseases such as malaria, where outbreaks can occur in unexpected areas. It is vitally important to take anti-malarials if needed and to take the correct tablets for the specific malaria spreading mosquito. In short it is never too late to have a vaccination if you need it. Even if you are not fully protected you would have some protection which is better than no protection at all. Holidays are often hard earned and precious - make the most of them without wasting any time being ill! Marion Baker, P.N. |
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