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12 -16 Taunton Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3LS |
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| Tel: 01278 720000 Fax: 01278 423691 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Diabetes
clinic |
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We have over 500 people with diabetes at the surgery
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still rising! We aim to offer everyone two appointments
a year with our |
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specialist nurses and Drs Rooke and Taylor back up the
nursing team for |
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particular problem situations. We are able to provide
care for almost all of |
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our diabetics within the surgery but children under eighteen
are usually looked |
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after within the hospital system. |
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Respiratory clinics - Asthma and COPD |
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Our trained nurses provide care for asthmatics and COPD
sufferers and |
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are trained in diagnosis and treatment of both conditions.
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all patients an annual review - as treatment is continually
changing, we urge |
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everyone to take up this opportunity, even people who
think they are |
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already well informed and well controlled. |
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Heart disease clinic |
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| We aim to see all our patients with heart problems every year in our | ||||||||||||||||||||
| nurse-led clinic. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Smoking cessation | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Our trained nurses and clinical technicians are pleased to be able to offer | ||||||||||||||||||||
| advice
and prescriptions where needed to help people to come off |
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| tobacco products. We have an excellent success rate so
give it a go -
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| remember
that it's never too late to benefit from stopping! |
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| Anticoagulant clinics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| About 150 of our patients at any one time are taking warfarin or other drugs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| to thin the blood. We are able to test the blood on site and then use a | ||||||||||||||||||||
| sophisticated computer programme to optimise treatment based on the | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Health visitor clinics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Our health visitors will be pleased to take calls directly to offer advice or to | ||||||||||||||||||||
| arrange appointments on 01278 421991. | ||||||||||||||||||||