Horse Fair Practice Group English French German Healthcare Team Urgent Care Practitioner Mr. Shane Fearon Clinical Pharmacist Mrs. Heena Bhagat Miss Maria Ashiq Community Midwives The Community Midwives are able to offer full care during pregnancy. The doctors and midwife share the care of the expectant mother. Your initial consultation with the midwife will usually take place in your home. You will be asked a few questions and the midwife will carry out some general health checks, and will arrange your hospital booking. Throughout your pregnancy will be seen regularly either at the practice or at the local hospital, or both. There is a weekly Midwife Clinic held at Hillsprings Surgery every Thursday from 9:00am-12:00 noon, by appointment only. There is an additional leaflet about our ante-natal services available upon request at each Practice Reception. Community Nurses The District Nurses are available to see you in your home and help with dressings and removal of sutures, advice and care of the acutely and chronically sick and terminally ill and advice on incontinence, supplying pads and other aids. Health Visitors All Health Visitors are qualified nurses and many of them have had midwifery training. They also have a further year’s training in subjects such as Child Development, family structure, community health, the promotion of health in all age groups and psychology. They work mainly with parents and young children and will visit you soon after you return home with your new baby. They may also visit you during your pregnancy and they work alongside the midwives. They run Child Health Clinics at the Sandy Lane Health Centre premises and work in conjunction with the GP’s in the surgery. They may also prescribe medication for certain minor ailments. They also work with elderly people, children with special needs and with other age groups, advising them on how to achieve good physical and emotional health. The Health Visitors set up support groups and provide support in times of stress, anxiety and illness. All this work is kept in strict confidence. Disclaimer | Cookies

Horse Fair Practice Group English French German Patient Contract Help Us to Help You Please avoid telephoning during peak times 8-9 am and 2-3pm for non-urgent matters Please treat all doctors and practice staff with the same courtesy and respect you would expect to receive. Zero Tolerance We all aim to treat our patients courteously at all times and expect our patients to treat our staff in a similarly respectful way. We take seriously any threatening, abusive or violent behaviour. A zero tolerance policy towards violent, threatening and abusive behaviour is now in place throughout the National Health Service. The staff in our practices have the right to work in an environment free from violent and threatening or abusive behaviour and everything will be done to protect that right. At no time will any violent, threatening or abusive behaviour be tolerated in our practices. If you do not respect the rights of our staff we may choose to inform the police and make arrangements for you to be removed from our medical list. Disclaimer | Cookies