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NHS Services

Our Services:

As well as providing a high standard of comprehensive general medical services, the practice is sensitive to patient needs and offers a wide range of additional patient services including:

 

General Medical/Surgical Services

Practice Nursing (in-practice and domiciliary)

Community Nursing

New Patient Health Check

Minor Illness Appointments (with Advanced Nurse Practitioners and the Clinical Pharmacist)

Minor Operations (include removal of warts, moles, skin lesions etc.) 

Minor Injuries (provided to avoid the need for patients to attend A&E)

ECG service

Ear Syringing

Spirometry

 

Health Monitoring Reviews (Chronic Disease Management)

Diabetic Health Care

Asthma Monitoring and Management

Ischaemic Heart Disease Reviews

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (includes Spirometry service to aid diagnosis and appropriate management)

Epilepsy

Dementia

Chronic Kidney Disease

Atrial Fibrillation

Hypertension Monitoring (includes 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring)

 

Services for Children

Paediatric Immunisation Clinic (babies should have their 6-week check with a GP before their first immunisations can be given)

See the current vaccination schedule:  

Paediatric Development Clinic

 

Services for Female Patients

Ante-natal/Post-natal Clinic (with the Midwife)

Family Planning Services (Dr Harris and Dr Smith fit coils and diaphragms; Dr Kapur, Dr Smith and Nurse Paula fit contraceptive implants)

Family Planning Counselling

Cervical Cytology Programme (Saturday appointments may be available, )

Management of the Menopause

 

Health Promotion/Prevention Services

Well Person Health Checks

NHS Health checks are offered to patients aged 40-74  

Travel clinic 

Vaccinations for adults (pneumococcal, shingles, MMR)

'Flu' Vaccination Clinics

Exercise on Referral programme

Services for the Elderly

Screening for the Over 75's (in-practice and domiciliary)

 

A MacMillan Nurse, Community Psychiatric Nurse and Community Occupational Therapist are also available for patients who have been referred by their doctor.

 

Other

Practice Website

Practice Leaflet (including Patients Charter)

Noticeboards

INFORMATION

Opening Hours: 08:00 - 18:30
Phone Number: +1(646)4196523
Out of Hours: 911

ADDRESS

1290 Fort Greene,
Brooklyn, New York.

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DISCLAIMER

Any advice published on this website is intended as additional information for registered patients only. It is not intended as a substitute for seeking advice from a GP where necessary and appropriate.