NHS Medical Clinics and Services
Green Valleys Health offers a range of services. They include:
- Early and late surgeries
- Management of chronic diseases:
Asthma, Diabetes, Heart Disease - Family planning
- Contraception and Sexual Health
- Cervical Cytology (Smears)
- Ante Natal and Post Natal Care
- Child health surveillance
- Immunisations
- Minor Surgery
- Joint injections
- Occupational Health
- Health promotion
- Travel Vaccinations
Antenatal
These clinics are run by community midwives. If you become pregnant, you will need to make a ‘booking appointment’. At this appointment the midwife will ask you a few questions and carry out some general health checks. From then on you will be seen regularly throughout your pregnancy at the local clinic or hospital. You do not routinely need to see a GP when you discover you are pregnant, unless you want to discuss specific issues with them.
North Bristol NHS Trust Maternity Services run a centralised booking process for newly pregnant women to access maternity services, by email at bookings.midwifery@nbt.nhs.uk or telephone 0117 4146743. Information including an Antenatal Booking Form can be found on the North Bristol NHS Trust website
Child Health
All babies are invited for a check-up at eight weeks old. We recommend a full immunisation schedule for pre school children.
Contraception and Sexual Health
Basic sexual health screening, treatment, advice and contraception
Services are confidential, free and open to all registered patients. We provide:
- Sexually transmitted infection (STI) tests
- Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea tests
- Contraception: condoms, emergency contraception, implants, contraceptive pill, contraceptive injection (Depo Provera, Sayana Press or Noristerat), IUS or IUD (coils)
- Cervical Smear Screening
No Worries (No need to be registered here)
We are also part of the NO WORRIES drop in service, providing confidential sexual health and relationship advice for 13 to 20 years olds in the South Gloucestershire area.
This includes:
- condoms
- pregnancy tests
- STI tests
- Emergency contraception
Chaperone Service
It is the policy of this practice to respect the privacy and dignity, and the cultural and religious beliefs of our patients, and to provide a safe environment for all.
If you would like a chaperone to be present during a consultation, examination or procedure, or if you would prefer to be examined by a health professional of the same sex as yourself, please let us know as soon as possible and we will do our best to comply with your wishes.
The practice has trained members of staff who can act as a formal chaperone. You are welcome to bring a friend or relative with you to support you, should you wish.
Your healthcare professional may also require a chaperone to be present for certain consultations in accordance with our chaperone policy.
Please note that we may need to reschedule your appointment to accommodate your wishes, and we may not be able to offer a same sex doctor or health professional on the same day.
Coronary Heart Disease
Some of our practice nurses provides advice and health check ups to patients diagnosed with coronary heart disease. Please make an appointment.
Diabetes
Led by one of our practice nurses, this clinic offers advice and general health checkups to patients diagnosed with diabetes.
District Nursing, Midwives and Health Visitors
Our district nurses and health visitors are attached to the practice, but are employed by Sirona Care and Health Community Interest Company (CIC)
District Nurses
The district nurses are responsible for providing skilled nursing care to our housebound patients. The team can be contacted on 0117 330 2505.
Community Midwives
If you are pregnant and need to make your first appointment with a midwife please complete an Antenatal Booking Form. If you do not have internet access, call 0117 414 6743 and leave a message.
The midwife team for our Downend patients can be contacted on 0117 330 2505. The midwife team for our Yate patients can be contacted on 01454 315 355.
Health Visitors
Health visitors offer advice and support for pre-school children and their families on all aspects of parenting and family health. The health visiting team for our Downend patients can be contacted on 0117 957 6908. The health visiting team for our Yate patients can be contacted on 01454 338 809.
Nurse Practitioner Services
Our Nurse Practitioner Team offers some prebookable and some same day appointments. They can deal with a range of issues such as minor illnesses and injuries.
Should you need medical advice, please contact reception. The receptionist will ask you the nature of your problem, please do share this with them. The receptionist will then be able to ensure your enquiry is dealt with by the most appropriate person, using guidelines approved by our GPs. Our Nurse Practitioners often have shorter waiting times that our GPs too.
Nursing Team Services
Our qualified practice nurses deal with a wide range of conditions and health concerns. They carry out a variety of duties such as smears, injections, dressings etc. In addition to general nursing duties our practice nurses provide care for patients with chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, coronary heart disease and hypertension.
Our health care assistant and phlebotomist are important members of the nursing team who work under the supervision of a qualified nurse. Our phlebotomist takes blood whilst our health care assistant carries out well person checks and can take blood, check blood pressure, test urine, do Electrocardiograms (a heart test normally referred to as ECG) and undertake simple dressings.
Minor Surgery
Minor operations can be done in our treatment room. Please discuss this with your doctor who will then arrange for you to be given an appointment.