Caddington Surgery

<body BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF">  <p><i>You have reached this page because your browser does not support frames.  We recommend that you upgrade to a more up to date browser in order to enjoy this site to the full.  However, don't worry, you can still use the Caddington Surgery web site by clicking on the contents list below and using the "home" link at the bottom of every web page.</i></p> <h1>Site Map</h1> <ul style="list-style-type: circle" type="circle"> <li><a href="home.htm" target="main">Home Page</a> <ul style="list-style-type: circle" type="circle"> <li>Includes links to <a href="Caddington%20Surgery%20News.htm" target="main">Caddington Surgery News</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="appointments_frame.htm" target="main">Appointments</a> <ul style="list-style-type: circle" type="circle"> <li>How to make an Appointment</li> <li>Surgery Hours</li> <li>Home Visits</li> <li>Telephone Advice</li> <li>Repeat Prescriptions</li> <li>Video Recordings</li> <li>Chaperone Policy</li> <li><a href="Caddington%20Surgery%20News.htm" target="main">Caddington Surgery News</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="information_frame.htm" target="main">Information</a> <ul style="list-style-type: circle" type="circle"> <li>Practice Information <ul style="list-style-type: circle" type="circle"> <li> <a href="http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&db=pc&addr1=&client=public&addr2=&advanced=&addr3=&pc=LU14EE&quicksearch=LU1+4EE" target="_blank"> Where to find us (opens a new browser window)</a></li> <li>Surgery Hours</li> <li>Practice Booklets</li> <li>Practice Area</li> <li>Registration</li> <li>Address Changes</li> <li>Local Hospitals</li> <li>Complaints</li> <li>Zero Tolerance</li> </ul> </li> <li>Health Information <ul style="list-style-type: circle" type="circle"> <li>Health Information</li> <li>"Hitting the Headlines"</li> <li>Minor Illnesses</li> <li>Patient Library</li> <li>Video Library</li> <li>NHS Direct</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="links.htm" target="main">Medical Web Links</a></li> <li><a href="Caddington%20Surgery%20News.htm" target="main">Caddington Surgery News</a></li> </ul> <p> </li> <li><a href="services_frame.htm" target="main">Services</a> <ul style="list-style-type: circle" type="circle"> <li>Our Services</li> <li>Preventive Health</li> <li>Child Health Clinic</li> <li>Family Planning</li> <li>Maternity Care</li> <li>Minor Surgery</li> <li>Counselling</li> <li>Anticoagulant Clinic</li> <li>Blood Tests</li> <li><a href="repeat_frame.htm" target="main">Repeat Prescriptions</a></li> <li><a href="Caddington%20Surgery%20News.htm" target="main">Caddington Surgery News</a></li> </ul> <p> </li> <li><a href="team_frame.htm" target="main">Our Team</a> <ul style="list-style-type: circle" type="circle"> <li>Practice Manager</li> <li>Reception Team</li> <li>Doctors</li> <li>Practice Nurses</li> <li>Associated Staff</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="emergencies.htm" target="main">Emergencies</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <h4 align="center"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">  </script> and welcome to the Caddington Surgery web site</h4> <p align="center">  <a title="Click here for Caddington Surgery News" target="george" href="Caddington%20Surgery%20News.htm"> <marquee bgcolor="#0000FF" style="color: #FFFFFF; border: 0px solid #800080; padding: 0" align="middle" scrollamount="4" width="80%" scrolldelay="150">Dr Luckhurst announces.....See Caddington Surgery News for details... How to become a Donor ...... See Caddington Surgery News for details .....Are you Hard of Hearing? Ask about our portable T-loop to help hearing aid wearers......</marquee></a> </p> <table width="100%" cellspacing="4" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="270" valign="top"> <img src="images/Surgery.jpg" alt="Photograph of Caddington Surgery" align="right" width="267" height="199" border="0"></td> <td width="200%" colspan="2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Welcome to the Caddington Surgery Web Site.  The Surgery is located in the Bedfordshire village of Caddington and serves the people of Caddington, Slip End, Woodside and Pepperstock. We aim to:</p> <ul> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">provide all our patients with the best possible care,</p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">give advice and information to help our patients to keep healthy, and</p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">treat all our patients with courtesy and understanding.</p> </li> </ul> <p align="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <a target="george" title="Caddington Surgery News" href="Caddington%20Surgery%20News.htm"> <img src="graphics/news.gif" alt="Caddington Surgery News" align="left" border="0" width="114" height="113"></a>We have developed this web site to provide easy access to information about the practice and the services we offer, in addition to medical information.   </p> <h3 align="left">News</h3> <p>For the latest information from Caddington Surgery, please click <a target="george" title="Caddington Surgery News" href="Caddington%20Surgery%20News.htm"> here</a></p> </td> </tr> </table> <h3></h3> <h3>Happy 60th Birthday to NHS General Practice!</h3> <p></p> <p></p> <img border="0" src="graphics/GP-Poster.jpg" align="left" width="141" height="200"><p>This year, the NHS is celebrating its 60th birthday.</p> <img border="0" src="graphics/GP-Birthday-petition.jpg" align="right" width="141" height="200"><p> For 60 years local GP surgeries have been providing the personalised care that you and your family need close to home by people who know you and your health.   But we are very worried that new Government plans to change the way in which GP services are provided will put at risk the comprehensive, high-quality patient care that your local surgery provides. </p> <h4>The Threat to your Surgery!</h4> <p></p> <p>Most NHS GP practices are independently run by local GPs on behalf of their patients. However, the Government is now encouraging commercial companies to run GP surgeries. These companies are accountable firstly to shareholders not patients. Commercial companies are likely to be offered short-term contracts. This could lead to a higher turnover of doctors who may not know you and your long-term health needs. This is bad for patients.</p> <p></p> <p>The Government plans to introduce up to 250 large new health centres - often called polyclinics - across England instead of funding extra services in local surgeries. Polyclinics are very expensive to develop and run and there is no evidence they are needed in many areas.</p> <p></p> <p>These health centres may contain up to 25 GPs, and we are worried that patients may lose the personal relationship they usually have with their current family doctor.</p> <p></p> <p>As a result of these changes we are concerned that many local surgeries may not survive. We believe NHS funds would be better spent on expanding the high-quality services at your own local GP surgery. The BMA is running a national campaign to help save GP Surgeries from closure.</p><p>You can sign the petition in the Caddington Surgery or on-line (click <a target="_blank" href="http://www.supportyoursurgery.org.uk/public.php">here</a>)</p> <p></p> <h3>Early Appointments</h3> <p> <img border="0" src="graphics/alarm-clock.gif" width="53" height="53" align="left">Just a quick reminder that we are <u><b>already</b></u> open EARLY.  There are 8.15a.m. appointments slots on a Tuesday, Thursday and Friday to see a GP and 8.30a.m. on a Wednesday. Patients ARRIVING at 8.15a.m. at the surgery will be offered one of these early appointments slots which are 10 minutes apart.  The telephone lines are open from 8.30a.m. and appointments booked.</p> <p> </p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/"> <img border="0" src="graphics/calogo.gif" align="right" width="323" height="58"></a>Dunstable Citizens Advice Bureau has come to Caddington Surgery. You can book an appointment to see a CAB adviser here in the surgery. This service will be available via an appointment only, every other friday morning. Please ask at reception to book an appointment.</p> <br> Citizens Advice provides free, independent, impartial and confidential advice on may issues including benefits, employment, debt, housing and legal issues.  (Priority given to clients who are unable or would find it difficult to get to Dunstable CAB.)<p></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="50%"> <h3> <img border="0" src="graphics/no-smoking.jpg" width="110" height="135" align="left">Give up smoking</h3> <p>Go smoke free?  It is one of the best things you could do for your health. Making a complete break from smoking. Think about how great it would be to leave those health worries behind you. Picture yourself, waking up and feeling totally fresh. Millions of people in Britain have already gone smoke free and you can too. Click <a title="Click here to visit NHS Smoke Free site (new window)" target="_blank" href="http://www.gosmokefree.co.uk/"> here</a> for more information or contact the surgery.</p> <p> </p> </td> <td width="50%"> <h3>Lose weight</h3> <p> <img border="0" src="graphics/weight-loss.jpg" width="130" height="130" align="left">There are lots of groups to join, books to read and so on for diets.  But for simple tips on weight loss (that work!), click <a title="Click here for simple tips on weight loss" target="_blank" href="http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/23068959/"> here</a>.  And for an outline of a low fat diet, click <a title="Low fat healthy diet" target="_blank" href="http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/27000966/"> here</a>.  Why not use the BMI calculator to find out if you're the right weight for your height ?  Click <a title="BMI Calculator - will open in new window" target="_blank" href="http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/magazine/interactive/bmi/index.aspx"> here for BMI Calculator</a></p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1"> <h3>Are you hard of hearing?</h3> <p> <img border="0" src="graphics/t-loop.bmp" align="left" width="28" height="29" alt="T-Loop symbol">The surgery has a portable T-loop to help hearing aid wearers. To make use of this please switch your hearing aid on to T when you speak to the receptionist and ask that the loop be used in your consultation when you check in. The T-loop can also be taken by the doctor or (district) nurse on home visits if you request this in advance. We regret that occasionally the facility will not be available if in use with another patient.  </p> <p> <img border="0" src="graphics/bettery.gif" width="91" height="102" align="left">You may also like to know that hearing aid batteries are now available from reception.</p> <p> </p> <p></p> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top"> <h3>Repeat Prescriptions</h3> <p>Why not try our "Request Repeat Prescriptions by E-mail" service?  It seems to be increasingly popular with our patients.</p> <p align="center"> <a target="george" title="Click here for our repeat prescriptions by email service" href="repeat_frame.htm"> <img src="graphics/Repeat_Prescription.gif?00094C8D" editor="Webstyle3" border="0"></a></p> <p align="center"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/"> <img border="0" src="graphics/NHSDirect.gif" alt="Click here for NHS Direct" width="145" height="91"></a></p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td> <p align="center"> <img src="images/Caddington-sign1.jpg" alt="Caddington Village Sign" align="center" width="281" height="212" border="0"></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> </td> <td>.  </td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td align="CENTER" colspan="3" style="border-style: solid; border-color: #CCFFFF; padding: 0"> <div class="footnote"> Copyright Š2003-2006, Caddington Surgery, 33 Manor Road, Caddington, Luton, LU1 4EE Telephone 01582 725673 </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" align="CENTER" colspan="3" style="border-style: solid; border-color: #CCFFFF; padding: 0"> <div class="footnote"> If you have any comments or suggestions regarding this web site then please contact us at the address above.</div> <div class="footnote"> We are not able to deal with patients' medical problems by e-mail. </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="CENTER" style="border-style: solid; border-color: #CCFFFF; padding: 0"> <a href="disclaimer.htm" target="_blank"> <div class="footnote"> Disclaimer</a></div> </td> <td width="33%" align="CENTER" style="border-style: solid; border-color: #CCFFFF; padding: 0"> <a href="index.htm" target="_top"> <div class="footnote"> Home</a></div> </td> <td width="34%" align="CENTER" style="border-style: solid; border-color: #CCFFFF; padding: 0"> <a href="site%20map.htm" target="main"> <div class="footnote"> Site Map</a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>  </body>