Baby clinic

Every Wednesday morning, Dr Hall holds a baby clinic. This is a good opportunity to have your baby weighed and to talk to Dr Hall about any problems you may be having. Dr Hall is always happy to talk to mothers and offer advice. We perform the 8 week, 8 month and 4 year child health surveillance checks at this time and the nurse if available to give your child any vaccinations that are due. Please do not bring children with acute infections to the clinic. There are a lot of healthy babies around and it is not fair to have them take infections home. If your child is unwell, please make an appointment during routine surgery hours.

Child health record book (the Red Book)

You will be given a handy red booklet in which to record details of your child's health. This contains graphs to plot weight and height as well as pages for the doctor or health visitor to fill in during the health surveillance checks. The booklet also includes lots of helpful hints regarding your child's health and development. It is well worth reading and keeping up to date. Please bring it with you whenever you see a doctor.

10 day check

The first check is done at the visit to your home. We will listen to the baby's heart and check general health.

8 week check

Dr Hall will perform a general check on your baby's health and development. The nurse will start the vaccination programme with polio drops by mouth and a single Diphtheria, Tetanus, Whooping cough and Haemophilus vaccination in your baby's leg.

12 week booster vaccination

The first booster Polio and DPTHib vaccination.

16 week booster vaccination

A second booster Polio and DPTHib vaccination.

8 month check

Dr Hall checks your child's development including a hearing test.

1 year vaccination

The nurse gives the Measles, Mumps and Rubella combined vaccine

18 month check

The Health Visitor checks your child's development at home.

3 year check

The Health Visitor performs this at home and checks development of language and vision.

4½ year check

We check your child's heart and make sure that development has been satisfactory. We make sure there is no reason for the school doctor to be notified. The nurse will give the pre-school Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio booster vaccination.