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Maternity care is shared between the Doctors and the Community Midwives.
The Midwife’s and Health Team's role is dedicated to providing safe, flexible, quality care during pregnancy, childbirth and in the immediate post-natal period.
You can either make an appointment with your own doctor when you are first pregnant and he or she will refer you to the Hospital Consultant and to the Midwife. Alternatively, you can self-refer to Maternity Services at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, by using the following link Maternity Self Referral.
Once you have completed your referral your information will be processed and you will receive an ultrasound scan appointment through the post. The Community Midwife will aim to contact you prior to the ultrasound scan appointment, where they will liaise with you regarding a convenient date and time to perform your booking appointment.
After you have had your baby, the midwives will visit you at home until your baby is 10 days old and then one of our Health Visitors will be your point of contact for advice about your baby. Between six and twelve weeks after having your baby you will be contacted by the Surgery to arrange your baby’s first immunisations and a Health Check with your family GP.
Dr Ben McFadden, MB BS MRCGP PG Dip Dermatology, one of our former GP Partners, now dedicates his time to running Community Dermatology Clinics. Dr Grace Getty, one of our GP Partners is also in the process of completing her Dermatology Diploma and holds clinics under Dr McFadden's supervision.
Clinics are held at Arlington Road on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
GP's from other practices can also refer to the Community Dermatology Clinic at Arlington Road. Access to the Dermatology Clinic is by referral from your GP only, regardless of whether you are registered at Arlington Road or another local practice.
If you need to speak to the Dermatology Secretary about your referral or treatment, please call 727531 and select option 3, please leave a voicemail and the secretary will get back to you.
Our current waiting list is around 10-12 weeks.
Information for referring clinicians
To refer to the Community Dermatology Service, please use the Ardens Community Dermatology Service template that can be found in the East Sussex CCG folder, and select the Community subfolder. Thank you.
This clinic is for patients who have had a heart attack, have angina or are known to have CHD. This clinic is run by our Nurses and Healthcare Assistants. Patients known to have a heart condition will receive an invitation from the practice to book an appointment when their review is due.
This clinic is for patients who have had a Stroke or Mini-Stroke (TIA). Again this Clinic is run by our Nurses and Healthcare Assistants. Patients with a recorded history of a Stroke will receive an invitation from the practice to book an appointment when their review is due.
Nurses Paul Lambirth and Anna Fry are our experts in this very important and increasingly complex area. They do all the baby and childhood injections and are available for advice if you have questions about your child's immunisations.
Over the Summer the Sussex School-age Immunisation Service are running some catch-up clinics for children who have missed their routine vaccinations during the school term or have been home-schooled. Click here to find out how to book one of these appointments.
Child Health
Child Health Clinics are held by the local Health Visiting Team. You will find a wealth of useful information on the Health Visiting Team website.
Nurses Berni and Anna run smear clinics throughout the week. We encourage all women aged 25 to 49 to have regular 3 yearly smear tests and women aged 50 to 64 to have 5 yearly smear tests. You can book your appointment with our Reception team or via Patient Access or the NHS App if you are registered for Patient Online Services.
All the doctors offer contraceptive advice. In addition Dr Rose Moore-Moffatt fits contraceptive coils and implants and all of our nurses give the Depo Provera injection.
Patients needing emergency contraception need to be seen as soon as possible and we should have slots available on the day. However, if you need an appointment and only emergency appointments are left for that day, please say you need emergency contraception and you will be fitted in. These appointments can be booked via our admin team.
Dr Frisby and Specialist Nurse Berni Lipscomb run our diabetes clinics. Regular follow up for diabetics is vitally important and we encourage all our diabetic patients to attend either our clinic or the hospital diabetic clinic, or both. You will be contacted by the Practice when it is time to book your Diabetes Review.
Nurse Paul Lambirth runs our asthma clinic for all ages. Regular review of asthma medication is important. We have spirometry equipment and Nurse Paul also reviews patients with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) - the modern name for emphysema and chronic bronchitis. You will be contacted by the Practice when it is time to book your Asthma or COPD Review.
Patients with long term health conditions will be invited regularly for Health Checks appropriate to their condition. Patients who have no long terms conditions and keep generally well without the need to consult the Practice are also entitled to a routine health check on the NHS and the following options are available:
Patients aged between 16-74 years who have not consulted any clinician at the Practice for three years, do not have a current health concern but would like a routine health check can book an appointment with one of our Healthcare Assistants who will initiate any required tests and arrange follow up if needed. (For patients aged 40-74 this will take place as their NHS Health Check.)
Patients aged 75 years and over who have not consulted any clinician at the Practice for twelve months, do not have a current health concern but would like a routine health check can book an appointment with one of our Healthcare Assistants who will initiate any required tests and arrange follow up if needed.
NHS Health Checks are for people who are aged 40 to 74 who do not have a pre-existing health condition. Patients who are eligible will receive an invitation from the practice to book an appointment. The health check can tell you whether you’re at higher risk of getting certain health problems, such as heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease or stroke and you will be given advice on how you can reduce your risk of these conditions. For further information visit https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/nhs-health-check/.
Our in-house First Contact Physiotherapists, Nausheen & Victor, see patients at Arlington Road on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Both our admin team and clinicians can book appropriate conditions in with Nausheen or Victor without the need to do a referral.
Examples of suitable conditions for our in-house Physiotherapist to assess:-
Nausheen and Victor can refer onto our local MSK Service if necessary.
The Emotional Wellbeing Service, provided by Southdown Mental Health, is for patients over the age of 18 who need support with their mental health but are not currently under the care of another mental health service.
Paul Vango is our Mental Health Support Coordinator (MHSC) and will be the initial contact patients have with the service. Paul holds a clinic at Arlington Road on Thursdays and offers a safe space to talk and set goals and work on managing your mental health to prevent crisis. He can offer up to 6 sessions (45 minutes each). These sessions are offered as face to face appointments, but if patients prefer the sessions can be carried out over the telephone or via Microsoft Teams.
Paul can also signpost and refer to other services within the area that he may feel you will benefit from engaging with. He also works closely with Jo Willson, Mental Health Practitioner who holds a clinic at Arlington Road on Monday mornings, you may be referred onto her services by Paul.