Child Health Surveillance
Dr MacDonald and Dr Newton hold post natal and 6-8 week baby checks at the practice on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Appointments are sent out automatically for when you and your baby are due your check. Please contact the practice if you haven’t received your appointment.
Child Health Clinics
The health visiting team is located at:
- Stanlaw Abbey Children’s Centre, Alnwick Drive, Ellesmere Port, CH65 9HE
Phone: 0151 337 6425
Health Visitors are qualified nurses or midwives with a specialist qualification in public health for children, young people and families. The Health Visiting Team offers support to parents to maximise the health and wellbeing of their family through discussion about their health needs and strengths, building supportive family relationships and engaging in wider community services and support.
They offer this in a variety of ways such as home visits, providing guidance and holding baby hubs in your local community that can be accessed from antenatal up until your child starts school.
As a family you will be offered appointments with the health visiting team, starting with an appointment before you have your baby.
Antenatal Visit: Your midwife will let us know that you are expecting a new baby and the health visiting team will arrange a suitable appointment with you to see you at home between 28 and 34 weeks. This is a good opportunity to find out how the health visiting service can support you and the local support and groups that are available in your area for families.
New Baby Review: When your baby is around 10-14 days old your health visitor will visit you at home to support you with feeding and caring for your baby and adjusting to having a new family member.
6-8 Week Review: Your health visitor will visit you to discuss how things are going and how you are feeling. It’s an opportunity to share how you are adjusting as a family and explore your relationship with your baby and support needs.
9-12 Month Review: An opportunity for you to discuss how your child explores their environment and builds communication skills and relationships through play. It’s also helpful to think about the community groups, outdoor spaces and services that your family may find helpful at this age.
2-2.5 Year Development Review:This is an opportunity to discuss your child’s development with a Health Visitor, to think about their emerging personality and how they communicate their needs and develop relationships with other.
Child Immunisations
The practice holds immunisation clinics in the mornings during the week. The health authority send the practice an up to date list of children who are due their immunisations. The admin team will send out appointments with the time, date and relevant information needed to the parents.
If you are unable to bring you child to the appointment, please contact the practice to re-arrange. Or if a family member/friend is bringing your child on behalf of you, you will need to complete the form on the bottom of the paperwork, which you should have received in the post and you will bring this to the child’s appointment.
Routine Childhood Immunisation Schedule
8 Weeks Old:
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and hepatitis B
Meningococcal group B (MenB)
Rotavirus gastroenteritis
12 Weeks Old:
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Hib and hepatitis B
Pneumococcal
Rotavirus
16 Weeks Old:
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Hib and hepatitis B
MenB
One Years Old:
Hib and Meningococcal group C (MenC)
Pneumococcal
Measles, mumps and rubella
Meb B
3 Years and 4 Months:
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio
Measles, mumps and rubella