Please note we are still carrying out routine six week baby checks. It is very important these are done to make sure that your baby’s eyes, hips and heart can be examined. To ensure you and your baby’s safety, we have introduced a number of measures to support this.
- The surgery will call you before your appointment to make sure you know when and where to attend as we have moved premise within the Health Centre.
- The GP will call you just before your appointment to ask some questions and to discuss any concerns you may have. This is to reduce the amount of time spent in the Health Centre to reduce you and your baby’s risk of infection. Please kep your mobile phone with you when you attend and have it switched on.
- The GP will then bring one parent and the baby into the consultation room, again this is to reduce the risk of exposure to infection.
- The GP will be wearing a mask, gloves and apron as routine.
- Your baby will be examined and any prescriptions required will be sent to the Pharmacy of your choice.
These measures have been put in place to reduce the risk of potential exposure of infection to you and your baby. We understand that you will have worries about attending, but please be assured that we are taking these steps to reduce risk. It is still very important that your baby gets checked by the GP between 6-8 weeks as many problems with the hips, heart or eyes can be identified at this time.
The resource below is useful for all parents and highlights the type of things that are checked during the routine back checks performed by your GP.
PT-Routine-screening-reviews-during-COVID19-FINAL-VERSION-1.5.20.pdf
