Skeith Health Centre - 01333 310329
District Nursing Team can visit patients at home who are 16 years of age or older and housebound. The team have skills to meet a variety of health care needs as detailed below:
- Expertise in wound care
- The management of continence
- The provision and management of comprehensive packages of care for people with acute, chronic or terminal illness.
- Planning rehabilitation programmes with patients, families and other professionals.
- Hospital after care
- Maintenance and monitoring of chronic health conditions
Treatment Room - The treatment room nurses carry out many procedures including but not limited to ear syringing and wounds management.
Wound management
- Leg ulcer assessment/Doppler Check
- Lacerations
- Post operative wound checks
- Suture/staple removal
- Burns
- Wound assessment
Low Rick Diabetic Foot Screening
Ear care
- Ear care clinic – Assessment/Advice/Ear irrigation
Health Visitors are trained nurses who have gone on to complete further training in public health. They specialise in the support and care of families with children under 5 years. They work to the Universal Health Visiting Pathway and offer a core home visiting programme of 11 home visits to families and 3 child health reviews at 13 - 15 months, 27 - 30 months, and 4 - 5 years.
They can be contacted on 01333 314312 (an answering machine is available outside office hours which are Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm).
There are also health visitor students and nursing students frequently working with the team.
The health visiting team can be contacted for any support and advice needed for your child's health and wellbeing.