The midwife runs an antenatal clinic at the health centre every Tuesday morning from 09.00-11.00. Appointments can be made through reception (not My Health Online). The community midwife team can be reached on 02920 745030.

If you think you may be pregnant, please email 

pregnancybooking.Cav@wales.nhs.uk 

Please include your name and date of birth, NHS number and how many weeks pregnant. Folic acid should be started prior to pregnancy, ideally, or as soon as you know you are pregnant. For further information regarding antenatal care click here.

An asthma review is required every year so that your condition may be assessed and your medications reviewed to ensure you are receiving the best possible treatment.

During this review, we will assess your asthma control and measure your peak flow. It is also useful if you could bring your inhalers in so that we can check your inhaler technique – many people cannot use their inhalers correctly and just need some explanation and demonstration to be able to correct this.

Please watch your repeat medication slip – usually a review is required when you cannot collect further medications without seeing a nurse or a doctor. There may also be a note to that effect on your repeat prescription slip.

When your asthma review is due, please book a 20 minute appointment with the nurse. Once the check is performed and, if there are no concerns, your medication will be updated for a further year.

We need to see you once a year for a lung function test – spirometry. This is to ensure that your condition is adequately treated and that your condition is not deteriorating. You will normally receive a letter to let you know that your test is due. Please make an appointment with Sister Bridget Hennessy to have this done, telling reception what it is for so that they may give you an appropriate length appointment.

For more information about spirometry click here.

When you are going to have a breathing test, you should follow the advice in the letter or leaflet which comes with your appointment letter. Click here for guidance.

This is run during normal surgery hours. You can book an appointment for a smear with the nurse but please tell reception what it is for so that the appropriate time may be given. Smears are best performed in the middle of your menstrual cycle i.e. about a week after your period has finished.

It is best to wait until 3 months after having a baby or a termination of pregnancy before having a smear because this can cause inaccuracies in the test that result in a higher level of abnormal smears.

Smears are repeated 3 yearly in Wales and earlier if you have abnormal cells on your smear. Screening starts at age 20 and ends on your 65th birthday. It is still important to have a smear as you get older, even if you are no longer sexually active. If you do not want to have a smear, please come in and talk to us. We will try and address your concerns and support you to have your smear but if you are fully informed and still do not wish for screening, you can opt out and you will no longer be called for screening, unless you change your mind.

For further information, click here.

The nurses can discuss breast examination with you or if you feel you have a gynaecological problem and would like to discuss it with the doctor, please feel free to book an appointment. You will probably be asked to return on a different day for an examination, if it is required.