| PCT Child Health Clinic |
 Come and see your Health Visitors at our weekly Community Child Health Clinics at the Aspire Centre Fridays 10am - 12pm Call 020 8788 1525 for more details The Tudor Lodge Health Visiting Team is based at Tudor Lodge Health Centre, 8C Victoria Drive, SW19 6AE. We are a team of 11 which includes 7 health visitors, 1 staff nurse, 2 nursery nurses and most importantly Silvia who is our Team assistant. As health visitors we are registered nurses who have undertaken extra training in community, family and child health. Part of our role is to help families with babies and young children in the community to keep well and healthy. We are assisted by nursery nurses who have completed a 2-year training course specialising in child development and behaviour and we are also in regular contact with all the local Southfields GPs. You will generally first meet a member of your health visiting team at around 10-14 days after you have had your baby. We will visit you in your home to introduce the service to you and then plan to see you in one of our 3 baby clinics, across the Southfields area. We run our Walk in ‘Well Baby Clinic’ at the Aspire Centre on a Friday morning between 10am-12pm. Parents can bring their babies along to weigh and to chat to one of the three team members, should they have any queries about their child’s health, development or behaviour. We provide other clinics on Tuesday afternoons between 1.30pm-3.30pm at Westhill School and on Wednesday mornings between 10am-12pm at Southmead School. Should you have health concerns or are worried about your children outside of the above baby clinic times, one of our team is always available to speak to you by telephone between 9am-5pm on weekdays. We additionally provide a postnatal group for first time parents to attend when their babies are about 4-8 weeks old. This is a four-week course that takes place on a monthly basis, covering topics such as an introduction to baby massage, weaning, baby ailments, becoming a parent and general safety and first aid.This is open to parents who are covered by the Tudor Lodge Health Visiting Team. As well as supporting parents with new babies (including post-natal depression), we are specialists in developmental screening, i.e. ensuring that children are developing age appropriately. You will be invited to bring your baby in to see us at around 8 months for a health review, though you can also request 2-year and 3½ year reviews. At the age of 5 we hand the health of your child over to the school nursing teams. To contact the Tudor Lodge Health Visiting team, please call our Duty Line on 020 8788 1525. |