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//Kiril Siebert

Why GPs check Blood Pressure

20 May 2013
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GPs routinely check Blood Pressure. Blood Pressure (BP) is expressed as two numbers, X / Y Systolic pressure (the ‘X’) is the higher pressure when blood is pumped out by the contracting heart, while diastolic pressure (the ‘Y’) happens in between...

Whooping Cough (Pertussis)

20 May 2013
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Even though routine vaccinations cover our children against this bacterial infection there are still minor outbreaks.  Vaccination means fewer people are affected and symptoms are much less severe.  More importantly, there are less of the bacteria around the community to infect...

Meningitis & Meningococcal Infections

20 May 2013
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Meningitis is potentially fatal, an infection within the brain and spinal cord caused by various bugs, commonly viral but also bacterial or by and amoeba. The first symptoms are not specific – high fever, a cold, headache – before the more worrying symptoms of stiff...
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Welcome to The Cottage Surgery

The Cottage Surgery blends traditional values of holistic care from cradle to grave with modern medicine. The practice has been operating in its current site for over 50 years. The original house has been recently renovated and we have expanded to an adjacent site at The Corner Clinic to allow patients access to a wider range of services. The practice has strong patient loyalty and good links with the local community.

The Cottage Surgery & Corner clinics employ administration staff and nurses to support the work of the GPs who run their practices from the site.

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