Find out how we screen for future health

Heart attacks and strokes are much less likely if we keep our arteries in good shape. The Westbourne Surgery keeps two registers of patients to be screened.

With the Secondary Prevention Register our practice nurses offer an annual lifestyle and risk factor analysis to patients who already have known cardiac or cerebral artery disease.

The Primary Prevention Register includes patients who have known risk factors of arterial disease.

During the health screen, we will enquire into your risk factors of family history, personal history, and your present pattern of exercise, diet and other lifestyle factors. We can check your BP, height and weight with cholesterol analysis performed at the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. We can advise you on realistic changes you can make to improve your risk.

We work as a team with hospital and community services to provide checks at least twice a year to our Type II diabetic patients. By keeping your blood sugar at the right level, diabetic complications affecting eyes, kidneys and feet are much less likely.

Nurse Penny Lucker and Dr Anthony Bairstow run the diabetic clinic. An appointment is sent by post with a blood test request form to be performed at the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary two weeks before the appointment is due.

We check your diet, weight, body mass index, blood pressure, kidney function and cholesterol. We can also arrange for annual eye and podiatry screening. By eating sensibly and optimising your medications you can improve your chances of future good health.