Hythe Bay Children’s Centre is a family centre providing support and activities, alongside other services that overlap with those provided at Oaklands Health Centre. We have close links and it’s important that patients can access services at either place and times that are helpful to them.

Shirley Johnson (Integrated Family Officer) 07900 882664 can be contacted at Hythe Bay Church of England Primary School and Children’s Centre, Cinque Ports Avenue, Hythe. The main school office is 01303 267802.

The centre has all sorts of family based support and activities available, and runs a timetable for all the family!

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Hythe Bay’s Breast Friends

This is a mum to mum support group for pregnant and breastfeeding women, with community midwife Sarah in attendance.

This group meets in the Family Room (more info available from Shirley on 07900 882664).

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements.  This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.  There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Carribean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible  – at least 6 weeks before you travel – as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations.  These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine.  Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge.  This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.

Travel Health Questionnaire

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form before coming to see the nurse.

Travelling in Europe

If you are travelling to Europe the EU has published useful information for travellers on the European website.

WALK IN CENTRE (Minor Injuries Unit)

Royal Victoria Hospital
Radnor Park Avenue
Folkestone
CT19 5BN

Opening Times

8am – 8pm 7 days a week

Minor injury units can No appointment is necessary and there is no need to pre-register.

Minor injury units cannot treat:

ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

William Harvey Hospital 

Kennington Road
Ashford
TN24 0LZ

Opening Hours – Full A&E services are provided 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

X-RAY DEPARTMENTS

Royal Victoria Hospital 

Radnor Park Avenue
Folkestone
CT19 5BN

Opening Times

9.00am to 12.30pm	Monday – Friday No appointment necessary
1.45pm to 4.30pm	Monday – Friday No appointment necessary
	Bank Holidays – Closed

William Harvey Hospital 

Kennington Road
Ashford
TN24 0LZ

Opening Times

7.30am-7.00pm	Monday – Friday No appointment necessary
9.00am-4.00pm	Saturday and Sunday No appointment necessary

PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENTS

Royal Victoria Hospital 

Radnor Park Avenue
Folkestone
CT19 5BN

Opening Times

8.30am to 2.00pm	Monday – Friday By Appointment Only
2.00pm to 4.00pm	Ticket Service
9.00am to 12noon	No Appointment Necessary

Children 2yrs-16yrs BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

NB. Children under 2yrs – Please telephone Padua Ward at William Harvey Hospital for an appointment

William Harvey Hospital 

Kennington Road
Ashford
TN24 0LZ

Opening Times

8.00am – 4.00pm

No Appointment Necessary

Children 2yrs -16yrs No appointment necessary

NB. Children under 2yrs please telephone Padua Ward for an appointment

NHS referrals are made to hospital and community physiotherapy departments if your doctor feels this is appropriate. There is a private physiotherapy service based at Oaklands Health Centre – if you wish to be seen privately please contact Joanne Balachandran on 07925 144069.

These appointments are arranged by our Health Visitors. Routine 8 week checks for new babies are performed by the doctors at the surgery and childhood immunisations are given at the surgery by the practice nurses.

Our nursing team have a wide range of skills. Our practice nurses can perform asthma and diabetic checks, well-person checks (offering lifestyle advice), HRT checks, cervical smear tests, contraceptive advice and services (pill checks and contraceptive injections, for example), routine and holiday vaccinations, blood tests, ECG’s, 24 hour blood pressure monitoring and wound care.

It should be noted that some holiday vaccinations require payment from the patient – please discuss this with our nurses. We are registered to give Yellow Fever immunisations.  

Our Nurse Practitioners are available daily and can deal with minor illness such as cystitis, chest infections, rashes, sore throats, and minor infections.  They can issue prescriptions where appropriate and refer if necessary. 

Minor surgery and joint injections are performed by Dr Chandrakumar. Your doctor may refer to Dr Chandrakumar and if appropriate you will be booked into a clinic. Some of our other GPs can offer joint injections. Please check with reception which GP offers the appropriate joint injection and arrange a consultation to discuss further.

For information leaflets about each procedure please click on the following link:

• Minor Surgery Procedure – Patient Information Leaflet
• Joint Injection Procedure – Patient Information Leaflet

The midwife Siobhan Bolton is now based at Hythe Bay Youth Centre.  You antenatal care will be provided at this base but postnatal care is provided by all the doctors at the surgery.

These are offered by all the doctors and some of our practice nurses.