{"id":542,"date":"2026-08-26T13:09:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k83040\/?page_id=542"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:09:56","slug":"preventative-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k83040\/preventative-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Preventative Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Health advice and preventative care are provided by appointment with our practice nurses\u00a0for any of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Blood pressure and cholesterol checks\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>ECGs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cervical smears<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>All contraceptive advice in Family Planning Clinic<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Regular medication by injection<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Flu vaccinations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Immunisations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Weight reduction or giving up smoking<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Travel advice and vaccinations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>NHS Healthchecks<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To book an appointment, contact reception on 01604 670780<\/p>\n<p>Free NHS Health Checks are being offered to people aged between 40 and 74 once every five years.<\/p>\n<p>The check is to assess\u00a0the risk of developing heart disease, stroke, kidney disease or diabetes. If there are any warning signs, then together we can do something about it.<\/p>\n<p>Taking early action can improve health and prevent the onset of these conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The check should take about 15 minutes and is based on straightforward questions and measurements such as age, sex, family history, height, weight and blood pressure. There will also be a simple blood test to measure your cholesterol level.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Staying FIT and ACTIVE<\/h3>\n<p>For information on staying active in Northamptonshire and a list of current activities that are available\u00a0see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northamptonshiresport.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-link-id=\"316515\" data-use-default-display=\"false\" data-use-default-title=\"false\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-bs-original-title=\"Northamptonshire Sport\">Northamptonshire Sport<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/p>\n<h3>Gym Membership With Trilogy Leisure<\/h3>\n<p>Woodview Medical Centre is working in conjunction with Trilogy Leisure to offer reduce cost gym membership to eligible patients to increase their overall health and fitness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k83040\/gym-membership-with-trilogy-leisure\/\" target=\"\" data-link-id=\"316611\" data-use-default-display=\"false\" data-use-default-title=\"false\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-bs-original-title=\"Click here for more information.\">Click here for more information.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health advice and preventative care are provided by appointment with our practice nurses\u00a0for any of the following: Blood pressure and cholesterol checks\u00a0 ECGs Cervical smears&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-542","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k83040\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k83040\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k83040\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k83040\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k83040\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k83040\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/k83040\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}