If you have just found out you are pregnant, you can book for antenatal care at Liverpool Women’s Hospital without needing to see a doctor.  Simply ring 0151 2474747.

There is lots of useful advice about pregnancy on the NHS choices website here, and if you have concerns you can of course request to see a doctor or ring us for telephone advice.

There are currently free physical activity classes for pregnant women and new mums.  Click here for booking.

During the second half of your pregnancy your routine antenatal care will be led by the community midwife.  She will tell you when you should make an appointment, and her clinics for our patients are located as follows:

Ropewalks General Practice:  Monday mornings.

Student Health Centre:  Friday mornings.

NHS Choices is a great place to get information about common childhood illnesses.

For example, their section on common infectious diseases, which also has some slides showing common baby rashes.

There’s also their excellent visual guide to common childhood illnesses.

For guidance on how long to keep children off school for various illnesses, click here.

Would you like to …

• Take part in a range of fun activity sessions?
• Get motivated and feel fitter?
• Learn how to eat well on a budget?
• Lose weight and feel good about yourself?
• Get more family time together?

Healthy Families is an exciting, 12 week course which supports children and families to feel good and be more healthy.

Run by a team of friendly NHS health & fitness professionals, each course offers weekly 1 -1.5 hour after-school fun sessions, suitable for the whole family to take part in.

With courses running all over the city, why not consider trying one in your area?

All of the courses are completely free to attend.

More info here.

Childhood immunisations are provided at the practice by the practice nurses, and your child should be routinely invited for these.  If you think this has not been done, please contact the practice.  For more information on the Childhood immunisation schedule please click here .

Some other resources for people looking after children

Children who soil or wet themselves. Information for parents and carers.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome- Helping you child to get better. 

Information for patients about Female Genital Mutilation.

Good parenting. A guide. 

Healthy Families is an exciting, 12 week course which supports children and families to feel good and be more healthy.

Helping children and adolescents to cope with a death in the family.

‘Independent Supporters’.  Local support for families of children with SEN’s and disabilities.

Planning a pregnancy: advice for women with mental health problems.

Top tips for single parents.

Children and diabetes

Infant crying and how to cope

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome- helping your child to get better.

Information for patients about Female Genital Mutilation.

GP Champs project– Thursday evening GP drop in session for young people in Liverpool.

Helping children and adolescents to cope with a death in the family. 

Hope Support– Support for young people when a close family member is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder(OCD): factsheet for young people.   

Talking to the GP- a guide for young people.

Young people talking to the GP- a guide for parents.

Worries about weight and eating problems: information for young people.

YPAS Liverpool We work closely with YPAS Liverpool, who offer a number of services for young people in Liverpool, such as counselling, anger awareness, and daily drop in sessions.

Eating disorders are illnesses that stem from both emotional and psychological distress and result in an obsessive relationship with food in terms of over or under eating. Having the ability to control the amount and type of food consumed makes sufferers believe they are coping with their problems and offers a way to block out painful feelings.

The Practice has a GP who specialises in all eating disorders, but most of our clinicians are fairly experienced in this field, and so you should simply book an appointment with any GP if you are concerned.

Anorexia Nervosa

A person with anorexia nervosa deliberately loses weight. The weight loss may become severe and life threatening. Treatment includes cognitive behavioural therapy, if appropriate, sometimes medication and self help measures.

Anorexia is a serious illness which affects all sorts of people. Although it is regarded as a fairly recent illness, in fact anorexia has been known about since medieval times. However, it is becoming more common all over the world.

For more information see this information leaflet from Patient.co.uk.

Bulimia Nervosa

People with bulimia nervosa have bouts of binge eating. This is followed by self-induced vomiting or other measures to counteract the excessive food intake.

Bulima is a condition where you think a lot about your body weight and shape. It affects your ability to have a ‘normal’ eating pattern. In bulimia you are most likely to be normal weight or above. For more information see thisinformation leaflet from Patient.co.uk.

Hope Support offers support for young people when a close family member is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.  There is a section specifically for students on their website, including the option of online one to one support.

Self Help

Sexual Health Services

Also known as the ‘kissing disease’ glandular fever is caused by an infectious virus which is passed on by saliva and from coughs and sneezes. Glandular fever causes a flu like illness with temperature, headache, sore throat and swollen glands and can cause a tiredness lasting for some time after first onset.