The Highcliffe Medical Centre does not endorse any of the links included on this web site, they are provided for your information.

Dr Odbert is a qualified Aeromedical Examiner and is able to provide his medical expertise to the civil aviation industry either at the Highcliffe Medical Centre or on specially arranged visits to training centres and similar venues.

Carol Smillie welcomes visitors to  Please Ask, the National Patient Safety Agency's website for patients. If you or someone close to you is going into hospital, you may have loads of questions. The Please Ask website will help you become an informed patient and one that worries less.

Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) is an independent charity, which promotes better patient safety and justice for people who have been affected by a medical accident. A 'medical accident' is where unintended harm has been caused as a result of treatment or failure to treat.

MEDICAL RULES

If you have a medical condition which has become worse since your licence was issued or you develop a new medical condition, you must inform the Drivers Medical Group of your condition, as it may affect your fitness to drive. Failure to do so is a criminal offence and is punishable by a fine of up to £1000.

www.uktransplant.org.uk contains a wealth of information about this very emotive subject.
When a loved one dies it may be difficult to consider organ donation but out of your loss can come this wonderful gift of life for someone else's loved one.  Not just one gift either, there is a possibility you could help anything up to ten patients who all desperately need you to give your consent. Your grief would be tempered by the knowledge that so much good has been done as a consequence.