1Can I help you?
2Yes, I've just moved to this area with my wife and children
3and I'd like to know where we can all register with a doctor at a Health Centre.
4Okay.
5Well, there's Doctor Green at The Harvey Clinic.
6We always recommend her for babies, because she's very good with them and she runs a special clinic.
7Oh... actually my youngest child is five, so that wouldn't be any good for us.
8Right.
9Is there anywhere else I could try?
10Yes, the Eshcol Health Practice is the next one on my list.
11How do you spell that?
12ESHCOL.
13And it's Doctor Fuller, who has space on his list.
14The clinic only opened a year ago, so the facilities are all very modern.
15That sounds good.
16And it's particularly good if you're busy during the day,
17because they also do appointments in the evening.
18They're closed on Saturday, though.
19The only other place on the list is the Health Centre on Shore Lane.
20You can register with Doctor Gormley,
21that's GORMLEY.
22He's new there, but the centre has a very good reputation.
23Oh yes, I think I know the road.
24That would be the best one.
25Thanks.
26Could you tell me, will all their services be free?
27Erm... there are usually some small charges that doctors make.
28Let me see what it says about the Shore Lane Centre.
29If you need to be vaccinated before any trips abroad, you won't have to pay for this.
30Erm, what else?
31The sports injury treatment service operates on a paying basis,
32as does the nutritional therapy service.
33Some health centres do offer alternative therapies like homeopathy as part of their pay-to-use service.
34Shore Lane are hoping to do this soon.
35I think they may start with acupuncture.
36And finally, if you need to prove you're healthy
37or haven't had any serious injuries before a new employer will accept you,
38you can get a free fitness check-up there,
39but you'd most likely have to pay for insurance medicals though.
40Okay, thanks.
41You might also be interested to know the Centre is running a pilot scheme of talks for patients.
42I've got the list here.
43Actually, they look very interesting.
44What sort of things?
45Well, the first one's about giving up smoking.
46It's next week, the twenty-fifth of February, at 7 pm,
47and that's in Room 4.
48It says, the talk will stress the health benefits, particularly for people with asthma or heart disease.
49That sounds very interesting.
50There's also a talk for families with children.
51It's on Healthy Eating, and takes place on the first of March at five o'clock.
52Will that be at the Health Centre?
53Erm, actually it's at the primary school on Shore Lane.
54I imagine they're inviting the parents of pupils there - it says here 'all welcome'.
55I might go to that if I have time.
56There's a couple of other talks -
57one giving advice about how to avoid injuries while doing exercise.
58It's on the ninth of March.
59Oh, it's a late afternoon talk, at 4:30
60and it'll be in Room 6.
61It also says the talk is suitable for all ages.
62And finally, there's a talk called 'Stress Management'...