Dr Alix Teneur

What Dr Alix Teneur offers English speakers in Nice

Dr Alix Teneur practises at the PMI centre on the Rue de Cessole in Nice, and PMI is the thing worth understanding here, because most new arrivals never learn it exists. Protection Maternelle et Infantile is a public service run by the département, and in the Alpes-Maritimes it is completely free and open to all. There are around thirty centres across the department. It covers pregnant women, infants and young children, and separately runs consultations for young people on contraception, sexual health testing and vaccination.

In practice that means prenatal appointments, childbirth preparation, medical consultations and nursing visits for babies, developmental checks at three and four years old, and psychological support, at no cost and without the referral chain a private specialist would require. Dr Teneur is a GP who also covers gynaecology, seeing children and adults, with adolescent consultations part of the picture. She works in English as well as French, which in a service where you are discussing a child's development or a contraception decision is not a small detail. Appointments go through Doctolib. If you are newly arrived, pregnant or with a young child, and still untangling your health cover, this is the door that is already open to you.