Clinics & Services

Practice Nurses

The practice nurses provide the following services:

• Blood Tests - any weekday before 14:00
• Ear syringing, Stitch Removal and Dressings - anytime
• Travel Vaccinations – complete a questionnaire at the desk and make an appointment to see nurse at which she will use a travel data base to work out a plan for your immunisations and give you current advice on preventing illness for your destination[s]. There maybe a charge for this non NHS service. Make your first appointment as early as you can, 3 months before travel is ideal.
• Check-ups for patients with heart trouble, stroke, diabetes, asthma, chronic bronchitis, high blood pressure.
• Cervical Smears – let reception staff know you are requesting a smear appointment.  
• New Patient Health Check

Other Services

• Wart Clinic - Thursday afternoons run by Dr Best & Dr Alexander
• Joint Injections  - see Dr Best to discuss  
• Contraception - all forms of contraception are available including coils, implants & injections. Please make an appointment to discuss.
• Ante-Natal Clinic - Wednesday morning including booking appointments.
• Child Health Surveillance - invitations sent by health visitor.
• Cervical Smears

Travel Vaccinations

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements. This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Caribbean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible - at least 6 weeks before you travel - as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations. These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine. Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.

Travel Health Questionnaire

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form before coming to see the nurse.

Travel Questionnaire

Travelling in Europe

If you are travelling to Europe a very useful booklet has been published with advice and guidance to help you get the most out of your holiday. To visit please click:- http://ec.europa.eu/publications/booklets/eu_glance/86/en.pdf (this is a large document and may take a minute or two to view)

Non-NHS Services

Some services provided are not covered under our contract with the NHS and therefore attract charges. Examples include the following:

• Medicals for pre-employment, sports and driving requirements (HGV, PSV etc.)
• Insurance claim forms
• Prescriptions for taking medication abroad
• Private sick notes
• Vaccination certificates

The fees charged are based on the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested scales and our reception staff will be happy to advise you about them along with appointment availability.
 

Video consultations

We are now using video calls for a limited number of patients using NHS Attend Anywhere. If your doctor or nurse has advised that you attend via video link to a pre-arranged consultation, please click on the link below.

You will require the use of one of the following web-browsers: l (Windows, Android, MacOS) Google Chrome version 74 or later l (MacOS, iOS, iPadOS) Apple Safari version 11.4 or later.

For further information and support, please download (on web browser listed above)Patient information leaflet

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