Family planning
Comprehensive confidential advice is available during normal surgery times by all the doctors. We offer general advice on contraception and in particular oral contraceptives, injectable contraception and coils. The “morning after pill” or emergency contraception is prescribed when appropriate, but you need to seek advice within 72 hours.
Cervical screening
The Practice Nurses carry out cervical screening unless you request otherwise. Please inform the reception staff if you prefer to have a doctor rather than a nurse. Current NHS policy is to test every woman aged 25 to 64 every five years (with adjustments for positive HPV tests). At the appropriate time, you will be invited to make an appointment for your cervical screening (smear) test.
Maternity – First Contact
Before you attend your first appointment with your midwife, the midwife team recommend that you watch the short informative maternity videos that can be found here.
Antenatal care
Antenatal and maternity care is offered by Midwives in conjunction with the hospital consultant and/or GP. The six week post natal check of mother and baby is carried out by our GP’s.
Child health and development screening
We host clinics for child health and developmental screening which are held regularly by Health Visitors.
Our Practice Nurses undertake childhood vaccinations and immunisations, this includes Childrens nasal flu for 2 and 3 year olds each autumn. Invitations are sent by text, letter and email. Alternatively appointments can be arranged through our reception.
Chronic disease
We offer a number of annual specialist chronic disease clinics such as Diabetes, Heart Care, Blood Pressure and Asthma.
Health Checks and healthy living
We offer NHS Health Checks for patients aged between 40 and 74 years old. Please see this link for more information:
https://www.nhs.uk/tests-and-treatments/nhs-health-check/
We also have a Dietitian who has a clinic at the Practice each Thursday for individual appointments and she also runs group sessions aimed at supporting specific health issues such as Menopause. Please talk to your GP if you feel a referral to our Dietitian would benefit you.
Vaccinations
Tetanus
All adults who have not had a full primary course of three injections against Tetanus are advised to do so. Thereafter you are advised to have a booster injection which now is a combined Tetanus, Diptheria and Polio booster, at 10 yearly intervals (subject to a maximum of five routine doses in your lifetime).
Influenza immunisation
We recommend an influenza immunisation to all patients aged 65 or over and patients with chronic heart, lung or kidney disease, diabetes and asthma and residents of nursing and rest homes. This is usually available during October and November and clinics are run during this time. Please ask at reception for details.
Pneumococcal vaccination
Everybody aged 65 years and over should be immunised to help protect against pneumococcal infection which can cause diseases such as pneumonia, septicaemia (blood poisoning) and meningitis.
Travel information
Our Practice Nurses are able to provide advice to those travelling abroad and to provide the necessary immunisations.
It is important to make this appointment as early as possible – at least 6 weeks before you travel. We will provide you with the information you need and you may require a second appointment with the practice nurse to 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.
Please click here for further information on our travel clinic and downloadable form.
