Clinics & Services

Treatment room nurse

The practice nurses have their own clinics, including immunisation, cervical smears, ear syringing, blood tests, dressing, removal of stitches, travel vaccinations and advice on foreign travel medical requirements.

They also hold clinics for well women, well man, heart, stroke, diabetic, hypertension, asthma, diabetes, and preventive medicine clinics.

We also undertake an annual health screening for the elderly.

Contraception

A full range of contraceptive services is offered including coil and cap fittings.

Maternity services

Antenatal and postnatal care is undertaken either completely or shared with the local hospital

Minor surgery

The doctors carry out several minor operations and joint injections at the surgery. Please ring the reception to book an appointment.

FLU Vaccinations

FLU Vaccinations are done annually starting from Mid September. Please book with the receptionist from beginning of September to receive your annual flu jabs.

Smoking Cessation Clinics

If you need help in stopping smoking, please book an appointment with the receptionist. We have trained nurses who can help you in quitting.

 

Non-NHS/Private Services

We do medical examinations for insurance companies, Employers, HGV drivers, P.S.V, DVLA, Taxi Medicals, Paternity testing etc.

A  mutually convenient appointment can be booked at the reception.

District nurses

They provide nursing treatment and advice to patients who have recently been discharged from hospital or are unable to the come to the surgery for treatment. 

Please contact the surgery if you require the district nurses.

• ECG ‘s – are undertaken at the surgery
• Spirometry-are undertaken at the surgery

Community midwife

Our Community Midwife works with the doctor to provide care for mothers before and after delivery.She holds clinics at following times -

• Tuesday from 13:00 to 17:00 and
• Thursday from 14:00 to 16:00.

They can also be contacted at Queens hospital, midwifes office. 

Health visitor

She is a qualified nurse who specialises in child development and health promotion. She visits all families with babies and young children at home and also at the surgery. She is available at the surgery on Wednesday between 10:00 to 12:00.

She can also be contacted at Cross Street Clinic.

Community psychiatric nurse

We have a CPN attached to the surgery.She sees patients both at the surgery or in theirown homes. She can be contacted at Horninglow clinic.

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.

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Travel Health Questionnaire

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

Travel Questionnaire

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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)

Test Results

Please call between 11:00 and 15:30 to enquire about your test results as our reception staff will have more time to deal with your request between these times.

Note that the practice has a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection and we will only release test results to the person to whom they relate unless that person has given prior permission for the release of this data or they are not capable of understanding the results.

When you take your test you will be told how long it will be before the results are returned to the practice.

It is your responsibility to check your results and to make an appointment to discuss them with your doctor if your are advised to do so.

Blood Tests

A blood test is when a sample of blood is taken for testing in a laboratory. Blood tests have a wide range of uses and are one of the most common types of medical test. For example, a blood test can be used to:

• assess your general state of health
• confirm the presence of a bacterial or viral infection
• see how well certain organs, such as the liver and kidneys, are functioning

A blood test usually involves the phlebotomist taking a blood sample from a blood vessel in your arm. and the usual place for a sample is the inside of the elbow or wrist, where the veins are relatively close to the surface. Blood samples from children are most commonly taken from the back of the hand. The child's hand will be anaesthetised (numbed) with a special cream before the sample is taken.

You can find out more about blood tests, their purpose and the way they are performed on the NHS Choices website.

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