Clinics & Services

Nursing Services 

The practice nurse is available for the following: 

• Asthma, diabetes and general health checks
• Removal of sutures
• Wound dressings
• Travel advice and vaccinations 
• Diet and exercise advice
• Well women/well man health checks
• Post-natal care
• Cervical smears
• Sexual health advice and screening
• COPD clinic
• B12 jnjections
• Zoladex injections
• Hypertension clinic
• Family planning and contraception
• Flu vaccinations
• Cardiovascular disease monitoring
• Smoking cessation
• INR/warfarin clinic 
• Childhood immunisation clinics: Held on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month between 14.30 and 17:00. If your appointment is inconvenient please contact the surgery and we can arrange an alternative. 

Child Health Surveillance 

This is provided by the doctor and health visitor for development checks and are offered to all children. 

Emergency Contraception 

The morning after pill is available on request during surgery hours and also available to purchase from the chemist.

Midwife / Postnatal 

The practice is allocated a midwife, and appointments can be made on a Tuesday 9:15 - 11:45. Please contact the surgery to make an appointment.

Post-natal appointments are available with the doctor, a chaperone is available if required.

Non-NHS Services

Your questions answered

Isn’t the NHS supposed to be free?

The NHS provides most health care to most people free of charge but there are exceptions.  Prescription charges have existed since 1951 and there are a number of other services for which fees are charged.  Sometimes the charge covers some of the cost of treatment, for example dental fees.  In other cases it is because the service is not covered by the NHS, such as medical reports for insurance companies.

Surely, the doctor is being paid anyway?

GPs are not employed by the NHS, they are self-employed and they have to cover their costs – staff, buildings, heating, lighting etc. in the same way as any small business.  The NHS covers these costs for NHS work, but for non-NHS work, the fee has to cover the doctors costs.

What is covered by the NHS and what is not?

The Government’s contract with GP’s covers medical services to NHS patients.  In recent years more organisations have been involving doctors in a range of non-medical work.  Sometimes the only reason the GP’s are asked is because they are in a position of trust in the community or because an insurance company or employer wants to be sure that information provided is true and accurate.

Please click here for the 2023-2024 fee list and services

Travel Vaccinations

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you may need to make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements. Please collect a Travel Health Questionnaire from the surgery to complete and return as soon as possible, which should include details of the country/countries you are visiting, including specific areas, as this is required to determine which vaccinations are required.  The Practice Nurse will use this information ans check your medical records to see if you do need an appointment.

The links below provide information regarding vaccination advice for each country as a guide:

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

It is important to make the initial appointment as early as possible, if you do need one - at least 6 weeks before you travel. Please make sure you complete the travel form, so our nurse can check your immunisation history prior to your visit. Our nurse may be able to vaccinate you at this appointment, but some vaccines are not stocked within the surgery and will need to be ordered. 

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. Our reception team will be happy to discuss this with you, so please do not hesitate to ask - we are here to help.

Travel Health Questionnaire

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please call into the surgery to collect the Travel Questionnaire.  This is to be completed and returned to the surgery as soon as possible as you need to have any travel vaccinations at least 6 weeks before you travel.  The Nurse will look at the form to see if an appointment is necessary, as you may have already received the necessary vaccinations.  If an appointment is required, the surgery will contact you to make appointment.  If you are travelling in less than 6 weeks we will not be able to vaccinate you and you may be directed to an independent travel clinic.

Travelling in Europe

If you are travelling to Europe the EU has published useful information for travellers on the European website.