SERVICES OFFERED BY YOUR PRACTICE

Please ring us to book any of the following:

• General medical consultations
• Practice Nurse consultations
• Minor surgery
• Family Planning Services (including emergency contraception)
• Hormone Replacement Therapy check
• Well Woman health checks
• Cervical smears
• Pre-conceptual counselling
• Childhood vaccinations
• Child health and development checks (for children under 5)
• Maternity care
• Diabetic clinic
• Asthma clinic
• Cardiovascular clinic
• Counselling
• Weight loss clinic
• Travel vaccination and health advice—please contact us at least 8 weeks before travelling. Some vaccinations and all malaria tablets are not available on the NHS, therefore a charge will be made.

REFERRALS TO OTHER DOCTORS OR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

Urgent referrals to other health or social care agencies will be made within one working day of the patient consultation. We will normally process non-urgent referrals within five working days of the patient consultation or the doctor’s decision to refer. Patients are encouraged to discuss with their doctor their choice of hospital.

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. 

Information about countries and vaccinations required can be found on the links below:

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

It is important to make the 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 travelto allow the vaccines to work.

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

Travel Questionnaire

Sickness Certificates

You do not require a doctor's sickness certificate for any illness lasting seven days or less. Your employer may however require you to complete a self-certification form (SC2) which is available from your employer or at our reception or on the HMRC website.

For any illness lasting longer than seven days you will need to see the doctor for him/her to issue a sickness certificate (F.med3) and for any subsequent renewal of the certificate. If your employer insists on a sickness certificate for 7 days or less a charge will be levied.