Minor Surgery

The practice is able to offer certain minor operations in the surgery. Your doctor will usually be able to tell you what procedures can be performed.

Family Planning

Advice and a full range of of contraceptive methods are provided, including pre-conceptual advice. There is also an emergency post-coital contraception service available.

Antenatal Care

Full antenatal care is provided by the midwives in association with the doctors.

Cervical Smear Tests

We encourage women aged 25 - 49 to have a cervical smear every three years and women 50 - 64 every five years (or more frequently if indicated).

All women in these age groups will be automatically called and recalled; the cervical smear will be taken by one of our practice nurses, or a doctor if you prefer.

Breast Screening

Breast screening is performed on women from 50 - 65 years of age, every three years. This is a national programme and women will be automatically called and recalled.

Child Health

All the doctors in the practice are approved to do child health screening. We strongly recommend that all children be immunised as and when due.

Young Persons And Adult Immunisations

During the winter months we offer flu vaccinations to everyone over the age of 65 and anybody who has chronic heart, lung or kidney disease or diabetes.

Pneumonia vaccine is also recommended for all those over the age of 65 and in the same high risk groups for flu. This is a one-off vaccine and can be given at any time of the year.

Asthma Clinic

Please ask at reception for asthma appointments.

Diabetic Clinic

This clinic is held weekly on Thursday mornings. Please contact reception for further details.

Nurse Clinics

The practice nurses are available to advise you on many aspects of health care and are fully qualified in the following:

• Well person checks 
• New patient health checks 
• Cervical smears
• Blood pressure
• Family planning/contraception
• Maternity services
• HRT checks
• Baby immunisations
• Suture removal
• Wound dressings
• Dietary advice
• Urine testing
• ECGs (heart rate checks)
• Travel advice
• Smoking cessation advice and support Vaccination, eg Tetanus, Flu

Health Care Assistant

• Blood taking
• Blood pressure
• Dressings
• Suture removal
• Ear Syringing

Test Results

Please telephone for any results after 2.00pm Monday to Friday, when the doctors will have seen the results for that day and when the staff have more time to help. You will also find that telephone lines are less busy at that time.

Most blood test results are available within 72 hours although some can take up to two weeks. X-ray results may take two to three weeks.

Results for any patients over 16 can only be given to the patient personally or with written consent of the patient, to protect confidentiality.

ADULTS

After five Tetanus injections individuals usually have immunity.  Anyone who has not been previously immunised against Polio should have a basic course.  All young adult women should have been immunised against rubella.

CHILDREN

We recommend that you protect your children by having them immunised against the following infections: DIPHTHERIA, TETANUS, WHOOPING COUGH, POLIO, MEASLES, MUMPS and RUBELLA, Haemophilus Influenzae (HIB), MENINGITIS C and PNEUMOCOCCAL.  Only rarely and in special circumstances should these immunisations be omitted.  Our Doctors, Practice Nurses and Health Visitors will be pleased to advise.

TEENAGERS

School leavers (aged 15+) should all have a tetanus, polio and diphtheria booster.  Girls aged 10 should be immunised against rubella (German measles) if they have not had the MMR immunisation.  TB immunisation is normally given to people in ‘at risk’ areas and is not given at the surgeries.

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