Clinics & Services

Practice Nurses

We have two Nurses, Kath Kerry and Carol Molyneaux with appointments available every day. They are able to offer a wide range of services, including holiday vaccinations, new patient medicals, blood pressure checks, heart disease screening, diabetes and asthma checks.

Cervical Screening Tests

Appointments are available for cervical smears. The tests are designed to detect changes in the cervix, and prevent cancer of the cervix. For more information please click to download further information

click here for cervical screening information

Contraception

We offer a full range of contraceptive services, including injections, inplants, pills, coil and diaphragm fitting. Leaflets are freely available to help you decide and if you need emergency contraception please tell the receptionist that you need a same day - emergency appointment. The Family Planning Association has a very useful site with up to date help and advice on sex and contraception.

Link to FPA site

Childrens Immunisations

Appointments for childrens immunisations are sent out automatically, for the clinic which is run on Tuesday afternoon. If the appointment is not convenient, we can easily rearrange it for another time. If you have any concerns or questions about immunisation please ask for an appointment to speak to one of the doctors or click the link below for up to date information from the Department of Health.

To find out information about all immunisations click here

Ante-Natal clinic

The midwife picks up all new referrals and will be in touch to arrange your ante-natal appointments. If you are pregnant, please make sure you are taking folic acid for the first three months, and remember that smoking is even more harmful for your baby than it is for you. For advice on keeping healthy when you are pregnant click here

Stopping Smoking

Stopping smoking is the single most important thing that you can do to improve your health. We can support you with stopping smoking literature, referral to  our Health Improvement Practitioner, and we prescribe nicotine replacement and other stop smoking drugs on the NHS. For advice and support on stopping visit the Go Smokefree NHS website.

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.

Travelling in Europe

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

Non-NHS Services

Some services provided are not covered under our contract with the NHS and therefore attract charges. Examples include the following:

• Medicals for pre-employment, sports and driving requirements (HGV, PSV etc.)
• Insurance claim forms
• Prescriptions for taking medication abroad
• Private sick notes
• Vaccination certificates

The fees charged are based on the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested scales and our reception staff will be happy to advise you about them along with appointment availability.