How to demonstrate your coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination status to show that you’ve had the full course of the COVID-19 vaccine and access this status when travelling abroad.

For more information please click this link: Your Covid-19 Vaccination Status

The NHS APP is available on IOS and Android, to use it you must be aged 13 and over and registered with a GP Surgery in ENGLAND.

For more information about the NHS APP click this link: The NHS APP

Nurse Clinics

We are fortunate to have the services of our nurses who have a wealth of experience both in hospital, the community and in general practice. Please book an appointment to see the Practice Nurses as you would for a doctor. 

The nurses perform a very valuable role including provision of dressings service, travel advice, vaccinations and immunisations, cervical smears, ear syringing, blood tests health promotion and health checks. 

Our treatment rooms are well equipped and are also used for specialised clinics such as Asthma, Diabetes, Minor Surgery, Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease.

Both our nurses are competent in procedures such as ECG recording, Spirometry, 24 hour blood pressure monitoring, smoking cessation, family planning, HRT, travel vaccinations and cervical smears. They attend regular update courses as part of their continuing professional development. They also liaise with colleagues in hospital and the community and are an important part of our primary health care team, which meets regularly.

Healthcare Assistants

Our Healthcare Assistants provide a range of basic services which free up the nurses and doctors and help patients avoid the need to travel to hospital to have blood samples taken. They provide daily clinics and we are planning to further extend their range of services in the near future.

Currently, the Healthcare Clinic is available for:

• Blood tests
• Smoking cessation advice
• Blood Pressure monitoring
• Healthcare checks for registration
• Contraceptive pill checks
• Chronic Disease monitoring support
• ECG
• 24Hour Blood Pressure Monitoring.
• Influenza and Pneumonia Vaccinations
• NHS Healthchecks

Clinics & Services

STRAIGHT2PHYSIO

Do you have joint, muscle or spinal pain?

If you do you can now access NHS Physiotherapy without seeing your GP first, through straight2physio, an innovative new venture between local GP practices and the Physiotherapy department at NMGH. 

Contact Physio Directly on: 0161 720 2321 (Mon-Fri, 8.30am-16.30pm) 

A Member of the clerical team will initially take your details. A senior clinician will contact you within 24 hours to discuss your problem, give you appropriate advice, and where necessary book you to come in for a face to face assessment. Most musculoskeletal problems are best managed by physiotherapists and it has been shown that early intervention can stop a problem becoming a long term issue. 

Child Health Development Clinic

This clinic is held every Thursday by appointment and is run by the doctors on a rota basis and Sister Claire Farrell .Immunisations are also offered at this clinic. Routine childhood immunisation clinic is held every Thursday afternoon.

Minor Surgery

This takes place on Tuesday afternoons and is run by Dr A Karigiri. It offers treatment for benign skin problems including warts, cysts and moles by using cryosurgery (freezing), curettage and surgical excision. Please see one of the doctors in a general surgery prior to booking into this clinic.

Diabetic Clinic

Provided throughout the week by the Practice Nurse, an appointment is required.

Community Alcohol Team

Drug Clinic

This is provided by Manchester Drug Services and is available only to patients who are stable in terms of medication. If you have a drug problem and you wish have help in overcoming it, please arrange a referral to the service through one of the doctors.

Cervical Smears

We automatically invite all women between the ages of 25 and 64 for a smear every 3 years.  The smear examination is a simple and painless way of spotting changes in the neck of the womb which may lead to cancer if not treated.

Lifestyle management

All the doctors feel strongly that your way of life plays a great part in maintaining good health.  We are happy to spend some time discussing these matters during surgery consultations even if this does not directly relate to the problem you have come to see us with.  We will be pleased to give you advice on such matters as diet, weight reduction, stress, stopping smoking and prevention of heart disease or cancer.  On occasion it may be easier if we arrange a special consultation just to talk about healthy living.

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.

Travel Health Questionnaire

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

Travel Questionnaire

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)

Attached Services

District Nurses

The team of District (Community) nurses associated with the practice is based at Harpurhey Health Centre. We meet with them regularly and have a close working relationship. They deal quickly and efficiently with our chronically ill, housebound and elderly patients and patients who have recently been discharged from hospital and need follow-up care.  Usually patients acquire the services of the district nurse through referral from their GP or hospital. The District nurses make the preliminary visit to a patient after discharge from hospital following cardiac surgery and then liaise with the medical staff at the practice.

Health Visitor

The health visitor is involved with patients between birth and 5 years and will introduce herself after the birth of a new baby or when new patients join the list.  Although we do not currently have a named Health Visitor, we have close links with a small team of Health Visitors who cover our area. We are able to give you contact details for the team if required.

Community Midwives

The antenatal clinic for practice patients is held at the Higher Blackley SureStart Centre further down Victoria Avenue, on the corner of Cooper Lane every Monday. It was held in the surgery for many years but we now have so many pregnant ladies that we simply ran out of space! If you need to speak to the midwife for advice please make an appointment to see her during antenatal clinic – she will be happy to help. Our receptionists can give you her contact number.

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 on the HMRC website.

Evidence that you are sick

If you are sick for more than seven days, your employer can ask you to give them some form of medical evidence to support payment of SSP (statutory sick pay).

It is up to your employer to decide whether you are incapable of work. A medical certificate, now called a 'Statement of Fitness for Work’ (see below) from your doctor is strong evidence that you are sick and would normally be accepted, unless there is evidence to prove otherwise.

You could also provide evidence from someone who is not a medical practitioner, e.g. a dentist. Your employer will decide whether or not this evidence is acceptable. If your employer has any doubts, they may still ask for a medical certificate from your GP.

Please note that the practice does NOT issue 'back to work notes' these are not required, up to date guidance can be found on directGov  website (see below)

Statement of Fitness for Work - ’Fit Note'

The 'fit note' was introduced on 6 April 2010. With your employer's support, the note will help you return to work sooner by providing more information about the effects of your illness or injury.

For more information see the DirectGov website (where this information was sourced)

STRAIGHT2PHYSIO:

Do you have joint, muscle or spinal pain? If you do, you can now access NHS physiotherapy without seeing your GP.
Available for Ages 16 and over.

Telephone 0161 720 2321 Mon-Fri (8.30am-16.30pm) for more information go to the clinics and services page.