NHS Health checks 

Everyone aged between 40 and 75 years with no chronic illness will receive an invitation for a free NHS healthcheck at the surgery in due course. You will receive a questionnaire with the invitation and information on how to book the appointment.

Baby Clinic

Held on Friday afternoons from 1.00 - 3.00pm, by appointment for immunisations (no appointment required to have babies weighed). Children receive their routine health screening at this clinic, which is attended by the doctor and a health visitor. 

Antenatal Clinic

The midwife runs her clinic on Tuesday afternoons. If the midwife suggests an antenatal appointment with your GP, please make a double appointment during normal surgery time. Please remember to bring your notes to all appointments.

Asthma Clinic

The clinic is primarily to help patients monitor and improve their management of asthma. We would encourage all patients with asthma to have an asthma check appointment annually even if you feel well. Please make an appointment with the asthma nurse at reception.

Diabetic Clinic

Held every Wednesday afternoon and run by the practice nurse Alison Busby in conjunction with Dr Tim Hardwick. Your care may be solely managed by the surgery or shared with the hospital.

COPD Clinic

This is run by practice nurse Gina Cargill on a Tuesday morning. The clinic is primarily to help patients monitor and improve their management of COPD.

Cardiovascular disease Clinic

Held every Monday afternoon jointly by practice nurse Alison Busby and Dr Jim Moore on an appointment basis.

Smoking Cessation Clinic

If you wish to stop smoking, we run a clinic to help. Please ask the nurse on your next visit or contact our reception desk.

Travel Vaccinations

If you are going abroad please complete a travel questionnaire available from reception and drop it back to us in plenty of time (at least six weeks) prior to travel. The practice nurse can then give appropriate advice and arrange any necessary vaccinations. We are also a registered Yellow Fever Centre.

Any patient who has not had tetanus vaccine in the last 10 years should make an appointment to see the practice nurse.

Influenza Vaccination

Each autumn we provide influenza vaccination for all patients over the age of 65 and all susceptible patients under the age of 65 as directed by the Department of Health. Dates of vaccinations will be posted at the surgery. Please check with the receptionists from September onwards.

Pneumonia Vaccination (Pneumovax)

We are now able to offer Pneumonia vaccination to all patients over the age of 65.

Contraception

A full contraception service is available at the surgery including oral contraceptive pills, vaginal rings, patches and long acting forms of contraception (LARCS). These include; intrauterine devices (coils), Depo-Provera injections and implants under the skin (Nexplanon). 

Please make an appointment with the Practice Nurse for repeat pill checks, repeat Depo-Provera injections or general contraceptive advice. Please make an appointment with a doctor if you wish to start a new contraceptive. Dr Smellie fits the Intrauterine devices and Implants at the surgery.

Please ask for a same day appointment if you require emergency contraception. Young people can be reassured that anything discussed in the surgery will remain completely confidential.

Non NHS work

The doctors can undertake non-NHS work such as medicals for employment, driving and insurance purposes etc. A fee will be charged according to the BMA scale of fees and these are displayed in reception.

If you are travelling to a foreign country for any reason, please pick up a travel questionnaire from reception as soon as you know you are going away. Once completed, please return it to reception as soon as possible to allow enough time to give appropriate advice and arrange any vaccinations required.  There is further information about countries and vaccinations required 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 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.

Most travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge.  This is because travel vaccination is not included in the services provided by the NHS and therefore is a chargeable service.