Clinics

Our Practice Nurse is responsible for:-

• Diabetic clinics
• Asthma clinics
• CHD
• COPD
• Spirometry 
• Well-person clinics
• primary ear irrigation
• Cervical smears
• Childhood vaccinations
• dressings and wound care
• ECG's
• Holiday vaccinations and advice
• Dressing changes
• Surges removed

Our Nursing Associate & Healthcare Support Worker are responsible for:

• Emergency blood test
• Blood pressure checks
• NHS Health Checks
• Flu vaccinations, shingle vaccinations, Vitamin B12 Injections
• Dressing changes
• General diet and lifestyle advice
• Follow-up ear irrigation
• ECG's
• INR (warfarin) clinic

If your baby/child is due vaccinations a card will be sent to your home asking you to telephone the surgery, the receptionist will then give you an appointment with the GP or Nurse Clinician.

If your baby is due a developmental checks, you will be notified by post when these are due, you will be sent the appointment card stating the date and time. Post natal examinations and baby vaccines are done on Wednesday mornings between 10.30am and 11.30am.

We prefer to see ill babies during normal surgery hours and not in the baby clinic

A general health check are available as follows:

NHS Health check

• aged 40-74 (no other conditions, every 5 years)
• Well Woman
• Well Man
• aged 75 and over (who has not seen a GP in the last year)

General checks will be carried out as follows:

Blood pressure, blood tests (as appropriate), Height and Weight, Lifestyle advice, Tetanus status.

Family planning advice is available from all doctors and Nurse Clinician. Dr Hamad does removal and insertion of the contraception implant. When phoning regarding either of these procedure please mention this to the receptionist as a double appointment is needed.

Condoms are available free of charge.

First Contact Physio 

You can now see a specialist physiotherapist at our surgery - Richard holds a clinic every fortnight, if you are experiencing muscle or joint pain please book an appointment with Richard.

Some services are not covered by the NHS, namely HGV, insurance and pre-employment medicals, certificates for private healthcare (PPP and BUPA), letters explaining sickness absence from work, holiday cancellation, vaccination certificates and certain travel vaccinations.

We are pleased to provide these services but they will incur a charge & may take 28 day's to complete.

The receptionist can provide you with more details.