Services

The practice nurses offer a wide range of services including:-

Health Promotion Programmes
Asthma, Diabetes and Blood pressure care
Immunisation for foreign travel
Flu injections
Cervical smears
Menopause advice
Family planning advice
Ear syringing
Wound dressing and removal of stitches
Minor injuries: includes cuts, bruises, sprains, burns and minor head injuries
Yearly health checks for those over 75 years of age
ECG tests requested by the doctors
Triage (assessment of minor illnesses)
Chronic Heart Disease follow-up
Child and Adult immunisation
(Please note if you are brining children for any immunisation and you are not the parent you will need written consent from the child’s legal guardian)

Other NHS services include:-

Minor Surgery
Cryotherapy

PRIVATE (NON-NHS) SERVICES

Medicals/Reports
Medicals Reports requested by a solicitor or insurance company are not covered by the NHS and they therefore incur a private fee.  The fee is dependent upon the service requested.  It may be that the party requesting the information covers this fee, but from time to time the patient is liable to pay the fee.  For an up to date quote please contact the surgery.Please note that if you do not attend for a private appointment or cancel less than 24 hours before the appointment you will be charged a fee.

Letters/Passport signing
If you need a passport photo verified the NHS does not cover this.  It is at the doctor or nurses discretion whether they will perform this service for you, and there will be a fee for this.  For an up to date quote please contact the surgery.  There are some types of letter and/or signing that we will not undertake and a list is available on request. Any letters or reports that are requested and completed but not collected will still incur the designated fee.

SICK NOTES

The first seven days off work due to any illness are covered by a self-certificate available from your employer.  You do not need to see a doctor until the eighth day of your illness.  If a note is required before this a charge will be made, as this is a private service.

SPECIMEN COLLECTION

Specimens must be received at the Practice by 12:30pm Monday or Friday to allow delivery to the hospital.  Results take at least two working days for blood tests, five days for infection screens, ten days for x-rays and up to six weeks for cervical smears.  Please phone after 2:00pm Monday to Friday for results.  If a hospital doctor requested your test you should direct your enquiry to the hospital.