The practice contracts with the local Primary Care Trust to provide NHS services under three categories.

Essential Services

• Management of patients who are ill or believe themselves to be ill.
• General management of patients who are terminally ill.
• Management of chronic disease.

Additional Services

• Cervical screening
• Contraceptive services
• Vaccinations and immunisations
• Child health surveillance
• Maternity services
• Minor surgery

Enhanced Services

• Anticoagulation monitoring
• IUCD (coil) fitting
• Near patient testing (regular blood testing for specific medications)
• Patient access
• Choice and booking
• Practice based commissioning
• Supporting information management and technology
• Shared care for drug users

Nurse-run Clinics

The surgery holds regular clinics run by the practice nurse team for:

• Asthma/respiratory 
• Diabetes 
• Hypertension (blood pressure monitoring) 
• Coronary heart disease
• Family planning
• Minor surgery
• Children's immunisation
• Foreign travel
• Blood tests (phlebotomy)

Consultations

• Newly registered patients are invited to attend an appointment for a 'new patient' check with the practice nurse.
• Patients aged 16 - 75 are entitled to an appointment if they have not been seen within the last three years.
• Patients aged 75 are entitled to an appointment if they have not been seen within the last 12 months.

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
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.

Travel Health Questionnaire

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

Travel Questionnaire