Clinics
We provide a comprehensive programme of health promotion clinics including asthma, diabetes, coronary heart disease and healthy lifestyle advice. Please contact our reception staff for details.
New Registrations:
Patients wishing to join the practice will be asked to see the practice nurse before registering. This is to record relevant medical details and to carry out a basic health check. You will need to bring an urine sample with you to your appointment and also complete a new patient form, which can be accessed from the patient forms button on the left hand side of this screen.
Well Man:
Lifestyle check is available to include advice on healthy living, diet, exercise and testicular examination.
Well Woman Clinic:
Cervical smears can be taken at this clinic. We recommend an interval of no more than three years between smears. Gynaecological problems including menopause can be discussed and breast examination discussed.
Family Planning:
Family planning advice and contraceptive care is provided by all the doctors and practice nurses during surgery hours.
Maternity Services:
Antenatal clinics are provided by the midwives in conjunction with the doctors. Parent craft and relaxation classes are held during the antenatal period, led by the Primary Health Care Team. Also, a postnatal support group is run by the health visitors.
Gynaecology Services:
In the practice we have the expertise to deliver a service to detect problems in early pregnancy and facilities to investigate basic gynaecological problems and infertility.
Child Health Services:
A comprehensive child health service is provided by the practice. This includes a child immunisation clinic; a baby clinic for weight monitoring and advice by the health visitor; and a child health surveillance clinic for routine assessments by the doctor. Other assessments, including hearing tests, are performed by health visitors.
Minor Surgery:
All partners carry out minor surgery procedures by appointment.
Smoking Cessation Clinics:
For patients who wish to stop smoking we have nurses who specialise in this area
Substance Misuse Clinic:
Specialist advice for patients with drug addiction is provided at Larwood, Carlton and Oakleaf surgeries by appointment. For further information please ask at reception.
Weight Management: Please ask at reception about our weight management service for patients with a BMI of over 30, or in certain circumstances a BMI of over 28.
Immunisations:
The practice carries out a full immunisation programme involving all patients including an extensive flu campaign each year. A full advice and immunisation service for patients travelling abroad is provided by the practice nurse.
There may be a charge for certain immunisations.
The practice is a designated Yellow Fever Centre.
Please also see our Practice Information leaflet which can be downloaded from under Newsletters on the left-hand side of the home page or you can email us and we will either email or post one out to you.
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