Our Additional Clinics are:
Our Practice Nurses offer chronic disease management clinics:
Some patients will ask the Practice/GP to carry out services that do not come under the Practice’s NHS Contract and are classed as Non-NHS services. This work will incorporate a fee that is payable by the patient. The service is delivered at the discretion of all individual GPs.
Please ask our Reception for the fees associated with these services.
Our fees have been revised on the 1st April 2018.
The NHS does not pay for some of the services we provide.
These include:
Our fees for these services, which are in line with BMA approved national guidelines, are displayed in the surgery.
Please refer to our Family Health Page for further information on Childhood Vaccinations.
Recommended for people aged 65 or over. One injection is recommended with no need for a booster.
Pneumonia vaccine is also recommended for people with the following:
A booster injection needed every 5 to 10 years.
Men aged 65 and over will be invited for abdominal aortic aneurysm screening. Aneurysm is more common in men and in older people. Smoking, high blood pressure also increases the risk. The test is simple and painless.
Further information see cancer screening NHS website.
The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme offers screening every two years to all men and women aged 60 to 69 years. From 2014 people up to the age of 73 will be invited. People in this age group will automatically be sent an invitation, then their screening kit, so the tests can be done at home.
Further information see cancer screening NHS website.
Cervical screening is not a test for cancer. It is a method of preventing cancer by detecting and treating early abnormalities which, if left untreated, could lead to cancer.
All women between the ages of 25 and 64 are eligible for cervical screening test every 3 to 5 years. Screening starts from age 25 and every 3 years onward. From age 50 tests are done every 5 years.
Mammogram.
The NHS Breast Screening Programme provides breast screening every three years for all women from age 47 and over. Women between the ages of 47 and 73 are routinely invited. Although you are not routinely called for screening after the age of 73, you can telephone for appointment for screening after age 73.
Telephone: 0191 445 2554
It’s a real worry when children become ill. Understandably, we don’t want to take any risks. Parents and carers can now find NHS advice at their fingertips to help look after their children’s health. ‘Looking after your child’s health’ is an important NHS guide for parents and carers of children aged 0-5 year.
The NHS Child Health app gives easy to understand guidance on childhood illnesses, recognising when your child is unwell, and advice on when and where to seek further treatment.
Download the free NHS app today!
Just search for ‘NHS child health’ on Google Play or Apple’s App Store
Children often get a high temperature (a fever) when they are poorly. If the child’s temperature is above 37.5 degrees centigrade (or if you don’t have a thermometer but you think your child has a temperature), try to lower it as follows:
Please make appointments with the practice nurse at least 2 months before your intended travel. Vaccinations take about one month to take full effect. For further information on travel vaccination click here…