Medical Examinations (Non-NHS)
Certain services provided by the Doctors are not covered by the NHS and fees are payable for such items as:
- Large Good Vehicle (LGV) and Passenger Service Vehicle (PSV) licences
- Elderly driver licences
- Insurance
- Preemployment medicals
- Private certificates
- Holiday vaccinations
- Insurance claims
- Fitness for sports
Please ask the receptionist for such services. Charges are payable at the time of attendance, and the British Medical Association (BMA) recommended scale of fees is on display at the reception desk. For further information please see Why does my doctor charge fees?
A current list of fees is displayed in our Waiting Area. It you have any queries regarding these, please enquire at Reception.
Medical Certificates
Self certification notes are available from your employer for sickness of up to one week. Any certificate required from the Doctor for periods up to the first week can only be provided as a private certificate for which there is a charge.
We are pleased to offer our registered patients a travel health service. Our nurse uses up to date information to advise you on your health needs related to destinations around the world. They can administer most vaccinations and provide prescriptions for treatments where needed.
Many people are taking long haul holidays requiring complicated courses of vaccines. To assist you in these requirements please see additional travel health information below.
Booking your Appointment with the Nurse
- Travel Questionnaire:
If you’re planning a trip abroad, please complete a Travel Questionnaire with details of your proposed journey and bring it with you when you attend your travel appointment. (Kindly note that this service is for registered patients only)
- Travel Appointment:
Once you have submitted your form, please book a travel clinic appointment with the nurse, but please leave a week between submitting the form and your appointment so we can process your details.
- Please Allow Plenty of Time:
Patients are advised to allow plenty of time for vaccinations (at least two or three months) especially if traveling to an out of the way place where they’ll be living or working among local people. Some courses of vaccine such as rabies or Hepatitis B need to be given over several weeks.
Prescriptions
If you require a prescription for vaccinations this will be ready to collect 3 working days following your appointment.
Holiday Health
It is always a wise precaution to pack some essential items in case of illness on holiday. Do choose medicines according to your needs and the country you are intending to visit. lf you take prescription medicines regularly remember to pack them too.
You may want to consider packing the following:
- Paracetamol Travel Sickness tablets Plasters and a small crepe bandage
- Rehydration solutions such as Dioralyte, Anti diarrhoeal, for example lmodium
- High factor sunscreen
- Anti material tablets, Water purification tablets, Insect repellent
- Condoms and other contraceptives
- Sunhats for yourself and children
Mosquito Bite Avoidance for Travellers
In many tropical countries, mosquitoes can spread diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, West Nile, malaria, yellow fever and Zika. Here are five simple rules you should follow to reduce your risk of infections spread by mosquitoes.
Mosquito Bite Avoidance for Travellers leaflet.
Useful Travel Information Websites
The Travel Health Organisations section on this website has lots of useful links to help you.
Travel Vaccination Charges
We offer most of the travel health service at no additional charge to the patient. However the NHS does not cover the cost of all the treatments you may need. Therefore, for some services you may need to pay.
A list of these charges is held at reception.
We encourage all our patients to share the responsibility for their health, both in preventing disease and treating existing conditions. The practice nurse will be happy to discuss your general health with you and offer advice on many issues, including:
- Smoking
- Alcohol
- Diet
- Exercise
- Travel Vaccinations
- Influenza Immunisation
Please make an appointment with the Practice Nurse.
We offer a full contraceptive service. Please make a routine appointment.
A midwife is attached to the Practice to provide antenatal and postnatal care in liaison with the doctors. Antenatal clinics are held weekly on a Thursday afternoon.
Health Visitors are all qualified nurses, and many have also had midwifery experience as well as having further training in areas such as child development, community health and health promotion.
They work mainly with parents and young children and will visit you soon after you return home with your new baby.
Please contact her through the surgery with any problem, no matter how small, and she will do her best to help you.
Our Practice Nurses are available by appointment for the following:
- Cervical smear tests, wound dressing, removal of sutures, routine injections and travel immunisation.
- Asthma; diabetes, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); hypertension; coronary heart disease risk assessment and monitoring; family planning advice, weight management, smoking cessation and childhood immunisation
Our Healthcare Assistants provide the following:
- Blood tests, Blood Pressure monitoring, Electrocardiograms (ECGs), dressings and basic health checks as well as providing support for the practice nurses and doctors as required.
- Administer pneumococcal injections and also offers support with weight management.