Travel Vaccinations

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
Caribbean	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.

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.

Travel Health Questionnaire

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

Travel Questionnaire

Travelling in Europe

If you are travelling to Europe a very useful booklet has been published with advice and guidance to help you get the most out of your holiday. To visit please click:- http://ec.europa.eu/publications/booklets/eu_glance/86/en.pdf (this is a large document and may take a minute or two to view)

Clinics & Services

In addition to GP consultations the practice adheres to the General Medical Services Contract for the provision of healthcare services:

Chronic Illness Management

• Asthma/COPD
• Coronary heart disease
• Diabetes
• Epilepsy
• Hypertension
• Stroke
• Thyroid disease

Additional Services

• Blood pressure checks
• Blood tests
• Cervical smears
• Child health surveillance & vaccinations - a clinic is held on Thursday mornings between 10:00 - 12:00.
• Counselling - via a GP referral.
• Dressings
• Family planning - a comprehensive service is offered during normal surgery hours. Requests for the 'morning after pill' are dealt with by appointment only.
• Healthy man clinic
• INR monitoring - Appointments available with the nurse on Monday and Tuesday mornings.
• Maternity services - a midwife run antanatal clinic is held on Tuesday afternoons between 14:00 - 15:00 by appointment. Postnatal care will be arranged 6 weeks after the birth.
• Minor surgery - including cryotherapy, available after a doctor assessment. Cryotherapy is carried out on Monday afternoons.
• Smoking cessation
• Soft tissue injuries - joint injections/manipulation with Dr Johnston during surgery hours. Please note these procedures require a double appointment.
• Vaccinations and immunisations - including seasonal flu and travel.
• Weight management
• Well woman checks - including breast examinations and advice on HRT, menopause and sexual health.

Non-NHS Services

Some services provided are not covered under our contract with the NHS and therefore attract charges. Examples include the following:

• Medicals for pre-employment, sports and driving requirements (HGV, PSV etc.)
• Insurance claim forms
• Passport signing
• Prescriptions for taking medication abroad
• Private sick notes
• Vaccination certificates
• Holiday Cancellation Forms
• School Exam Letters
• Housing Letters
• Fitness to Fly
• Medication List/Immunisation List/Blood Results Printout

The fees charged are based on the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested scales and are displayed on the JAY-EX machine in the waiting area and see list below for your information.

• Fitness to Fly Letter :                                                               £15
• Housing Letters :                                                                      £15
• Scholl Exam Letters:                                                                £15
• Private Letter for Outside Agency:                                          £15
• Medication List/ImmunisationList/Blood Result printouts     £10
• Holiday Cancellation Form                                                      £20
• Insurance Forms:                                                                    £20
• HGV/PSV Medical /Company Request                                     £100
• HGV/PSV Medical /Patient Request                                        £50
• Sports Medical Under 18:                                                        £20
• Sports Medical Over 18:                                                          £40
• Completion of Passport Form                                                 £10

Our Flu Campaign begins in October 2017.  This year, in addition to patients who already get this very important vaccine yearly, we would like to invite all pre-school children from age two on 1st September 2017 to have the flu vaccine. We are currently in the process of writing out to the parents of this group of children to ensure that every child gets the benefit of this vaccine as early in the season as possible.

If you or anyone else in your family get the flu vaccine every year, kindly contact the surgery any time from mid-September onwards to arrange a suitable appointment.  Flu clinics will be taking place in the surgery over the next few weeks until the middle of November 2017when we would hope that everyone who is eligible has had their flu vaccination.

If you have any queries regarding the flu vaccination, please contact the surgery by telephoning 02879651250.

The Department of Health is now introduced a new vaccine to help protect patients against Shingles.

Shingles can be very painful and tends to affect people more commonly as they get older.  And the older you are, the worse it can be.  For some, the pain can last for many years.

There is now a vaccine that can reduce your risk of getting shingles or reduce the severity of its symptoms should you develop the disease.  Shingles is not like other infectious diseases because you don't catch it from someone else.

All people aged 70, 78 and 79 years of age on 1st September 2016 are eligible to get the vaccine

You can have the shingles vaccine at the same time as you get your flu jab in the Autumn

Please speak to one of our Doctors or our Practice Nurses Monica or Bernie, for more information before or after you've had your vaccination.

You can also visit the NHS Choices website at www.nhs.uk/shingles