Clinics and Services

All of the doctors provide antenatal and postnatal care. Our antenatal clinic is run by our attached community midwife and is by appointment on Monday and  Wednesday mornings at The Medical Centre, Greggs Wood Road

We provide development checks for babies aged eight weeks. These are by appointment.

Invitations will be sent to parents of all children in the practice when immunisations are due. No child should now be denied full immunisation without a true contraindication, which is rare.

Find out more about when a child is due a vaccination on the NHS website

From April 2022 patients with certain health conditions will be contacted in the month of their birth to have a health review. The practices aim is to reduce wasting patient time and becoming more efficient whist still providing excellent health care to our practice population. You will be contacted by Letter or Text and advised to contact the surgery (please avoid contacting at the busy times 8am and 2pm). The reception team can advise you of the appointments that are required and book your appointments.

This does not prevent you from being seen again for management of your health conditions at any time needed.

Health Conditions include:

• Asthma - Review with Nurse (Annually)
• COPD - Review with Nurse (Annually)
• Atrial Fibrillation - Review of Medication (Annually)
• Cancer - Review with GP after new diagnosis
• Chronic Heart Disease -  Review with HCA/Nurse and review with GP (Annually)
• Dementia - Blood test and review with GP  (Annually)
• Depression - Review with GP after new diagnosis
• Diabetes - Review with HCA/Nurse and review of medications (Annually)
• Heart Failure - Review with GP (Annually)
• Hypertension -  Review with HCA/Nurse (Annually)
• Learning Disabilities - Health Check with Nurse (Annually)
• Mental Health - Blood test and Health Check (Annually)
• Osteoporosis - Review with GP (Annually)
• Rheumatoid Arthritis - Review with GP (Annually)
• Stroke and TIA - Review with HCA/Nurse and GP (Annually)

All the doctors and nurses at the surgery are trained and advise on all methods of family planning, including pre-conception advice and the 'morning after' pill and coil. The practice nurses see patients for pill, cap or coil checks every six months.

We encourage all our patients to share the responsibility for their health, both in the prevention and treatment of disease.

Screening involves picking up the earliest signs of an illness before it has a chance to damage your health. There is a variety of ways in which this is offered in our practice.

All of our adult patients are invited to make an appointment with one of the practice nurses for a health check. Checks will be made of your height, weight and blood pressure. The nurse can advise you on diet, smoking and other aspects of your lifestyle that may affect your health. If necessary she will carry out various blood tests or refer you to the doctor for specific problems.

Women up to the age of 49 should have a cervical smear every three years, then every five years up to the age of 65. This is a simple, quick test that picks up changes in the womb which may lead to cancer. If these are treated it can prevent cancer from ever happening. All patients who are eligible for this test are called for by telephone or letter. If you think you are due for a test but have not been called, please let us know. If you are worried about the test or would like to know more please ask for a copy of our leaflet, which explains the procedure in greater detail, or speak to the nurse.

Find out more on the NHS website

We offer free flu vaccinations, commencing in October, to all our patients, including those at particular risk from heart and diabetic conditions and breathing difficulties. All patients over the age of 65 are recommended to have a flu vaccination each year. 

Find out more on the NHS website

Private medicals (which can be requested by a third party) including electrocardiograph and blood tests, insurance, HGV and PSV are carried out at specific times and are not covered by the NHS. Medicals and other non-NHS work will incur a charge. A copy of these fees is available in the reception area.

The practice nurses are available by appointment from Monday to Friday.

They provide:

• First aid to minor injuries
• Dressing of wounds
• Removal of sutures
• Immunisation
• Baby immunisation clinic
• Blood pressure checks
• Routine injections (vitamins, hormones, etc)
• ECG and other referrals from your doctor
• Blood tests and other clinic tests (after seeing your doctor)
• General health advice

Our nurses also provide regular health promotion advice which includes:

• Travel advice and vaccinations
• Asthma management advice
• Diabetes management advice
• Spirometry
• Well person routine health checks
• Cervical cytology
• Hypertension management advice
• Cholesterol level tests
• Smoking cessation advice
• Alcohol consumption management
• Diet and weight reduction
• HRT checks
• Osteoporosis prevention
• Well woman
• Family planning advice

The practice nurses are assisted by our health care assistant, whose services include new patient and blood pressure checks and electrocardiograph (ECG).

By appointment with a GP.

Applicants will be asked to complete a new patient form and attend a short registration medical, if they are on medication. The review will be with a clinical pharmacist and is an opportunity to discuss your health needs.

If you are intending to travel abroad you will almost certainly have taken out travel insurance. You should contact us to discuss another form of insurance, ie immunisation against various infections. The practice nurses will be able to advise you on which vaccinations you need to have depending on where you are travelling, therefore please make an appointment in plenty of time, preferably two months before travel. Malaria tablets are obtainable without a prescription from the dispensary at Speldhurst.