Our Services

We offer a full range of contraception and family planning options, including:

• Contraceptive pills
• Coil (IUD/IUS) fittings and removals
• Contraceptive injections and implants
• Emergency contraception

Our Practice Nurses and GPs provide confidential advice to help you find the most suitable option.

We can also offer counselling and referrals for permanent contraception, such as female sterilisation or vasectomy.

Our GPs carry out regular baby checks to monitor your child’s growth and development.

These appointments include checks on your baby’s weight, feeding, and milestones, and give you the chance to ask any questions about your child’s health.

You’ll be contacted when your baby’s check is due, or you can call reception if you’re unsure.

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We provide the full NHS childhood vaccination schedule to protect your child against serious diseases.

Appointments are carried out by our Practice Nurses, who are experienced in working with children and happy to answer any questions about vaccine safety or timing.

If your child may have missed a vaccine, please contact the surgery so we can check their record.

Find out more about the NHS Childhood Vaccination Schedule here

If you have asthma, you’ll be invited for an annual review with our nursing team.

Please bring any inhalers you use to this appointment.

If you have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), you’ll be invited for an annual review with our nursing team.

Please bring any inhalers you use to this appointment.

If you have diabetes, you’ll be invited for an annual review with our nursing team.

Your Practice Nurse will review your blood sugar control, blood pressure, and overall wellbeing, while an HCA may carry out pre-review checks such as blood tests, urine samples, and foot assessments.

Please avoid eating or drinking (except water) before your appointment and bring a urine sample.

We also recommend six-monthly blood tests

You will also be invited for regular diabetic eye screening. This process is managed by the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme. Find out more here.

Patients living with dementia are invited for an annual review.

Our HCAs complete physical health checks, and our Care Coordinators create and update the care plan, working with families and carers to ensure support is in place.

These reviews help to ensure medications, care arrangements, and local support services are current and appropriate.

Patients with a diagnosed learning disability are invited for an annual health check.

Patients with a diagnosed severe mental illness are invited for an annual health check.

Our HCAs carry out the physical checks (blood pressure, weight, blood tests, and lifestyle review), while our Mental Health Nurse completes the care plan and provides ongoing support.

This approach ensures both physical and mental health needs are reviewed and supported.

Cervical screening helps prevent cervical cancer and is carried out by our Practice Nurses.

You’ll be invited automatically when your test is due (every 3 or 5 years depending on your age). This invite process is managed by the NHS Cervical Cancer Screening Programme. Find out more here.

You can also discuss other women’s health issues, such as contraception or menopause, during your appointment.

If you’re anxious about the test, our nurses will take time to explain everything and ensure you feel comfortable.

The NHS runs a number of routine screening services for patients within specific cohorts, these include:

• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) screening
• Bowel Cancer screening
• Breast Cancer screening
• Prostate Cancer screening

These services are managed by the corresponding NHS Screening Programme.

Where appropriate, we offer follow up and support to deal with further investigations and positive test results.

Where clinically appropriate, we may offer or refer for adhoc screening to rule out cancers as part of our ongoing care for patients.

Our Practice Nurses and HCAs carry out a variety of tests…

• Blood testing –
• ECG –
• FeNO –
• Spirometry –
• Swabs –
• Urine testing –

Our Practice Nurses and HCAs provide a variety of general health and wellbeing services, including:

• Well Woman and Well Man checks
• Heart disease prevention and lifestyle advice
• Menopause support and counselling

Patients aged 40–75 are invited every five years for an NHS Health Check to assess the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and kidney disease.

Your HCA may take your measurements and blood sample before you discuss your results with a nurse or GP.

If you’re travelling abroad, our Practice Nurses can advise on vaccinations and travel health precautions.

Please complete a travel risk assessment form at least 8 weeks before you travel so we can plan your vaccinations in time.

The nurse will review your form, advise on recommended vaccines, and offer practical travel advice.

We offer a wide range of NHS and travel vaccinations, including:

• Flu and COVID-19
• Shingles
• Pneumococcal
• Whooping cough (for pregnant women)
• Travel vaccines

We also offer catch-up vaccinations where immunisations were previously missed as part of the childhood vaccination schedule, including:

• HPV
• MMR

Some vaccines and blood tests are provided by an HCA, while others are administered by a Practice Nurse.

If you’re unsure which vaccinations you’ve had or need, please contact us for advice.

Our HCAs and Practice Nurses provide wound care services.

• HCAs can carry out basic wound care such as suture and clip removal and simple dressings
• Practice Nurses manage more complex wounds, including compression bandaging, ulcer care, and advanced dressing management

If you have a new or ongoing wound, please contact reception to arrange the appropriate appointment.