Clinics & Services

Our Practice Nurses are available throughout the week, by appointment, to carry out health promotion, travel immunisation sessions and routine cervical smears as well as offering general advice on health matters.

Appointments with the Nurse should be made at the Reception or on the following telephone number: 01453 882868

Appointments with the nurse can be made on-line if you have registered with Emis Access (see Emis Access link in contents for more details). Please note that the appointments booked on-line with the nurse are for blood tests and blood pressure checks ONLY, for anything else you will need to contact the surgery and book in the usual way.

On a Monday & Tuesday morning we have an urgent appointment triage system which is run by Sister Annette Marsh, she will assess each patient's needs by means of a telephone call and either offer advice or an appointment whichever is appriopriate

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

Essential Services

Asthma/COPD Clinics

These are run on a Thursday afternoon by our Practice Nurse Pippa Williams 13.30-15.30. If you are unable to come to the surgery at this time please make an appointment with Pippa at some other time but please make the receptionist aware that it is for an Asthma check so that she can make sure that enough time is allocated for the appointment. 

Diabetic Clinic 

Appointments for the Diabetic Clinic are available on a Monday afternoon 14.00-15.00 and on a Wednesday morning 10.45-12.30, both clinics are with Sister Annette Marsh.

Additional Services

Cervical Smears

These are carried out by the practice nurses.  Appointments can be made by the receptionists

Contraceptive Services 

We offer a range of contraceptive options for our patients.  If you would like to discuss which choice is best for you please make an appointment with one of the Doctors.

Health Visitor Clinics

Our Health Visitors are responsible for the developmental assessment of all preschool children. The Health Visitors run a clinic on every other Thursday afternoon 14.00-15.30 no pre booked appointment is necessary just report to reception on arrival. The Health Visitors can be contacted by phoning 0300 421 8967. Non Urgent messages for the Health Visitors can be left at the Surgery.

Maternity Services

A Midwife is attached to the practice and holds Ante Natal clinics, by appointment, on Thursday afternoon 14.00-16.00. Messages for the Midwife can be left at the surgery on 01453 882868 or at Stroud Maternity Hospital 01453 562140

Minor surgery

Minor surgery is done in the surgery by Dr Burke on Wednesday afternoons 15.30-16.30 and by Dr Nattrass on Alternate Thursday afternoons 15.30-16.30.  You need to be seen by the Doctor who is going to be carrying out the procedure prior to booking an appointment for Minor Surgery.

Adult Vaccinations.

All adults should ensure that they have had a tetanus booster in the last 10 years (only a total of 5 tetanus boosters are needed in a lifetime) and have had a full course of polio vaccinations, if in doubt then please check with the receptionist.  Flu and Pneumococcal vaccinations are available each Autumn for patients over 65 and those in the 'at risk' groups.  Pneumococcal vaccinations are only needed once in a lifetime.

For adults and some children who are vulnerable (eg those with diabetes, emphysema, heart failure, splenectomy, etc) other vaccinations may be recommended (eg influenza, pneumococcal, meningitis).

Childhood Vaccinations & Immunisations

Baby Clinics are held on a Monday afternoon 15.15-16.15 with our Practice Nurse Annette, Tuesday morning 11.20-12.20 and Thursday mornings 10.30-11.50 with Practice Nurse Lucy Walker.

Ideally, children should have their jabs at the right age to protect them as early as possible and minimise the risk of infection. For further information please use the link below

http://www.nhs.uk/Planners/vaccinations/Pages/Vaccinesforkidshub.aspx

Dressings & Removal of Sutures

These are done by the Practice Nurses please telephone for an appointment

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.

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

The fees charged are based on the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested scales and our reception staff will be happy to advise you about them along with appointment availability.
 

SystmOnline

We now have a new online Service where you can;

Book Apopointments

Cancel Appointments

Request Medication that is on your repeat list

Self Registration

Send messages to the Surgery

View Your Medical Record

View Blood Test Results

To log into this service please use the following link

https://systmonline.tpp-uk.com/Login?PracticeId=l84016

If you would like to register to use this service please download and complete a registration form. Please make sure that you read the attached Patient Information Leaflet.

You will need to bring the application form into the Surgery in person with a form of ID

Online Registration Form & Information Leaflet

Military veterans – priority NHS care

Shingles Vaccination

Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is caused by the reactivation of a latent varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection. Primary VZV infection manifests as chickenpox, a highly contagious condition that is characterised by an itchy, vesicular rash. Following this initial infection, the virus enters the dorsal root ganglia and remains there as a permanent, dormant infection. Reactivation of this latent VZV infection, generally occurring decades later, causes shingles.

Approximately 1 in 4 people will develop shingles during their lifetime. Both the incidence and the severity of the condition increases with age. Older individuals are also more likely to develop secondary complications, such as bacterial skin infections and post-herpetic neuralgia (intractable pain).

The predominant symptom of shingles is pain, often with associated paraesthesia (pricking, tingling or numbness). This is followed by the development of a painful rash, similar in appearance to that of chickenpox, which forms itchy, fluid-filled blisters that usually persist for two to four weeks. These disturbances occur in a unilateral dermatomal distribution, corresponding to the ganglia in which the viral infection is located. Other symptoms may include headache, photophobia, malaise and fever.

Who is Eligible?

Patients born on or after 02/19/1942 are part of the routine programme and will become eligible as soon as they turn 70.

Patients born before 02/09/1942 are part of the catch-up programme and will become eligible as soon as they turn 78.

Please note that patients are now eligible from the date they turn the required age (70 or 78), rather than on 1 September.

Patients then remain eligible until their 80th birthday.

For further information please either speak to a GP or Practice Nurse. You can also visit the NHS Choices website at www.nhs.uk/shingles

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