Clinics & Services

Health Promotion

People today are very aware of the need to prevent health problems from occurring. Healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle are important and we offer preventative advice aimed at maintaining health. Please ask at reception for further details.

Stop Smoking Clinic

If you would like help and support to stop smoking, please book an appointment with one of our stop smoking advisers.

Cervical Smears

These will be undertaken by your doctor and the practice nurse. A cervical smear programme is in operation and patients are recalled when their test is due. You will be notified routinely of the result of your test by post from the hospital.

Immunisation Clinics

A baby, child and adult immunisation/holiday vaccination clinic is held at the surgery every Tuesday afternoon from 14:00 - 15:30. If you have not received your invite or can not make the appointment allocated, please phone the surgery.
Please report to reception when you arrive.

Tetanus/Diphtheria

We advise up-to-date tetanus/diptheria. Please enquire at reception to ensure adequate cover.

Influenza

We offer flu vaccinations every October. We particularly recommend vaccinations for those at risk including patients with lung disease, asthma or bronchitis, heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes, all patients aged 65 years or over and those with lowered resistance to infection. It is also recommended for residents of nursing homes, elderly people's homes or other long-stay facilities.

Please enquire at reception if you have not received your invite by early October.

All holiday and other injections can be made by separate appointments.

Antenatal Appointments

Antenatal appointments are provided by the doctors or by a district midwife who holds twice weekly clinics at the surgery.

Child Health Surveillance

Routine child health surveillance checks are carried out at six weeks by the doctor (ie. at the same time as the mother's postnatal examination) and 2 1/2 years by the health visitor either at the clinic or at the patient's home.

Family Planning Services

A full range of family planning services is offered by arrangement with your doctor or nurse.

Minor Surgery

Certain minor operations (eg removal of moles and skin lumps, injection of joints and treatment to warts with liquid nitrogen) are performed at the surgery.

Asthma Clinic

We hold a regular asthma clinic to enable us to offer an opportunity to explain more about asthma and its management and monitor its control.

Diabetic Clinic

We hold a regular diabetic clinic to enable us to offer an opportunity for education regarding diabetes, monitor its control and enable early detection of complications.

Heart Disease Clinic

Patients with heart disease will be invited for an annual review with our practice nurse.

Stroke/TIA Clinic

Patients who have had a stroke will be invited for an annual review with our practice nurse.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease/Emphysema Clinic

Patients with COPD/Emphysema will be invited for an annual review with our practice nurse.

Chronic Kidney Disease

Patients with CKD you will be invited for an annual review with our practice nurse.

 

Attached Services

Community Nurses

These nurses are attached to the practice from the Health Authority and, on recommendation from a doctor, provide nursing care in the home.

Health Visitors

The health visitors work in conjunction with the doctor and are based in the community clinics.

They can be contacted by telephone on the following numbers:

• Thundersley Clinic 8 Kenneth Road, Thundersley. 01268 366820
• Hadleigh Clinic 49 London Road, Hadleigh. 01702 578600

Midwife

There is a midwife attached to the practice from the Health Authority. She holds an antenatal clinic in the surgery.

She can offer a domino delivery at Southend Hospital to certain mothers and provides postnatal advice and care in the home.

She can be contacted through the midwife's clerk on 01702 221200.

Counsellor

We have a GP referral Counselling service.

Phlebotomy

A phlebotomist will be available to take blood from the following clinics:

• Tyrells Centre, 39 Seamore Avenue, Benfleet - THIS CLINIC BY APPOINTMENT ONLY on Tel: 01702 422555 09:00 - 12:20 Monday - Friday
• Canvey Island Outpatients Clinic, Long Road, Canvey Island - No appointment necessary - Monday - Friday 08:15 - 15:45
• Hadleigh Clinic, London Road, Hadleigh - No appointment necessary - Monday and Wednesday 09:00 - 12:00, Tuesday 09:00 - 11:30

Non-NHS Services

Medical examinations for purposes such as driving, sport or employment are carried out by special arrangement. A separate fee is payable - contact reception for further details.

Insurance policy medical examinations where requested are also organised by special arrangement - in this situation no fee is payable by the patient.

Travel Vaccinations

Up-to-date information is available from reception or from the practice nurses.
Please allow plenty of time to complete the course. We recommend that you start to plan your course of immunisation at least 6 weeks in advance of travel where possible. Book your appointment as early as possible and please collect a Travel Health Questionnaire from reception. Please return this to the practice AT LEAST 2 days prior to your appointment.

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.

Most travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because travel vaccination is not included in the services provided by the NHS and therefore is a chargeable service.

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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)

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