Travel Vaccinations

Travel vaccinations available through the NHS are given by practice nurses.

If you are travelling abroad you may need to be vaccinated for Diphtheria/Tetanus/Polio; Typhoid; Cholera; Hepatitis AB Combined.

Europe and Russia
Central America
North America
South America and Antarctica
Caribbean
Africa
Middle East
Central Asia
East Asia
Australasia and Pacific

Please complete the travel assessment form at least six weeks before travel; print the form and return to reception once completed, or ask reception for a copy. The Practice Nurse will then review the form and advise what travel advice and vaccinations (if any) are required and whether a travel appointment is needed.

Immunisations

As a practice we strongly believe children should be fully vaccinated (with very few exceptions). If you have any doubts about any vaccination please come and speak to the nurses or GPs here.

We are now able to protect children against a wide variety of potentially serious diseases. 

View the routine vaccination schedule

In addition to the nurses, we have staff who are specially trained in phlebotomy and our healthcare assistants can also carry out other procedures such as ECGs and blood pressure reviews.

You can make an appointment by phoning or calling in at reception or by booking online.

– Children aged two to eleven
– Patients aged 65 years or over
– Patients aged from six months to less than 65 years of age, in a clinical risk group such as those with:
– chronic (long-term) respiratory disease, such as severe asthma,
– chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or bronchitis
– chronic heart disease, such as heart failure
– chronic kidney disease at stage three, four or five
– chronic liver disease
– chronic neurological disease, such as Parkinson’s disease or motor neurone disease,
– learning disability
– diabetes
– splenic dysfunction or asplenia
– a weakened immune system due to disease (such as HIV/AIDS) or treatment (such as cancer)
– morbidly obese (defined as BMI of 40 and above)
– Pregnant women
– Household contacts of those on the NHS Shielded Patient List, or of immunocompromised individual
– Patients in long-stay residential care homes or other long-stay care facilities
– Carers
– Health and social care staff, who are directly involved in the care of vulnerable patients

Click here to read about flu vaccines on the NHS website.

Cervical Smears

Smears are offered to women aged between 25 and 65.

The national cervical screening programme is a method of preventing cancer by detecting and treating early abnormalities which, if left untreated, could lead to cancer (usually over a number of years). 

Most smears are now carried out by our practice nurses and for most women are quick and easy. 

Smears are only necessary at the appropriate intervals, but if you have worrying symptoms between smears please make an appointment to discuss them. 

  • If you are very anxious about having a smear again please come and talk to us about it.
Further information

Non-NHS Services

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

What is covered by the NHS and what is not?

The Government’s contract with GPs covers medical services to NHS patients. Sometime the only reason that a GP is asked to provide information is because they hold a position of trust in the community, or because an insurance company wants to be sure that the information provided to them is true and correct.

Medicals for pre-employment, sports and driving requirements (HGV, PSV etc.)
Insurance claim forms
Prescriptions for taking medication abroad
Private sick notes
Vaccination certificates
Medical reports for an insurance company
Certain reports for the DSS / Benefits Agency
Examinations for Local Authority / Ofsted Reports

I only need a doctor’s signature!

When a doctor signs a certificate or report, it is a condition of the Medical Register that they only sign what they know to be true, in order to complete even the simplest of forms, the doctor might have to read a patient’s entire medical record.

Fees List

Please see our latest private fees below:

ItemCost
Sickness / Accident Insurance Report£30.00
Sickness / Accident Insurance Report with Examination£60.00
Private Sicknotes£15.00
Fitness to Travel Letter (per letter)£35.00
Fitness to Attend Gym£30.00
Sports Fitness Examination and Certificate£120.00
HGV / Taxi Medical (Patient to arrange eye test prior to examination)£100.00
Spire / PPP Claim Verification£35.00
Vaccination Certificates£18.00
Holiday Cancellations Insurance Claim£25.00
Private Prescription£15.00
Copy Medical Certificates£15.00
Road Traffic Accident (1st medical assessment)£21.30
Insurance Forms with examination£120.00
Insurance Forms without examination£60.00
Childminder/Adoption/Foster Health Form£87.50
Student Finance Forms£36.00
Hepatitis B (Travel) – 3 doses: Valid 5 years (0, 1, 2 months apart)£100.00
Hepatitis B (Occupational) – 3 doses: Valid 5 years (0, 1, 6 months apart)£100.00
Meningitis ACWY£50.00
Pregnant Woman’s Fitness to Fly Certificate£35.00
Holiday Cancellation Simple Certificate£25.00
Holiday Cancellation Insurance Claim£37.00
Report detailing prescription medicines£22.50
Firearm Medical Report£54.00
PADI Fitness for Diving Statement£60.00
To Whom It May Concern letter in support of rehousing£25.00

For anything else needed, we would request that patients contact private clinics.