Clinics & Services

blood_test We aim to provide a personal service. Appointments may be requested with either Dr Dineli Charlesworth or Dr Justin Charlesworth, but if urgent, this may not be possible. All new patients are asked to complete a medical questionnaire and are offered a health check if they are on medication or have health issues.

We provide comprehensive medical care (including chronic disease management, contraception, maternity, child health and immunisations ). Additional services include:

Contraception

We offer a full range of services, including the fitting of implants and coils. Please see Sister Pack to discuss.

Minor Surgery

It is necessary to see Dr Justin Charlesworth before booking an appointment.

Anticoagulation Clinic

Run by Sister Pack.

Diabetic Clinic

Including insulin conversion

Travel & Yellow Fever Centre

Sister Pack offers advice and a full range of vaccinations to travellers, whether they are registered with us or not.

global air travel

There is lots of 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 your initial appointment as early as possible - at least 6 weeks before you travel - as a second appointment may be required. Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work. Travel advice without any vaccines will incur a £15 fee if you are not registered with the surgery

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.Please ask about cost as travel vaccines are expensive. Please see list of fees under Non-NHS/Private Work

Travel Health Questionnaire

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form before coming to see the nurse.

Travel Questionnaire

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)

Non-NHS/Private Work

Private health insurance forms, holiday cancellation and other reports or examinations that are not part of our NHS contract, will incur a charge. The charge depends on how much time the Dr has to spend on it. As an example most holiday cancellation forms will be £20-£40. Medicals cost approximately £60-£100. Our hourly rate for private work is £150/hour +VAT.

We do not do letters to cover illness during exams or absence from school.

We may ask for a deposit prior to completion.

Our main work is for the NHS and for this reason private work has to be done out of hours. It can take up to 10 working days to complete although we will always try to be helpful.

The clinics are on:

Watch this space, flu vaccines are ordered and clinics likely to be starting middle October 2012

Please ring and give your name to reception so we know how many patients are expected to attend and you will be given an appointment. We will need access to your upper arm so please dress accordingly.

We are immunising all the usual groups, please look at the link below to see whether you are eligible. It is important we immunise the most at risk groups and some years our supply does run out so please only attend if you are in one of these groups.

please click here to go to link showing eligible groups for the flu jab

Find Local Services In Your Area

Enter all or part of your postcode in the box below and click one of the buttons to find those services that are local to you.

Noticeboard

New 111 number

[the new number to ring out of hours from 12 March]

nb- This is a national service that will be rolled out in this area from March 12, we are not responsible for the care that 111 will provide.

NHS 111 is a new service that's being introduced to make it easier for you to access local NHS healthcare services. You can call 111 when you need medical help fast but it’s not a 999 emergency. NHS 111 is a fast and easy way to get the right help, whatever the time.

When to use it

You should use the NHS 111 service if you urgently need medical help or advice but it's not a life-threatening situation.

Call 111 if:

You need medical help fast but it's not a 999 emergency.
You think you need to go to A&E or need another NHS urgent care service.
You don't know who to call or you don't have a GP to call.
You need health information or reassurance about what to do next.

For less urgent health needs, contact your GP or local pharmacist in the usual way.

For immediate, life-threatening emergencies, continue to call 999.

How does it work?

The NHS 111 service is staffed by a team of fully trained advisers, supported by experienced nurses. They will ask you questions to assess your symptoms, then give you the healthcare advice you need or direct you straightaway to the local service that can help you best. That could be A&E, an out-of-hours doctor, a walk-in centre or urgent care centre, a community nurse, an emergency dentist or a late-opening chemist.

Where possible, the NHS 111 team will book you an appointment or transfer you directly to the people you need to speak to. If you need an ambulance, one will be sent just as quickly as if you had dialled 999.

If a health professional has given you a specific phone number to call when you are concerned about your condition, continue to use that number.

Further Information

Patient Group

Survey Results

Survey Report