Clinics & Services

Antenatal Care

The community midwife is based in our practice building and has regular clinics to book patients for care and to perform regular antenatal care. We recommend that you book with the midwife as early as possible in your pregnancy. She will check your bloods and arrange your scans which usually take place at 12 and 20 weeks of pregnancy. Ring our reception on 01287 650430 to make an appointment with the midwife. Click here for more information about pregnancy.

Cervical Smears

We support the local cervical smear screening programme and recommend that all women between the ages of 25-65 attend for screening. This test can be performed by our practice nurse, or at a local family planning clinic.

Who is eligible for cervical screening? Read more here.

Patients who find it difficult to get an appointment at the practice because of work, appointments are available out of hours at STAR or a family planning clinic.

Child Immunisations & Child Health

We strongly advise immunisation for all children. If in doubt, please ask your health visitor or doctor about this.

CLICK HERE to see the baby immunisations' schedule.

Contraceptive Services & Family Planning Clinic

Enhanced Services

The practice also offers the following services to specific patient groups:

• Anti-Coagulation Monitoring with 'instant' result - no need to wait for the lab result!
• Asthma and COPD checks
• Healthy Heart Checks
• Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunisation
• Near Patient Testing
• Travel Advice

Flu & Pneumococcal Vaccination

These vaccinations are recommended for patients over the age of 65, patients of any age suffering from with heart, lung, liver or kidney diseases, diabetes or residents of nursing homes and patients acting as main carers for close family members or spouses.

Please contact the surgery at the beginning of October for further details. If you are housebound, a home visit can be arranged.

Smoking Cessation

If you currently smoke and would like help to stop then please make an appointment with our healthcare assistant who will discuss the options open to you.

A 'walk-in' smoking cessation clinic is currently run in Skelton Children's Centre on Station Lane from 12:00 – 13:30 on Fridays. No appointment is necessary.

Travel Health

Please note that it would be helpful if you could make an appointment at least 6 weeks prior to travelling. Our practice nurses can give up-to-date advice on travel health and immunisation requirements if you are travelling abroad. More information is available on the above “Travel Vaccinations” tab.

Travel Vaccinations 

Please accept our apologies but we are unable to offer the Travel Vaccination service until further notice.

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.

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 the EU has published useful information for travellers on the European website.

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.