If you are housebound or are too ill to come to the practice we can arrange for a doctor to visit you at home.

Please telephone us for a home visit before 11am so the doctor can plan how to prioritise their day. The receptionist will ask you for some information about the problem and also for a telephone number so that the doctor can call you back. If you feel that you require an urgent home visit, please make this clear at the time of telephoning.

Please remember that it takes a doctor much longer to visit a patient at home than to undertake a consultation at the practice. We only provide a home visit when it is absolutely necessary.

Where possible and appropriate we will aim for one of the doctors you are most familiar with to visit you.

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Do I Need a Home Visit?

A GP visit is NOT needed for the following common symptoms:

• Fevers, cough, sore throat, earache, headache, diarrhoea and vomiting, most cases of abdominal pain.
• In these instances most patients are usually well enough to travel.
• Remember it is not harmful to wrap up a child with a fever and bring them to the surgery.

Medical Examinations (Non NHS)

Certain services provided by the Doctors are not covered by the NHS and fees are payable for such items as:

• Large Good Vehicle (LGV) and Passenger Service Vehicle (PSV) licences
• Elderly driver licences
• Insurance
• Preemployment medicals
• Private certificates
• Holiday vaccinations
• Insurance claims
• Fitness for sports

Please ask the receptionist for such services. Charges are payable at the time of attendance, and the British Medical Asssociation (BMA) recommended scale of fees is on display at the reception desk. For further information please see Why does my doctor charge fees?

Current list of Non NHS Medical Services fees. It you have any queries regarding these, please enquire at Reception.

Medical Certificates

Self certificates are available from your employer for sickness of up to one week. Any certificate required from the Doctor for periods up to the first week can only be provided as a private certificate for which there is a charge.

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Non NHS Medical Services fees

Forms, Reports and Administration
Attending appointment confirmation	No charge	Receptionist
Confirmation of registration	£10	Receptionist
Letters	£25	GP appointment
Written confirmation by clinical staff, for example mitigating circumstances	£25	GP appointment
Occupational reports	£25	Nurse appointment
Professional medical requests	£70 to £85	GP appointment
Large Good Vehicle (LGV), Passenger Service Vehicle (PSV) licences and Taxi driver reports	£75 for professional requests	GP appointment
DVLA medical reports	£45 for non professional requests	GP appointment
Private medical certificates or doctor notes	£25	GP appointment
Private medical insurance claim form	£45	GP appointment
Fit to travel / activities letter	£45	GP appointment
Holiday cancellation form	£45	GP appointment
Private school medical form	£45	GP appointment
Ofsted reports	£79.20
Childminders health form	£87.50
Patient medical records, summary print out	No charge
Patient medical records, detailed record	No charge

We accept payments by card, cash or cheque. You will need to allow up to 28 days for all reports, documents, certificates or forms to be completed.

Local Opiate Users

The practice provides a practice based service for local drug users.

Help with smoking cessation includes one to one consultations over an average period of twelve weeks.

During this time, you will receive advice and support from one of our experienced practice nurses as well as undergoing nicotine replacement therapy.

Please make an appointment to see the Practice Nurse.

If you are a new patient to the Practice, please arrange to have a check up as soon as possible, as your medical records may be delayed in arriving from your previous Doctor.

Our Practice Nurses offer the following services:

• Asthma
• Blood pressure checks
• Chronic heart disease (CHD)
• Diabetes review
• First aid advice, blood and urine tests, dressings, removal of stitches etc
• Ear syringing
• Adult and childhood immunisations
• Travel immunisations *presently not available*
• Stopping smoking
• Cervical smears and contraception services
• Family planning
• Health promotion
• Advice on diet
• Post natal exams
• Spirometry (lung function tests)

The nurses also runs a variety of clinics.

We offer antenatal and postnatal care in co-operation with the midwife and hospital.

Flu vaccinations are carried out each year for certain at risk groups. Please see Influenza (Flu) for further information.

Both doctors and nurses offer contraceptive services. Guidance on the best method of contraception for you is given and these include the pill, contraceptive injections and implants, caps and coils, patches or condoms.

Emergency contraception is also part of the service.