The Practice Nurse has appointments available for the following:

• Asthma
• COPD
• Diabetic
• CHD / Heart Disease Management
• Ante-natal, Post-natal Clinics
• Child Health Surveillance

The Community Midwife provides care for mothers before and after delivery and care for the baby during the first fortnight of life.

They hold an antenatal clinic every Wednesday at the surgery.

Further information on the Ante-natal & Post-natal care at the practice can be found here.

Community Psychiatric Nurses provide a counselling service for our patients. Patients will need to be referred for this by their Doctor.

Family Planning Advice and treatment is available by appointment with a Advanced Clinical Practitioner as well as a Doctor or Practice Nurse.

The District Nursing team are available to see you in your own home if you are housebound. They will help with dressings and removal of sutures, advice and care of the acutely and chronically sick and terminally ill and advice on incontinence and supplying pads and other aids.

Please contact the Locality Team on 0300 123 9011.

The practice is actively engaged in health promotion. In particular, we can arrange primary prevention, e.g. immunisations, smears and screening, for example include blood pressure checks.

Please contact Everyone Health on 0333 005 0095 for advice on:

Social isolation, falls prevention, smoking cessation, weight management and NHS health checks.

The Health Visitors are available to help with health matters relating to the under-5s and their families e.g. feeding difficulties and sleep problems.

They can be contacted on 0300 3033 923.

Do you have a Learning Disability?

Do you care for someone with a Learning Disability?

Ask to make sure you, or the person you support is on your GP’s Learning Disability Register

If you are over 14 years of age you can ask for your FREE Health Check with your Doctor or Nurse!

Want to know more? Ask at your GP Practice, or contact:

The Learning Disability Health Facilitation Team
41 Broom Street, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, ST1 2EW: 0300 123 1152 or 0300 123 1153

Community physiotherapy, chiropody and occupational therapy can be arranged locally by the practice.

Our Practice Nurse offers the following services:

• First aid advice, Blood and Urine Tests, Dressings, removal of stitches etc
• Adult and Childhood Immunisations
• Travel Immunisations
• Cervical Smears / Contraception Services
• Family Planning
• Health Promotion
• Advice on Diet.

Medical Examinations (Non-NHS)

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

• HGV & PSV licences
• Elderly driver licences       
• Insurance
• Pre-employment 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 BMA recommended scale of fees is on display at the reception desk. For further information please see Why do GP’s charge?

A current list of fees is displayed in our Waiting Area.

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.

In addition to the Essential Services provided by the practice, the practice also provides the following Additional Services:

• Childhood Vaccinations & Immunisations
• Flu & Pneumococcal Immunisations
• Minor Surgery
• Anti Coagulation Monitoring
• Services to patients who are alcohol users
• Post Natal Examinations
• Contraceptive Injections
• Medical Services for Reablement & Respite Care Beds
• Rheumatoid Monitoring