Minor Illness Nurses

Specially trained nurses, Jane Bennett and Helen Bradbury are available on Monday - Friday from 9am to 12 noon and again in the afternoon or evening. They will deal with minor problems such as coughs, earaches, skin problems, emergency contraception and urinary infections etc.

Practice Nurses

Our team of Practice Nurses is lead by Kim Cooke.  It provides Treatment Room services e.g. dressings, removal of stitches, blood tests and cervical smear tests from Monday - Friday between 8.30 - 12 noon and 5 - 6.30pm. We run childhood immunisations clinics (Wed morning) and a Travel Clinic (Mondays).  We also advise on the management of Asthma, Diabetes, Heart Problems, HRT, Hypertension (raised blood pressure), COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and Stop Smoking and provide general health checks.  Details of these services are available from Reception.

Contraceptive/Sexual Health Nurse

Sara Bailey is available on Monday evenings, Tuesday mornings and Thursday mornings. Sara provides contraceptive services and general advice on pre-conception and sexual health.

District Nurses

There is a district nursing team attached to the practice. They provide nursing services to those patients who are too ill to attend surgery.

Community Midwife

Provides antenatal and postnatal care, parent craft classes and home visits, and antenatal clinics at the Kingswood HUB

Katie Shore is a specially trained nurse, providing urgent care to patients experiencing an acute illness or a minor injury and is too ill to attend the surgery.  Some of the duties she will undertake include assessing and managing care, initiating and reviewing treatment, ordering tests and investigations,giving advice on health and social care issues and if required referring to other specialities to promote healthy and independent living and preventing unnecessary hospital admissions. 

Community Matron

Angela Hunn provides care for elderly patients with long term chrronic conditions who might otherwise need to be admitted for hospital care. 

Health Visitors

The team works mainly with young families and the elderly and are now situated in the Kingswood HUB. They monitor and advise on the health and development of children under five. If you have a child under the age of five you can expect contact with a health visitor within one week of registering with us. Should you need to contact a health visitor before this visit, ring 01454 864 701, give the name of your GP and ask to speak to the appropriate health visitor.
Where necesaary health visitors undertake assessments of the elderly in their own homes.

Private / Non-NHS Services

Certain services provided by your doctor, such as private / sports medicals, private certificates, HGV medicals, some travel vaccinations and insurance claims, are not covered by the NHS and you will be asked to pay a fee. The receptionists will help with any queries you may have.

Influenza Immunizations

Available in the autumn for people with breathing, heart or chronic renal problems, diabetes and everyone aged 65 and over - for whom influenza is a particular risk. Further details available from reception.

Minor Surgery

All doctors provide various minor surgery services.

Maternity Care and Health Surveillance

Doctors provide antenatal and postnatal care as well as six week development checks during afternoon surgeries.

Chaperone Service

It is practice policy to offer a chaperone when intimate physical examination is necessary.

Obtain your test results from our recptionists. Allow a minimum of three working days to elapse and then phone (0117 961 1774) or call at reception between 10.30am and 12 noon or 2.30pm and 6pm.

Note that the practice has a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection and we will only release test results to the person to whom they relate unless that person has given prior permission for the release of this data or they are not capable of understanding the results.

When you take your test you will be told how long it will be before the results are returned to the practice. It is your responsibility to check your results and to make an appointment to discuss them with your doctor if your are advised to do so.

Travel Vaccinations

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.

Most travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because travel vaccination is not included in the services provided by the NHS and therefore is a chargeable service.

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

Travel Questionnaire

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)