We do carry out some services that the NHS does not pay for.

These services include HGV medicals, Adoption / Fostering medicals, private sick notes, completion of insurance/holiday cancellation/ gun licence forms, medical reports for insurance purposed, fitness to fly/ travel certificates, private prescriptions.

You will be informed about the associated charges at the time of requesting the work. The fee needs to be paid prior to completion of the work, the work can take up to 4 week s to complete.

If an appointment is needed this will be arranged separately.

Please view the link below for why we do not prescribe benzodiazepines for flight anxiety/fear of flying:

If you are being seen privately we are unable to carry out any blood tests or other investigations that is associated with your private care, this will need to be carried out or arranged by the clinician carrying out the private work.

Once you have seen by one of our clinical team and it has been assessed that you are able to have your minor operation here or your joint injection, you will be added to our waiting list, you will then be contacted by a member of our team as soon as an appointment becomes available. If assessed and it is not suitable to have within house a referral will be made to an outside organisation.

GPs are often asked to make Mental Capacity Assessments for patients. These assessments can be requested for a variety of different reasons. As GPs it is an essential part of our role that we are able to perform capacity assessments which relate to decisions regarding medical investigations, treatment and care.

However capacity assessments relating to overall welfare, finances and property are often more complex and sit outside our expertise.

The level of risk and responsibility linked to capacity assessments can be extremely high. Decisions such as whether someone’s house is sold or how their life savings are spent can depend on capacity assessments. It is therefore essential that adequate time and attention is dedicated to these assessments.

It is also necessary that those carrying out these assessments for legal purposes are highly trained and experienced in this area.

Legal capacity assessments do not fall within the NHS duties of GPs. There are other professionals who can perform mental capacity assessments including solicitors and psychiatrists.

As a surgery we do not offer Mental Capacity Assessments for legal purposes for our patients. To do so would require significant resources being diverted from our core duties as a healthcare provider. We feel there are other professionals available with more appropriate training, legal protection and expertise who can perform these assessments.

We realise that this practice policy may cause some inconvenience to our patients but hope you can understand that our priority must be to our core NHS duties as a health care provider.

Our nursing team are available to carry out all childhood immunisations, for the first set of baby immunisation you will receive and invitation to book.

Invites will be sent out in your birthday month, for to you arrange an annual review with a member of the nursing team.

For advice and review please complete an ACCURX triage form and you will be sent a booking link to arrange a convenient appointment with the most appropriate member of the clinical team.

This is covered by either a NHS Health Check, which If  eligible you will receive an invitation to book, or a member of the clinical team may advise you regarding smoking, life style or alcohol consumption. Medication reviews will be carried out annually by a member of the team.

Advice and reviews will be carried out by a member of the nursing team, please contact the practice to arrange an appointment.

Routine postnatal checks at 8 weeks for Mum and baby will be arranged by our registration team, you will receive and invite to book.