If you are planning to travel abroad and think that you may require vaccinations you need to collect a Travel Questionnaire form from the practice. Once completed this form should be dropped in at the surgery as soon as possible.
Our Practice Nurse will then assess which vaccinations, if any, you require. Following this assessment, you will be contacted for an appointment to be made with the nurse.
Travel Vaccines
- Please remember you must allow sufficient time as some vaccinations and medications have to be given several weeks prior to the date of travel so the sooner you let us know your travel destination and fill in the form, the more likely you are to fit in all of the vaccinations that you are required to have before travelling.
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.
Further Information
The following websites will give you additional travel advice.
Quote / Testimonial: Cervical screening is free health test that helps to prevent cervical cancer. It checks for a virus called high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is normal and very common, most people will get HPV at some point in their lives and it usually goes away without causing any problems.
If you have HPV, it is then checked for cervical cell changes (abnormal cells).
We offer routine cervical screening to patients with a cervix, aged 25 – 64 years old. The appointment is with a member of our female nursing team, you are welcome to bring a friend along with you. You can come at any time for your smear test as long as you are not bleeding as this can obscure the cell collection. You can check for your results on the NHS App or you can contact the surgery for them.
You will receive a letter regardless of your result. This will either advise you that your smear is negative and the HPV test was negative or you will receive a letter to say that you have been referred to Colposcopy and to contact them for an appointment.
Non-urgent advice: Please Note
Please remember, a smear is a screening test and is not suitable for someone with worrying symptoms such as bleeding after sex, post-menopausal bleeding or bleeding in between periods.
You should always see a GP if you are experiencing worrying symptoms.
We offer a range of Minor Surgery appointments; following a GP Consultation you may be listed for Minor Surgery.
If you feel that there is a need for Minor Surgery, please book an appointment with a GP who will then add you to the waiting list. We will be in touch when an appointment for the Minor Surgery is available.
Quote / Testimonial: Our Social Prescribers are on hand to deal with anything that is not clinical. They cover a very vast array of problems both social and practical.
Social Prescribing is a service provided by non-healthcare professionals called link workers. Link workers aim to support individuals with a range of social, emotional, and practical needs through referrals to non-clinical services in the community. These services can include day centres, charities, volunteers and community groups.
The following list is not exhaustive, but gives an idea of the kinds of things that they deal with:
- Helping with bills or disputes over bills
- Help with getting around the home, referring for assessment
- Help and advice re loneliness and arranging social events
- Help with Shopping or Collecting Prescriptions
- Putting you in contact with the correct services ie Citizens Advice or Carers association
- Arranging lifts for appointments
- Advising on financial matters
- Help with low level mental health, low mood and anxiety
- Help with bereavement
- Help with financial arrangements via Social Services
- Help with assessments around your home for grab rails etc.
Social prescribing is a great way to get involved in the community and participate in exciting activities that not only improve your health physically but also mentally too.
- Should you require help with any of the above, or help with any non-medical problem, please contact reception who will arrange a referral via the secretaries.
Other support services can also be found at: https://www.livewell.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
Our Pharmacist may contact you about your medication and conduct medication and Frailty reviews. Our pharmacy technicians may also contact you about some of the work that we have been asked to do by NHS England such as medication switches where we switch one brand of your medication for another.
If you have a musculoskeletal problem including back pain, neck pain, trapped nerves, slipped discs, sciatica, joint pain, muscular pain, soft tissue injuries, sprains and strains, sports injuries, ligament and cartilage problems, tendonitis, repetitive strain and overuse injuries or Arthritis then there is no need to see your GP, you can be booked directly into an appointment with our Physiotherapist (First Contact Practitioner).
