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ADVANCED ACCESS
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CERVICAL SMEARS
| CHILD HEALTH IMMUNISATIONS
| CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT
| CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES |
HEALTH CLINICS |
MATERNITY CARE |
MINOR SURGERY |
NON-NHS WORK |
SMOKING CESSATION |
TRAVEL IMMUNISATIONS & OTHER INJECTIONS
ADVANCED ACCESS
Dr Shashikanth is committed to offer
advanced access. This means that you can normally get an appointment
to see him within 48 hours.
Routine appointments are for ten minutes.
How ever if you think there is an urgent need to see a doctor you
will be given a five minutes appointment on the same day. We request
you use this facility responsibly.
We do not offer appointments for more than
two weeks in advance. This helps us to offer advanced access.
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CERVICAL SMEARS
Women will be offered a cervical
(cervix-neck of the womb) smear every three years routinely between
25–49 years of age, and five yearly between the ages of 50-64. Our
nurses have received special training for this purpose. If you have
not had a smear in the last three/five years make an appointment with the nurse.
| Age group (years) |
Frequency of screening |
| 25 |
First invitation |
| 25 - 49 |
3 yearly |
| 50 - 64 |
5 yearly |
| 65+ |
Only screen those who have not been screened
since age 50 or have had recent abnormal tests |
More on
cervical screening programme
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CHILD HEALTH IMMUNISATIONS
We encourage all childhood immunisations to
be done in the surgery. Reminders will be sent to you from the Child
Health Department – please phone to make arrangements to see
the nurse.
More on NHS Immunisation
programme
If you are new to UK and unsure about your child's immunisation
status , we will treat the child as unimmunised . Please
click here to
find out what immunisations we may offer in such cases.
A
Guide to parenting
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CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT
All patients with diabetes, coronary heart
disease, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and
hypertension are encouraged to see our practice nurse for their
review appointments, monitoring and supervision of treatment.
Visit our lifestyle page
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CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES
Your doctor provides
contraceptive advice as appropriate within his normal appointments.
A guide
to contraception
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HEALTH CLINICS
Patients are offered a New Patient Health
Check on joining the practice and thereafter Well Man and Well Woman
checks – 3 yearly if requested.
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MATERNITY CARE
Your doctor has antenatal care included in
their surgery schedule and shares antenatal care with the midwife.
The practice midwife holds weekly clinics on Thursday mornings.
An introduction to pregnancy
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MINOR SURGERY
The doctor offers a number of small
procedures that can be carried out at the surgery including
cryotherapy for warts and verrucas.
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NON-NHS WORK
We can provide a range of non-NHS services
for which we charge the standard fee recommended by the British
Medical Association. These services include examinations for
employers, solicitors, insurance companies, PSV, HGV and elderly
driving licenses. Please note a charge is usually made for
completing holiday cancellation forms and
insurance certificates. Enquire with your GP for further details.
Why do GPs sometimes charge fees?
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SMOKING CESSATION
A regular smoker’s chance of getting lung
cancer is 40 times that of a non-smoker. The chance of dying from
coronary heart disease is more than doubled in smokers and tripled
in heavy smokers. The risk goes up eight fold in smokers with other
risk factors such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Ask for
advice about giving up smoking from your GP, practice nurse or
pharmacist who are trained to advise on smoking cessation.
Click
here for details of stop smoking services in Hillingdon
Click here to
learn more about stopping smoking.
Click
here for 'one to one ' pharmacy stop smoking services
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TRAVEL IMMUNISATIONS & OTHER INJECTIONS
The practice is not a Yellow Fever
vaccination centre but offers a full range of injections and advice
for travel. Please allow six weeks before travelling when contacting
the surgery as some injections consist of courses of three
individual jabs.
Click here for
NHS travel advice
Click
here to find out how to get medical help while you are abroad
Apply for
European Health Insurance Card
(replacement for E111)
At the beginning of the month of October,
each year, we
have a campaign of influenza vaccination aimed primarily at those
aged 65 and over, diabetics, asthmatics and the chronically ill.
Page updated - 14.3.2009
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