Primrose Lane Surgery - The clinics and other services offered by our doctors surgery

What’s on offer?

The Surgery provides the following services for all registered patients:

Help staying healthy

Advice on preventing illness
Advice on managing a long-term health condition
Cervical screening (smear tests)
Contraceptive services (emergency and routine)
Childhood immunisations
Travel vaccinations and advice

Specialist services

Womens’ health
Mens’ health
Child health
Sexual Health advice can be obtained from Embrace
Under 25 and sexually active? Test today for chlamydia. Self-test kits are available to order via Embrace - please follow the link
Embrace Details
Cardiovascular care including:
- ischaemic heart disease screening, prevention and management
- other circulatory disease screening, prevention and management
Treatment for minor injuries and illnesses including wounds, cuts, bruises, sprains, strains and minor burns.
Pregnancy testing
Antenatal (pregnancy) care
Diabetes clinic
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) clinic
Asthma clinic
Chronic kidney disease monitoring
Palliative (end of life) care
Health screening
Cholesterol and blood sugar testing
Blood pressure checks
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) monitoring
Joint injections
Hypothyroidism monitoring
Cancer care
Mental health checks & care plans
Dementia Care

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.

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 4 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.

Travel Health Questionnaire

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

Travel Questionnaire

Sickness Certificates

You do not require a doctor's sickness certificate for any illness lasting seven days or less. Your employer may however require you to complete a self-certification form (SC2) which is available from your employer, the Job Centre or on the HMRC website.

Evidence that you are sick

Sickness Certificates If you are sick for more than seven days, your employer can ask you to give them some form of medical evidence to support payment of SSP (statutory sick pay).

It is up to your employer to decide whether you are incapable of work. A medical certificate, now called a 'Statement of Fitness for Work’ (see below) from your doctor is strong evidence that you are sick and would normally be accepted, unless there is evidence to prove otherwise.

You could also provide evidence from someone who is not a medical practitioner, e.g. a dentist. Your employer will decide whether or not this evidence is acceptable. If your employer has any doubts, they may still ask for a medical certificate from your GP.

Statement of Fitness for Work - ’Fit Note'

The 'fit note' was introduced on 6 April 2010. With your employer's support, the note will help you return to work sooner by providing more information about the effects of your illness or injury.

For more information see the DirectGov website (where this information was sourced)