Practice Nurses

Practice Nurses area available Monday – Friday by appointment. 

They can help with:

• Advice: losing weight, giving up smoking, adopting a healthy lifestyle
• Dressings and sutures
• Vaccinations for children, adults and travellers
• Asthma and diabetes
• Contraception and cervical smears
• Ear syringing
• Minor Illness e.g. stings, cuts, cystitis
• Contraception 

Patients not seen within three years

If you are aged between 16 and 74 and have not been seen by a healthcare professional for  over three years you may request a consultation.  We will provide such a consultation and examinations that appear to be appropriate at that time. 

Patients aged 75 years and over

If you are aged 75 and over and have not been seen for twelve months you may request a consultation.  We will provide such a consultation and examinations that appear to be appropriate at that time 

EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION

If you require emergency contraception or advice on this please speak to the Receptionist at the Surgery or if the Surgery is closed you may contact your local pharmacy who will be able to advise you.

Do you have any worries or concerns regarding your child's health, click the link below

Home :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Intimate Examinations

You are entitled to ask or arrange for a chaperone to be present during intimate examinations.  You may either choose to ask a friend or relative to be present or ask the  Practice to provide a chaperone.  Please ask in advance if you wish the Practice to provide a chaperone.  If the Practice is unable to provide a chaperone at the time of your examination, you may be asked to rebook your appointment for a time when a chaperone is available.

Private Charges

We offer a range of non-NHS services for which we charge standard British Medical Association rates.  These include reports for Solicitors, medical record extracts for Insurance Companies, travel and immunisations.

Travel Vaccinations

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to complete a travel questionnaire (below), at least 6 weeks prior to travelling.  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

The Practice Nurse will then review your answers, and we will contact you to advise you what vaccinations you may need. These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine.  

 Travel Risk Assessment Form

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 or at our reception or on the HMRC website.

For any illness lasting longer than seven days you will need to see the doctor for him/her to issue a sickness certificate (F.med3) and for any subsequent renewal of the certificate. If your employer insists on a sickness certificate for 7 days or less a charge will be levied.

Measles and MMR

Measles and MMR publications and resources and the QR code publication round up.

Further assets are available and can be downloaded from the link below

MMR and measles Programme publications and resources

PCN (Primary Care Networks)

Since the NHS was created in 1948, the population has grown and people are living longer. Many people are living with long term conditions such as diabetes and heart disease or suffer with mental health issues and may need to access their local health services more often.

To meet these needs, GP practices are working together with community, mental health, social care, pharmacy, hospital and voluntary services in their local areas in groups of practices known as primary care networks (PCNs). Please click the below link for more information.

Southampton West PCN