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Clinics & Services

We provide a comprehensive range of services to our patients in a friendly and efficient setting.

These include:

  • Routine surgeries by appointment and home visiting - Monday-Friday

  • Antenatal and maternity care

  • Family planning - including pill checks and injections

  • Travel advice and immunisation

  • Health promotion - including well person checks. The practice achieves upper targets for immunisation and cervical cytology

  • Chronic disease management programmes including asthma, diabetes, coronary heart disease and hypertension, which need to be reviewed every 6 months.

  • Out of hours – the practice is a member of SEEDS (South East Essex Doctors Service) Out of Hours Co-op.

Practice Nurses

The Practice Nurse can give travel advice and injections, blood pressure checks, ECG tests, cervical smears, removal of sutures, wound care, dressings, dietary advice, health promotion checks and flu vaccinations. 

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We are also able to offer appointments with a First Contact Physiotherapist and Clinical Pharmacist.

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Travel Vaccinations

If you are due to travel, please make an appointment with a Practice Nurse to discuss the recommended vaccinations. The vaccines will either be administered on your first appointment, or on a follow-up depending on whether we have the vaccines in stock.

 

Travel Vaccines must be done 6 weeks prior to your trip so please remember to allow enough time. Alternatively, you can visit your local travel clinic.

 

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required in the links below: 

Travelling in Europe

If you are travelling to Europe the EU has published useful information for travellers on the European website.

Which travel vaccines are free?

Polio (given as a combined diptheria, tetanus and polio) 
Typhoid
Hepatitis A
Cholera

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These vaccines are free because they protect against diseases thought to represent the greatest risk to public health if they were brought into the country. 

Which travel vaccines will I have to pay for?

Hepatitis B - £100 per dose
Japanese encephalitis - £200 for a two-dose course
Meningitis - £60
Rabies - £170 for a three-dose course
Tick-borne encephalitis - £140 for a two-dose course
Tuberculosis (TB) - £60
Yellow fever (this is only available from designated centres, NOT from the GP practice)


The cost of travel vaccines that are not available on the NHS will vary, depending on the vaccine and number of doses you need. Payment may be required prior to service being provided, e.g. if a vaccination needs to be pre-ordered. 

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Prices are subject to change without notice. 

Non-NHS Services

Some services provided are not covered under our contract with the NHS and therefore attract charges. Examples include the following:

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Full medical examination and report - £110. Includes, but is not limited to, HGV, taxi, pilot, employment, sports medical, diving certificate, council reports, diabetic certification and seat belt exemption.
Enduring Power of Attorney witness and examination - £110
Firearms/shotgun licence application or renewal - £100
Adoption/foster care application - £75
Proforma medical report without examination - £65
Report prepared with extracts from medical records - £65
Fitness to travel with examination - £65
Holiday cancellation certificate - £35
Fitness to travel without examination - £30
Private letters - £30
Private sick note - £15
Private prescription - £15
Private referral letter - £25

 

The fees charged are based on the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested scales.

  • Why do GP's charge fees?
    The National Health Service provides most health care to most people free of charge, but there are exceptions. Prescription charges have existed since 1951, and there are a number of other services for which fees are charged. Sometimes the charge is made to cover some of the cost of treatment, for example dental fees. In other cases. In other cases it is because the service isn't covered by the NHS, for example, medical reports for insurance companies, claims on private health insurance and other letters and forms which require the doctor to review the patient's medical records. It is important to understand that GP's are not employed by the NHS, they are self employed, and they have to cover their costs- staff, buildings, heating, lighting etc- in the same way as any small business. The NHS pays the doctor for specific NHS work, but for non-NHS work the fee has to cover the doctor's costs.
  • What is covered by the NHS and what is not?
    The governments contract with GP's covers medical services to NHS patients. In recent years, more and more organisations have been involving doctors in a whole range of non medical work. Sometimes the only reason that GP's are asked is because they are in a position of trust in the community, or because an insurance company or employer wants to be sure that information provided is true and accurate.
  • Why does it sometimes take my GP a long time to complete my form?
    Time spent completing forms and preparing reports takes the GP away from the medical care of his/her patients. Most GP's have a very heavy workload- the majority of GP's work up to 60 hours a week and paperwork takes up an increasing amount of their time. In addition non-NHS work must be undertaken outside of NHS contracted time.
  • I only need the doctor's signature - What is the problem?
    When a doctor signs a certificate or completes a report, it is a condition of remaining on the Medical Register that they only sign what they know to be true. Therefore in order to complete even the simplest of forms, the doctor needs to check the patient's entire record. carelessness or an inaccurate report can have serious consequences for the doctor, with the General Medical Council or even the Police.
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