Medication Reviews
Patients on repeat medication will be asked to see or speak to a doctor, clinical pharmacist, nurse practitioner or practice nurse at least once a year to review their regular medications and notification should appear on your repeat slip. You may also need blood tests to monitor your medication. Failure to have a review could result in the GP stopping or reducing the medication currently being prescribed.
Please ensure that you book an appropriate appointment to avoid unnecessary delays to further prescriptions.
Please allow two full working days for prescriptions to be processed and remember to take weekends and bank holidays into account.
Child Health Surveillance Clinics
All children are invited to see the doctor for a health and development check at about 6 weeks.
Later checks are carried out by the health visitors and school nurses.
Childhood Immunisations
All children under five years of age are encouraged to have the recommended immunisations.
Appointments for clinics are held weekly at each surgery and all appointments are sent directly to the parents/guardian from the Health Authority.
Childhood Vaccinations
NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough has created a Guide to Childhood Illnesses for parents and carers across the area.
This guide covers everything parents and carers need to know about important subjects such as vaccinations, common ailments and issues, and where to go for help if your child has a medical issue.
We will call you to book your child’s immunisations when they are due. We work on information provide by Child Health please contact us if you don’t hear from us.
If you chose not to have your child vaccinated please let us know. You maybe interested to view the information about vaccinations on the guide below.
If You Choose Not to Vaccinate
Extra Services
Most of our doctors and practice nurses have special interests or skills, allowing us to offer extra services such as Rheumatology (including joint injections), ENT, women’s health and respiratory medicine.
If you think you would benefit from one of these services please discuss it with the Receptionist who will give you the appropriate appointment.
Foreign Travel
We will be pleased to give advice on all medical aspects of foreign travel, including vaccinations.
Please ask to see the practice nurse in good time – at least 6 weeks before travel.
We do not prescribe benzodiazepine for flying. Please see this page for more information if you have a fear of flying.
Non-NHS Services
Some services provided are not covered under our contract with the NHS and therefore attract charges.
Examples include the following:
- Medicals for pre-employment, sports and driving requirements (HGV, PSV etc.)
- Insurance claim forms
- Prescriptions for taking medication abroad
- Fit to Fly Letters
- DVLA reports
- Subject Access Requests
- To Whom in May Concern Letters
The fees charged are based on the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested scales and our reception staff will be happy to advise you about them along with appointment availability. Private work does not take precedence over our routine practice work and therefore will be completed when time allows. Please allow at least four weeks when asking for any private work to be completed.
Please note all ‘To Whom it May Concern Letters’ also attract a fee. These should always be requested from reception and not during a consultation with the Doctor.
Payment in advance is required. This can be by either bank transfer, cash or cheque. Unfortunately, we do not currently accept debit/credit cards.
Private Referrals
We are seeing a large number of our patients choosing to go private, driven in part by huge waiting lists. Whilst we sympathise with the delays in seeking specialist assistance, we want to bring your attention to the following BMA guidance https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/gp-practices/managing-workload/general-practice-responsibility-in-responding-to-private-healthcare .
The BMA guidance is clear that ‘Shared Care with private providers is not recommended due to the general NHS constitution principle of keeping as clear a separation as possible between private and NHS care.’
Therefore, when a private provider asks the patient to seek prescription medications, or arrange tests etc at the practice, the GPs of the practice will not able to do so.
If a private provider requests transfer of care to an NHS provider, they are able to do this themselves, BMA advice ‘Private providers can make referrals to NHS services, without referral back to the GP, provided the patient would be eligible for NHS referral. Any patients referred should be treated based on clinical need. Read NHS England guidance around consultant-to-consultant referrals within the NHS.’
We will be notifying patients at the point of seeking a private referral of the guidance, and making it clear that any treatment or tests requested by the private provider will need to remain the clinical responsibility of the private provider. Any attempt to request NHS care by a patient who has sought private treatment could be deemed as NHS Fraud.
PIP (Personal Independence Payment)
For information and guidance on eligibility including how to claim PIP
Travel Vaccinations
Please be aware if you are travelling within the next 2 weeks we may be unable to offer you an appointment, in this case you may be able to get an appointment with a travel clinic.
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.
There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below
 Europe & Russia |  North America |
 Central America |  South America & Antarctica |
 Caribbean |  Africa |
 Middle East |  Central Asia |
 East Asia |  Australasia and Pacific |
It is important to make arrangements as early as possible – at least 8 weeks before you travel. A travel form needs to be completed so that the practice nurse can review your arrangements and plan what is required.
Sometimes these vaccines have to be ordered as they are not necessarily stock vaccines. Often a second appointment is required and this needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.
Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these will incur a charge to the patient. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.
Travel Appointments in the Surgery
To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the form on the link below and bring it to the surgery as soon as you book your holiday.
A member of our travel team will review the form and plan what vaccinations you may require and offer general travel advice.
Travelling in Europe
If you are travelling to Europe the EU has published useful information for travellers on the European website.
Travel & Covid-19
There is a lot of advice and information on the gov.uk website both in relation to Covid-19 and travel generally.
Please follow the link below
NHS.UK Travel Vaccination
If you’re planning to travel outside the UK, you may need to be vaccinated against serious diseases found in other parts of the world. For information please click the link below.