Surgery clinics

We offer a range of clinics and services at the surgery. There are some tasks you can do, such as health reviews, using our online forms.

Cancer screening

Bowel cancer screening

Bowel cancer screening checks if you could have bowel cancer. It’s available to everyone aged 60 or over.

You use a home test kit to collect a small sample of poo and send it to a lab. This is checked for tiny amounts of blood.

Blood can be a sign of polyps or bowel cancer. Polyps (www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-polyps) are growths in the bowel. They are not cancer, but may turn into cancer over time.

If the test finds anything unusual, you might be asked to have further tests to confirm or rule out cancer.

Always see a GP if you have symptoms of bowel cancer at any age – do not wait to have a screening test.

For more information, visit: www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer-screening.

For more information in different languages, see:

Cancer awareness in the muslim community

For more information on:

  • What is cancer
  • Risk factors
  • Some Muslim beliefs and attitudes towards cancer
  • Myths and realities
  • What Islam tells about health prevention
  • Symptoms
  • Treatment

Please see the information sheet below:

(Also includes information about breast, bowel, cervical, lung and prostate cancer)

Breast Cancer Screening

About 1 in 8 women in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime. If it’s detected early, treatment is more successful and there’s a good chance of recovery.

Breast screening aims to find breast cancers early. It uses an X-ray (www.nhs.uk/conditions/x-ray) test called a mammogram that can spot cancers when they’re too small to see or feel.

But there are some risks of breast cancer screening that you should be aware of. Information on these can be found at www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-cancer-screening/why-its-offered.

As the likelihood of getting breast cancer increases with age, all women aged from 50 to their 71st birthday who are registered with a GP are automatically invited for breast cancer screening every 3 years.

In the meantime, if you’re worried about breast cancer symptoms, such as a lump or an area of thickened tissue in a breast, or you notice that your breasts look or feel different from what’s normal for you, do not wait to be offered screening, see a GP.

For more information in different languages, see:

Cervical screening

Screening aims to prevent cervical cancer by detecting early pre-cancerous changes in the cells that line the cervix. The cervix is the lower part of the womb, and by taking a sample of cells (often called a smear test), the health of the cervix can be checked on a regular basis. Any abnormal changes can then be treated, preventing them from potentially developing into cancer.

It is recommended that all women aged between 25 and 64 years, who have ever been sexually active, have regular screening tests. Women aged 25-49 are invited every three years, while those aged 50-64 are invited every five years.

Most women’s test results show that everything is normal, but for around 1 in 10 women the test will show some abnormal changes in the cells of the cervix.

Please call us to book your test today.

For more information on cervical screening, please see:

Carers support

If we know you are a carer, we can help you.

It’s a great idea to register as a carer at your GPs. Ask at the reception for a GP carer registration form. Simply fill in the form and hand it to the receptionist, and you will be recorded as a carer on our system.

If we know you are a carer, we can ask you about any physical or mental health issues you may have because of caring. The practice can then try to be more flexible in terms of finding you appointments, etc.

If you are a carer please complete the register a carer form.

If we know you are a carer we can:

  • Support you with any physical health issues related to your caring role, like tiredness
  • Make you aware of the carer’s flu jab each year
  • Talk to you about your mental health and the impact of your caring role
  • Provide you with general information and advice
  • Refer you to helpful organisations and services that can improve your caring situation

NHS health checks

If you are aged 40-74 and don’t have a pre-existing health condition, we will invite you for your free NHS health check. Make sure you take up this offer to test your cholesterol levels and blood pressure and for advice on how to look after your health in the future.

You can read about how to look after your own health on the NHS choices website.

The NHS ‘One You’ website is full of information to help keep you well and healthy. There are tests you can try out and lots of ideas and tips for a healthier way of life.

Help for young carers

If you’re a young carer, friends and relatives are often the first people to turn to for help with problems. Talking things through with them can be really helpful.

If you find it hard to talk to others, try to write your thoughts in a diary, poem or letter first. This can help to make sense of your thoughts and how you feel, before getting help.

More information can be found at: www.nhs.uk – Help for young carers.

Carers and the Covid-19 vaccine

You may be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine if any of the following apply:

  • You are a main carer for someone at high risk from COVID-19
  • Your GP record shows you are a carer
  • You get a Carer’s Allowance or other support following an assessment by your local authority

If you think you should be eligible as a carer but you cannot book an appointment online, speak to your GP surgery. Your GP may be able to update your GP record and book an appointment for you at a local NHS service.