Services & Clinics
When you register with the practice we ask that you book a 20 minute appointment with the Practice Nurse for a New Patient Medical. This will allow us to get some basic information about you onto our system e.g. blood pressure, height, weight, ongoing medical conditions, whilst we wait for your notes to come from your previous GP.
For patients with chronic conditions such as Asthma, COPD, Diabetes or Heart Disease we run specialist clinics with the nurses and/or a GP to review all patients annually. You will be contacted by the practice to arrange these appointments but if you have any concerns you can make an appointment to see someone at any time.
All our nurses offer cervical smear tests, childhood immunisations and foreign travel advice. For a Blood Pressure check please book to see Sue Starr our Health Care Assistant.
Antenatal Clinics are run on a Wednesday morning by Debbie Dennison our community midwife from York District Hospital. Initial booking appointments (usually at around 10 weeks) are also available on a Friday Morning. We recommend you see a GP as soon as you suspect you may be pregnant so that you can decide which of the local hospitals you want to deliver at and we can make any arrangements that are necessary.
Smoking Cessation
One to One support is offered by Jill Ross from our local NHS Stop Smoking Service on a Tuesday morning at the practice. For full details either call them on 0845 877 0025 or go to www.northyorkshireandyork.nhs.uk and click on 'Staying Healthy'. Patients in West Yorkshire can access their service on 0800 169 4219 or by emailing stopsmokingleeds@nhs.net.
Both Calcaria and Gills Pharmacy also offer smoking cessation support - please contact them to arrange an appointment.
Long Acting Contraception
There are a number of alternative methods of long term contraception available on the NHS, go to www.nhs.uk and click on 'Live Well' for details of all your options.
Dr Reeves and Dr Turton both fit coils (sometimes called IUDs) and Dr Langridge can fit Implanon. The practice nurses all administer depo-provera the contraceptive injection. Coils and Implanon cannot be fitted in a routine appointment and you may have to wait a few weeks once you have decided to choose this option.
Sister Bev is also a fully trained family planning nurse and can prescribe oral contraception where required.
Contraceptive advice can also be obtained from the Family Planning Clinic in York at Monkgate Health Centre.
Minor Surgery
Some of the doctors offer minor surgery such as joint injections or the removal of problematic moles or other lesions. Cosmetic removal is NOT available on the NHS. Once a doctor has decided that you are eligible for this treatment you will usually be added to a waiting list and sent an appointment. This is to enable us to arrange for a nurse and a GP to be present and manage the number of such operations each month so that they do not compromise patient care.
Compass from Selby run a weekly addiction clinic at the practice in conjunction with Dr Inglis and we have weekly Alcohol Addiction support offered by Selby District Alcohol Service. We also have a Counsellor and a Mental Health Nurse who visit the practice weekly. A GP referral is required to access these services.
Private Medicals
You may need to arrange a medical for Insurance or other purposes such as adoption or employment. These are bookable in specially designated slots with the GPs, usually over lunchtime or in the evening. A fee is payable for this.
Travel Clinic
Travel Vaccinations are offered by our nursing team although we ask you to check with MASTA which vaccines are currently recommended for your destination. They can be contacted on www.masta-travel-health.com or by calling 09065 501402.
Some vaccines are available free on the NHS (e.g. Typhoid & Tetanus) but others can only be offered privately. Please ask at reception for current prices. We are a Yellow Fever Centre and can offer this vaccine privately to individuals who are not registered as patients with us.
Anti Malarial medication can be prescribed by either Sister Bev or one of the doctors. Please make a routine appointment to discuss the most appropriate medication for your destination. We can either dispense the tablets to you or issue a private prescription at a cost of £9.99 (the cost of the prescription is waived if the medication is obtained from us).
District Nurses, Health Vistors and Physiotherapists are based at Tadcaster Health Centre. This is separate from the Medical Centre but can be contacted on 01904 724900.
