We offer a range of clinics and services at the surgery.
At present we have these clinics run by doctors, the practice nurses, and/or other members of the team:
Ante-natal clinics
Childhood immunisation
Please pay special attention to the time when you are notified of your child’s next immunisation appointment.
Vaccination checklist for children from birth to 18 years of age.
Here is a checklist of the vaccines that are routinely offered in the UK for free on the NHS, and the age at which you should ideally have them.
Given at your GP surgery:
- 2 months:
- Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib, a bacterial infection that can cause severe pneumonia or meningitis in young children) given as a 5-in-1 single jab known as DTaP/IPV/Hib
- Pneumococcal infection
- 3 months:
- 5-in-1, second dose (DTaP/IPV/Hib)
- Meningitis C
- 4 months:
- 5-in-1, third dose (DTaP/IPV/Hib)
- Pneumococcal infection, second dose
- Meningitis C, second dose
- Between 12 and 13 months:
- Meningitis C, third dose
- Hib, fourth dose (Hib/MenC given as a single jab)
- MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), given as a single jab
- Pneumococcal infection, third dose
- 3 years and 4 months, or soon after:
- MMR second jab
- Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio (DtaP/IPV), given as a 4-in-1 pre-school booster
Given at your child’s school:
- Around 12 – 13 years:
- Cervical cancer (HPV) vaccine, which protects against cervical cancer (girls only): three jabs given within six months
- Around 13 – 18 years:
- Diphtheria, tetanus and polio booster (Td/IPV), given as a single jab
There are to be additional vaccinations introduced to the schedule at the end of the summer. The surgery is waiting for further details.
Further information
More information on routine childhood vaccinations from NHS Choices
Flu vaccination
Available during winter months.
Travel vaccinations
Dressing and minor treatment clinics
Diabetic clinic
Asthma clinic
Well-woman checks
Cervical smears
The NHS cervical screening programme is offered to all patient aged between 25 and 64. Cervical smears are given at the surgery.
| Age Group | Frequency of screening |
|---|---|
| 25 | First invitation |
| 25-49 | 3 yearly |
| 50-64 | 5 yearly |
| 65+ | Only those who have not been screened since age 50 or had recent abnormal tests |
Well-woman clinics additional information
Women’s Health Concern – A counselling charity founded by a nurse. For fact sheets and information on women’s health issues.
Best Treatments Women’s Health – Sourced from the British Medical Journal – brings together best research on a number of women’s health issues.
Maternity services
We offer full care for pregnancy. Full information on various schemes are available on request.
For more information on pregnancy week by week visit NHS: Pregnancy
Contraceptive services
We offer a full service for all methods of family planning. Which method works best for you depends on a number of factors, including your age, whether you smoke, your medical and family history, and any medicines you’re taking.
Please make an appointment with your doctor to discuss.
Minor surgery
Smoking cessation clinic
Studies show that your chances of success will be greatly improved if you get advice and support from health care professionals to help you stop smoking. The services we offer from the Practice can:
- Boost your willpower to stop smoking
- Concentrate your efforts by getting advice from someone who knows your medical background
- Help you feel that you’re not doing it alone
- Help you to cope when you are tempted to smoke
- Monitor improvements to your health so that you can see the benefits
If you’re trying to give up smoking, we can help in any of the following ways, whichever suits you best.
Members of our practice team have been trained to offer specialist smoking cessation advice and help can outline how you would benefit from not smoking and will identify the improvements to your health that you could expect to see as a result.
We can offer you an initial appointment with one of our team. Follow up appointments can also be made later to monitor your progress.
If you would like help to quit smoking, call the surgery and to make an initial appointment with one of our smoking cessation specialists.
Counselling
We provide facilities for a trained counsellor to see our patients.
Unfortunately this service is not paid for entirely by the NHS so fees will be charged by the counsellors.
Special services
We can refer you directly for laboratory or X-ray tests and other investigations or treatment such as physiotherapy.
Most of these would be at St Albans City Hospital. We can refer you for specialist opinion or treatment there or to other hospitals. We have close links with the Hertfordshire Social Services Department and with various voluntary agencies who may be able to help you.
Medical examinations
You may need a medical examination for employment, insurance, emigration, university, driving, etc. Your doctor may carry these out. Please ask the receptionist for details of appointments and charges.
