September 2017 - 

There is currently a national supply shortage of HEP A & B Vaccines. There is no update from our vaccine supplier as to when they will be back in stock.

Please call the Practice for prophylaxis advice - 01722 333034

Some of the clinics and services include

• Diabetes
• Asthma and COPD
• Childhood Immunisations
• Smoking Cessation
• Seasonal Vaccinations
• Health Checks
• Weight Advice
  
  

To book an appointment with a nurse, please call 01722 333034 or pop in to one of our branches. Nurse appointments cannot be booked via SystmOnline.

Diabetic Clinic

Dedicated clinics are run by Sister Tracy Slater and Sister Alison Rawlins.

New patients will need to make an initial appointment to see the doctor before being followed up in the clinic.

If these clinics are not suitable the nurse can book you into a time that is convenient.

Asthma and COPD clinic

Dedicated clinics are held by nurses with specialist training in asthma and COPD, Sister Tracey Badham and Sister Jane Wolfindale.

Click here for the Asthma Review proforma, if you have been asked to complete one.

Childhood Immunisation

All immunisations for children are offered by the practice. The Community Child Health Services will advise you when an appointment is due and what immunisations are required. Please contact us to arrange a convenient appointment with one of our practice nurses.

Click here to read the vaccination schedule.

Smoking Cessation

All patients who are smokers are encouraged to stop smoking. The practice nurses are trained to support patients who wish to stop. Please make a 20 minute appointment via reception.

We have a high number of patients not attending these appointments, which means those patients who want to stop smoking are finding it difficult to book an early appointment. We would be grateful if you could help us by cancelling any appointment you cannot make.

Health Checks

You'll be invited for an NHS Health Check every five years if you are between 40 and 74 years old, as long as you don't have an existing vascular condition. We will write to you, inviting you to make an appointment for this check.

The check is to assess your risk of developing heart disease, stroke, kidney disease or diabetes. If there are any warning signs, then together we can do something about it.

By taking early action, you can improve your health and prevent the onset of these conditions; there is good evidence of this.

The check is based on straightforward questions and measurements such as age, sex, family history, height, weight, and blood pressure. There will also be a simple blood test to measure your cholesterol and glucose levels.

Following the check you will receive free personalised advice about what you can do to stay healthy.

Weight Advice

Weight advice, focusing on healthy living and weight management, Nurses can refer you to specialist organisations for help.

September 2017 - 

There is currently a national supply shortage of HEP A & B Vaccines. There is no update from our vaccine supplier as to when they will be back in stock.

Please call the Practice for prophylaxis advice - 01722 333034

Travel Vaccinations

We recognise that many people in Salisbury now wish to travel far and beyond our shores for holidays and on business, but such journeys can be a health risk if adequate precautions are not taken.

We operate a dedicated travel and advice clinic within the practice run by Nurses with specialist training in travel health. This is held weekly on Tuesday afternoons/early evenings

The clinic offers a full range of immunisations and advice and we are registered as a Yellow Fever Centre.

Most travel vaccines are provided free of charge on the NHS but if you require more complex travel vaccines such as Rabies or Yellow Fever there will be a charge. Malaria tablets are ordered on a private prescription and this incurs a charge of £15 to the surgery for raising the prescription. You will also have to pay the Pharmacy for the cost of the tablets. Please see our price list for more details.

It is never too early to seek travel advice but problems can occur without adequate protection if you leave it too late. Please complete and submit (or print off and send to the surgery) the questionnaire below, ensuring we have your best contact number and best time to receive a call. This should take place as soon as you know you are travelling and ideally at least 8 weeks prior to the date of your departure.

One of our Nurses trained in travel health will contact you within a week of receiving your questionnaire to discuss your travel needs and make an appointment if necessary. This process will ensure that all the necessary vaccines and information can be readily available for your first appointment.

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

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Caribbean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

Click here to download our Travel Questionnaire.

Once completed please email to WCCG.SMP@nhs.net or print out and hand in at reception.

The form will be processed within 7 working days.

Travel Fees and Charges: (including Vaccinations &Certificates) 

Prices are correct at time of publishing - April 2017.

Please check with reception when booking - regarding prices.

• Holiday Cancellation Certificate - Price Range £25 - £50
• Fitness to Fly/Travel Certificate Only - £25
• Freedom from Infection - £25
• Replacement Yellow Fever Certificate (If original was administered at this surgery) - £15
• Yellow Fever Vaccination Including Certificate - £60
• Hepatitis B Travel Vaccination - £40 (Per Dose)

  • September 2017 - 

    There is currently a national supply shortage of HEP A & B Vaccines. There is no update from our vaccine supplier as to when they will be back in stock.

    Please call the Practice for prophylaxis advice - 01722 333034

• Varicella - £55 (Per Dose – 2 Required)
• Tick Borne Encephalitis - £65 (Per Dose – 3 Required)
• Japanese encephalitis - £90 (Per Dose - 2 Required)
• Meningitis ACWY (For Travel - Menveo) - £55

Travel related internet sites:

• Fit for Travel– http://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk/home.aspx
• Department of Health- www.dh.gov.uk
• Foreign and Commonwealth Officewww.fco.gov.uk/travel
• National Travel Health Network and Centre www.nathnac.org
• Malaria– http://malariahotspots.co.uk
• World Health Organisation-http://www.who.int/en/

Contraception

All of our doctors and nurses are able to provide contraceptive advice. If you would like to take the contraceptive pill, you will be required to see one of our doctors for your first appointment.

Other forms of contraception that we offer here at Salisbury Medical practice include:

•     Contraceptive injections (also known as depo)
•     Contraceptive implants
•     Contraceptive coils (Mirena coil or Copper coil)

For Long Acting Reversible Contraception Advice, follow this link: http://www.mysurgerywebsite.co.uk/website/J83015/files/LARC_advice.doc

Coil and Implant Appointments

If you are interested in having an implant or coil fitted, please don’t hesitate to talk to one of our doctors to discuss your options and receive advice. The process for receiving an appointment for coil and implant fitting or removal is as follows:

1.      Let one of our members of staff know that you are interested in having a coil/implant fitted or removed – this can be either a receptionist or a clinician, who will then add you onto our waiting list
2.      You will be contacted when a consultation appointment becomes available – a consultation with one of our doctors who fit and remove coils/implants is necessary for these procedures in all instances
3.       After your consultation, you will be contacted again once an appointment becomes available for the coil/implant fitting or removal – please bear in mind that this appointment may need to be longer than an ordinary appointment, and you should expect to wait several weeks before hearing back from us, depending on current demand and availability

If you already have a coil or implant and would like it to be replaced, please contact us to arrange an appointment. In some instances the doctor may wish to see you beforehand, but consultations are not always required for a coil or implant replacement. Once you have requested a coil/implant replacement, you will be placed on our waiting list and contacted once an appointment becomes available.

Click on 'Family Health' in the left hand browser for more information, from planning your pregnancy through to leaving school.

Midwife clinics

An appointment should be made with the midwife once your pregnancy has been confirmed. Your midwife will offer advice and run clinics for antenatal monitoring. Deliveries are at Salisbury District Hospital. It is important to have a postnatal check 6 weeks after the birth. Please make an appointment via reception.

Health Visitor Team Contacts:

Health Visitors 

• Lorraine Foskit
• Emma Wyldes
• Caroline Soper

The Health Visitor team can be reached via Salisbury Medical Practice number, on 01722 333034. Reception will be able to put your call through. Please note that if the Health Visitor team are not in office, you can leave a message on their answer phone.

Minor Operations

Minor operations and cryo-therapy are offered at the surgery to be undertaken by Dr Sharpe and Dr McKinley. A nurse will sit in to not only assist the doctor but to provide support to the patient. These surgeries take place once a month.

Please make an appointment with the doctor first, as they will need to decide whether it is appropriate to do the minor surgery within the practice or whether you need to have a referral to the hospital.

The following may fall under minor ops;

JOINT INJECTIONS - shoulder, tennis elbow, some wrist/thumb, hips (for trochanteric bursitis), knee, plantar fasciitis & trigger finger

MINOR OPERATIONS - minor (non-suspicious) skin lesions/moles - not on face, simple cysts including on scalp

GP Special Interest Clinics

Salisbury Medical practice runs the area wide Minor Surgery Clinic.Taking referrals for the excision of symptomatic benign skin lesions and also low risk Basal Cell Carcinomas.  It is run by Dr Peter Sharpe with sessions from Dr Jonathan Cooper and Sr Diane Crook.

Dr Sharpe runs the area wide Carpal Tunnel Service operating on about 250 cases a year and also performs about 150 vasectomies a year using the no-scalpel technique.

The GP's will process any non NHS paperwork and appointments for registered patients for a fee.

Prices reviewed regularly for an update on prices please contact the Practice on 01722 333034.

Certificates and Forms

Signature of Form from £15.00

Private Sick Note from £20.00

Passport Form/Photograph Countersignature from £30.00

Driving License Photograph Countersignature from £20.00

Freedom from Infection Certificate from £25.00

Provident Association Claim Form (e.g. BUPA PPP) - Price in review

Sickness/Accident Insurance Benefit Claim Form from £90.00

School Fees Insurance Claim Form - Price in review

Private Prescription from £15.00

TWIMC Letter from £15.00

Medical Examinations and Reports

Fee for Medical Consultation – Private Patient, Per Hour - Price in review

Private Consultation from £20.00

Health Club Fitness Report - Price in review

Full Medical Examination, Full Exam and Report - Price in review

HGV, PSV and Taxi Medical from £92.00 

Report Prepared From Medical Records,No Examination - Price in review

DNA Testing - Price in review

Power of Attorney from £40.00

Access to Records Under Data Protection Act

Computerised Records from £10.00 (0.40p per sheet)

Manual Records or Combination of Manual/Computerised Records - £50.00

Travel Abroad

Course of Vaccinations plus Cost of Vaccine - Check with Reception

Private Prescription for Drugs Required Solely for Travel Abroad - Price in review

Vaccination Certificate - No charge

Holiday Cancellation Certificate from £25-50

Fitness to Travel Certificate from £25.00

Insurance Reports

GPR - Price in review

GPR Additional Information - Price in review

Passport applications

When bringing in a passport application the following criteria applies

- Have you been registered at the surgery for more than 2 years?

- If it is a child's passport; has the parent who's countersigned been registered at the surgery for more than 2 years?

- There will be a £19 charge

- There is normally a 4 week turnaround so please hand in, in plenty of time

If a countersignature is necessary

- Does your GP know you well? Have they known you for more than 2 years?

- If you have not seen your GP in the past two years we may not be able to process the countersignature.

- If it is a child's passport, the GP must know the child AND the parent countersigning for more than 2 years.

Please note that passport applications are not straight forward, so being passed to admin/doctor does not guarantee completion.

 Carers

If you provide support in daily life to a friend, partner, neighbour or relative you are a carer.

Salisbury Medical Practice offers practice and emotional advice to give you the support you may need.

This includes:

• Clinics
• Cafe
• Advice
• Support Groups 

Carers Clinics

Salisbury Medical Practice has teamed up with Carers Support Wiltshire to help give those registered with the surgery appropriate support and advice. Our carers’ clinics are a free service for anyone who is registered with the practice.

Clinics take place at our Fisherton House branch on Wilton Road every two months. Your first appointment will be with a Health Care Assistant, to check for existing health conditions. You’ll then have an appointment with Carers Support Wiltshire. You’ll discuss carer’s support needs, such as coping skills and the services available to you. The appointments will be around 20 minutes each.

If you would like to book an appointment please call 01722333034, or would like more information contact our Carers Lead Katy (katy.gillingham@nhs.net) for more information.

We also offer access to free counselling, benefits advice, complementary therapies, support groups, and training opportunities. 

It can often be physically and emotionally exhausting on your own health. Click here for the top 7 tips on looking after your own well-being.

Carers Café

Our carers’ café is held on the first Tuesday of every month in our Fountain Café between 10.30am and 11.30am.  We offer a wide array of refreshments, and help you meet with fellow carers and offer support and advice to each other.

You are more than welcome to come with the person you care for, with family members or simply on your own. You may also come along if you’ve lost the person you cared for. 

Please complete our small questionnaire on the Carers Cafe and return to Katy Gillingham via katy.gillingham@nhs.net or return it to any of the surgeries. Click here for the questionnaire.

Advice

There are a number of support lines and websites which provide information to support or advice you. Please see more details below.

Contact Carer Support Wiltshire

Telephone: 08001814118

Website: www.carersinwiltshire.co.uk

Email:  info@carersinwiltshire.co.uk

Office Hours: Lines are open 9am – 4:30pm Monday – Thursday and 9am-4pm on Fridays. Calls are free from UK landlines.

Benefits for carers – Advice and information on what benefits you and the person you care for are eligible to receive.

Benefits for the person you care for - Advice and information on helping the person you look after get the benefits that they are entitled to

Death and benefits - How your benefits maybe affected after the death of the person you look after and what happens to their benefits

Managing someone's legal affairs - Advice for when carers find they have to take over the legal affairs of the person they are looking after

Other benefits - Advice for carers and the people they are looking after on claiming a whole host of other benefits unrelated to their disability or caring

Personal and household finance - Advice on keeping a tight rein on household and personal finance for carers

Social fund - Advice on the funds or services you may be entitled to receive. 

Tax credits - Information on claiming tax credits and whether you might be eligible

Audiology

If you have your hearing aids supplied by Salisbury District Hospital, we are able to offer free hearing aid batteries. You must have your NHS Salisbury District Hospital Card with you. We are only able to offer you two hearing aid batteries (one per hearing aid). You will be able to collect them from our Fisherton House, Bemerton or Bishopdown branches.

If you have a hearing aid from somewhere other than Salisbury District Hospital, please see your local GP for your referral.