Clinics and Services

 

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Family Planning Services

Contraceptive care, including implants and coil insertions, is provided by the doctors during surgery hours. Our practice nurses provide advice and appointments for repeat prescriptions of contraceptive pills and also give depot contraceptive injections.

 

Maternity Care: Antenatal

Patients are seen by the midwife at the clinic by appointment and also by the doctors during surgery hours.

 

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Well Baby Clinic

The baby clinics are run by a practice nurse who gives childhood immunisations.

A doctor and health visitor are available for child developmental checks and to discuss other problems.

 

Minor Surgery

Minor surgical procedures are carried out by appointment and the doctors will be happy to advise you on this. 

 

Travel Immunisations / Vaccinations

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to complete the form below and return it to the surgery. This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.

It is important to complete this form between 6 and 16 weeks before you travel as any vaccinations required need to be completed at least 2 weeks before you travel. Please do not submit your form more than 16 weeks in advance as travel guidance can change with little notice.

Only the following vaccines are available on the NHS.  You will need to attend a private health clinic for anything else required.

UK childhood vaccinations

Tetanus/Diphtheria/Polio boosters

Hepatitis A

Typhoid

MMR catch up

Travel vaccination procedure for Ryeland Surgery

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Counselling

Counselling is available at the surgery. Please ask your doctor for an appointment.

 

Women's Health

Any aspect of care, including contraception, menopause management, pre-conception, morning-after-pill, cervical smears, is provided during surgery hours.

We receive frequent requests for prescriptions to delay periods for travel or sports reasons. We are no longer issuing these. If you would like to postpone your period, you can visit a pharmacy website by searching online for ‘delay period pill’, have an online counselling session with a pharmacist and order the medication privately from them. 

 

Vaccinations

Vaccinations and immunisations, including childhood vaccinations and immunisations, are available.

Shingles Vaccination - There is a lot of media coverage regarding shingles vaccinations at the moment.  Please be advised that shingles vaccinations are available for anyone from the date of their 70th birthday until the day before their 80th birthday so please do call the practice if you fall into this category.  Patients born between 01.09.1958 and 31.08.1959 are eligible from the day of their 65th birthday and an invitation will be sent to you during your birthday month, please do not call the practice to book until this invitation has been received.

Covid Spring Boosters 2024 - Eligibility Criteria: 75 and over on 30th June 2024, living in an older adult care home, severely immunosuppressed.  Our clinic will be held on Saturday 27th April and will be bookable by invitation only.  Texts and letters will be sent out to eligible patients in early April, please do not contact the practice to book before you receive your invitation.  If you are housebound and in the above criteria, we will contact you directly to arrange for your vaccination to be given at home in May 2024.

 

Flu Vaccinations

An influenza vaccination is particularly recommended for patients with heart, lung or kidney disease, diabetes and residents of nursing and rest homes. Eligible patients will be invited to attend a vaccination clinic in the autumn.