Clinics & Services

Practice Nurse - By Appointment

The practice nurse/ health care assistant hold a clinic at the times shown below.

Please note: blood tests need to be booked before 1:30pm in order for the sample to reach the laboratory.

What sorts of things do I see the nurse for?

We've produced a handy list of the sorts of things that Practice Nurse appointments are used for.

Longer Appointments

Practice Nurse appointments are spaced for ten minute consultations with the exception of influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations - these are normally booked for five minute appointments.

Please book a ten minute appointment for the following:

• Asthma monitoring
• Blood tests
• Blood pressure monitoring
• Diabetes monitoring
• Weight management and dietary advice
• Health promotion
• Contraception advice
• Childhood immunisations
• Wound dressings

Please book a twenty minute appointment for the following:

• New Patient Examination
• Cervical Smear
• Travel advice and travel immunisation
• Ear Syringing
• Spirometry
• 24 Hour Ambulatory BP Monitoring
• ECG

Please book a thirty minute appointment for the following:

• Smoking Cessation
• Minor Surgery (with practice nurse and GP)

Antenatal Clinics

These are held every Tuesday from 8am to 1pm. The initial booking is booked though the surgery reception and thereafter the midwife will make a follow-up appointment for you whilst you are at the surgery. Your first booking appointment will take approximately one hour.

Minor Surgery

These clinics are held as and when the need arises. If, after your consultation with the GP, it is decided that you need minor surgery, a suitable time will be arranged with yourself, the practice nurse and the GP.

Child Health

The health visitor holds regular clinics. These clinics are run in conjunction with the practice nurse. Either phone the health visitor on 01865 458430 or the practice reception for appointments.

*Please note that the practice nurse carries out all childhood immunisations. This means that you can attend any of the practice nurse clinics to have your child immunised, you are not restricted to the child health clinic.

Yellow Fever

The practice is a registered Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre and have to charge for the vaccine and a certificate. Appointments can be booked through reception. Please note you do not have to be registered with us to receive this service.

For more information on travel vaccinations see the above tab.

Pharmacists are qualified health professionals and have the knowledge and skills to help and advise you on the best course of action without the need to see a doctor. Pharmacies are accessible and convenient as many of them are open late nights and weekends. There is no need for an appointment to speak to the pharmacist; just pop in any time and they will be happy to help you.

You can find details of local pharmacies on our Find Services page.

List of things you can consult a pharmacist for:

We also have lots of helpful advice about common minor conditions on our self care page.

There are lots of NHS sources of help and care, including pharmacies, GP practices, out of hours services as well as minor injury units and hospitals.

Click on the picture below for a guide of how to decide when it is appropriate to choose each one:

More information is available from the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group.

There is also a Choose Well app you can download to your smart phone to find health services closest to where you are. Visit the app store to download the app for Android or iOS operating systems. See http://bit.ly/iphoneappchoosewell or http://bit.ly/androidappchoosewell

There is also a useful leaflet on Treating Minor Conditions and lots of advice on our self care page. 

If you need medical assistance but it is not an emergency then phone 111 - information about this service is available in more than 17 languages (including Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Hindi, Urdu and many European languages); just click on the image below:

Online Services

What you can do

A lot of the things you could at one time only do by visiting the practice in person, or by telephoning us, you can now do online.  Not only can this save you a visit or a phone call to the practice, it also means you can do things when we are closed, at a time more convenient to you, from your computer, tablet or phone.  For example you can:

• Book or cancel appointments
• Order repeat prescriptions
• See any allergies or adverse reactions to medications you have had
• Read your test results
• View the medical records we hold about you

Here's a video of a patient talking about how online access has helped her.

How you can do it

Registering for online services is easy - it's like registering an account for anything online (e.g. to shop or to sign-up for social media).  The only difference is that, because we need to be very careful with your medical data, we must ask you to come in to the practice with photo ID and proof of your address. 

Once we have confirmed your identity and asked you to complete a short form with reception, we will provide you with a 'registration token' (i.e. a temporary password) that you will be able to use to set up your account.  Upon registration (where you will choose a permenant password) you will then be sent an email as an additional security step from which you can click on a link to activate your account.

The website for registering and using your online account is: https://patient.emisaccess.co.uk 

Where you can get help

If you have any queries about making a particular appointment or are having difficulties ordering a medication, please contact the practice in the usual way (e.g. telephone 01865 242657).

If you are having problems using the website there is a very useful help page you can visit at: https://support.patient-access.co.uk/

If you think the website may not be working you can tweet the helpdesk at: @ptaccesshelp    

Travel Vaccinations

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements. This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.

It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible - at least 6 weeks before you travel - as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations. These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine. Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.

Travel Health Questionnaire

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the questionnaire below before coming to see the nurse. You can print off the questionnaire and drop it off by hand, or you can save a copy and then email it to the nurse as an attachment, putting 'travel questionnaire' in the subject box of the email - send to kingedwardst.reception@nhs.net 

TRAVEL QUESTIONNAIRE

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

Travelling in Europe

If you are travelling to Europe the EU has published useful information for travellers on the European website.

Non-NHS Services

Some services provided are not covered under our contract with the NHS and therefore attract charges. Examples include the following:

• Medicals for pre-employment, sports and driving requirements (HGV, PSV etc.)
• Insurance claim forms
• Prescriptions for taking medication abroad
• Private sick notes
• Vaccination certificates

Our fees and charges are based on the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested scales and our reception staff will be happy to advise you about them along with appointment availability.

Full list of fees and charges

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