If you have a new bone, joint or muscle pain, you can make an appointment to see one of our First Contact Physiotherapist (FCP’s) at the practice.
The physio will:
- Assess you and diagnose what is happening.
- Give expert advice on how best to manage your condition.
- Refer you on to specialist services if necessary.
Alternatively:
Circle MSK service now has an app available to support you with MSK (musculoskeletal) problems. It:
- Introduces and explains the MSK service, including contact information.
- Contains useful information about MSK conditions
- Includes exercises to support you to manage your condition.
- Offers advice on “waiting well” – if you are waiting for an appointment.
- Allows you to refer yourself to the MSK service for physiotherapy using PHIO.
You can see a web version of the app online at: circleintegratedcare.physiapp.com
or
You can download the app to your mobile via the Apple or Android/Google app stores. the app is called Circle Integrated Care.
St. George’s Medical Practice is signed up to be a part of the Clinical Research Network East Midlands, which is part of the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR). NIHR is the research arm of the NHS.
The main purpose of NIHR is to fund, enable and deliver world-leading health and social care research, that improves people’s health and wellbeing. Research is needed for all common and rare conditions. It is only through research that we can help to develop better treatments, as well as improve diagnosis, prevention, care and quality of life for everyone.
Our involvement means we carry out various Research studies at the practice. All the studies are chosen because they affect patients who are registered at the surgery and live in our local area. Each study generally has criteria for involvement e.g., patients suffering from a particular disease etc and therefore if you fit in to one of these criteria you are likely to be contacted to ask if you wish to be involved. Participation in research is completely optional and does not affect the care you receive at the practice.
As travel to foreign countries is relatively simple these days, it is easy to forget or not realise what health risks we may be subjecting ourselves to. We recommend that if you are travelling to a foreign country, you check the Travel Health Pro Website (NaTHNaC – Home (travelhealthpro.org.uk). Look up the country to be visited and if you think you may need vaccinating, then make an appointment to see one of our practice nurses, preferably 2 months before departure. It is important to do this as early as possible to ensure we can offer you an appointment in time and have the appropriate vaccinations in stock.
During the appointment the nurse will assess and advise you on what you will need for the destination you are travelling to. They will also be able to give any of the necessary vaccinations that are available on the NHS. Please note that certain immunisations and anti-malarial prophylaxis are NOT available on the NHS. Our nurses will do their best to guide you as to where to seek help if you require private input. We no longer provide prescriptions for malaria tablets. Adults can attend a pharmacy and children must attend a private travel clinic to obtain these.
The following vaccinations are provided free of charge:
- Hepatitis A
- Typhoid
- Combined hepatitis A and typhoid
- Tetanus, diphtheria and polio given as a combined vaccine
- Cholera
- Combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)
Other websites you may find helpful are:
www.fco.gov.uk/travel
www.immunisation.nhs.uk
www.malariahotspots.co.uk
The doctors are entitled to decide what services to provide that fall outside the NHS contractual obligations. Non-NHS services that the doctors choose to offer may have a charge. These services include insurance forms, holiday cancellation forms, fit to fly letters, HGV health checks, local council letters and many others. Our fees are advertised in the reception area.
All patients diagnosed with eligible chronic diseases, such as asthma, COPD, diabetes etc are recalled each year for a review. We will generally invite patients in their birth month and if you suffer from multiple conditions we will try where possible to cover them within the same review. Invitations will usually be sent out via text, but we do also send letters if text is not available.
These are important reviews aimed at supporting you by providing education, encouraging shared decision making and giving you the confidence to manage your health. Please respond when you receive your invitation to book your review.
For some diagnosis, such as diabetes, if you do not attend your review it may impact on our ability to prescribe some medications for you. We hope that you will attend, however, if you do not wish to have your review when invited please contact the surgery to let us know.
We provide a range of services and clinics for patients at our practice.
- Acute illness management
- Chronic disease management (diabetes, asthma, heart disease etc)
- Health and lifestyle advice including healthy eating, cholesterol management, exercise and smoking cessation.
- NHS health checks for patients aged between 40 and 74 years.
- Blood tests
- Blood pressure monitoring and advice
- ECG recording
- Wound care including stitch removal and dressings
- Women;s health including cervical screening, menopause monitoring, breast self-examination advice and pessary changes.
- Family planning services including contraception, coils and implants.
- Antenatal and postnatal services in conjunction with our midwifery team.
- Childhood and teenage immunisations.
- Immunisations including flu, shingles, pneumonia for ‘at risk’ individuals.
- Men’s health including prostate cancer care.
- Palliative and end of life care supported by our Community Nursing Team and Macmillan Nurses.
- Care home visits.
- Carer support.
- Minor surgery including some joint injections.
- Foreign travel advice and vaccination (some travel vaccinations are not available on the NHS and therefore you would need to book at a private clinic. The nurses will advise you about which you would need to get privately and which you can have free at the surgery)
These routine immunisations for all children are essential. You will receive notification when your child is due to receive them. If you have any concerns regarding the childhood immunisation programme please discuss them with the Health Visitor, Nurse or Doctor.
NHS Vaccination schedule:
2 months
3 months
4 months
12-13 months
2, 3 and 4 years plus school years one and two
3 years and 4 months
12-13 years
13-18 years
Influenza vaccination is recommended that the following groups of people receive yearly immunisation each Autumn:
- Those over 65 years of age.
- Those with chronic Lung Disease (Asthma and Chronic Bronchitis)
- Those with Diabetes
- Those with chronic Heart Disease (Angina, Heart Failure)
- Those with Kidney Failure/Disease
- Those with deficiencies of the immune system
- The Surgery runs special vaccination clinics from each site around the beginning of October each year.
Please contact the surgery at this time if you require further information.
We regret that the NHS is currently unable to offer Influenza Vaccination to healthy adults under the age of 65 years and otherwise healthy children.
All the doctors and nurses in the practice offer contraceptive advice during normal surgery hours.
We carry out all our Child Health surveillance. This is done in close cooperation with our health visitors. We also provide a full childhood immunisation service.
Our Antenatal clinic is held in cooperation with our attached community midwife.
