Clinics & Services

We provide a wide range of services and clinics for patients at our practice.

Adult Vaccinations

At the practice we offer adult vaccinations for Pneumonia and Flu for at risk patients. If you are eligible for a Pneumonia vaccination or a Flu vaccination you will be contacted to book an appointment.

We do not offer travel vaccines at the practice.

Cervical Screening

Cervical screening, which used to be called a smear test, is a test to check the health of the cervix and help prevent cervical cancer. It’s offered to women and people with a cervix aged 25 to 64.

If you are due a cervical screening you will be invited to book into a clinic, currently these clinics are being held during the week and on weekends across sites in the Oadby and Wigston PCN.

Child & Baby Immunisations

We encourage all parents to immunise their children, and our practice nurses hold a weekly clinic. Children are invited and sent appointments- if for any reason you are unable to attend, please contact the surgery to re-arrange. If you wish to discuss any aspect of your child’s immunisation please contact the practice to discuss with a member of the clinical team.

Diagnostic Services

At the practice we offer a number of diagnostic services and procedures, tailored to the needs of our patients, to save you the time and inconvenience of having to go to hospital, or similar service. These include:

Blood Tests
Blood Pressure
Warfarin/INR Monitoring
Smears
Glucose Tolerance Testing
Height and Weight

Long Term Conditions

They include among others:

Diabetes
Asthma
COPD
Cardiovascular Disease
Hypertension
Chronic Kidney Disease
Arthritis
Thyroid disease

Our priority is to improve care for people with long term conditions by providing expert care delivered close to home by doctors and nurses at your general practice. The practice clinical team has a wide range of experience enabling us to provide the very best clinical care to our patients. With expert monitoring, treatment and appropriate self-help you can very effectively reduce the risk of serious complications. What’s more, you can lead an active and normal life. In fact, with a little help from us and perseverance from you, you can actually become healthier than before, once it is under control.

Screening Checks

In addition to healthy lifestyle advice, it is beneficial to have specific screening for certain conditions. Many people are familiar with the national screening programmes, such as cervical cytology screening and breast screening and more recently bowel cancer and chlamydia screening.

However we also offer screening for patients at risk of:

Cardiovascular Disease which is the medical term for heart attacks, strokes and other diseases of the circulation

COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) more commonly known as chronic bronchitis, emphysema or bronchiectasis

Diabetes for those patients at risk

Osteoporosis is a loss of some bone material, making bones more prone to breaking (fracture). Osteoporosis mainly affects older people, but can affect anyone.

Seasonal Flu Vaccination

Flu (also known as influenza) is a highly infectious illness caused by the flu virus. It spreads rapidly through small droplets coughed or sneezed into the air by an infected person. For most people, flu is unpleasant but not serious. You will usually recover within a week.

Studies have shown that flu vaccines provide effective protection against the flu, although protection may not be complete and may vary between people. Protection from the vaccine gradually decreases and flu strains change over time. Therefore, new vaccines are made each year and people at risk of flu are encouraged to be vaccinated every year.

The flu vaccination is offered to people in at-risk groups. These people are at greater risk of developing serious complications if they catch flu, such as pregnant women and elderly people.

If you are eligible for a flu vaccine, you will be invited in due course.

Read all about the flu vaccination and who should have one on the NHS website.

Teenage Health

Central surgery has a wealth experience in dealing with people of all ages, including our teenage patients. We also have access to other services that are available to young people, so if you have a problem that we are not able to deal with, we can put you in touch with someone that may be able to.

Confidentiality is treated in a highly professional manner so remember that anything you discuss with us remains confidential. You do not need to have an adult with you when you come to your appointment. If any matters do need to be discussed with anyone else or you need to be referred for specialist opinion this would be made very clear to you during your consultation.

We would like you to feel that you are welcome at the surgery and trust us to look after your health needs.

Travel Health

Planning on travelling abroad?

Please speak to a member of the reception team who will provide you with a Travel vaccine request form for completion. We ask that you provide us with at least 12 weeks notice before your intended travel date so your request can be reviewed by a clinician.

Travel advice is essential to improve the safety of your trip. For information about travel vaccinations and travel advice can be found below.

Website links to services in the local area for travel clinics:

www.travel-doc.com

www.severnpharmacy.co.uk