Locality Health Centre

There is a range of services on offer at the Locality Health Centre including GP surgeries and nurse-led clinics. Staff will talk with patient to ensure that they are seen by the most appropriate health professional.

Appointments

Pre-bookable routine appointments are available with doctors, treatment room nurses and health care assistants, as well as same day appointments for urgent needs.

Phone Consultations

Patients who would like to speak to a doctor or nurse by phone should call with a contact number. A clinician will usually call back at the end of the clinic session.

Home Visits

Patients too ill to visit the surgery can request a home visit and should phone the surgery to have their needs assessed as early as possible.

Nurse-led Clinics

Here's a quick checklist of the issues that can be dealt with at a nurse-led clinic:

• Back pain (acute)
• Chest infections
• Conjunctivitis
• Cough
• Diarrhoea
• Ear infections
• Eczema
• Emergency contraception
• Flu
• Head lice
• Headache
• Impetigo
• Minor injuries
• Rashes
• Scabies
• Shingles
• Sickness
• Sinusitis
• Sore throat
• Thrush / vaginal infections
• Urinary infections

Other Services

Family Health

• Advice on baby and child care
• Baby checks
• Childhood immunisation
• Family diet and exercise
• Health checks

Family Planning

• Advice on starting a family
• Family planning /contraception
• Morning after pills

Medical

• Dressings
• Removal of stitches
• Incontinence
• Chronic disease clinics
• Coronary heart disease
• Stroke
• Hypertension
• Diabetes

Mental Health

• Help with anxiety and worries, bereavement and depression

Repeat Prescriptions

• A request, or a repeat prescription slip, should be put into the box on the wall inside the For All Healthy Living Centre.

Sexual Health

• Advice on sexually transmitted infections
• HIV / AIDS

Smoking

• Help with giving up

Travel Advice

• Health information
• Immunisation

Weight and Fitness Issues

• Blood pressure checks
• Exercise advice
• Reaching an ideal weight

Women's Health

• Breast examinations
• Cervical smear tests

Opening Hours

Normal opening hours are:
8.00 am to 6.30 pm, Monday to Friday.
(Closed Monday Lunchtime 12.30 - 2.00 for staff training)

Extended hours are:
6.30 pm to 8.00 pm, Mondays,
9.00 am to 11.00 pm on the second Saturday of each month.

Appointments for extended opening hours need to be pre-booked.

Making an Appointment

Appointments can be made in person at reception or by calling 0345 350 3973. Please inform staff in plenty of time if an appointment is no longer needed, as this helps ensure the best service for all patients.

Out of Hours Service

An out-of-hours medical service is available by calling:
0845 - 121 - 0235.

How to Register

The Locality Health Centre is available to anyone living in South Ward and the surrounding area. To register, residents need to come along to the centre in person and bring with them:

• One form of photographic identification e.g. passport, driving licence and
• two documents to prove address e.g. a recent bill or rent book.

People or visitors from overseas should contact the practice for further information.