Annual Health Review
Happy Birthday!
Don’t forget to book your annual review!
Covid-19 has shown us how much we need to streamline and prioritise our resources. That is why we are implementing a birth-month recall system for most long-term conditions and annual reviews.
As of August 2022, we plan to implement the birth-month recall system. Patients with one or more long-term conditions will receive an invitation to book an appointment just before their birthday month.
To bring all patients in line with their birth month, it may mean that you are asked to attend, even if you have had a review within the last 12 months. We still need you to attend.
The Goal
As a result, patients will have to attend fewer appointments as multiple tests and checks can be performed at the same time.
What are long term conditions?
The practice already invites certain groups of patients in for an annual review of their conditions.
This includes patients who have:
- Respiratory conditions
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Dementia
- Depression
- Kidney disease
- Heart disease
- Cancer
- Arthritis
- Epilepsy
What we do
As your GP surgery we play a significant role in managing your long-term condition. We believe in working with you and specialists in the community to provide holistic, personal, and high-quality care.
Long term conditions or chronic diseases are conditions for which there is currently no cure, and that are managed with drugs and other treatments.
All patients with a long-term condition should have an annual review (or ‘health MOT’). This could involve one single appointment or multiple appointments depending on which long term condition(s) you have. If a blood test or blood pressure check is required, you will be booked with a Health Care Assistant, if further checks are needed, these will be booked with either a nurse/GP/Advanced Nurse practitioner depending on the type of consultation you need.
Your medical history and medications will be reviewed at your appointment and together we will consider how we may improve your health/management of your long term condition. This may include health advice, medication changes or referrals to a community service.
Cervical Screening
You will receive an invitation from the local Screening Programme Administrator advising you when you are due to attend.
For further information about cervical screening from NHS UK.
District Nursing Team
The District Nursing Team provide a full range of home nursing services to patients who are unable to attend the surgery. The district nursing team can be contacted on 0330 726 077.
Health & Wellbeing Coaching
Social Prescribing
We are fortunate to be able to offer this new service to our patients. Please see information in the attachment below
Our Social Prescriber is Lucy
Health and Well Being Coaching
We are have other new services with our Health & Well Being Coaches, both Gary Heath and Naomi Gollins. They can be contacted via reception and will be holding clinics at various locations in the local area.
More information can be seen in the attachments below
Home Visits
Requests for visits will be taken by receptionists who will ask you questions about your symptoms. This will let us decide the urgency of the call. You may be asked to speak to a doctor who will decide whether a visit is necessary and with what urgency.
Please telephone the surgery before 10:30 if you think you will need a visit.
Visits are normally carried out between 12:00 and 14:00 (It will not always be possible for you to be visited by the doctor of your choice). If deemed necessary you may be visited by the PCN community Paramedics instead of a doctor.
You can also be visited at home by a community nurse if you are referred by your GP. You should also be visited at home by a health visitor if you have recently had a baby or if you are newly registered with a GP and have a child under five years.
Please Note – under NHS Regulations it is not your right to have a visit. It is up to the doctor to decide if one is necessary.
Medication Review
Patients on repeat medication will be asked to see or speak to a doctor, clinical pharmacist, nurse practitioner or practice nurse at least once a year to review their regular medications and notification should appear on your repeat slip. You may also need blood tests to monitor your medication. Failure to have a review could result in the GP stopping or reducing the medication currently being prescribed.
Please ensure that you book an appropriate appointment to avoid unnecessary delays to further prescriptions.
Please allow two full working days for prescriptions to be processed and remember to take weekends and bank holidays into account.
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy services are provided here at the practice by Simon Margot. Simon works with us every Tuesday and Thursday. You can book an appointment with Simon by calling our reception team on 01487 830340.
Patients in Huntingdonshire can also self-refer to the Physio Direct service.
Telephone 0300 555 0123
Blood Pressure Monitoring at Home
If a member of our clinical team has asked you to complete home BP monitoring please download and use a copy of this form:
Coil / IUD and Implant Fitting
Who do I see?
GP
Advice:
You can book an appointment through the Surgery to ensure chosen implant meets your requirements.
Information about contraceptive implants.
Where to get an IUD
You can get the IUD for free, even if you’re under 16, from:
- contraception clinics
- sexual health or genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics
- GP surgeries
- some young people’s services
Find your nearest sexual health clinic
Family Planning
All forms of contraception (including EMERGENCY contraception) can be provided by the doctors and practice nurses.
If necessary, ask for an emergency appointment.
Healthy You Service
Provided by Everyone Health
Commissioned and funded by Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council, Healthy You provides free weight management support to residents across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Healthy You offer a choice of programmes to patients who wish to lose weight and you could be eligible for a 12 week referral to any of the options listed below if you are aged over 16 with a Body Mass Index above 25.
Option 1 – Referral to Healthy You Weight Management groups
Option 2 – Referral to Slimming World
Option 3 – Referral to Wellness that Works (formerly Weight Watchers)
To be eligible for a Slimming World or Wellness that Works referral you cannot have been a paying member of either program in the 12 weeks prior to the point of referral.
If you have the motivation to learn how to lose weight and maintain a healthier weight you can self-refer by calling Healthy you on 0333 005 0093, or text: Healthyu to 60777 or visit the website at www.healthyyou.org.uk.
Maternity Care
Community Midwifery services are provided within the surgery.
If you are pregnant, you can either come and see your GP who will refer you to the midwife, or make a self referral by calling our Reception desk who will pass your details on to the midwife.
Minor Surgery
These are carried out in the fully equipped treatment room after a consultation with a doctor.
Primary Care Mental Health Team
The local Primary Care Mental Health Team provide a range of services, some based within the surgery and others elsewhere within the Huntingdonshire area.
Your GP will refer you to the Primary Care Mental Health Team if appropriate.
Child Health Surveillance Clinics
All children are invited to see the doctor for a health and development check at about 6 weeks.
Later checks are carried out by the health visitors and school nurses.
Childhood Vaccinations
NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough has created a Guide to Childhood Illnesses for parents and carers across the area.
This guide covers everything parents and carers need to know about important subjects such as vaccinations, common ailments and issues, and where to go for help if your child has a medical issue.
We will call you to book your child’s immunisations when they are due. We work on information provide by Child Health please contact us if you don’t hear from us.
If You Choose Not to Vaccinate
Childhood Immunisations
All children under five years of age are encouraged to have the recommended immunisations.
Appointments for clinics are held weekly at each surgery and all appointments are sent directly to the parents/guardian from the Health Authority.
For more information on Vaccinations click the link below.
Health Visitor
Extra Services
Most of our doctors and practice nurses have special interests or skills, allowing us to offer extra services such as Rheumatology (including joint injections), ENT, women’s health and respiratory medicine.
If you think you would benefit from one of these services please discuss it with the Receptionist who will give you the appropriate appointment.
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
- Fit to Fly Letters
- DVLA reports
- Subject Access Requests
- To Whom in May Concern Letters
The fees charged 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. Private work does not take precedence over our routine practice work and therefore will be completed when time allows. Please allow at least four weeks when asking for any private work to be completed.
Please note all ‘To Whom it May Concern Letters’ also attract a fee. These should always be requested from reception and not during a consultation with the Doctor.
Payment in advance is required. This can be by either bank transfer, cash or cheque. Unfortunately, we do not currently accept debit/credit cards.
Foreign Travel
We will be happy to give advice on all medical aspects of foreign travel, including vaccinations.
Please fill in the travel questionnaire below and submit to the practice. Our nursing team will assess your needs and then contact you to arrange an appointment. Please return your form to us in good time – at least 8 weeks before you are due to travel.
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.
There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below
 Europe & Russia |  North America |
 Central America |  South America & Antarctica |
 Caribbean |  Africa |
 Middle East |  Central Asia |
 East Asia |  Australasia and Pacific |
It is important to make arrangements as early as possible – at least 8 weeks before you travel. A travel form needs to be completed so that the practice nurse can review your arrangements and plan what is required.
Sometimes these vaccines have to be ordered as they are not necessarily stock vaccines. Often a second appointment is required and this 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 will incur a charge to the patient. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.
Travel Appointments in the Surgery
To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the form on the link below and bring it to the surgery as soon as you book your holiday.
A member of our travel team will review the form and plan what vaccinations you may require and offer general travel advice.
Travelling in Europe
If you are travelling to Europe the EU has published useful information for travellers on the European website.
Travel & Covid-19
There is a lot of advice and information on the gov.uk website both in relation to Covid-19 and travel generally.
Please follow the link below
NHS.UK Travel Vaccination
If you’re planning to travel outside the UK, you may need to be vaccinated against serious diseases found in other parts of the world. For information please click the link below.