Clinics

We provide the following clinics:

• Diabetic Clinic
• Ischaemic Heart Disease Clinic
• Hypertension Clinic
• Asthma Clinic
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinic
• Well Person Clinics

Immunisations

We provide the following immunisations:

Childhood Immunisations

We offer all routine childhood immunisations.

Travel Immunisations

We no longer offer a Travel Clinic. Should you require travel vaccinations, please contact one of the following:

• Southampton Travel Health Clinic  79 Bedford Place, Southampton SO15 2DF   Tel: 02380 631922
• Boots Online Travel Advice https://www.boots.com/health-pharmacy-advice/travelhealth
• Boots Travel Clinic (enquire at Boots in Dolphin Centre)
• Wimborne Travel Clinic at Quarter Jack Surgery Tel: 01202 881693

However, the following travel vaccines are available free on the NHS, but you must gain travel advice privately first.

• Typhoid
• Hepatitis A
• Polio (given as a combined diphtheria/tetanus/polio jab)

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

Treatments

We provide the following treatments in our well equipped treatment rooms:

Minor Surgery

Dr Simon Watkins has a minor surgery session on a Monday morning once a month.

These surgeries include:

• Excision of skin lesions 'lumps and bumps'.
• Cryotherapy 'freezing' of warts. We no longer freeze verruca's, and recommend over the counter medication from a pharmacist.
• Removal of ingrowing toenails.

Joint Injections

Please ask your Doctor for further information about our joint injection services.

Nurse Treatments

The practice nurses has excellent experience in the following:

• Dressings
• Removal of stitches
• Ear syringing
• Dietary advice

Screening

Cervical Cancer Screening

The current cervical smeer screening ages and intervals are:

• 25-49years: Every 3 years unless otherwise indicated
• 50-64years: Every 5 years unless otherwise indicated

You will be contacted at your home address by the Cervical Recall Service.

If you fail to contact us after three attempts from the Cervical Recall Service, we will directly contact you ourselves.

All results are sent back to our practice.

Please make sure you know when your next smear is due.

Breast Cancer Screening

The current breast mammogram screening ages and intervals are:

• 50 - 65years: Every 3 years

You will automatically be sent an appointment for this.

Please check your arrangements if in doubt.

Contraception

A full range of contraceptive services are offered.

These include:

• Coil fitting
• Nexplanon fitting
• Oral contraception
• Depo Injection (including the Sayana Press, designed to allow patients to self-administer subcutaneously at home at intervals of 13 weeks (+/-1) with an annual clinical review)