Sele Medical Practice - The clinics and other services offered by our doctors surgery

Clinics & Services

As you will see below, many clinic appointments are for longer than our standard 10 minute slot. For this reason, we often telephone patients the day before the appointment to remind them of the time so that these time slots are not wasted. If you do not wish us to call you, please let us know and we will make a note against that particular appointment.

Clinic	Description	Time
Contraception	Advice on contraception including coil fitting and provision of free condoms.	10 minute appointment with Practice Nurse or Doctor
Coils and implants	For fitting and removal of coils.	20 or 30 minute appointment with Dr Niamh Telford depending on proceedure
Well Woman	For smears and advice.	20 minute appointment with any Practice Nurse
Antenatal Care	Routine antenatal check-ups by our qualified midwife.	Monday and Wednesday afternoons
Mother and Baby	A drop-in clinic for advice and weight checking. Vaccinations for all children up to age 5.	Sessions held by Abbey Clinic at the Primary Care Centre
Vaccinations	Routine and travel vaccinations for all ages are available during surgery times by appointment with our nurses.	20 minute appointment with Practice Nurse at least a week after completing the travel vaccination questionnaire.
Seasonal Flu Vaccination	Available free for anyone over 65 years of age and those who suffer from chronic heart, vascular, respiratory, renal or liver disease, Diabetes, degenerative neurological disease or those who are pregnant or immunocompromised. To check whether you are eligible please call the surgery.	Open clinics when no appointmemnt is required on Tuesday 4th and Tuesday 18th October 2011 between 9am and 2pm or booked appointments after 17th October. Please ring surgery for more details.
Childhood Immunisations	We follow the government recomended programme for childhood immunisations.	10 minute appointment with Julie Smith.
Respiratory	Regular check-ups and advice from practice nurses on lifestyle, inhaler techniques and medication for patients with Asthma or COPD.	20 minute appointment with Margaret Burridge or Julie Smith.
Diabetes	Routine monitoring and medication reviews for diabetic patients. These are usually twice a year, an annual review and an interim blood test. We also offer retinal screening and foot assessments.	Patients need a 10 minute, morning blood test appointment with Deb Sim at least 1 week prior to a 20 minutes annual review appointment with Margaret Burridge. The 6 monthly interim appointment is 10 minutes with Margaret Burridge. Retinal screening appointments will be sent out to you as required.
Vascular	For all patients with heart or vascular problems eg MI or stroke.	20 minute appointment with a Practice Nurse.
Epilepsy	Monitoring and medication reviews for all patients with epilepsy.	10 minutes with a Doctor.
Minor Surgery	Minor operations carried out in the practice following advice from your Doctor.	15 minute appointments on a Tuesday with Dr Frankel
Smoking Cessation	For patients wanting to give up and on going support for those who have stopped.	Initial 30 minute appointment, followed by 20 minute appointments with Margaret Burridge or Julie Smith.
Hypertension	For patients with diagnosed high blood pressure.	Annual 10 minute appointment including blood test and a 6 month 10 minute interim blood pressure check, both with a Practice Nurse.
Continence Clinic	Nurse led clinic held on the last Thursday every month 2pm to 4 pm.	Please contact Sr Irene Hall on 07771663429 or Sr Angela Scott on 07919592324 for an appointment.
Ear Syringing	Nurse led clinc held on Monday and Thursday Afternoons	20 min appointment with District Nurses at the Primary Care Centre.

Travel Vaccinations

We offer a full range of travel vaccinations and travel health advice. Some of these services are offered privately as they are not available on the NHS and you may have to pay. Please complete a travel questionnaire before you travel. this can be obtained from the practice or downloaded from the library on the website. Some vaccination courses take a few weeks so please give us as much notice as possible.

The vaccinations you may require vary not just from country to country but also within a country so please be very specific about the areas you are visiting. The completed form needs to be returned for valuation at least 7 days before you make an appointment with a Practice Nurse. Some vaccinations need to be ordered in as required so if there is a payment to be made, this will be requested before vaccinations are given.

Travel Questionnaire

Travel Advice

Yellow Fever

The Practice is a registered Yellow Fever Centre and offers vaccination and certification on a private basis for both registered and non-registered patients. For current changes please contact the practice.

Test Results

blood_test_results Since our telephones are very busy in the early morning, we would ask you to telephone for test results (eg blood, urine, x-ray) after 2.00 p.m.each day if at all possible.

Note that the practice has a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection and we will only release test results to the person to whom they relate unless that person has given prior permission for the release of this data or they are not capable of understanding the results.

When you take your test you will be told how long it will be before the results are returned to the practice.

It is your responsibility to check your results and to make an appointment to discuss them with your doctor if your are advised to do so.

Non-NHS services

The NHS does not pay for some of the services we provide. These include private sick notes, insurance forms, holiday cancellation forms, medical reports, fitness to travel certificates, private prescriptions, passport signing and some vaccination services.

Our current fees for these services, which are in line with BMA approved national guidelines, are displayed in the surgery.

You are eligible for a free flu vaccination if you are:

OVER 65

OR HAVE

CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE INCLUDING ASTHMA

CHRONIC VASCULAR, HEART, LIVER OR KIDNEY DISEASE

D IABETES

MS OR OTHER DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, INCLUDING HIV OR CURRENTLY

ON TREATMENT FOR CANCER

It is recommended that you have the vaccination because you are more vulnerable to the effects of flu, even if you currently feel fit and healthy. Carers may also be eligible and patients who are currently pregnant.

Our dedicated flu clinics are over for winter 2011/2012 but we do have a small number of vaccines left. If you are in one of the groups listed above and would like a flu vaccination, please conatct the surgery to check availability and make an appointment.

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Noticeboard

Diamond Jubilee Bank Holidays

The practice will be closed Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th June. Please make sure you order your repeat prescription in plenty of time.

Summary Care Record (SCR)

You may notice local press advertising for the SCR. Patients registered with the Sele Medical Practice will be receiving packs about SCR from Northumberland Care Trust within the next few weeks. Please use the number given for any queries.

0300 123 3020 PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE PRACTICE.

Anyone who has already 'opted out' and wishes to remain as such does not need to do anything.

Prospective Medical Students

For reasons of confidentiality, we do not offer work experience or placements to anyone wishing to pursue medicine as a career. We would encourage any of our patients seeking this experience, to join our Patient Participation Group to become more involved and gain an insight into some of the current issues in general practice.

Bus Service

The 683 bus now stops at the main hospital entrance but will also stop, on request, at the Primary Care Centre entrance.

Drop Off and Parking

Patients are welcome to use the drop off bay outside the Primary Care Centre provided that their vehicle is removed as soon as possible to the main car park.

We are advised that car park charges in the Hospital car park, operated by Northumbria Healthcare Trust, have been increased to £1.20 per hour. This is outside of the practice's control.

New Patients

We welcome patients moving into the area. We work in purpose built premises which are fully accessible to everyone. Please ask for an information leaflet and registration form at reception.

RESEARCH

The practice would like to thank all patients who have responded so positively to invitations to participate in research studies offered via the practice. Research is vital to healthcare in terms of the way conditions are managed and drug development and is something which we are keen to support. We realise and appreciate that participation is not for everyone and we do not mind if anyone refuses an invitation.

A&E Attendances

Did you know that many people turn up to casualty in Hexham and then simply decide they can't wait any longer? In doing this patients trigger a charge of £59.