If you require any travel vaccinations, you will need to make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements.

In order to ensure the most up to date and comprehensive advice is available, the Belvoir Health Group will only provide services if patients have accessed www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk prior to their appointment.

Please refer to their website as a first port of call for travel queries. The website is run by the NHS and provides detailed information regarding travel, vaccinations and anti-malarial medication and will often answer all of your questions:

Fit for travel (online NHS advice).

You will need to book an appointment with one of our nurses if you have unanswered questions or if you need any immunisations. Please print the information relevant to your travel destination from Fit for travel and bring this information with you to your appointment.

Please note that certain immunisations and anti-malarial prophylaxis are NOT available on the NHS. Our nurses will do their best to guide you as to where to seek help if you require private input.

The following vaccinations are provided free of charge:

• Hepatitis A
• Typhoid
• Combined hepatitis A and typhoid
• Tetanus, diphtheria and polio given as combined vaccine
• Cholera
• Combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)

The doctors are entitled to decide what services to provide that fall outside the NHS contractual obligations. Non NHS Services are often referred to as ‘private work’ . Doctors can choose what they offer and some service may have a charge. These services include private health care, insurance forms, holiday cancellation forms, local council letters and many others. We aim to complete non nhs requests within 28 days of receipt. Please see a summary of our fees below.

We often get asked “I only need the doctor’s signature-what is the problem”. When a doctor signs a certificate or completes a report, it is a condition of remaining on the Medical Register that they only sign what they know to be true. Therefore in order to complete even the simplest of forms, the doctor needs to check the patient’s entire record. Carelessness or an inaccurate report can have serious consequences for the doctor, with the General Medical Council or even the Police.

Please note that we do not provide ‘Pregnancy fit to fly certificates/letters’. Pregnancy related Fitness to Fly letters do not fall within our NHS obligations and we presently do not have capacity within our clinical workforce to assess a patient’s fitness to fly at the current time. There are private GP services available locally & nationally that may be able to assist.

We are unable to respond to requests to provide fitness to participate in sports and extreme sporting events.

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All patients diagnosed with eligible chronic diseases are recalled each year in the month of their birth.

For most conditions, this will require two appointments, one with a Healthcare Assistant and a second with a Nurse skilled in chronic disease management.

These are important reviews aimed at supporting you by providing education, encouraging shared decision making and giving you the confidence to manage your health.

Please respond when you receive a letter invitation to book your review by contacting our reception team.

These routine immunisations for all children are essential. You will receive notification when your child is due to receive them. If you have any concerns regarding the childhood immunisation programme please discuss them with the Health Visitor, Nurse or Doctor.

NHS Vaccination schedule:

2 months

• 5-in-1 vaccine
• Pneumococcal vaccine
• Rotavirus vaccine
• Men B vaccine

3 months

• Men C vaccine
• 5-in-1 vaccine (2nd dose)
• Rotavirus vaccine (2nd dose)

4 months

• 5-in-1 vaccine (3rd dose)
• Pneumococcal vaccine (2nd dose)
• Men B vaccine (2nd dose)

12-13 months

• MMR vaccine
• Hib/Men C booster vaccine
• Pneumococcal vaccine (3rd dose)
• Men B vaccine (3rd dose)

2, 3 and 4 years plus school years one and two

• Children’s annual flu vaccine

3 years and 4 months

• 4-in-1 pre-school booster
• MMR vaccine (2nd dose)

12-13 years

• HPV vaccine

13-18 years

• 3-in-1 teenage booster vaccine
• Men ACWY vaccine

Influenza vaccination is recommended that the following groups of people receive yearly immunisation each Autumn:

• Those over 65 years of age.
• Those with chronic Lung Disease (Asthma and Chronic Bronchitis)
• Those with Diabetes
• Those with chronic Heart Disease (Angina, Heart Failure)
• Those with Kidney Failure/Disease
• Those with deficiencies of the immune system
• The Surgery runs special vaccination clinics from each site around the beginning of October each year.

Please contact the surgery at this time if you require further information.

We regret that the NHS is currently unable to offer Influenza Vaccination to healthy adults under the age of 65 years and otherwise healthy children.

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

• Acute Illness Management.
• Chronic Disease Management (asthma, diabetes, heart disease etc).
• Health and lifestyle advice including healthy eating, cholesterol management, exercise and smoking cessation.
• NHS health checks for patients aged between 40 and 74 years.
• On site blood tests including rheumatology drug monitoring.
• Anticoagulation monitoring (Warfarin and Direct Oral Anticoagulants).
• Blood pressure checks and advice.
• ECG Recording.
• Lung function assessment (Spirometry).
• Wound care including stitch removal and dressings.
• Women’s health including cervical screening, menopause monitoring,
  breast self-examination advice.
• Family planning services including contraception, coils and implants.
• Antenatal and postnatal services in conjunction with our midwifery team.
• Childhood and teenage immunisations.
• Immunisations including flu, shingles and pneumonia for ‘at risk’ individuals.
• Men’s health including prostate cancer care.
• Hormone implants as advised by the hospital for certain types of cancer.
• Palliative and end of life care supported by our Community Nursing Team and Macmillan Nurses.
• Carer support.
• Care home visits.
• New patient medicals.
• Foreign travel advice and vaccination (8 weeks before travel for maximum protection). Some vaccinations incur a fee. Please consult our list of fees in reception and on our website.
• Minor surgery including some joint injections.

Belvoir Health Group has recently become involved in clinical research. This means that we give our patients the opportunity to take part in selected research projects and contribute to improvements in healthcare both locally and nationally.

The practice is Research Ready Accredited. Research Ready® is a quality assurance programme for all research-active UK GP practices. It is designed in line with the UK Research Governance Framework’s legal, ethical, professional, and patient safety requirements. The programme serves to provide information, support and guidance to accredited practices in research; both to assist with meeting the requirements above, and with considering and conducting research.

If you are interested in taking part in research projects currently taking place locally click here.

Opportunity to take part in dementia research: Join dementia research – register your interest in dementia research : Home (nihr.ac.uk)

Opportunity to take part in ‘Discover Me’ where you’ll be able to receive information about your ancestry and some of your health information through a secure online participant portal. Learn more and enroll at : Discover Me Study

Suffering from depression or anxiety as a teenager is hard and can have a big impact on social and family relationships. You have the opportunity to take part in ATTEND Study. Please click here for more details.