Clinics & Services

Flu Vaccinations

We have almost completed our flu vaccination programme for patients aged over 65 and those with underlying health conditions.

We are now providing flu vaccinations to those healthy patients aged between 50 to 64. If you have not already been contacted please contact the surgery and we can arrange your appointment.

Flu vaccinations are offered to all patients aged 65 and over and for adults and children who have:

• Lung disease, including those with asthma who have had drug treatment within the past 3 years.
• Chronic heart disease.
• Chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, chronic neurological disease, people with suppressed immune system due to illness or treatment, diabetes.

We will be advertising the service during September each year and will contact those registered patients who fall into the categories mentioned. If you feel you should be offered a flu vaccine, please speak to a member of the reception team.

Antenatal Clinics

We will be running antenatal clinics. If you know you are pregnant, please arrange with reception to see a midwife.

Family Planning

A full range of family planning services are available.

Cervical Smears

Cervical screening can prevent cancer of the cervix by finding and identifying any abnormal cell changes. Regular smear tests can save your life.

If you require a smear, please let the reception team know that this is what you need in order that they can make a longer appointment for you.

Cervical smears are given to women aged 25 and over every 3 years then every 5 years to women aged over 50. We will send out automatic reminders to our registered patients.

Immunisations

It is very important to make sure that children continue to be protected from infections such as measles, mumps and rubella. Immunisations are carried out by the practice nurse and reception can provide information regarding the correct age to administer different childhood immunisations. Make sure your child remains protected.

Information

We have a wide selection of booklets available for your information.

If you can’t find what you’re looking for, please ask at reception or our nurse team and they will try and help you.

Phlebotomy Services

Maple Surgery offer Phlebotomy services to our patients, however we do not offer this to any patients under the age of 14. If a blood test is required, we will advise you how to book this test at the local hospital. Thank you

Physiotherapy Self Referral & Social Prescribing

Wellbeing self referral

Physiotherapy Self Referral – DynamicHealth

We have changed our self-referral route. This means, one route – one form – one number.

https://www.eoemskservice.nhs.uk/physiotherapy-self-referral

Social Prescribing

As part of our team, we have a Social Prescriber / Link Worker.

Many things in life can affect your health and wellbeing. Many people visit our team feeling isolated, lonely or worried about work, housing, money, being a carer or other matters that affect us day to day.

These are things that cannot be fixed by doctors or medicine alone.

Social Prescribing offers the kind of help that doesn’t come in a tube or bottle. The support is there to help connect you to local community services and support networks to help you have more control over your health and wellbeing.

It is focussed on what is important to YOU.

Taking the first step

Social Prescribing can help in many ways, and it usually starts with a conversation. Your Doctor or Nurse may make an introduction for you, or you may contact our Social Prescriber direct.

Our Social Prescriber will then get in touch, and will listen to you, and understand what is important to you. They will work with you to help you:

• Develop goals to improve your health and wellbeing
• Find and use services and groups with the local community
• Connect with other support in your community or national organisations

There are many groups and activities that can help you achieve your goals and your health and wellbeing.

Introductions

Our Social Prescriber can signpost you to support in the community, and nationally, in areas such as:

• Housing, benefits assistance and finance
• Art and creative activities
• Exercise – this comes in many types from dance, walking, running, gyms, chair-based exercises and many more!
• Training, re-training, employment and volunteering
• Other activities – gardening, singing, social groups, health specific support groups, reading and many more!
• Counselling and therapy groups

The support offered is tailored depending on your goals. You may only need to speak with our Social Prescriber once to help you achieve your goals. In other circumstances, you may need more support. Usually, this will be around 6 or 7 contacts.

Appointments with our Social Prescriber vary in time from 15 mins to 1.5 hours, depending on the support you need.

For more information about Social Prescribing, please click HERE.

Please speak to your GP or a member of the team about how to access Social Prescribing.

Travel Health

From January 2024 we are we are reinstating offering travel vaccinations at Maple surgery. We will only offer our patients NHS travel vaccinations at this time.

These are;

• Polio (given as Td/IPV)
• Tetanus
• Typhoid
• Hepatitis A
• Cholera

Patients are advised to contact the surgery and book an initial telephone travel consultation with one of our nurses. We will then discuss your travel needs and make any recommendations /book you an appointment if required. Please arrange an appointment for a travel consultation at least 6-8 weeks before departure. You will be sent a questionnaire prior to your telephone appointment. Please note that we will not carry out the consultation if this questionnaire has not been completed.

Vaccines need time to take effect and some may require a course over several weeks. Patients are advised that bookings for travel vaccinations are limited therefore please book well in advance.

If you require other travel vaccinations we would recommend that you access these at any private travel clinic.