Clinics & Services

Chronic Disease Management

The Practice offers the following clinics for patients suffering from:

• Prediabetes (Borderline Diabetes)
• Asthma
• COPD 
  • Respiratory Treatment
  • Pulmonary rehabilitation information
  • Download the exercise handbook
  • Inhaler Technique Videos
• Coronary Heart Disease
• Type 2 Diabetes
• Diagnostic Spirometry

Keeping Healthy

The Practice offers the following Clinics to help keep you healthy:

• NHS Screening
• How healthy is your heart?
• NHS Mental Health Apps
• Cervical Smear Tests
• Flu and Shingles Immunisations
• Healthy Lifestyle
• Home Blood Pressure Monitoring
  • Click here to submit your Home Blood Pressure readings.
  • Click here for guidance on taking Your Blood Pressure at Home.
• Warfarin Monitoring
• Migraine Diary
• Oxford Hip Score
• Smoking Cessation – ONEYOU Smoking Cessation service:
  Patient visit their website, download the App or call the National Smokefree Helpline on 0300 123 1044

Sexual Health & Family Planning

The Practice offers the following Clinics covering Sexual Health and Family Planning:

• Chlamydia Screening
• Contraception
• Family Planning
• Sexual Health

Ultrasound Scans Service

An Ultrasound Service is provided at the Market Deeping surgery by Mediscan Diagnostic Services, who are an accredited AQP (Any Qualifi­ed Provider) and provider of ultrasound diagnostic services nationally commissioned by CCG’s.

As part of the CQC (Care Quality Commission) NHS initiative, they enhance the service offered by the practices, accelerating patient diagnosis and the quality of care.

Their clinics are led by consultant Radiologists who are always present with a Health Care Assistant.

They provide Ultrasounds Services for:

• Abdominal (Liver, Gall bladder, Pancreas, Spleen, Kidneys).
• KUB (Kidneys, Bladder, Prostate).
• Pelvic (Transvaginal and Trans-abdominal).
• Musculoskeletal (Shoulder, Knee, Achilles, Foot).
• Lumps and Bumps.
• Testes and Small Parts.
• Aorta.
• Neck.

Pregnancy

Since the 25th January 2016, the Peterborough Maternity Services became a paperless process.

This means that you will now need to register your pregnancy online at the Peterborough and Stamford hospital portal and complete the Maternity Self-Referral Form .

The Maternity Self-Referral Form must be completed and submitted in order for your notes to be created and passed to the practice electronically; you will no longer be given a Pregnancy Pack.

Once you have submitted your form online you will then need to contact the Community Clerk at Health Centre in Bourne on 01778 394185 who will arrange an appointment with one of our Midwives.  This appointment can take up to one and a half hours.

Please note, that in accordance with NICE guidelines all pregnant women are advised to take Folic Acid and Vitamin D supplements which are available from Pharmacies and all major Supermarkets.

Baby Clinic

The Practice holds a Baby Clinic every Tuesday as follows:

• 11:00 – 12:30 for Immunisations
• 14:30 – 15:30 for Immunisations

You can see the nurse for immunisations.

This is a well-baby clinic and children who are unwell should see the doctor at a different appointment rather than come to this clinic. They will not be able to see a doctor for their illness at this clinic.

Unfortunately, the community health visitors are no longer able to offer Baby Weighing appointment although your baby will still be weighted during the normal reviews.

Childhood Immunisations

One of the most important things that a parent can do for their child is to make sure that they have all their routine childhood vaccinations. It’s the most effective way of keeping them protected against infectious diseases.

Ideally, children should have their jabs at the right age to protect them as early as possible and minimise the risk of infection.

Find out which jabs your child needs, when they need them, and what the benefits of each jab are.

Please call the surgery to make an appointment.

For more information please visit the websites below:

• Your Baby’s Routine Checks and Vaccinations – NHS Choices
• The NHS Vaccination Schedule – NHS Choices

Other Services

The Practice offers the services and Clinics listed below:

• Occupational Hepatitis B vaccination (Hep B)
  • Employer Occupational Hepatitis B Letter
  • Employer Occupational Hepatitis B Request Form
  • Patient Occupational Hepatitis B Letter
  • Patient Occupational Hepatitis B Request Form
• Minor Surgery
• Steroid Joint Injections
• Electrocardiogram (ECG)
• Enhanced Service for Minor Injuries
• Blood, urine and other tests
• Urinary Incontinence
  • Pelvic Floor Exercises
• Ring pessary changes
• Health promotion and advice
• Nutritional advice
• Wound care, advice and dressings
  • Caring for Surgical Wounds at Home
• Community Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Service
• Community Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Service
• Community Podiatry Service
• Community Leg Ulcer Management
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme