The first seven days of an illness require a self-certificate only, obtainable from your employer.
Thereafter your clinician will provide certification as appropriate.
Repeat Med 3 certificates can be obtained without seeing a clinician, these can be requested via telephone or by submitting a request via PATCHs. Please use the link below.
Any samples requested should be handed into reception before 2.00pm at Wellington House, 1.00pm Bond Street Monday to Friday for collection by the courier service to the hospital.
Samples need to be clearly marked with the name and date of birth of the person who produced the sample.
Home visits are made to those who are too ill to attend the surgery.
Whenever possible these should be requested before 11.30am.
Although a traditional part of general practice, they are very time-consuming.
We adopt a policy of encouraging attendance at the surgery unless you feel this would seriously aggravate your own/others’ health condition.
When a visit is requested the receptionist will ask the nature of the illness.
This helps the clinicians to plan the order of visits appropriately.
A clinicians ability to assess and treat patients in their own home is often hindered by the lack of facilities that are normally available in the surgery.
The number of patients that a doctor can see and treat in their own homes in one day is restricted because of the travelling time involved, it makes sense for the patient to come to the surgery.
Visiting is not usually required for common symptoms of childhood such as fevers, cold, cough, earache, headache, diarrhoea/vomiting and most cases of abdominal pain.
It is perfectly safe to take a child out with a fever.
Car transport is sensible and is always available from friends, relatives or taxi firms.
It is not the responsibility of the doctor to arrange transport to the surgery.
Adults with common problems of cough, sore throat, flu, back pain and abdominal pain should also not require home visiting.
Home visits are made at the discretion of the doctor.
These are provided by arrangement and for an appropriate fee as recommended by the BMA.
Please be advised that due pressures on the surgery to provide NHS commissioned work, private work such as reports and private medicals may take longer to accommodate, wherever possible we complete this work within 40 working days.
Smoking cessation advise is no longer provided in house. Any patients wishing to engage with stop smoking services should engage with the Kirklees Wellness Service. Please see the link below for further information or to self refer.
If you require support, you can contact the surgery to book an appointment with on of the practice clinicians.
| Support Lines in our area | BPAS 0345 730 4032 |
| Marie Stopes | 0345 300 8090 |
Flu, Pneumococcal, Shingles and RSV injections are provided to “at risk” patients, if you wish to receive any of these vaccinations please inquire regarding your eligibility at reception.
Pertussis and RSV vaccines are provided to Pregnant patients who wish to be vaccinated as part of the national campaign.
Our practice nurses are able to give advice and provide the required travel immunisations for those patients looking to travel away from home.
Contraceptive services can be provided by the practice for both Oral and injectable contraceptive measures.
Unfortunately, at present we do not currently provide long acting contraceptives such as coil or implant fitting, if you wish to discuss this form of contraception, services can be found via Locala sexual health, please see the link below.
We advise all women up to the age of 65 to have a regular cervical smear test performed by the practice nurse.
You will receive a notification via the Cervical Screening Administration Service when you are due, this invite will either be received via Post or your NHS app.
Please note, we do not routinely offer smears to patients who have not received and invite via the screening service.
Patients can contact the surgery and be directed to a First Contact Physio for any MSK related issues which have a recent onset, without a prior diagnosis or currently under treatment. You do not need to see a GP prior to this appointment being arranged. Appointments are available within the same week. You do not need to contact the surgery at 8.00am for this appointment.