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Important Notice

If you or a family member have flown back from China in the last 2 weeks, and you feel unwell with flu-like symptoms, shortness of breath/breathing difficulties and/or diarrhoea, PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND THE SURGERY. Please stay at home and call us on 01279 842242, tell the Receptionist you have recently returned from China and a GP will call you with further instructions.

The dispensary will be closed on Thursdays at 2pm from 30^th January for staff training. This is an interim measure and we hope to resume full service by end of March.

There is a new dispensary email address for ordering your repeat medication:

muchhadham.pharmacy@nhs.net

Please update your records ASAP from the much.hadham@nhs.net email address as this will only be used for clinical correspondence in the future. Thank you

Clinics & Services

Test Results

NHS Health Checks

Learning Disabilities Check-up

Stop Smoking

Travel Vaccinations

Nurse Practitioner

The Nurse Practitioner has appoi tments at the following times

Mon 08.30-12.00 14.00-15.30

Tue 08.35-12.30* 14.00-15.30 (*alternate morning surgery at Hunsdon branch site)

Wed 11.00-14.00

Fri 08.30-12.00 14.00-15.30

She can see patients aged 2 years onwards with the following Minor Illnesses and prescribe when necessary-

Earache Abdominal pain Sinusitis Sore throat Cystitis Eczema Thrush

Sickness Diarrhoea Conjunctivitis Tonsillitis Chest Infections Skin problems

General Nursing Clinics

vaccination4 Monday to Friday 08:30-12:00 & 14:30-18:30

Our nurses are qualified in

Family Planning
Asthma
Smear taking
Well Woman Screening
Diabetes Care
Health Promotion
Stop Smoking

The nurses can discuss general health problems, give health education advice, vaccinations, some travel immunisations & perform general nursing procedures including ear syringing.

Diabetic Clinic

Alternate Mondays 09:00 - 15:00

Asthma Clinic

by appointment

Family Planning

by appointment

Travel Clinic (Limited)

by appointment

Doctors Clinics

In addition to General Surgeries, the Doctors provide a range of other medical services, including minor operative procedures Medicals etc.

Ante-Natal Care

The Doctors & Midwife hold ante-natal clinics on a shared care basis. Please contact Reception to make a booking appointment with our Midwife if you discover you are pregnant, or call Maternity Reception at QEII Hospital. To speak to the duty midwife on 01707 365159 for general advice/guidance.

Ante-Natal Clinic

pregnant_12 Midwife: Monday 09:00-12:00

Family Planning

Contraception advice by appointment with the nurse. Emergency contraception is also available. All family planning advice & treatment is, of course, confidential at any age.

Cervical Smears

By appointment with Practice Nurses.

Child Health Clinics

For child health surveillance (well children only please). Run by & details from:

The Health Visitors: 01279 722694
open surgery Thursday 13.30-15.00
Child immunisations by appointment with the practice nurses

Private Medical Examinations

(e.g. Insurance, Pre-employment, H.G.V. & elderly driving medicals) are by appointment only. These appointments will normally be for one-hour. If the appointment involves an eye test you will have to bring with you the eye test results from the optician. The BMA recommended fee will be charged. As this is a private, non-NHS service an appointment will be offered at the doctors earliest time

Test Results

test_results6 Please call between 09:30am and 4.30pm to enquire about your test results as our reception staff will have more time to deal with your request between these times.

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.

NHS Health Checks

http://www.healthcheck.nhs.uk

Learning Disabilities Health Check

People with learning disabilities have poorer physical and mental health than other people and die younger. Many of these deaths are avoidable and not inevitable. Doing annual health checks can identify undetected health conditions early, ensure the appropriateness of ongoing treatments and establish trust and continuity of care.

For more information please follow the link:

https://www.mencap.org.uk/advice-and-support/health/dont-miss-out/dont-miss-out-annual-health-checks

Stop Smoking

Please click on the link below for more information

www.hertsdirect.org/stopsmoking

TRAVEL ENQUIRIES

For ALL TRAVEL ENQUIRIES, please contact a TRAVEL HEALTH CLINIC such as Nomad or Boots who can offer FREE CONSULTATIONS and comprehensive advice on travel health from specially trained nurses.

If any of the following are advised by the travel clinic, they are available free on the NHS and can be given at the surgery. An appointment will need to be made with the Practice Nurse.

Hepatitis A
Typhoid
Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio

If you are advised you need Malaria tablets we can also arrange for them on a private prescription should you be advised that you require them.

We can provide you with a printout of your electronically held immunisation history. If you feel that the records we hold are incomplete please let us know.