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Practice Nurse can help you with:

As well as most of the procedures outlined below

Assistant Practitioner Lisa Smith can help you with:

Phlebotomy Clinics

We offer pre-bookable appointments with the phlebotomist for blood testing.
Appointments can be booked via our app "ask First" details on home page.

Travel Vaccinations

Please search your destination:www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk/home 

Then please e-mail swlicb.twickenhamparksurgery@nhs.net us a list of vaccinations needed for your destination, we will compare these to vaccinations you have already had and then call to book you in for the remainder.

Please allow plenty of time before your departure as you may need a course of vaccinations and they are not immediately effective. Where we are not funded by the NHS for travel vaccinations, charges will be made and again details are displayed in the waiting room.

Non-NHS Services

We are covered by the NHS for the vast majority of our services but our patients and various bodies representing them ask us to undertake certain non NHS work such as claim forms, insurance reports, letters, certificates, etc. We endeavour to meet their demands but charge fees for such work since it places an additional workload on our clinicians and staff. We display a poster in the waiting room outlining our charges. NHS clinical work has to take priority so it is not always possible to respond quickly.

We now accept, Visa, Vpay, Mastercard and Maestro.

Private Patients

We are happy to see those who are not eligible for NHS care as a private patients.

Medical Certificates

Illnesses lasting 7 days or less do not require a doctor's certificate. You can complete a self certification form (SC2) which should be available from your employer or you can download one from the HMRC website.

If your employer or insurance scheme require a doctor's certificate to cover the first week of illness, we can issue a private certificate, for which there will be a charge.

If you require a sick note for an illness which lasts more than a week a "Statement of Fitness for Work" can be issued by your doctor free of charge. 

If you have been seen by a GP for this condition please e-mail us your request for a MED3. If you have not been seen, please call us on 0208 892 1991 to book an appointment. 

Pharmacy First - Advice and Treatment

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Advice and Treatment

Pharmacists can give you advice on a range of conditions and suggest medicines that can help. They may also be able to offer treatment and some prescription medicine for some conditions, without you needing to see a GP (this is called Pharmacy First).

Conditions they can treat as part of Pharmacy First are:

• Earache (aged 1 to 17 years)
• Impetigo (aged 1 year and over) - a contagious skin infection
• Infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over)
• Shingles (aged 18 years and over) - infection that causes a painful rash
• Sinusitis (aged 12 years and over) - infection of the sinuses (behind the forehead, cheeks, and nose)
• Sore throat (aged 5 years and over)
• Urinary tract infections or UTIs (women aged 16 to 64 years)

Click here to fill in an assessment and self-refer online if you have one of these conditions, or you can walk into your local pharmacy.

The pharmacist will offer you advice, treatment, or refer you to a GP or another healthcare professional if needed. Pharmacies will update your GP health record.

If you are not within these age ranges, a pharmacist can still offer advice, but you may need to see a GP for treatment.

Please note: On weekends, online self-referral may take longer as the practice is closed and will not look at your assessment till we are open. For quicker response, please walk into your local pharmacy.

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Getting the Contraceptive Pill Without a Prescription

You may be able to get the contraceptive pill from a pharmacy if you need to:

• Start the contraceptive pill for the first time
• Take the contraceptive pill again after a break from using it

If you already have a prescription for the contraceptive pill, you can use the prescription as usual. Or you can get the pill from a pharmacy without a prescription if you prefer.

Find a pharmacy that offers the contraceptive pill without a prescription

Get a Free Blood Pressure Check

You can get a free blood pressure check at a pharmacy without seeing a GP, if you:

• Are aged 40 or over
• Live in England

You cannot get a free blood pressure check if you:

• Already have high blood pressure
• Have had your blood pressure checked by a healthcare professional in the past 6 months

Click here to find a pharmacy that offers free blood pressure checks.

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