Clinics

Clinics                                              Run by

Asthma Clinic                                Julie Wilks

Children’s Vaccinations                 Practice Nurse

Chronic Obstructive                       Julie Wilks

Pulmonary Disease                        

Coil/Implanon                                 Directed to Sexual Health Clinic

Cryotherapy                                   Dr Ahmad, Dr Modan, Dr Pillai

Diabetic Clinic                                Diabetic Nurse Hilary Stiff

Hypertension                                  Health Care Assistants

Ischemic Heart Disease                 Dr Pillai

Minor Surgery                                 Dr Modan

Smear Clinic                                   Nurse Hilary Stiff 

Travel Clinic                                    Nurse Hilary Stiff  

Travel Immunisations

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements.  This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.  There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Carribean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible  - at least 6 weeks before you travel - as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations.  These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine.  Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge.  This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.

Travel Health Questionnaire and Vaccination Fees

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form before coming to see the nurse.

Travel Questionnaire

Fees

Certain services provided by your doctor are not covered by the NHS and you may be asked to pay a fee, e.g., pre-employment medicals, private certificates, insurance claims and some holiday vaccinations etc. Please ask the receptionist for details.

Due to NHS changes on how payments are made to dispensing practices, Riverside Surgery is VAT registered from 01 April 2006. This will affect some fees for non-NHS services.

Please note that Riverside Surgery only accept cash payments for all services provided which incur a charge.

Fees and Charges

As a patient you have the right to request access to your medical record.

Online access to your GP records is free of charge - please see our 'Patient Online Access' page.

You can also either request an appointment to view the electronic record held by the surgery or request paper copies of your medical record.

You will only be charged if the subject access request is 'manifestly unfounded or excessive'.  In this case you may be charged a 'reasonable fee' based on administrative costs of providing the information.  If this is the case, you will be given an explanation and given the information to complain to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO).

All requests are received by our Care Navigator Team Leader and processed accordingly.

If you would like to gain access to your medical record you should complete the following form (or ask for one at reception) and forward this for the attention of Care Navigator Team Leader, Riverside Surgery who will then contact you by telephone to discuss the process with you.

Application for Access to Health Records