We offer a range of services including the below. For more information, please visit our Health Review and Assessment Clinic.

Nurse Run Clinics

Appointments are available all day Monday – Friday between 08:30 and 17:15.

Asthma Clinic

We have a specialist asthma nurse, a specialist COPD nurse and a respiratory specialist who hold regular asthma clinics at the surgery – they will make sure that your treatment is the most suitable for you. You will be able to ask questions about asthma/COPD and/or your medication and to find out what you can do to help keep your asthma well controlled.

If you have been advised by the surgery to submit an annual review of your asthma symptoms, please complete our Asthma Review triage.

If you have been advised by the surgery to submit a COPD assessment, please complete our COPD Assessment.

Diabetic Clinic

These nurse-led clinics are held at least twice during the week. Diabetic patients are entered into a recall system and will receive an invite to be seen either 6 monthly or yearly.

Travel Clinic

If you are travelling to one country for no longer than one month, please complete our Travel Risk Assessment form. Once completed the nurse will look at your requirements for travel to that country. We ask that you call us 4 to 5 days after handing the forms back to make a suitable appointment time for your vaccinations.

If you are travelling to more than one country or are going for longer than one month, please make an appointment with a specialist travel clinic, for example The Hampshire travel clinic in Emsworth or GoGlobal vaccinations in Chandlers Ford. Advice can also be found on the NaTHNac website.

Additional Services and Clinics

To save patients travelling off the island we are able to offer the services of a female doctor who visits our practice weekly and who is available for consultations. Please ask for an appointment at reception.

Postnatal checks

Postnatal appointments at offered at 6 weeks when you and your baby will be seen by your doctor.

Appointments can be made via reception.

Minor Procedures

Some minor procedures can be arranged at the surgery after initial consultation with your doctor e.g. injection of joints.

Practice Blood Tests

• Please call 023 9246 6216 Monday to Friday to book an appointment. You will be asked if the test is fasting or non-fasting. If you are unsure then please let the team know so they can find out for you.
• The clinics will run at Hayling Island Health Centre, Monday to Friday (appointment only – no walk in patients).
• Please do not forget to bring your blood test request form (if this has been given to you) as this is what is needed to advise the phlebotomist as to what tests you need.

If you have any questions, then please do not hesitate to contact the reception team.

Hospital Blood Taking Service

For children aged 0-13, the children’s blood taking service at Queen Alexandra Hospital is an appointment only service. Please telephone 07707296876, Monday to Friday 09:00 – 16:00.

For aged 14 and above, please make an appointment using the adult blood taking service by calling 07546760609, Monday to Friday – 07:45 – 16:30.

Immunisations

Many potentially fatal childhood diseases have been virtually eradicated in the UK due the availability of vaccinations. It is very important that babies and children are fully immunised. Reminders are sent out by the health authority and appointments can be made via our reception. Tetanus infection may develop in wounds picked up in a garden or street. We recommend that everyone has a booster every 10 years.

Childhood Immunisation

The practice follows the national policy for childhood immunisation. Further information can be found on the NHS Immunisation Schedule website.

Flu injections

This is carried out on a yearly basis, usually in the autumn. The flu vaccination is safe and effective. It’s offered every year through the NHS to help protect people at risk of getting seriously ill from flu.

Who can have the flu vaccine?

The flu vaccine is given free on the NHS to adults who:

• are 65 and over (including those who will be 65 by 31 March 2023)
• have certain health conditions
• are pregnant
• are in long-stay residential care
• receive a carer’s allowance, or are the main carer for an older or disabled person who may be at risk if you get sick
• live with someone who is more likely to get a severe infection due to a weakened immune system, such as someone living with HIV, someone who has had a transplant, or is having certain treatments for cancer, lupus or rheumatoid arthritis
• are frontline health workers
• are social care workers who cannot get the vaccine through an occupational health scheme at work.

Pneumonia vaccinations

An effective immunisation now exists for any type of pneumonia and is recommended for patients over the age of 65 or those with certain underlying health conditions. The pneumococcal vaccine protects against serious and potentially fatal pneumococcal infections. One injection is usually enough for life, or in some cases it is given every 5 years. It is especially recommended for those who have had their spleen removed by surgery, have kidney or immune problems or diabetes.

Shingles vaccinations

A vaccine to prevent shingles, a common, painful skin disease, is available on the NHS to people in their 70s.

The shingles vaccine is given as an injection into the upper arm. Unlike the flu vaccine, you’ll only need to have the vaccination once and you can have it at any time of the year.

Most people will only need 1 dose, but some people who cannot have the routine vaccine for health reasons will need 2 doses.

The shingles vaccine is expected to reduce your risk of getting shingles. If you do go on to have the disease, your symptoms may be milder and the illness shorter.

X-Rays

If your doctor has given you a form for an X-ray this will usually be done at the Care UK facility in Havant.

The address and opening times are on the form given to you.

A report is sent to your doctor within 10 days or so of your X-ray being taken.