You may see a member of our nursing team by appointment – they offer treatment advice on a wide range of services including:

• Smear tests
• Ear syringing (suspended during COVID)
• Wound dressing and suture removal
• Dietary and lifestyle advice
• Blood pressure testing (during COVID please submit your own results)
• Immunisation and vaccination – child/adult

All women aged 25 to 64 are offered a cervical smear test as part of the national cervical screening programme every 3 years from age 25-49 and every 5 years from age 50-64. Please note you will be invited by the screening programme and we can not take a smear without this invitation.

You can book a telephone appointment with our Practice nurse. Alternatively, you can visit one of the local Pharmacies who offer private consultations, and speak with the Pharmacist, especially if you are in need of Emergency Contraception (Morning After Pill).

Update from Bracknell Forest Council

If you require a clinical waste collection, please make sure you are registered by email, rather than a letter through the post.

Clinical Waste registration form

The template for letters of authorisation will still need to be filled out with the details of the resident. However, we ask that the letter is filled out electronically and attached to an email alongside of a brief explanation as to why the resident requires a clinical waste collection.

Please note that incontinence pads, sanitary materials, disposable nappies and dressings from non-infectious wounds are not regarded as clinical waste and can be placed in the green domestic refuse bin as general waste. If you require a second green domestic refuse bin for this waste you can apply for one online https://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling/forms/make-green-bin-enquiry or by calling customer services on 01344 352000.

Please check this link for self-help for children and young people.

Most young people will talk to parents about health and illness, but for some teenage issues like feeling depressed, contraception or bullying, they may decide to go and talk to a doctor or nurse in confidence. Sometimes this happens because it is just too embarrassing to talk to parents about sensitive and personal matters.

All children, even those under 16, can make an appointment to see their doctor or nurse without their parents’ knowledge or consent. The doctor or nurse will keep this appointment confidential as long as they are satisfied that the young person understands what is going on. There may be occasions, such as sexual or drug abuse, where the doctor is unable to keep information confidential, but they will always discuss this first and act in the best interests of the young person.

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you will need to make an appointment with a nurse. This initial appointment must be at least 6 weeks before you travel.

Before attending your first appointment, please complete this Travel Questionnaire and submit it.

The NHS does not pay for all of the services we provide, so patients may be required to pay for some of these services. Our fees are in line with BMA approved national guidelines.

• Menopause advice
• Child health surveillance
• Ante natal care
• Phlebotomy
• Family planning
• Minor surgery
• Diabetes clinic
• Respiratory clinics
• Flu And Pneumonia Injection Clinics

These are held each year, usually between September and March. These injections provide valuable protection against flu in at risk patients, such as patients with heart, lung and kidney problems, diabetics and the elderly.

The pneumonia injection is currently recommended for over 65s and younger people with certain medical conditions who are at risk.

The Department of Health states that we are not able to provide flu or pneumonia vaccination for our patients who do not fall into the above categories, but we will be able to advise you on where you will be able to obtain the vaccination.