Clinics & Services

Clinics we offer

First Contact Physiotherapist

On a Tuesday, Thursday afternoon and a Friday, we can offer appointments with a First Contact Physiotherpist to help with various problems.   You do not need to be referred by a GP, you are able to self refer.   Contact our reception team if you would like to book an appointment.

Minor Surgery

Surgical procedures not requiring hospital facilities (e.g. removal of moles and lumps) may be undertaken at the surgery.

Please discuss with your doctor.

Pregnancy Services

Our GP’s, along with midwife, provide pre-conception, antenatal, and post-natal care.  If you are newly pregnant you can find more information and register on the bager app  by clicking here.

Family Planning/Contraception

Appointments for contraceptive advice including the fitting of diaphragms and coils and reviews of the contraceptive pill are available. We offer a full range of Long Acting methods of contraception, including implants, injections and coils.

We also offer an accessible and confidential emergency contraception service. Please ring reception for an appointment.

Travel Advice

Our Practice Nurse offers vaccinations for foreign travel. This is strictly on an appointment-only basis.  Where possible we recommend that you plan ahead and seek advice, this must be done at a travel clinic prior to booking your vaccination appointments with the nurse.   Please ensure that this is done at least one month before travel (two months if taking a prolonged trip or visiting many countries e.g. gap year).  The reason for this is that most vaccines take seven to ten days to be fully effective and you may need more than one visit to the surgery to complete your course of injections.

The travel clinic will give you printed evidence of what vaccinations you require, which will need to be handed in or emailed to the surgery to enable us to administer them.  When booking your appointment please also advise the receptionist which vaccinations you require.

We recommend checking the Travel Health Pro website for up to date information on risks and recommended vaccinations.

NB: Not all vaccinations are covered by the NHS. You will be advised to visit a private travel clinic for some vaccines not available on the NHS.  We offer different appointment times throughout the week, but if we cannot meet your requirements there are private clinics you can arrange appointments to have this service carried out.

Many of the routine vaccines are readily available and free of charge at the surgery.

We cannot provide the following vaccines here:

  • Rabies
  • Japanese Encephalitis
  • Yellow Fever
  • Cholera
  • Hepatitis B unless you also need Hepatitis A and have the combined vaccine.

Other Services

Chiropody Service – this service is available at Oaklands Health Centre. Appointments are available Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 9:00AM-15:00PM and Thursday and Friday 9:00AM-12:00PM. Please ring 01661 832872.

Dietician – available at the practice; please discuss with your doctor or practice nurse.

Exercise on Referral scheme – this is provided by Tynedale Healthy Life following referral from your doctor or practice nurse. This is a programme designed to help you back into regular exercise to improve your health.

Practice Counsellor – available at the practice; please discuss with your doctor or practice nurse.

District Nurses – based at Oaklands Medical Centre, the District nurses support our GP surgeries carrying out home visits for patients registered as home bound.   If you have recently had surgery they run Post Operative Wound Care and Wound assessments during the week where they can change dressings, remove stitches.  They run bookable clinics throughout  the week.  They can be contacted on 01661 831439.