Clinics & Services
Family Planning
The practice offers confidential advice and service covering all family planning care, including fitting of caps and coils (IUCDs) and implant contraceptives. Morning after pill service is provided from all our surgeries and from Withernsea Hospital.
Maternity Care
All doctors provide maternity care in co-operation with the community midwives and health visitors. Various options for maternity care are available; you may wish to discuss these with your doctor or midwife. Always bring a urine sample in a clean bottle to the clinic.
Smear Tests
Smear tests for women are intended to detect changes before cancer develops in the cervix (neck of the womb). The changes can be treated and cancer prevented. We recommend that all women between the ages of 25 – 65 should have regular smear tests unless advised to the contrary by the doctor. The practice nurse carries out smears.
A reminder is sent when your smear is due. If you wish to be excluded from the cervical smear screening programme, please come and discuss it with the practice nurse. Please do not just ignore the letter. If you still wish to be excluded from the screening programme you will be asked to sign a form to inform the health authority of your wish. The smear result will be posted to you directly.
Minor Surgery
Minor operations are offered by arrangement with your own doctor. For legal reasons, an adult must accompany anyone under 16. You will be asked to sign a consent form.
Childhood Vaccination Clinics
These are held every Thursday at 2.00pm at St Nicholas' Surgery. For your convenience, practice nurses will give childhood vaccinations at any of their general clinics at all our surgeries. You can get information on the childhood vaccination schedule in the health & lifestyle section on this webpage.
Child Health Surveillance
All babies registered with the practice will receive an appointment by post to see a doctor shortly after the age of six weeks. The health visitor will carry out other child health surveillance on the basis of need. The doctor will see children at the request of the health visitor or parents should a developmental concern arise.
Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy clinics are held at St Nicholas' Surgery for the treatment of warts etc, you must see a doctor first for an appointment.
Diabetic Clinics
Diabetic clinics are held at all surgeries. Sister Lorimer, Sister Moss, Sister Smith and Mrs Jane Guest, dietician, run them. Diabetic patients are invited to attend for regular check-ups. It is important to attend for monitoring, advice and support. Practice nurses are always available for additional advice.
Once a year diabetic patients are invited to attend the retinal camera screening. This is extremely important to prevent visual impairment and blindness. It is important that you attend the clinic even if you are seeing your own doctor regularly.
Asthma Clinics
Asthmatics are invited to attend the clinic once a year for assessment and adjustment to your treatment. It is important that you attend the clinic even if you are seeing your own doctor regularly.
COPD Clinics (Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis)
Patients suffering from COPD are invited to attend the clinic once a year for assessment and adjustment to your treatment. Lung function tests (spirometry) are done at regular intervals. It is important that you attend the clinic even if you are seeing your own doctor regularly. Please remember to bring all your inhalers with you.
Chronic Disease Management (CDM)
The surgery provides a number of additional CDM clinics e.g. coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension, epilepsy and mental health reviews. Patients will be invited to attend. It is important that you attend the clinic even if you are seeing your own doctor regularly or attending hospital.
Health Checks
If you are not on a regular review and would like a health check, please book an appointment with the health care assistant.