We offer a range of clinics and services at the surgery. There are some tasks you can do, such as health reviews, using the service PATCHS, or our online forms.
- Immunisations, childhood immunisations
- Foreign travel advice and immunisations
- Private medicals – our GP’s are able to carry out medical reports and reviews, taxi/HGV/insurance
- Smoking cessation – any patient who is a smoker and ready to stop smoking will be seen by one of our practice nurses. Offered treatment/ referral or both
- Respiratory clinic – as part of chronic disease management we run Asthma and COPD review clinics. The practice has facilities for and spirometry / lung function testing
- Diabetic clinic – we provide a diabetes appointment each week to provide ongoing care for our diabetic patients and run by trained nurses and supervised by GP’s
- Family planning services – our family planning service is run by our doctors and the nurses who are able to provide all contraceptive advice
- Flu vaccination – at the Centre we offer ‘at risk’ groups the flu vaccine at a certain time each year to protect you against the flu virus
- Phlebotomy – the practice offer weekly clinics for blood tests. But we also endeavour to provide our elderly and debilitated bloods during other days. The weekly service is for all patients in St Helens
- Midwifery – the community midwives hold their own clinics at the practice once a week for our patients. They supervise antenatal/ immediate postnatal care, undertake deliveries in hospital and at home where appropriate
- Cryotherapy – can be carried out by most of our doctors
- Joint injections
- Well person checks – these can be carried out with any practice nurse
- ECG monitoring – we have an functioning ECG machine in the practice And we have a link with a Manchester service wherein we get an electronic, reported with 10 minutes
- Cervical screening – our nurses are qualified to carry out cervical screening and tests in the form of cervical smears
- Child development clinics – these are run by Dr Chopra, but are now also being provided other GP’s now.
- Heath visitor – they also provide child development clinics doing their end of the assessments
- Dementia screening – this is provided by a software on a dedicated iPad provided specifically for this purpose
- Wound dressings – our practice nurses provide basic wound care
- 24 Hr BP Monitoring – we have a 24 hr ambulatory BP monitor and software
in house clinics - Podiatry – we have in house podiatry for our patients and for patients across St Helen
- ENT – the surgery has a dedicated ENT suite where twice weekly ENT outpatients clinics are carried out for patients from St Helens
The practice nurses
Chantell Langley and Alison Lomax are available by appointment for surgery or phone consultations, Monday to Friday.
They hold various clinics including
- Diabetic clinics
- Asthma/COPD clinics
- Hypertension clinics
- Heart disease clinics
- Well person clinics
- Health check
They are also happy to see patients for:
- Cervical smears and family planning
- Travel advice – vaccinations, medication and travel advice
- Minor illness’s
- Blood pressure monitoring
- Childhood vaccinations
- Blood tests
Maternity care
The antenatal clinic is held every Thursday between 9:15am and 11am by appointment.
Minor surgery
The doctor will undertake minor surgical procedures. Each individual case should be discussed with the doctor, following this an appointment will be offered. Please make an appointment at reception for minor surgery.
Health check
Everyone between the ages of 40 and 74, and do not suffer from heart disease, stroke, diabetes or kidney disease, will be invited for a check once every five years. If you are outside the age range and concerned about your health you should contact us.
Chiropody clinic
Community clinics are held at the surgery on a Tuesday morning and all appointments are initially via a GP referral. Appointments are arranged via the chiropody department at Whiston, phone number 0151 290 2000. If you have any queries regarding an appointment please contact the department direct.
Travel vaccinations
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.
Are you a carer?
If you care for or provide help and support to someone in your family, a friend or a neighbour who could not manage without your help, then you are a carer. The help needed may be due to frailty, illness, learning or physical disability, sensory impairment or mental illness.
We have a Carers notice board in reception with up to date information from the carers centre. We also have a carers champion who should be able to deal with any help or questions you may have.
If you are a carer, or you have a carer, then please let us know so that you can receive appropriate support from the surgery. You can do so by using our Register a carer form.
You can find a range of local St Helens services available to you in our wellbeing section.