Services

Booster jabs are required between 13 and 18 years. You can also see our practice nurse for a general health check and other health matters and advice. Chlamydia screening is a simple and fully confidential urine test for under 25s. Do ask your GP or nurse.

Health Visiting teams provide health advice, developmental assessments, support and assistance to families with a variety of parenting issues.

The Health Visiting Service aims to visit families at home antenatally and then 11 to 14 days after the birth of your baby.

There are Health Visitors based at the Adelaide Health Centre. Ask at reception for more information.

It is very important to make sure your children are protected. Immunisations are offered at the surgery by a nurse. You will be invited to the surgery for your child's routine immunisations.

However, if the time given to you does not suit or you would like more information, please call 023 8058 5858 to rearrange your appointment. Please make sure you bring your red baby book along with you to your appointment.

Learn more about your child's immunisations

Please ask at reception to book your blood test if your GP or Nurse has requested that you do so.

If you have been told to book a 'Fasting blood test' please make sure you don't eat or drink anything after 12 am (midnight) the night before.

See how to get your test results

Breast screening is offered to women aged between 50 and 70. From 2009 women in their late 40's and up to the age of 73 will be invited for screening.

It will take a few years before this is extended across England. The national screening programme will invite you by letter every three years to attend when the mobile unit is in the area. Women over 70 are also entitled to a screening and can arrange an appointment through reception or local screening unit Whatever your age, if you have any concerns about your breasts please contact reception to book an appointment with a GP.

Learn more about Breast Screening on the NHS Website

We encourage all women aged 25 to 64 to attend for a smear test every three years.

The test is very important and should not be missed. If you would like to book an appointment please speak to our reception staff who will arrange this for you or call 023 8058 5858.

Learn more about Cervical Screening on the NHS website

Our nurse and the doctors are trained to give confidential family planning advice and prescribe the full range of contraception, including emergency contraception. The practice nurses can give contraceptive injections.

We also run a Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) clinic at our Portswood site for coils and implants. There is a waiting list for this clinic so please ask if you wish to be added to the list.

Get information about COVID-19 vaccination, who can get it, and safety and side effects

Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations on the NHS website

The community nursing team offers a wide range of nursing care, treatments and interventions to housebound patients. They also visit patients in residential and nursing homes where specialist nursing is required.

If you think that you or a family member might need this service please speak to the practice staff who will be able to advise you.

The practice offers a full range of family planning and sexual health advice for men and women of all ages.

See our local and national organisations for support and advice

Find information about the flu jab, including who should have it, why and when

Learn more about flu vaccinations on the NHS website

Health Checks

We offer a variety of health checks to new and registered patients.

New Patient Health Check

All patients complete a registration form and health questionnaire and new patients aged 16 and over can request a free practice Health Check, usually within 10 days of returning the registration forms. The check takes about 20 minutes and will record height, weight, blood pressure, and offer healthy lifestyle advice.

You will also receive advice on self-examination techniques, tetanus and vaccine updates. Parents of children will be advised of our immunisation and booster program and clinic times. When arranging a new patient check, we will also aim to book a GP appointment if you are on certain long-term medication(s).

NHS Health Check

The NHS Health Check is a sophisticated check of your heart health. Aimed at adults in England aged 40 to 74, it checks your vascular or circulatory health and works out your risk of developing some of the most disabling, but preventable, illnesses. Please book a nurse appointment.

Most patients aged 40 to 74 will be invited by the NHS for a Health Check every five years, providing there is no prior diagnosis of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, kidney disease or stroke. If you are outside the age range and have concerns about your health, you should contact your GP.

Three-Yearly and Over-75 Checks

Any patient aged between 16 and 74 who has not attended surgery for the past three years (and patients aged 75 and over who have not attended surgery for the past 12-months), are entitled to request a Health Check consultation where we will make inquiries and undertake examinations as appear to be appropriate in all the circumstances.

If you suffer from heart disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma you will be asked to see a nurse for an annual check-up.

It is important that you attend. If you have any concerns about your health please ring the surgery and ask to speak to the nurse who will be happy to help you.

What we do?

As your GP surgery we play a significant role in managing your long-term condition. We believe in working with you and specialists in the community to provide holistic, personal, and high-quality care.

Long-term conditions or chronic diseases are conditions for which there is currently no cure, and that are managed with drugs and other treatments.

All patients with a long-term condition should have an annual review (or ‘health MOT’). The first part of this is with a health care assistant or a nurse. At this appointment we will take a blood sample, check your blood pressure, and update other health data. 

A GP will review your results, looking at your medical history and medications, and consider how together we could improve your health/management of your LTC. This may include health advice, medication changes or referrals to a community service.

Your second contact with us will be to share and discuss the GP’s recommendations with you. This appointment will also be with a healthcare assistant or a nurse. If you have more than one long term condition, we aim to make this second appointment with a nurse or GP.

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Many minor skin operations can be done under local anaesthetic in our treatment room. Please discuss this with your doctor who will then arrange for you to be given an appointment.

While you are a student in Southampton we would advise you to register with a GP in the area. We can then get access to your GP notes from your home GP and liaise with them regarding your health. If you need to see a GP while you are at home then you can see your home GP as a temporary patient.

Online services

We know that being at university or college is a busy time. There are times you're going to have to visit us but there's also ways to request your regular medications, book appointments and more stuff from your phone. 

Prescription charges

Prescription charges are set by the Department of Health, the government body responsible for healthcare provision in England & Wales.

If you are 16, 17 or 18 years old and in full-time education then you are automatically exempt from paying prescription charges.

However, once you become 19, you will only get free prescriptions if you apply for an exemption using the form HC1, even if you remain in full-time education. You may obtain a HC1 from reception.

If you are unable to obtain an exemption because you fail the means test for acceptance, you may alternatively wish to purchase a pre-payment certificate.

Find further information on getting help with prescription costs

Health Advice for Students

There is useful information regarding student health 

Find Health Advice for Students

Vaccines for Students

Students may need certain vaccinations. Infections can spread among students very quickly, and there have been serious outbreaks of mumps in universities in recent years. Teenagers leaving home to go to college or university should be vaccinated against mumps and meningitis C if they didn't have those vaccinations as children. Please book an appointment with the practice nurse if you are unsure whether your vaccines are up to date.

Sexual Health for Students

We offer sexual health and contraception advice at Nicholstown Surgery. Please ask for free condoms when you register. They can also be obtained from reception, chemists and other health care providers.

Dentistry

See how you can access an NHS dentist in an emergency or out of hours?