Our Practice Nurse Team are available by appointment. They can help with…
Anti-coagulation (Warfarin checks)
Asthma
Cervical Screening
Cholesterol checks
Chronic Disease Management
Contraception
Diabetes
Dressings
ECG (Heart Tracings)
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
Infant and adult immunisations
Leg ulcer clinic
NHS Health Checks
Removal of sutures
Sexual Health Advice
Spirometry (Lung function Testing)
Taking blood tests
Travel and Vaccination advice
Treatment of Leg Cramps
Yellow fever vaccination
If you require any of these services, please phone the surgery to book an appointment with our Nursing Team.
Contraception
At the Grove Medical Centre all GPs and several practice nurses offer Contraceptive advice.
Our Nursing Team offers Oral contraception and Injectable Progesterone contraception prescribing, advice and regular reviews.
We also have a dedicated team of healthcare professionals who also fit, remove and change Intrauterine devices (Coils – both copper and hormonal) and Implants (progesterone – Nexplanon).
All these services are on an appointment only basis, which is initially offered over the phone, and followed up with a Face to Face consult at the practice if required.
We provide this service to all our registered patients, and also to patients registered with other local GP practices where there is no facility for Coil or Implant insertion/removal.
For any contraception related query, in the first instance please contact our Patient Services Team on 01935 810900
Please see the links below for more information about the different contraceptives we offer.
Our Community Midwives are responsible for antenatal and early postnatal care wherever you decided to deliver your baby. They offer weekly antenatal clinics here at the surgery where they work in close co-operation with the doctors and the local maternity units from both Yeovil and Dorchester. They will also help arrange a home birth. They are based at Yeovil District Hospital and should be contacted directly to arrange appointments here. They also have daily drop in clinics at the hospital. For more information or to speak to the midwives please call them on 01935 384449.
District Nurses
The District Nurses are based at The Yeatman Hospital and provide nursing care to patients in their own homes who are unable to attend the surgery. They give practical advice or assistance to patients, relatives and carers in coping with illness.
They use the same clinical protocols as the Practice Nurses so that you have the same treatment whether at home or in the Practice. If you feel you need to be seen by a District Nurse please contact the surgery and we can arrange this for you.
Health Visitor
Our Health Visiting team is concerned with the health of the whole community, but especially the under 5s. They visit all new babies and their mothers after the first week of life.
On registration, if you have small children, they will contact and visit you. Their aim is the promotion of health and early detection of ill health. They visit families as appropriate to discuss health and care of parents and their children. You can contact the Health Visitor by telephoning 01935 810 900 / 01935 813 438
Hospital Referrals
We can refer you to hospital for a consultant opinion, you will be given choice as to where you can attend. We will use the Electronic Choose and Book Service where appropriate.
You may request a copy of your referral letter. Please ask the referring GP at the time of referral.
Minor Operations
Minor procedures such as removal of skin lesions, joint injections and freezing therapy can be performed by your GP. Please book an appointment with your GP if you feel you have a condition that would benefit from minor surgery.
Vaccinations
Routine NHS Vaccinations
Please visit the NHS Website here to see the current vaccination schedule for all immunisations from babies though to adults.
Our nurses provide regular vaccination clinics for all routinely provided NHS vaccinations.
Covid-19 Vaccinations
We encourage all of our eligible patients to get vaccinated against Covid-19.The vaccines are safe and effective and give you the best protection against Covid-19. Our regular vaccination programme at the Digby Hall has now finished but we will be providing booster clinics when necessary. We will advertise these clinics as and when we have them. To find out more about the vaccine, plus where you can currently get one, please see the NHS website here.
MMR Vaccination Status
To be fully protected against Measles, Mumps & Rubella you should have 2 doses of the combined MMR vaccine in your lifetime. NHS England are identifying patients across the country with an incomplete MMR vaccination record. If you are contacted by your Surgery or by NHS England, please check your vaccination history on the NHS App or look at your personal records for confirmation.
There can be many reasons why a person has an incomplete vaccination course. Some of those reasons are outlined below:
you’ve had the vaccines singularly/some parts of the vaccine individually e.g. measles only.
you had your vaccines abroad: we may simply not have them recorded in your NHS record (if this is the case, please email us a copy of your vaccination history so that we can get them added to your record – Email us
you had your first dose before the age of 1 (probably abroad) – it is recommended that another is needed in this case as any doses before the age of 1 are not counted.
You or your parent/carer may have previously declined the combined MMR vaccination. If this is the case, you are still eligible for it and can book an appointment.
You have had the 2 doses needed but you’ve moved surgeries and the information didn’t migrate across (in this case, you can ignore the invite but if you know the dates that you had the vaccines please let us know so that we can update your medical record).
You can find more about the MMR vaccine here: NHS Website
We would urge patients to check that you’ve had 2 doses of the combined MMR vaccination to ensure you are fully vaccinated. If you’re not already using the NHS App, we suggest you download it and register so that you can check your vaccination history. Contracting Measles, Mumps or Rubella can cause life threatening complications.
IF YOU ARE UNSURE AS TO WHETHER YOU’VE HAD THE COMPLETE COURSE & YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS ARE INCONCLUSIVE, WE WOULD RECOMMEND HAVING THE MMR VACCINE AS YOU CANNOT HAVE TOO MANY DOSES. IT IS MUCH SAFER TO BE OVER VACCINATED IN THIS INSTANCE.
Your health is our interest but your responsibility.
NHS Health Check
The NHS Health Check is a free check-up of your overall health. It can tell you whether you’re at higher risk of getting certain health problems, such as:
Heart Disease
Diabetes
Kidney Disease
Stroke
What happens at an NHS Health Check?
An NHS Health Check takes about 20 to 30 minutes.
The health professional – often a nurse or healthcare assistant – will ask you some questions about your lifestyle and family history, measure your height and weight, and take your blood pressure and do a blood test. The blood test will be done either before the check with a blood sample from your arm, or at the check.
Your blood test results can show your chances of getting heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and diabetes.
If you’re over 65, you will also be told the signs and symptoms of dementia to look out for.
You will then receive personalised advice to improve your risk. This could include talking about:
how to improve your diet and the amount of physical activity you do
We are pleased to say that we are now in a position to offer travel vaccines. Please complete the form below so that our nurses can assess which vaccines you may need.
Please note that this needs to be completed at least six weeks before you are due to travel to allow for the ordering of the vaccine and to give enough time for it to give you protection. We will not be able to accomodate any requests under this time.
Travel Form – Click the plus to the right to open form
Travel Questionnaire
Yellow Fever
We are also a Yellow Fever Centre and offer yellow fever vaccinations to all if required for their travel.
More information on the Yellow Fever disease and whether it is required for the country you are visiting can be found here: Yellow Fever
There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below:
