All Services

Minor Surgery/Joint Injections

Dr Verdi and Dr Kumar perform minor operations at the surgery by appointment. This includes removals of lumps, bumps (excluding the facial area) and joint injections.

The doctors will be happy to advise you on this service prior to a minor surgery appointment.

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Contraception

Contraceptive care is provided by all the doctors during surgery hours. We also provide coil fitting at the surgery.

Please contact reception to book an appointment or to obtain further information on the contraceptive services we provide.

Contraception & Sexual Health Clinic (CASH) at Chessington Park Surgery

The following service is available to all patients, whether you are registered at Central or a patient from another surgery. If you are not registered at Central Surgery then you will be asked to register as a temporary patient:

  • Free condoms
  • Contraception: pills, injectable, patches, Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC)
  • Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC)
  • Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)
  • HIV testing
  • Free Chlamydia & Gonorrhoea screening for young people aged between 16 – 24 years
  • Sexual health screening for those other patients that think they may have symptoms of Chlamydia, Trichomonas, Gonorrhoea, Syphilis, HIV, Herpes, Cystitis, Thrush and Bacterial Vaginosis
  • Implants; before a implant can be fitted you must consult with one of our clinical staff. Therefore, you will need to make more than one appointment for this service

Local Sexual Health Services

The Wolverton Centre is a large, modern, purpose built centre, specialising in sexual health services for women and men of all ages. All consultations are free and the service is confidential. No GP referral is required.
The centre is on Kingston Hospital site, on Galsworthy Road, next to A&E and is open Monday-Friday for a mixture of appointment only and walk in clinics.

Call 020 8974 9331 for further information or to book an appointment.
Or go to http://www.sexualhealthkingston.co.uk/ 
Monday:
Phone lines 9am – 5pm

Tuesday:
Clinic Appointments: 2.30pm – 4.30pm and 5.30pm – 7.30pm

Wednesday:
Phone Lines: 9am – 5pm

Thursday:
Clinic Appointments: 9.30am – 12.00pm and 5.30pm – 7.30pm

Friday:
Phone Lines: 9am – 5pm

Saturday:
Clinic Appointments: Alternate Saturdays 11.00am – 1.00pm

Sunday:
Closed

Hollyfield House,
22 Hollyfield Road,
Surbiton,
KT5 9AL
Tel: 020 8339 8000
Community contraception and sexual health clinics offer a wide range of free contraception and sexual health services to all, which are non judgmental, friendly and accessible to everyone.

The Merritt Medical Centre,
Merritt Gardens,
Chessington,
Surrey,
KT9 2GY

Telephone: 020 8397 6361
– Thursday – 4.00 – 6.00 pm

NHS Contraception & Sexual Health Services

Call NHS Contraception & Sexual Health Services on: 0208 339 4783
Or e-mail NHS them at: contraception&sexualhealth@yourhealthcare.org

If you require our services please contact us on the details above and we will arrange for a nurse to speak to you to discuss your situation and offer you an appointment.

Further Information

http://www.gettingiton.org.uk/ – South West London Sexual Health Website for young People.

http://www.younglivin.org.uk/ – Kingston website for young people.

Sexwise Helpline 0800 28 29 30 – Freephone 7am – midnight, 7 days a week – free and confidential advice line for young people under 18, on anything to do with sex, relationships and contraception. Information of where to access local services for contraception, emergency hormonal contraception, referral for termination, testing for sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy testing etc.

http://www.checkurself.org.uk/ – London based client website for ordering Chlamydia screening kits and finding local treatment centres.

Diabetes Care

It is very important that you visit one of our doctors on an annual basis for a full review of your condition and review of your medication. This appointment can be booked at reception. We also have a Practice Nurse who specialises in diabetes care.

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Child Care Clinic

A ‘Well Baby and Immunisation’ clinic is held every Thursday afternoon between 14:00 and 15.30 by the doctor and health visitor. No appointment is necessary to see the health visitor during this clinic.

An appointment is necessary for immunisations with the nurse and for six-week baby checks with the doctor.

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Maternity Care

  • The community midwife attends the antenatal clinic in our practice every Wednesday morning (09:30 – 12:00) and does home visits as necessary.
  • The doctors also see antenatal patients during normal surgery hours.

If you know you are pregnant you can now self refer by completing the form below

If you think you may be pregnant please see the doctor first at a routine appointment. Further antenatal care will then be arranged.

Postnatal examinations should be carried out six weeks after the birth. Appointments can either be arranged during the Thursday afternoon baby clinic at the same time as the six week baby check, or during normal surgery hours.

Travel Health

Travel Vaccines

Our Nurses can provide comprehensive travel health advice and arrange for appropriate immunisations. If you are travelling abroad please complete and submit the Travel Health Questionnaire (below) in plenty of time (we recommend 6-8 weeks) before your journey. Vaccines need time to take effect and some may require a course over several weeks.

  • Chessington Park Surgery is an authorised Yellow Fever Centre. Please book an appointment with our dedicated nurses to access this service.
Select the region you are travelling to find out more

Travel Vaccination Prices

Travel advice is covered by the NHS, however some vaccinations and prescriptions are only available privately. Please view our price list or contact reception for further information.

1) Diazepam is a sedative, which means it makes you sleepy and more relaxed. If there is an emergency during the flight it may impair your ability to concentrate, follow instructions and react to the situation. This could have serious safety consequences for you and those around you.

2) Sedative drugs can make you fall asleep, however when you do sleep it is an unnatural non-REM sleep. This means you won’t move around as much as during natural sleep. This can cause you to be at increased risk of developing a blood clot (DVT) in the leg or even the lung. Blood clots are very dangerous and can even prove fatal. This risk is even greater if your flight is greater than four hours.

3) Whilst most people find benzodiazepines like diazepam sedating, a small number have paradoxical agitation and in aggression. They can also cause disinhibition and lead you to behave in a way that you would not normally. This could impact on your safety as well as that of other passengers and could also get you into trouble with the law.

4) According to the prescribing guidelines doctors follow (BNF) Benzodiazepines are contraindicated (not allowed) in phobia. Your doctor is taking a significant legal risk by prescribing against these guidelines. They are only licensed short term for a crisis in generalised anxiety. If this is the case, you should be getting proper care and support for your mental health and not going on a flight.

5) Diazepam and similar drugs are illegal in a number of countries. They may be confiscated or you may find yourself in trouble with the police.

6) Diazepam stays in your system for quite a while. If your job requires you to submit to random drug testing you may fail this having taken diazepam.

We appreciate that fear of flying is very real and very frightening. A much better approach is to tackle this properly with a Fear of Flying course run by the airlines and we have listed a number of these below.

Easy Jet 
www.fearlessflyer.easyjet.com 
Tel: 0203 8131644

British Airways 
www.flyingwithconfidence.com 
Tel: 01252 793250

Virgin 
www.flyingwithoutfear.co.uk 
Tel: 01423 714900

Further Information

The following websites will give you additional travel advice.

Travel vaccinations – Available vaccines – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
MASTA Travel Health | For all your vaccination advice (masta-travel-health.com)
Foreign travel advice – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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