Clinics and Services

Blood and blood pressure testing, ECGs – Health Care Assistants
General Nursing – All Practice Nurses
Cervical Screening – Practice Nurse
Baby Vaccinations – Practice Nurse
Travel Clinic – Practice Nurse (We are a registered Yellow Fever Centre)
Chronic Disease clinics – Practice Nurse
- Asthma
- COPD
- Diabetes
- Healthy Heart
Minor Surgery – Drs Walker, Hood, Drake & Patel
Contraception Clinics – Drs Anderson, Quigg & Sangal
Antenatal checks – Midwives
Postnatal checks – Drs Hunter & Sangal
Baby & Child check – All GPs
Smoking cessation clinic – Sue Hosking
Memory Clinic - Jane Williams (HCA)
Ultrasound Clinic – Provided by Sonarcare, fortnightly.

Newquay Health Centre is an EEFO approved surgery

Non NHS Services

Medical Examinations such as Employment medicals, HGV and Taxi license Medicals.
Certain Travel vaccinations and Malaria Prescriptions.
Cosmetic Skin Enhancements (Botox / Collagen)

Please see the Private Services & Fees section for a list of our current charges.

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.
Please use the links below to research the areas you are travelling to and bring a printout of the recommended vaccinations to your appointment. You should also complete the Travel questionnaire at the bottom of this page.

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Caribbean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible - at least 6 weeks before you travel - as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations. These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine. Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS. Please see the Private Services & Fees section for a list of our current charges.

Travel Health Questionnaire

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form before coming to see the nurse.

Travel Questionnaire

The Minor Ailments Scheme

chd The Community Pharmacy Minor Ailments Scheme is a service available in Newquay and means you do not need to wait for an appointment to see your doctor about certain conditions.

Conditions treated are;

Conjunctivitis (Red sticky eyes) - Children over 1yr and adults

Cystitis (Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection) – Women over 18ys, you will be asked for a urine sample.

Impetigo (Skin condition) - Children over 1yr and adults

If you are suffering from any of these problems you can get advice and treatment from your local pharmacy.

If you do not usually pay for your prescriptions, then your pharmacy will be able to supply the medicine free of charge under the scheme. If you usually pay for prescriptions you will be charged a fee equivalent to the cost of a prescription.

The pharmacist may refer you back to your GP if they feel your illness is not treatable under the scheme or the medicine available through the scheme is not suitable for you.

Due to the increasing demands for non-NHS work, which is not covered by the Doctor's NHS contract, a fee will be charged for some services. These include procedures for private healthcare, certain medicals and the signing of forms and certificates.

Please see the document below for details of our current fees.

Private Fees Jan 2013

Why do GPs sometimes charge fees?

Dr Nick Walker (MB MRCGP DRCOG DA) is able to offer non-surgical cosmetic treatment.

We offer Botulinum Toxin wrinkle reducing injections (Botox) and Dermal filler injections (Restylane). Botulinum injections are used to treat dynamic wrinkles, those that appear when you frown, smile or laugh.

Restylane is part of a family of treatments known as fillers. Essentially whereas Botox prevents a muscle from contracting and causing a wrinkle in the skin, a filler is used to plump up the skin and fill out the wrinkle.

We aim to provide a premier service, treatment is tailor made to individual clients. All relevent medical details are noted and treatment is discussed, planned and priced prior to commencement.

Initial consultation to discuss treatment is free.

A deposit is required if treatment is booked.

Prices for Botulinum injuections:

One area: £200

Two areas: £250

Three areas: £300

Restylane £100-£200 to be discussed at consultation

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Noticeboard

Whooping cough vaccinations for pregnant women.

There has been an increase in the number of cases of whooping cough, especially in infants less than 3 months old.

Mothers-to-be can help protect their baby by having the vaccination between week 28 and 38 of pregnancy. Please ask your midwife for details.

The Summary Care Record

You may have received information in the post regarding the Summary Care Record.

This is likely to be "switched on " for this surgery in the summer 2013.

Please see the further information section of this website for more details.

ORGAN DONATION

More than 10.000 people in the UK currently need an organ transplant. Of these, 3 a day will die waiting as there are not enough organs available.

Only 31% of us have joined the organ donor register, please help save lives by registering now.

www.organdonation.nhs.uk

RING BACK

We have received a number of complaints from patients who have tried to use the BT "ring back" service when the phone lines are busy and have not recieved their call back. Please be aware that this is a BT line message and NOT a message on our phone system. It will not work so please don't use it.