Services

Women aged between 24 and 64 should have a cervical screening every 3 to 5 years to help prevent cervical cancer. The screening is quick and painless and can be done here in the practice.

If you are aged over 24 and have never had a smear test, or if it has been more than 3 to 5 years since your last screening, you should arrange an appointment with our Practice Nurse. You should not have the test while you are having a period or in the 4 days before or after your period as this can affect the sample.

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Immunisations are administered with the carer's consent in accordance with current national guidelines. You should discuss this with your own doctor. Children are at greater risk from catching the disease than from suffering a reaction to the vaccine. Development checks are offered in accordance with national guidelines by our GPs trained for child health surveillance.

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It is recommended that patients with asthma, diabetes, coronary heart disease and other chronic disease attend for annual review with their doctor or our practice nurse to ensure they are receiving appropriate treatment. Where appropriate your doctor will arrange for regular recall letters to be sent and care is offered in co-ordination with specialist nurses and hospital clinics.

This service is only available from the surgery for people over 75 years.

Ear Syringing can cause complications such as ear infections, perforation of the ear drum & tinnitus (persistent noise).

What to do if you have a problem with your hearing you believe to be due to ear wax

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Do I need to be protected against pneumococcal infection?

Everybody aged 65 and over should now be immunised to help protect them against pneumococcal infection which can cause diseases such as pneumonia, septicaemia (blood poisoning) and meningitis.

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

Learn more about flu vaccinations on the NHS website

In conjunction with the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust, we provide full antenatal, delivery and postnatal care. Each doctor provides antenatal and postnatal care for their own patients with the assistance of our midwife.

Antenatal clinics are held every Thursday 9am to 3pm

Appointments for antenatal and postnatal checks with the doctor or midwife may be made at the practice reception. Patients can make an appointment with their own doctor as soon as they find that they are pregnant. Alternatively, when they are between 8 to 10 weeks pregnant, complete a 1st booking form, available at the reception desk, which is passed to the Midwife who will make contact with an appointment for you to attend the Birthing Centre, Maidstone Hospital.

Pregnancy Booking Form

You no longer need to see a doctor, you now do a self-referral.

Complete a maternity self-referral

The first booking appointment is carried out by the midwife at the Maidstone Birth Centre.  In order for an appointment to be made, once you access the website you complete the online referal form which will enable  the hospital  to arrange a booking appointment with your midwife in an appropriate setting. You will be sent the latest pregnancy information electronically in order to read prior to your appointment.

After your booking appointment, your care after will be dealt with at the surgery on a Thursday by the midwife.

These are carried out at specific times as arranged with your doctor.

Joint injections

Joint injections are carried out with Dr J Ravindra.

A full range of contraceptive advice and treatment is available within the practice. Advice is given within normal surgery hours but special appointments will be made for the fitting of intra-uterine devices (coils), contraceptive implants or diaphragms. Patients not registered with the practice are able to register for family planning only, should they wish to do so. Anyone wishing to discuss contraceptive options is invited to book an appointment with their doctor.

For coil fittings/Nexplanon implants book a telephone call with either Dr S Ravindra and Dr J Ravindra  to discuss. You will then be put on a waiting list and the surgery will contact you when an appointment is available.

Patients requesting a six month repeat of the combined oral contraceptive pill are asked to make an appointment with our health care assistant for a pill check. Providing there are no problems they may collect their prescription when they attend the appointment.