Medical Examinations (Non NHS)
Certain services provided by the Doctors are not covered by the NHS and fees are payable for such items as:
- Large Good Vehicle (LGV) & Passenger Service Vehicle (PSV) licences
- Elderly driver licences
- Insurance
- Preemployment medicals
- Private certificates
- Holiday vaccinations
- Insurance claims
- Fitness for sports
Please ask the receptionist for such services. Charges are payable at the time of attendance, and the British Medical Association (BMA) recommended scale of fees is on display at the reception desk. For further information please see Why does my doctor charge fees?
A current list of fees is displayed in our Waiting Area. It you have any queries regarding these, please enquire at Reception.
Medical Certificates
Self certificates are available from your employer for sickness of up to one week. Any certificate required from the Doctor for periods up to the first week can only be provided as a private certificate for which there is a charge.
- Social Prescribers support you to live as independently as possible.
- They will work with you one on one to help you to connect with services, activities, support and opportunities in your local area.
- They will listen to what is important to you, and help you to find things to make your life better
Find out more by downloading the Social Prescribing Service leaflet (pdf)
Our Practice Nurse offers the following services:
She also runs clinics for:
- Chronic Heart Disease
- Asthma
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Weight control
- Patients aged over 75 years health checks.
Minor operations can be arranged at the surgery. This is by appointment only and has to be discussed with the doctor prior to the appointment.
Our Health Visitors provide health advice and help for families with young children.
You can contact them direct by calling Hucknall Health Centre on 0115 883 2100.
Our Healthcare Assistant offers the following services:
- Blood and Urine Tests
- New patient checks
- Dressings, stitch removal etc.
- Blood Pressure Checks
- Electrocardiograms (ECG)
- Patients aged over 75 years health checks.
We have a group District Nurses who provide nursing care of the acutely and chronically sick. They will visit you at home if your condition requires, for example if you have recently been discharged from hospital and require a dressing to be changed or stitches removed etc.
You can contact the District Nurses direct by telephoning 0300 083 0100.
The Community Midwife Team provide care for mothers before and after delivery and care for the baby during the first fortnight of life.
Our midwives are attached to the practice to provide antenatal and postnatal care in liaison with the doctors.