Clinics & Services
Park Road Surgery in Teddington offers a number of services including:
Family Planning
The doctors provide a full range of family planning services during normal surgery hours. This includes the fitting of coils and caps, and providing emergency contraception.
Family Planning Clinics are also held at Teddington Health & Social Care Centre, 18 Queens Road, Teddington TW11 0LR. Phone 020 8614 5300 to book. As of February 2017, there is an appointment-only clinic there on Wednesday mornings for specialist long acting contraception and walk-in clinics from 6pm to 8pm on Tuesday (nurse-led) and Thursday (doctor-led). The clinic is not run by the surgery, however, so please check the Teddington HSCC website for details of their clinic times before visiting.
Minor Surgery
We perform minor operations at the surgery for a limited range of conditions as governed by NHS regulations. You will need to have seen one of the GPs who will then ask reception to book an appointment; sessions are normally held on Tuesdays or Wednesdays.
Antenatal Care
If you have recently found out that you are pregnant, please note that you can self-refer yourself for obstetric care at Kingston or West Middlesex Hospitals. Please see their websites for details.
We work closely with the local hospitals and community midwives an share the antenatal care of most of our patients. Antenatal appointments are carried out in normal surgery hours. Please book with a doctor.
If you attending for an antenatal clinic please bring in a urine sample with you (bottles are available at reception).
INR tests for patients on warfarin
Diabetes Care
Please ensure that you book a twenty minute appointment and that you have blood and urine tests taken two weeks prior to your diabetes appointment.
Asthma Care
Dermatology
If you are suffering from a skin complaint, we run a specific dermatology clinic. This is run by Dr Sean Gallagher. Appointments for this clinic can be booked directly through reception.
Physiotherapy – Self referral
If you are 16 or over and have registered with this GP practice and have muscle or joint pains including strains/sprains/neck or back pain, you can refer yourself to see a physiotherapist without needing a referral from your GP. Please click on the web link below:
https://hrch.jotform.com/213222527065044
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Please consult your GP or NHS 111 urgently if you have recently or suddenly developed:
- Difficulty passing urine or controlling bladder/bowels
- Numbness or tingling around the back passage or genitals
- Numbness, pins and needles or weakness in both legs.
Please discuss with your GP before submitting this referral if you:
- Are feeling generally unwell/fever
- Have any unexplained weight loss
- Have a history of cancer
- Have recently become unsteady on your feet.
This service is for patients registered with a Richmond GP and aged over 16 years.
Smoking Cessation
The practice can advise about smoking cessation and offer referral to the local smoking cessation clinics. If you are interested then please call the surgery to book an appointment to discuss. We can offer various stop smoking aids and offer advice and motivation to enable you to quit.
Freezing Clinic
Minor skin lesions (Warts, verruca, skin tags, small fleshy growths) can be removed by cryotherapy (freezing treatment). Our freezing clinic is held once a month, normally on a Thursday afternoon. We use liquid nitrogen—an extremely cold gas (-193 degrees Centigrade) to freeze the lesion in question. The treatment is uncomfortable, but usually not too painful.
Teddington Memorial Hospital
We make full use of Teddington Memorial Hospital, which has excellent outpatient physiotherapy and X-ray facilities as well as a minor injuries unit and fifty two GP beds. Teddington Memorial Hospital also houses an Urgent care centre (08:00 – 20:00).
Ear syringing
Due to the ever increasing high patient demand on appointments the Partners have, after much consideration, taken the decision stop ear syringing at the surgery from 1st January 2019.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused but have taken this decision, in line with other local surgeries, after consideration of the workload pressures on our nurses and also the fact that there are other alternative treatments available. The doctors have a duty of care under the GMS contract to assess patients, perform an appropriate examination and then decide either to treat them or refer them to a specialist. However, ear syringing is not stipulated within the GMS contract and it was felt necessary, in the changing light of general practice, to review and prioritise the services that the surgery provides.
The doctors would encourage patients who think they have wax in their ears to talk to the Pharmacist about using over the counter remedies and are advised to use drops or olive oil for several weeks in order to soften wax. Following this Ear syringing and microsuction services are available from some local pharmacies should this be required.
In some cases your GP may decide to refer you for microsuction to NHS community services. Please be advised that you can still book an appointment with a Doctor if you have any concerns about ear symptoms.
Sexual health services are changing
The services offer contraception, STI testing, treatment and advice for all ages.
There are details of all the clinics at www.clch.nhs.uk/swlsexhealth. The service is open 6 days a week with evening clinics in Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth and Saturday morning clinics available from Balham Health Centre in Wandsworth.
The service offers HIV testing and HIV post sexual exposure treatment (PEP). However, specialist services for patients living with HIV remain provided by local hospitals.
Urinary Tract Infection
If you have booked an appointment with a GP for a suspected urinary tract infection please can you bring in a urine sample with you (bottles are available in reception).
Sleepstation service
If you are struggling with your sleep, the Sleepstation service provides dedicated personalised support with a highly effect, drug free solution to help you. It combines psychology and sleep science, with expert ongoing guidance and long-lasting results.
You can discuss this with your GP or self-refer via the following link: https://www.sleepstation.org.uk/start-now/
Baby Immunisation Clinic
We offer baby immunisation clinic appointments with our Practice Nurses. Appointments should be booked through reception for this clinic.
Below is the Childhood immunisation schedule for the United Kingdom . It is of the utmost importance that children are kept up to date with the recommended vaccinations to protect them and other against disease.
If your child has not received all of their recommended immunisations, or if you have any queries regarding this please call the surgery to book an appointment with our Practice Nurse or speak to your Health Visitor.
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Free NHS Health Check
If you are aged between 40 and 74 years old (and not diagnosed with certain pre-existing conditions – heart disease, type 2 diabetes, kidney disease or stroke) then you are entitled to have a free NHS Health Check every five years.
The NHS health check helps to identify potential risks early and will provide you with advice to help you live a healthier life.
The health check will be carried out by our Practice Nurse or Healthcare Assistant and will take about 20-30 minutes. You will have a blood test as well as a blood pressure measurement and height and weight and will be asked some questions about your lifestyle.
You’ll be taken through the results and given personalised advice on how to lower your risk and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
If you would like to book a health check or if you have a query please ask at reception.
