Services

Antenatal care is the care and help you receive from health professionals during the course of your pregnancy. It is important you take good care of your own health and that of your unborn baby during pregnancy.

When you find out that you are pregnant please register your pregnancy by completing the following online referral form or call the Midwifery team directly on 01865 220457. An initial appointment with your GP is no longer necessary unless you are on regular medication or have existing medical conditions which may impact your pregnancy. If that is the case, please contact us to request a GP appointment.

Our practice nurses are specially trained in asthma and COPD care. During their clinics, they keep an eye on how you're doing and make sure your treatment is working well.

If you have asthma or COPD, it's important to have a check-up every year to review how you're feeling and how your treatment is going. If you have asthma, we'll send you a questionnaire to fill out about your symptoms. If it shows that your asthma isn't well controlled, we'll set up an appointment for you with one of our practice nurses.

We'll contact COPD patients when it's time for your annual review. We'll ask you to call us to schedule an appointment with one of our nurses.

If you are concerned about your asthma or COPD and need to speak to one of our nurses please request an appointment

Learn more about blood pressure and submit your readings to the practice.

Visit our Blood Pressure page

Everyone aged 60 to 74 years who is registered with a GP and lives in England is automatically sent an NHS bowel cancer screening kit every 2 years.

The programme is expanding so that everyone aged 50 to 59 years will be eligible for screening. This is happening gradually over 4 years and started in April 2021 with 56 year olds.

Make sure your GP practice has your correct address so your kit is posted to the right place.

If you're 75 or over, you can ask for a kit every 2 years by phoning the free bowel cancer screening helpline on 0800 707 60 60. You can also call this number if you are eligible for bowel cancer screening and didn’t receive your test kit.

Anyone registered with a GP as female will be invited for NHS breast screening every 3 years between the ages of 50 and 71. You'll get a letter in the post inviting you. Screening is by appointment only and there is no drop-in service. The screening office runs a rolling programme which invites women by area. The requirement is that all women will receive their first invitation before their 53rd birthday. Women aged 71 or over can contact the local breast screening unit on 01865 235621 to make an appointment every 3 years. Women with breast symptoms should see their GP.

If you have received a cancer diagnosis the surgery is here to help. We will write to you to offer you an appointment with your GP and/or one of our social prescribers depending on the help you need.

Patients will also be offered an appointment within the first year of their diagnosis so we can discuss the impact that the cancer or its treatment has had on you (both emotionally and physically) and offer help with this.

If you are worried about your cancer and need to speak to a healthcare professional please don’t feel like you have to wait for this review.

Contact us to request an appointment with your GP

We provide a comprehensive cervical smear service for women over the age of 25. Smear appointments can be booked with one of our practice nurses. Smear tests check the health of your cervix and are essential in finding any abnormal changes which can be treated before they can turn into cancer.

Find out more information about cervical screening

If directly bookable appointments are not available you can still request an appointment by one of the following ways:

1. Request an appointment online - this is the easiest and quickest way and can avoid a potentially long wait on the phone.
2. Request an appointment on the NHS app 
3. Call us on 01865 597023 (lines open from Monday to Friday between 8:30am and 6pm)

One of the most important things that a parent can do for their child is to make sure that they have all their routine childhood vaccinations. It’s the most effective way of keeping them protected against infectious diseases.
Ideally, children should have their injections at the right age to protect them as early as possible and minimise the risk of infection.

Find out which injections your child needs, when they need them, and what the benefits of each injection are: NHS vaccinations and when to have them

Please book an appointment to arrange your child's vaccinations

Hedena Health is excited to become actively involved in research and Health surveillance and is now part of the Thames Valley and South Midlands Clinical Research Network (National Institute for Health Research).

View our Clinical Research page

Patients with dementia will be invited in for an annual review with their GP so we can review how you are getting on, discuss your care plan and review treatment options. We welcome significant others to join you for your appointment.

For more information about advanced care plans please visit the Dementia UK website

If you are concerned about your dementia and would like to speak to a healthcare professional please don’t feel like you have to wait for this review.

You can contact us to request an appointment with your GP

Our specialist diabetes team will provide you with the support and regular reviews your condition needs.

All Diabetic patients are entitled to an annual review. The practice will normally contact you if yours is due. You will be invited for an initial appointment with our healthcare assistance who will check your blood pressure, height, weight and feet as well as do a blood test. It is necessary for you to bring an early morning urine sample with you to this appointment.

The results of this check will be sent to our diabetes team who will contact you to arrange an appointment or inform you of the results and the next steps.

If you are concerned about your diabetes or experiencing side effects from your medication please contact us to arrange an appointment with one of our diabetes team.

We provide healthcare services for students who attend the EF academy and language schools in Oxford. To register please speak to your EF pastoral lead or complete the online application form.

View more information about the EF Academy and Language School

All the doctors and practice nurses provide family planning and contraception advice as appropriate within their normal appointments. Emergency contraception is available however patients will probably find it easier to contact their local pharmacy or sexual health clinic. Most pharmacies now provide this service free of charge.

The practice can provide contraceptive injections, implants or coils depending on your preference.

Patients taking the contraceptive pill will be sent a questionnaire to complete when their annual review is due. Depending on the outcome of this questionnaire a follow up appointment may be offered with one of our nurses.

If you are concerned about your contraceptive pill, side effects or would like to discuss alternative contraception options please arrange an appointment with one of our nurses.

We offer 'at risk' groups the flu and covid vaccines at a certain times each year to protect you against these viruses.

View more information about who is eligible, when our clinics are running and how to book your appointment

Any patient who needs an interpreter can request one. This service is provided by Language Line.

Find out more about Language Line

Some GPs at the surgery can administer steroid injections for those patients with severe joint pains or stiffness (due to arthritis for example). Please arrange a GP appointment if you think you could benefit from this.

Patients with a learning disability will be invited in for an annual review with their GP. During this appointment the GP will ask about how your learning disability affects you, whether you have been able to access important services such as screening or vaccinations, record your weight and blood pressure and identify any other health problems you may be experiencing.

If you have a learning disability and are concerned about your health you don’t need to wait for your annual check to discuss this. Please contact us to arrange an appointment with your GP

We offer a weekly menopause clinic led by our menopause specialist nurse. They are able to offer advice about the symptoms you may be experiencing as well as treatment options including hormone replacement therapy.

Patients on HRT will be sent questionnaires to complete or invited in for an annual review with either our menopause specialist nurse, pharmacist or GP.

If you are concerned about menopausal symptoms or want to discuss HRT please request an appointment

The practice offers free NHS health checks to eligible patients.

View more information and see if you are eligible

We have a team of nurses who offer a range of services including:

• Family Planning/contraception
• Asthma, COPD and diabetes reviews
• Blood tests and ECGs
• Injections
• Baby Immunisations
• Minor Illness reviews
• Wound management

Postnatal care extends for between 6-8 weeks after the birth of your baby. During this period, you will be offered an appointment with a GP to check how you are and answer any questions you may have. Your baby will also be given an appointment for a developmental check as well as immunisations.

If you are planning to have a baby or you need to know more information about how to look after yourself and your unborn baby, please read the following website:

Planning to Become Pregnant - Pregnancy Advice

If you need any further advice please request an appointment with your GP. We can provide you with all the information you need to know to have a happy and healthy pregnancy.

Some of the services we provide are not part of the National Health Service. These services are not available under the NHS and we charge fees in accordance with BMA recommendations. Examples of these services include driving medicals, fitness to travel assessments, private medical insurance reports, holiday cancellation forms and letters to employer/university.

If you need one of these services please send us an administrative query and our patient services admin team will contact you to let you know the next steps and inform you about the cost. You will need to pay for the service at reception before the appointment or before collecting documents etc. Payment can be made by cheque, cash or credit card.

For more information about why we charge private fees please view our non NHS private fees page.

Patients with a severe mental illness such as bipolar affective disorder or schizophrenia will be invited in for an annual review.

You will be invited for an initial appointment with our healthcare assistance who will check your blood pressure, height, weight and take a blood test to check your cholesterol, blood sugar and kidney function. Our care co-ordinator and/or pharmacy team will then contact you if any of these results need further action.

An appointment with our mental health nurse or a GP will then be arranged for you to discuss your mental health and review any medication that you are currently taking.

If you have a severe mental illness and are concerned about your mental health please contact us and an appointment with our mental health nurse or a GP will be arranged.

If you've been sick and taken more than 7 days off work in a row (including weekends and holidays) you need to give your employer a doctor's note. This is sometimes called a 'fit note' or 'sick note.' If you're off work for 7 days or less, a doctor's note is not needed but your employer may need to complete a self-certification form (SC2).

Visit our Sickness Certificates page

Social prescribers can help you with many non-medical problems that impact your health and wellbeing. They know a lot about local support services and can help you with:

• Housing or financial problems
• Loneliness
• Practical or emotional support
• Providing information about local groups, activities or courses

We will often refer patients to our social prescribers where it is felt they could benefit from their input.

Find out how to request an appointment with our social prescribers

The surgery does not currently offer a travel advice service. We ask that patients visit their nearest private travel clinic who will advise you on the vaccinations you require. Depending on the vaccinations you need we may be able to provide these to you free on the NHS, otherwise you will need to pay.

Please see our Travel Vaccinations for more information