Travel Vaccinations

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to complete a travel questionnaire and 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.

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below: 

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.

Travel Health Questionnaire

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form and return to the surgery BEFORE your appointment with the Travel Nurse.

 Travel-risk-assessment-form

Travel-Health Non-NHS Prices

Travelling in Europe

If you are travelling to Europe the EU has published useful information for travellers on the European website.

Clinics & Services

Specialist clinics

We provide a number of specialist health clinics on our premises:

• The Nursing Team run regular clinics for Diabetes, Asthma and COPD
• Lifestyle and weight management clinics are run by Joanne
• Joanne runs a smoking cessation clinic throughout the week

Antenatal and postnatal care

Our medical team work with the midwifery service (team 6) from by Barnet and Chase Farm hospitals. Antenatal clinics run every Wednesday morning at the surgery. Mother and baby post natal checks are undertaken at the surgery by Drs Dain, Trevor, Yeboah and Small.

Contraception

All clinicians with the exception of our health care assistant provide family planning advice during surgery hours. We provide short and long acting forms of contraception, barrier methods and coil insertions. Drs Dain, Trevor and Yeboah provide Parkfield’s coil fitting service.

Foreign travel clinic

Provided for you by our nursing team. We use the latest software to give you the most up to date service and advice. Parkfield Medical Centre is an approved yellow fever centre.

Link: Travel Advice

Please note that the NHS does not fund some vaccinations and travel medicines and a charge is applicable.

Cervical smears

Our nursing team provides this service. The cervical cytology test can be undertaken when a woman is not bleeding, ideally mid cycle. Simple book an appointment at reception.

Link: NHS Cervical Smear Screening

Childhood Vaccinations

The Nursing Team provide childhood vaccinations throughout the week.

Immunisations

The surgery provides a comprehensive list of vaccinations, including travel and seasonal influenza vaccination. Parkfield Medical centre is a registered Yellow Fever Centre.

Phlebotomy clinics

Blood tests are taken at the surgery four days in every working week with the exception of Thursdays.

Minor surgery

A number of our doctors provide an injection service at the surgery. Joint injections can be used to treat a number of conditions, including tennis elbow and trochanteric bursitis.

Counselling

The surgery has access to two counselling services. Our counsellors provide a whole range of consulting techniques including supportive counselling, CBT, anger management and short course psychotherapy. Access to these services is a via a doctor's referral.

Hertfordshire Community Gynaecology Service

The Hertfordshire Community Gynaecology Service runs monthly clinics at the surgery for both registered and unregistered patients. Appointments are by referral from your GP. The service can deal with all routine Gynaecology problems which would normally require outpatient attendance at a hospital. For more information, please see their website www.hertfordshirecommunitygynae.org.uk.

Screening Services

Breast Cancer Screening

Breast cancer screening is a way of finding breast cancer at an early stage, when it may be too small to see or feel. If breast cancer is found earlier, treatment is usually easier or more likely to be successful. Breast cancer screening saves 1400 lives every year in England.

Who can have breast screening?

Women aged betwen 50 to 70 are invited every 3 years for breast screening. Women receive their first invitation after they turn 50 but before they are 54. This programme has recently been extended to screen some women age 47–50 and 70–73. Over the age of 73, women are not called automatically for screening, but if you would like to be screened, please contact the North London Breast Screening Service or phone 020 8951 4045 and you will receive an appointment.The screening is held in the Unit located at:

Furzefield Leisure Centre
Mutton Lane, Potters Bar
Herts, EN6 3BW

Eligible patients will be invited for screening when due. Please note the screening unit is only at the Potters Bar site every three years. At other times screening can take place at the static site:

North London Breast Screening Service
Deansbrook House
Edgware Community Hospital
Deansbrook Road
Edgware
Middlesex
HA8 9BA

Chlamydia Screening

Available to all 15-24 year olds registered at the surgery. Getting tested for Chlamydia is quick, simple and confidential. It's just a simple urine test and you’ll receive your result back within a fortnight. If the test shows you have Chlamydia, don’t worry, as it can be treated with one dose of antibiotics.

Contact the surgery for a kit or pick up a kit from one of the stations around the surgery.

NHS cancer screening programmes

Link: Cancer Research UK

Cervical Cancer Screening

Cervical cancer screening is a way of preventing cervical cancer and started in 1988. Since then, death rates for cervical cancer have reduced by around 7% per year.

Who can have cervical cancer screening (The ‘smear’ test)?

• Women age 25 to 49 are invited for screening every 3 years.
• Women age 50 to 64 are invited for screening every 5 years.
• Women aged over 65 are only screened if they have not had a smear test since the age of 50 or if they have had recent abnormal results.

You will receive an invitation for cervical screening when your next test is due.

Bowel Cancer Screening

This a new screening programme. It helps find bowel cancer and pre cancerous growths that could eventually turn into cancer if untreated. It is estimated that by 2025 2000 lives will be saved every year by bowel cancer screening.

The bowel cancer screening test is called the FOBT (faecal occult blood test). The FOBT looks for traces o f blood in your motions and can be done in the privacy of your own home. Samples are sent to a lab for testing.

In England, men and women are invited for screening every 2 years.

If you are over 70, you can still take part in the screening programme but you will have to call to request a test kit.

The number to call is 0800 707 60 60.

Non-NHS Services

Some services are not available on the NHS and as a result the practice makes a charge for the time taken to provide that service.

Non NHS Charges (Private Fees)

Why do GP's charge ?

Occupational Health Services

We are occupational health specialists. Dr Ramanathan and Dr Trivedi have a special interest in occupational health medicine and Parkfield has many years experience providing occupational health care. As well as real experience, our doctors have the following qualifications in occupational health medicine - Dip Occ Med.

Vaccinations

Parkfield can provide a wide range of private vaccinations, including the seasonal influenza vaccine.

Medicals

At the surgery you can book up for a number of different types of medicals, including DVLA, HGV, taxi and employment medicals. You do not have to be registered at the practice to arrange a medical.

Relate - Relationships & Family Counselling

The Relate Charity provides help with relationship problems. Parkfield is happy to be an outpost of this valuable service.

Link: Relate in Potters Bar