A free integrated wellbeing service for Nottinghamshire residents..
Better Health
Public Health England has launched a major new adult health campaign to seize the opportunity for a national reset moment.
COVID-19 has affected the whole country; for almost everyone, life has had to fundamentally change. But it has also prompted many people to reflect and think more seriously about their health.
Nearly two thirds (63%) of adults in the UK are overweight or living with obesity. Gaining weight is often a gradual process that takes place over a number of years and modern life doesn’t always make it easy. This extra weight causes pressure to build up around vital organs, making it harder for the body to fight against diseases like cancer, heart disease and now COVID-19. By reducing your weight within a healthy range, you can help cut your risk of being critically ill with COVID-19.
For more information visit www.nhs.uk/better-health/.
Baby immunisation clinics are provided by our Practice Nurse. The first baby immunisations are due at eight weeks of age. Followed by further vaccines at 12 weeks. For more information, visit our Immunisation list on the ‘Live Well’ page.
Please ask at reception to book an appointment. For further information view the NHS Immunisation Guide.
Midwives are based at Dovecote House, Beeston.
After your baby is born you will receive a home visit by the midwife. When your baby is around 6 weeks old you will need to see a doctor at the surgery for your post-natal check and for your baby’s 6 week check. Please book this appointment with our receptionist as soon as you can. Don’t forget to register your baby beforehand!
Cervical screening is a method of preventing cancer by detecting and treating early changes which, if left untreated, could lead to cancer of the cervix. The screening test is offered to all women aged 25-64 and is carried out by our practice nurse. You will receive a letter when your test is due. Women are invited every 3 years until the age of 50 then every 5 years until 64.
For further information visit www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/cervical or www.jostrust.org.uk/information/videos.
Cervical Screening Awareness
Around a quarter of cervical cancers are diagnosed through cervical screening. If you’ve not had a cervical screening in the last three years and you’re eligible, why not book yours today?
Cervical cancer survival rates are higher the earlier cancer is diagnosed. If you’re suffering from symptoms like unusual bleeding, pain/discomfort during sex or in your pelvis or lower back, or unpleasant discharge, please book an appointment to see your GP. Find out more about cervical cancer symptoms here – www.nhs.uk/conditions/cervical-cancer/symptoms/.
If you’re under 20 and find out you’re pregnant, this NHS page is full of helpful advice – www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/support/teenage-pregnancy/.
‘Straight Talking’ support and educate on teen pregnancy and parenting. Their support page has a number of helplines run by experts in supporting young people – www.straighttalking.org/looking-for-support.
If you’re in a relationship and need to consider your family planning options, this helpful page from the NHS gives information about all the different options available to you – www.nhs.uk/conditions/contraception/.
The Family Planning Association offers impartial advice about your contraceptive choices in the UK. See www.sexwise.org.uk/contraception.
Patients living in Nottinghamshire registered with a GP can have their surgery funded on the NHS. Anyone else wishing to have a vasectomy performed by our doctors will be required to fund their operation themselves although we do not offer private vasectomy appointments at Bramcote Surgery.
- You can be referred by your general practitioner.
- You can self refer directly to the Nottingham Road clinic by phoning 01623 624137.
Dr Andrew Hopwood provides this service for patients referred to the service here at Bramcote Surgery every Tuesday. If you are not a registered patient at Bramcote Surgery, please speak to your own GP and they can refer you to us and you will be added onto our waiting list.
We will then send you an email to to get you booked in for your pre-op, this is just a phone call with our Nurse who assists in the vasectomy procedure. After this, we will then contact you to get you booked in.
If you have any concerns or questions about our vasectomy service please call us on 0115 922 4960.
We do not currently offer a coil or implant service at Bramcote Surgery but you can register as a temporary patient at our ‘Buddy Practice’ at Manor Surgery in Beeston. They will be happy to remove and fit these contraception devices. They do these on a Tuesday morning between 7-8am.
If this is suitable, please call the Manor Surgery on 0115 907 6960
Alternately, you can contact the Victoria Health Centre to arrange an appointment there, you can contact them on 0115 969 1166
