Havering Simple Wound Care will now be offering appointments at Dr Poolo’s practice, Rush Green medical centre weekly from the 11th June. The address for the site is 261 Dagenham Rd, Dagenham, Romford RM7 0XR.
The appointments will be available via the usual simple wound care link – the phone line between 12:00 pm and 2:30 pm (020 4539 2837).
A reminder the service is for patients 16 and older.
If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to 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.
If you are travelling in the near future and require an appointment very quickly, the receptionists will do their best to assist you, but there may not be a free appointment at the time you need it. In these circumstances, you may wish to contact the Private Travel Clinic listed below, who may help you with your requirements.
CityDoc Romford. Newlands Pharmacy – Harold Hill Health Centre. RM3 9LB. Mon fri 9am-6pm / Sat 10am-4pm. 0203 7335754.
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.
To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form before coming to see the nurse.
If you are travelling to Europe the EU has published useful information for travellers on the European website.
The National Health Service provides most health care to most people free of charge, but there are exceptions: prescription charges have existed since 1951 and there are a number of other services for which fees are charged.
The Governments contract with GP’s covers medical services to NHS patients, including the provision of on going medical treatment. In recent years, however, more and more organisations have been involving doctors in a whole range of non-medical work.
The fee will reflect both the doctors’ time to carry out the service outside of clinical hours and the doctors professional opinion. It may also include the cost of nursing, secretarial support, stationery and consumables.
The services shown in the word document below are NOT provided under the NHS contract and the following fees will be charged.
As soon as you have confirmed your pregnancy, please self-refer to your local hospital by clicking on the following the link below.
Some services provided are not covered under our contract with the NHS and therefore attract charges.
Examples include the following:
The fees charged are based on the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested scales and our reception staff will be happy to advise you about them along with appointment availability.
Again, we regularly follow all patients with hypertension to reduce cardiovascular risk.
1st immunisation at 2 months – 5 in 1 vaccination
Tetanus, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Polio & Hibacelular perturosis
Make sure your child is free of any infection and fever before the immunisation. Please bring the red book with you.
The doctor carries out CHS checks at 8 weeks. The Health Visitor carries out all others.
Doctors do postnatal checks at 6 weeks following delivery at a Thursday morning clinic. Appointment date and time will be sent to you. If you fail to receive notification of an appointment please telephone the surgery.
Cervical Smear Screening is done either by the doctors and nurse for women aged between 20-64. Normal results will be sent to you by the Health Authority. Abnormal results will be informed to you personally by telephone. The results normally take 4-6 weeks. Please wait for a letter to be sent to you asking for your smear to be done. If smears are done too early the sample will not be processed. If you are unsure please contact the practice nurse who can help.
Please do not book for cervical smear appointments on a Friday or just before going out of the country. If the result is abnormal we will have a problem informing you of the results.