We offer the full range of contraceptive services, pregnancy counselling and referral for termination of pregnancy when appropriate.
Clinics
We are actively engaged in health education and disease prevention.
We have clinics, by appointment, for:
- Weight Control
- Immunisation
- Cervical Cytology and Well Women
- Diabetes
- Asthma
Please ask at reception for details.
Travel Health and Immunisations
Travel Clinic at Westbury Medical Centre
Westbury Medical Centre only administers the following vaccinations for travel purposes.
- Diphtheria, Tetanus & Polio
- Hepatitis A
- Typhoid
- Cholera
- MMR
The National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) provides detailed information for all countries including travel safety, news bulletins and disease risk on their Website. We encourage all patients to view the web page for the countries you plan to visit
If you require any of the following vaccinations you will have to attend a private travel clinic Private travel clinics near me
- Hepatitis B
- Japanese Encephalitis
- Meningitis
- Rabies
- Tick-borne encephalitis
- Tuberculosis
- Yellow Fever
Please download the travel clinic questionnaire below. Complete the questionnaire and bring it along to your travel clinic appointment.
Please note travel clinic appointments are only available on Wednesday 9.30 – 12.30 and Friday 9.30 – 14.30
Holiday Health
It is always a wise precaution to pack some essential items in case of illness on holiday. Do choose medicines according to your needs and the country you are intending to visit. lf you take prescription medicines regularly remember to pack them too.
You may want to consider packing the following:
- Paracetamol Travel Sickness tablets Plasters and a small crepe bandage
- Rehydration solutions such as Dioralyte, Anti diarrhoeal for example lmodium
- High factor sunscreen
- Anti material tablets, Water purification tablets, Insect repellent
- Condoms or other contraceptives
- Sunhats for yourself and children
Mosquito Bite Avoidance for Travellers
In many tropical countries, mosquitoes can spread diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, West Nile, malaria, yellow fever and Zika. Here are five simple rules you should follow to reduce your risk of infections spread by mosquitoes.
Travel Vaccination Charges
We offer most of the travel health service at no additional charge to the patient. However the NHS does not cover the cost of all the treatments you may need. Therefore, for some services you may need to pay.
Malaria Tablets are NOT provided on the NHS and sometimes can be bought over-the-counter or may require a private prescription. The nurse can advise regarding this or you could discuss with your pharmacist. REMEMBER some tablets have to be started at least one week before you travel and you need continue to take them when you return to the UK for the advised length of time.
A list of these charges is held at reception and is also available on our Travel Questionnaire.
Children’s Immunisations
Immunisation clinics are held on Tuesday 12 noon to 1pm, although you can book an appointment for your child during our nurses nurmal clinics. We currently have a nurse in practice on Monday 9-5, Wednesday 2-7.30, Thursday 9-5 and Friday 9.30-3.00.
See Immunisation and Vaccination Schedule for further information.
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Home Visits
Home visits are reserved for patients who are housebound or too ill to come to the health centre. Do make every effort to come to the surgery as we have better facilities for examinations and treatment and you will be seen, if urgent, on arrival.
If you require a visit please contact the surgery between 9am and 11am. This is so our visiting round for the day can be planned effectively.
Please be prepared to give some details to the receptionist. The doctor may wish to speak to you to assess the urgency of the visit.
At home the doctor will only have limited equipment and it is often difficult to perform a full assessment of your symptoms.
It is therefore essential that if it is at all possible that you attend the Surgery to see the doctor.