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Services
Find out more about the services we offer at Yorkleigh Surgery
Clinics and Services
Childhood immunisations
Contraception
We are able to offer most forms of contraception at Yorkleigh Surgery, including:
- Tablets
- Coils - both Interuterine Devices and Interuterine Systems
- Implants
- Injections
For further information regarding your options please visit the NHS website, or speak to a GP.
Emergency contraception
If you have had unprotected sex, forgotten your pill or the condom has split you may need emergency contraception. It is really important to access emergency contraception as soon as possible as it works best the sooner it is taken.
There are three types of emergency contraception:
- The IUD - a small, flexible contraceptive device fitted into the uterus. It is the most effective emergency contraceptive and is available from Sexual Health Services or the surgery
- Levonelle pill (morning after pill) can be taken up to 72 hours after unprotected sex. This is available from all the services named below
- Ella One, a pill taken five days (120 hours) after unprotected sex. Ella One is available from Sexual Health Services or your GP
The health professional you see will be able to advise you on the best option for you.
Free help is available from:
- A GP or one of our sexual health nurses
- Any sexual health clinic
- Accident and emergency departments
- Minor injuries units
- Your local pharmacy
- Out of hours service
- School and college nurses
For information on how to access the sexual health service call 0300 421 6500 or visit the Gloucestershire Health and Care website for your closest clinic.
Further sexual health information is available within our self help section
Covid-19 vaccinations
Covid-19 vaccination is safe and effective. It gives you the best protection against Covid-19.
The NHS website provides information about the vaccination, who can get it, and safety and side effects.
Flu vaccinations
Flu vaccination is safe and effective. It’s offered every year through the NHS to help protect people at risk of getting seriously ill from flu.
The NHS website provides information about who can get it, how to book and where to get the vaccine.
Joint injections
Done by Dr Sumathipala and MSK First Contact Practitioners.
Long term condition clinics
These clinics are for our patients with long term (chronic) conditions and are run by our multi-skilled team of Healthcare Assistants and Nurses.
Chronic diseases we manage include:
- Diabetes
- Pre Diabetes
- Asthma
- COPD
- High blood pressure (hypertension)
- Heart Disease
- Learning Disabilities
If you are diagnosed with a chronic condition, you will be included on a register and invited annually for a review. This review maybe done virtually by remote monitoring, using emails, texts or video consultations, or with face-to-face consultations. You may find that you will be asked to provide information more regularly rather than to attend the surgery as often.
If you have more than one chronic disease, we will try to manage all of your conditions in one appointment if possible.
Our aim is to:
- Educate and enable patients to manage their own health, where possible.
- To monitor and identify progression of a condition/s so that active steps can be taken to step treatment up or down.
For more information about a range of long-term conditions, please see the NHS Conditions A-Z
Menopause and women’s health clinic
Information tbc
NHS health check
What is an NHS health check?
The NHS health check is available to people aged 40 to 74 and looks for any early signs of problems that may contribute to an increased risk of developing diabetes, heart disease or stroke. When identified early, these can be managed and your risk reduced.
Who can have an NHS health check?
Anyone aged between 40 to 74, without any of the following conditions, is eligible for an NHS health heck:
- heart disease
- chronic kidney disease
- diabetes
- high blood pressure (hypertension)
- atrial fibrillation
- previous transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
- inherited high cholesterol (familial hypercholesterolemia)
- heart failure
- peripheral arterial disease
- previous history of a stroke
- currently being prescribed statins to lower cholesterol
- previous checks have found that you have a 20% or higher risk of getting cardiovascular disease over the next 10 years
We will usually send an invitation to our eligible patients, but please get in touch if you think that you are due for a check and have not been contacted.
What can I expect during my appointment?
During your NHS health check, you will be asked several questions about your lifestyle to see if anything could be improved.
Your height, weight and blood pressure will be measured and you will have a blood test to check your cholesterol and blood sugar levels.
The appointment lasts up to 20 to 30 minutes and is led by one of our nursing team.
Why is the NHS health check important?
By identifying and potential problems early, you have the opportunity to fix them. The earlier these problems are resolved, the less time they have to contribute to increasing your overall risk of developing diabetes, heart disease and stroke later in life.