Clinics We Offer
Chronic Disease Management
- Asthma
- COPD
- Coronary Heart Disease
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
Keeping Healthy
- Cervical Smear Tests
- Flu Immunisations
- Smoking Cessation
- NHS Health checks
Childhood Immunisations
Child Health and Immunisation Clinics are held on Tuesday afternoons and Wednesday mornings.
All new babies are invited for regular check-ups from eight weeks old. Their immunisations are done following local child health guidance.
Your children should start their immunisation protection from the age of 2 months. This will be performed at the surgery, usually at the baby’s first check. You will always have the chance to discuss the programme with our practice nurses at your baby’s first check up.
You are reminded German Measles protection can be given at 10 years of age for girls although new babies are given routine protection at 13 months and 4 years.
Your child's immunisation appointments will all be organised by CHIS (Childhood Health Information Service), who liasie directly with the surgery. You will then receive a letter from the surgery confirming your appointment. If you think you haven't received them please call the surgery to check.
Contraception
We offer full family planning services including IUD, Implants, cap and oral contraception. All doctors are pleased to discuss your family planning requirements in surgeries.
We offer a clinic for fitting IUCDs (Intra uterine contraceptive devices) and contraceptive implants. If you wish to have one fitted, please discuss this with your doctor and they will then organise for an appointment in the clinic.
Our family planning appointments offer free, confidential advice and information about contraception and sexual health.
The only way to help protect yourself against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is to use a condom every time you have sex. Other methods of contraception prevent pregnancy but don’t protect against STIs.
Sexual Health
A range of sexual health services are offered at the surgery including:
- contraception and contraception advice
- emergency contraception and emergency contraception advice
- testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections such as chlamydia
Minor Surgery
We offer Minor Surgery Clinics 2 Mondays each month in the mornings.
Minor operations can be done in our treatment room. Please discuss this with your doctor who will then arrange for you to be given an appointment if appropriate.
There is strict criteria for what is appropriate for us accept on these clinic lists, for example we are not able to perform these minor procedures on anything located on your face or anything deemed to be solely cosmetic.
Other Services
Phlebotomy
East and North Herts Trust provide all our phlebotomy nurses and appointments. We host nurses Wednesday - Friday at various times, you can book to be seen at Bedford Road on Tuesday mornings or at Lister Hospital through their Swiftqueue click here to go straight to their website. As Portmill do not run this service, if you have any concerns or issues please contact East and North Herts Trust's Patient Advice and Liasion Service (PALS). You can find the information you need here.
Midwifery
East and North Herts Trust provide a maternity service for our pateints. You should let the service know as soon as you find out you re pregnant. You can self refer to the service here. You must be registered at a GP practice before you fill in the referral. Appointments with the community midwives are usually held at the Bluebell Family Centre, with other maternity services based at Lister Hospital. As with the phlebotomy service if you have any issues or concerns, please contact the Patient Advice adn Liaison Service (PALS) here.
Anti-Caoagulation Clinic
Herts Community Trust provide an anti-coagulation clinic at the surgery on Wednesday afternoons for those on blood thinners, such as warfarin. We do not book those appointments here at the surgery and we are unable to see the clinic lists, so unfortunately we are unable to answer any queries around appointmetns. We are also not able to deal with any complaints. If you need any help, advice or want to make a complaint you can find the information you need here.