Services

For access to this service please ask reception or telephone the surgery on 01903 850900.

Blood test clinics are held every morning, Monday to Friday. If you have been directed by your doctor to have a blood test, please make an appointment through reception. Please remember to bring the relevant form with you.  If your need is urgent blood tests are also available at Worthing and St Richard’s hospitals. A Warfarin clinic is held at Littlehampton health centre every Tuesday between 9am to 10am. Please note, we do not take blood from children under 12 years old.

Learn more about booking your child's blood test

This test can be performed by a practice nurses via appointment. We currently recommend that all women between the ages of 25 and 49 who are, or have been, sexually active should have a smear taken every 3 years and those aged between 50 and 64 should have a smear every 5 years.

A drop-in clinic is available for help with weaning and feeding every Wednesday from 1pm to 2:30pm at the Wickbourne Centre, Clun Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 7DZ.

Childhood immunisation clinics are held at The Coppice and Angmering Medical Centre. Appointments will be sent for children when their immunisations are due.

Learn more about your child's immunisation schedule

Get information about COVID-19 vaccination, who can get it, and safety and side effects

Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations on the NHS website

Ear irrigation is a treatment to remove ear wax which is blocking the ears.

Before having your ears syringed, the wax needs to be made soft.

Use olive oil ear drops to soften the wax. These are available from your pharmacy.

Put 2 or 3 drops in each ear, twice a day for one week.

Learn more about ear wax build up

Microsuction is the process of removing wax from your ears by using a small suction tube and probe to gently remove any excess wax in the ear.

This is carried out by one of our GPs, and is only available for patients, where ear irrigation is not advised.

All doctors are able to give advice on family planning and all forms of contraception during normal surgeries. In addition, the practice nurses are qualified to give family planning advice. We also offer a service of coil insertion and long-acting contraceptive implants.

Find information about the flu jab, including who should have it, why and when

Learn more about flu vaccinations on the NHS website

These annual review clinics are for patients who have one of the following conditions:

• Coronary heart disease
• Asthma - Complete our Asthma Review Form
• Diabetes
• Hypertension - if you have been advised by the surgery to submit your blood pressure readings on a regular basis, please complete our Blood Pressure Review Form
• Epilepsy
• Hypothyroidism
• COPD - If you have been advised by the surgery to submit a COPD assessment, please complete our COPD review form
• Learning Disabilities
• Mental health problems

Maternity care is provided by the community midwife in conjunction with the doctors. All doctors are qualified to provide maternity care. Generally the antenatal care is shared with the hospital and patients are offered the choice of attending Worthing Hospital or St Richard's Hospital in Chichester.

Patients aged 16 to 75 who have not seen a doctor for a period of three years may make an appointment with the doctor or practice nurse for a medical check.

Patient ages 75 who have not been seen by a doctor for a period of 12 months may make an appointment with the doctor for a medical check.

Minor surgery is carried out at the Angmering Surgery. Each case should be discussed with the doctor and an appointment will then be given.

If you're aged 40 to 74 and do not have a pre-existing health condition, you should be invited to an NHS Health Check by your GP every 5 years.

Our two Physiotherapists are dedicated to helping our patients restore, maintain, and maximise their physical strength, function, and overall well-being.

They assess, diagnose, and recommend appropriate management and exercises to aid recovery for Musculoskeletal disorders (MSK). MSK issues can affect your joints, bones and muscles and sometimes associated tissues such as your nerves. They can range from minor injuries to long-term conditions, such as:

• Back pain
• Arthritis - any joint
• soft tissue injuries to ligaments, tendons and muscles
• Nerve pains
• Repetitive strain injuries
• Frozen shoulder

Physiotherapists can also make referrals (NHS and private) to long-term physio treatment in the community. Patients are often booked in directly without seeing a GP first.

If you're planning to travel outside the UK, you may need to be vaccinated against some of the serious diseases found in other parts of the world.

Get advice if you are going travelling

Covid

Get information about Covid-19 vaccinations, who can get it, safety and side effects.

Learn more about Covid-19 vaccinations

Flu Vaccine

You are entitled to a free flu vaccination if you have any of the following chronic conditions:

• Respiratory disease
• Heart disease
• Kidney disease
• Liver disease
• Neurological disease
• Diabetes
• Immunosuppression (Including Asplenia)

Or you are:

• Over 65
• Pregnant
• A carer

Learn more about the Flu Vaccination

Pneumococcal Vaccines

Patients over 65 or those deemed to be at risk will be invited to receive this vaccination to protect them from pneumonia.

Shingles Vaccine

Shingles vaccines are currently being offered to patients. You will be sent a letter inviting you for an appointment.

Learn more about Shingles vaccine eligibility

Please book an appointment with one of our practice nurses.

This services support patients with managing wounds such as skin ulcers, first degree burns, post-surgical sutures, clips removal and routine dressings.

There may be times when we have reached capacity, if this happens, you will then be offered appointments at one of the following surgeries.

• Maywood Surgery, Bognor Regis, PO212UW
• Glebe Surgery, Storrington, RH20 4LR
• St Lawrence Surgery, Worthing, BN14 7JL

For further information, regarding wound care, please look at the following links:

National Wound Care Strategy Programme

Venous leg ulcer - NHS

Cuts and grazes - NHS