Clinics & Services
Antenatal and Postnatal Clinics
SHIP Maternity Referral is an NHS service providing a single point of access for all maternity referrals in the Portsmouth, Andover, Basingstoke, Winchester, Southampton and Isle of Wight areas. The aim is to make sure you have access to the right care from day one. SHIP Maternity Referral will triage your referral based on the information you provide and the hospital will contact you to start your antenatal care. In the meantime if you are worried about your pregnancy, please tell your GP straight away.
Click here to start your self-referral
Badger Notes – Self-refer your pregnancy to SHIP Maternity Referral
Asthma Clinic
The asthma clinic is open to all asthmatic patients. Your doctor may refer you, but you are also able to book your own appointments. You can either book by telephone, in person, or via Patient Online Services.
The aim of the clinic is to help diagnose asthma, to educate patients about their asthma, and to provide monitoring and support. It is run by practice nurses, who have had special training in respiratory diseases. They will be able to help find the right medication to control symptoms and identify patients with poor control of their asthma. The nurses help patients self-manage their asthma and to improve the quality of life.
Children and Baby’s Immunisation Clinic
Clinics are held by the practice nurses. Appointments can be made via reception, Patient Online Services or by invitation.
COPD Clinic
If you have emphysema, chronic bronchitis or chronic asthma, the specially trained nurses in the clinic can help you manage your symptoms and find the best treatment to cope with breathlessness, cough and wheeze. They are able to do lung function tests to find out how much lung function has been lost and then direct your treatment at that level, to improve your quality of life.
Community Nursing
The Community Nursing Team provide a nursing service to housebound patients only. The service they provide may include wound care, pressure area care, continence support, administration of injections and care of patients who are approaching the end of their lives.
The team are no longer based at the practice and contact for the team has now moved to St Mary’s Hospital, so please ring 01983 534323 to speak to a member of the administration team, or to leave a message.
Cytology
Cervical screening is one of the best ways of protecting yourself from Cervical Cancer.
Cervical screening (a smear test) checks the health of your cervix. The cervix is the opening to your womb from your vagina. It is not a test for cancer, it is a test to help prevent cancer.
- All women and people with a cervix aged 25 to 64 should go for regular cervical screening
- You will be invited to an appointment by letter and it is important that you attend.
- During the screening appointment, a small sample of cells will be taken from your cervix.
- The sample is checked for certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that can cause changes to the cells of your cervix. These are called “high risk” types of HPV.
- If these types of HPV are not found, you do not need any further tests.
- If these types of HPV are found, the sample is then checked for any changes in the cells of your cervix. These can then be treated before they get a chance to turn into cervical cancer.
- You’ll get your results by letter, usually in about 2 weeks after your appointment. It will explain what happens next.
Contact your GP surgery online or by phone if you think you are due to have cervical screening but have not been sent an invitation.
If you are worried about symptoms of cervical cancer such as:
- bleeding between periods, during or after sex, or after you have been through the menopause
- unusual vaginal discharge
Contact your surgery, do not wait for your next cervical screening appointment
You can find about more about cervical screening and watch a short video explaining the cervical screening procedure here https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cervical-screening/
Diabetes Clinic
Most diabetics are cared for in the practice, rather than being referred to the hospital. We hold weekly clinics for annual and general reviews run by our specially trained Practice Nurses.
We hold dedicated clinics to assess results and advise on medication, insulin initiation and changes, diet and lifestyle.
As part of the diabetic annual review, an appointment will be made to see the podiatrist, and a retinal screening appointment will be offered.
We have close links to the diabetic service at St Mary’s Hospital and offer a combined service with some patients having shared care between ourselves and the hospital. Patients are referred to the hospital service where necessary.
Domestic or Emotional Abuse
If you are in a Domestic or Emotional Abusive situation we can help. Please let us know and we can discreetly arrange contact with support organisations.
Flu Vaccination Clinic
From September each year vaccinations to prevent flu are available for patients over the age of 65 and for those at any age who are at risk from chronic diseases. We will contact you to let you know about available flu clinics.
Flu clinics are also advertised on the practice website, and within the Practice.
Health Screening
Health screening is available by appointment with a member of the Nursing Team in our screening clinics. The Practice nursing team will check your blood pressure, cholesterol and urine and give diet, exercise and smoking advice.
Hearing Aids and Batteries
We have a limited amount of hearing aid batteries which can be provided to patients. Please ask our Patient Advisors.
Immunisations
These are done by appointment with the Practice Nurse
Leg Ulcer Clinic
The leg ulcer clinic mainly specialises in compression bandaging as a form of treatment for leg ulcers. It is run by the practice nurses and is held weekly at Brookside Health Centre. Initial assessment is undertaken to determine whether this form of treatment is suitable for individual patients.
It is very important that you comply with the advice, guidance, and requests of the nurses, to ensure that improvement in the health of your leg is achieved.
Long Term Conditions Clinic
We offer various Nurse-led clinics for long term conditions such as Diabetes, Anti-Coagulation, Asthma & COPD. All clinics are appointment based.
New Patient Clinics
When registering with the Practice all patients are offered a routine health check. This is a valuable opportunity to discuss health needs and for your past medical history to be reviewed. We are required to record ethnic origin.
NHS Dental Service
Patients who need information about National Health Dental Services should telephone 111. There are no dental services provided at Brookside Health Centre.
Phlebotomy (Blood test) Clinics
We offer a phlebotomy service to all our patients, by appointment only, at Brookside Health Centre. Our clinics operate every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and every other Wednesday. On arrival, please book in at reception, or by using our self check-in screen. You must only book an appointment for a blood test if you have been instructed to do so by a clinician.
Blood tests for Hospital Outpatient Clinics are available at the Pathology Department at St Mary’s Hospital in Newport. Please check with the department direct for current clinic times.
Sexual Health
You can find information and advice about sexual health, including contraception and sexually transmitted infections on the NHS website here https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/sexual-health/
You can also call your local sexual health clinic if you need help and advice. You can find details of your local clinic here https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/sexual-health/find-a-sexual-health-clinic
We provide a sexual health service to patients which includes COIL fitting and removal, as well as implants. Please discuss an appointment with an ANP or GP.
Social Services
Our Social Prescriber can help you with Social Care Service contact and provision set up.
Well Leg Clinic
The well leg clinic aims to promote ‘healthy legs’ for those individuals who suffer from venous disease which may put them at risk of developing leg ulcers. Follow-up care is offered to those individuals who have experienced leg ulcers in the past. This is also provided by our practice nurses and is held weekly at the health centre.
