Elm Lodge Surgery - The clinics and other services offered by our doctors surgery

Practice Nurse Clinics

blood_pressure4 The practice nurses provide cervical smears, advice on breast examination, and other checks concerning female health.

Family planning & sexual health advice is also available from the doctors and our family planning nurses at their normal clinics.

Please note condoms are distributed free by the practice.

Dermatology Clinic

We provide a GP led dermatology clinic. This service is provided to all patients of GP surgeries in Southwark. Referral (even for patients from this surgery) is not direct access but by GP referral. Calls to the clinic can be made on 020 7733 5787. Further details of the service can be found at http://www.southwarkdermatology.co.uk/index.aspx

Osteopathy

Our osteopath, Graham Yates, visits the practice each Tuesday morning from 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon. Appointments with him are made after a referral by one of the other health professionals within the practice.

Wart clinic

We have a monthly clinic run by Dr Kemp. If you have a wart which needs dealing with please make a GP appointment, but, for general information on warts, please see our helpsheet here.

Antenatal and Postnatal Care

pregnant51 We share care with local hospitals. A midwife, Sophie Rowe, is attached to the practice and is present on Tuesday afternoons. Dr Gordinsky, Dr Nour & Dr O’Flaherty take clinics on Tuesdays from 2.00 p.m.- 3.00 p.m..

Baby and Childhood Immunisations

The practice nurses provide these by appointment. Please ask if unsure when immunisations are due or have any queries. We would advise children to be immunised unless there are medical reasons for not doing so.

Children's Development Clinic & under 5’s

Development checks are due at about 6 weeks and 8 months. These are by appointment with the doctor on Tuesdays 2.00pm - 3.00pm. A further check is due at 3 years and these are by appointment with our Health Visitors, The number for queries is 020 7326 5316.

Our Health Visitor is also available, without appointment, to give advice about feeding, weighing, immunisations and general matters each Tuesday 1.30-3.15 pm.

Travel Vaccinations

The practice nurses provide information about travel vaccinations. Please arrange these with us in good time. A minimum 6 weeks before departure is advised. The surgery is a Yellow Fever vaccination centre.

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Caribbean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible - at least 6 weeks before you travel - as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations. These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine. Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.

Travel Health Questionnaire

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form before coming to see the nurse.

Travel Questionnaire

Travelling in Europe

If you are travelling to Europe a very useful booklet has been published with advice and guidance to help you get the most out of your holiday. To visit please click:- http://ec.europa.eu/publications/booklets/eu_glance/86/en.pdf (this is a large document and may take a minute or two to view)