Antenatal care

If you are pregnant and want to continue with the pregnancy please call MaternityDirect on 01268 394660, they will then arrange your appointments with the midwife to manage this part of your care..

Family planning / Emergency contraception

Our nurses Jackie and Julie as well as the doctors are happy to discuss all methods of family planning and give preconception advice. All services are offered within normal surgeries.

Cervical smears

All women will be called for regular smears. Please tell reception you are booking this test. Most are performed by our nurses.

Minor surgery

Please ask a doctor if you want a wart or mole or other minor operation carried out in this building - these have been suspended during the current pandemic.

Health Checks

Aged over 16yrs, not been seen for 3 years, have concerns? Come and see us - these have been suspended during the current pandemic.

Look after yourself

Healthy eating, drinking and taking of exercise are important and can prevent illness. Our nurses and health care assistants are available to give advice and support on these.

Childhood Immunisations

You will be actively encouraged to have your child immunised, will be sent an appointment – which you can change – when your child is due for an injection. Please let us know if you want to catch up on missed injections.

Blood tests / Phlebotomy

This is now offered at Hassengate for any patient within our Primary Care Network - that includes Orsett; Horndon-on-the-Hill; Neera medical centre; Southend Road Surgery; The Sorrells and of course Hassengate

Practice Nurses

Currently all clinical contact starts with a telephone conversation between the clinician and the patient, the only hands on activities offered during the current pandemic are:

• Smears
• Child vaccinations

In normal circumstances our Practice Nurses Jackie Briggs RGN and Julie Hoskins RGN and Kerri Bunce as well as our Health Care Assistants Sue Byrne and Lorna Beal cover the following services. 

• Family Planning advice and Smears – including Emergency Contraception for young people.
• Adult / Child / Travel vaccinations
• Ear syringing
• Asthma / COPD / Spirometry
• Diabetic monitoring
• Advice on: Diet; Smoking; Lifestyle,
• Other general matters.

Practice Nurses Jackie Briggs and Julie Hoskin will see patients with minor ailments in the same manner as doctors and can prescribe medication where required.

Currently the pandemic has curtailed most travel overseas - but as this changes we will revert to "normal circumstances" - see below

In normal circumstances our offer would be:

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse. Please complete and returning the form detailed below, and collect the practice response after a week, to see what is needed. If vaccinations are need you can then make an appointment with the nurse. Upon presenting for the nurse appointment reception will collect any fees that might be due. The nurse will discuss your travel arrangements, which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting and may adjust your needed vaccinations during that appointment. There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Carribean	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

Please see guidance about submitting the form and collecting prior to making nurse appointment above

Travel Questionnaire