You don’t always need vaccinations if you are travelling abroad. It will depend on where and when you are travelling and what activities you plan to do.
We are able to offer the following vaccines free of charge through the NHS:
Typhoid
Diphtheria/Tetanus/Polio (DTP)
Hepatitis A
Cholera (only given if visiting a ‘high risk’ area; an additional appointment may be required.)
Please investigate if you need vaccines at least 6 weeks before your intended travel date!
If it is recommended that you need one of these vaccines, please complete the Travel Vaccination Form. Appointments are mainly offered on a Saturday at our HUB service provided by Belper Primary Care Network. Once we have received your completed form an appointment will be offered.
Steroid Injections
We are able to offer joint injections for pain relief for any of the following:
Trigger thumbs
Trigger fingers
Knuckles/toes
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Knees
Golfer’s/Tennis Elbows
Shoulders
Trochanteric Bursitis (Hip) – outer hip, not directly in the joint
Please contact the surgery for an appointment.
Respiratory Clinic
Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Run by the nursing team, this clinic offers advice and monitors your respiratory medication, ensuring you are on the best treatment possible. Some patients will be required to perform a breathing test called Spirometry.
REMINDER — it is helpful if patients attending for asthma appointments remember to bring their inhalers.
Phlebotomy Clinic
We have a limited number of appointments for blood tests at Appletree. However the following hospitals hold clinics:
An Orthopaedic Surgeon from the Royal Derby Hospital Trust, holds a monthly clinic at Appletree. Patients can be referred for hip, knee and ankle problems, again often avoiding the need for consultations at hospital.
NHS Health Checks
The surgery runs a Health Check clinic for patients aged between 40 and 74. This is to help them to better understand their risk of developing heart disease, stroke, diabetes or kidney failure, and the adjustments required to their lifestyle to dramatically reduce such risk and ensure longer healthier lives.
This health check is for patients without pre-existing heart disease, stroke, diabetes or kidney disease. Patients are invited as part of a rolling programme.
People with a learning disability often have poorer physical and mental health than other people. This does not need to be the case. Annual health checks are for adults and young people aged 14 or over with a learning disability.
At Appletree Medical Practice we are pleased to offer annual health checks for patients with learning disabilities, to try to minimise the health inequalities that many people with a Learning Disability face. This can be done by identifying conditions such as diabetes or heart disease at an earlier stage or by supporting people to reduce their risk of developing them in the first place.
If you are on the Learning Disability register you will receive an invite from the practice to book an annual health check.
